§ 96. Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Health what representations he has received from the South-West Metropolitan Regional Board on the inadequacy of the 1955 financial allocation to this region.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithIn submitting its revised estimates of maintenance expenditure for the current financial year, this board has drawn attention to certain difficulties which have been experienced. My right hon. Friend has taken account of these representations and has informed the board of the extent to which he is able to approve its revised estimates.
§ 103. Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Minister of Health what reply he has given to the representations made to him by the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board and the Board of Governors of the Teaching Hospital for increased resources to enable them to meet the urgent hospital needs of the North-East and North-West of England.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithMy right hon. Friend is not in a position to increase the boards' capital allocations for next year. Allocations for subsequent years have not yet been determined and he will give these Boards as favourable treatment as he can, bearing in mind not only their own representations but the known needs of other areas. Maintenance allocations must depend on the amount of money provided by Parliament for the Service as a whole and must be directly related to the hospital accommodation and services available in each area at any given time.
§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Minister of Health to publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the reply given by him to the hon. Member for Brierley Hill (Mr. Simmons) containing the figures of capital and maintenance expenditure of regional hospital boards for the year, 1951–54 inclusive.
§ Mr. Iain Macleod, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, Monday, 13th December, 1954; Vol. 535, c. 84], supplied the following:
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REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARDS CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE ALLOCATIONS AND EXPENDITURE, 1950–51 TO 1953–54 Regions 1950–51 1951–52 Capital Maintenance Capital Maintenance Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Newcastle upon Tyne … 515,884 767,596 9,620,700 9,748,294 490,000 663,628 10,786,000 10,640,854 Leeds … 512,000 429,072 12,211,400 11,577,104 506,000 488,052 13,177,000 12,575,817 Sheffield … 601,352 421,487 12,945,885 12,791,508 643,126 564,850 14,515,000 14,032,902 EastAnglia … 287,000 160,835 5,054,040 4,820,234 308,621 221,981 5,128,000 5,053,884 N.W. Metropolitan … 586,000 556,706 17,901,450 16,789,001 658,750 567,589 18,746,000 18,175,792 N.E. Metropolitan … 589,000 497,480 15,588,500 15,067,498 589,595 443,650 16,635,000 16,424,145 S.E. Metropolitan … 625,557 509,681 16,730,950 15,796,200 640,000 567,216 17,377,000 17,166,202 S.W. Metropolitan … 897,000 697,513 26,084,490 23,725,049 850,000 763,937 27,317,000 25,976,109 Oxford … 225,000 240,522 5,402,200 5,560,477 240,000 351,934 5,840,000 6,087,195 South Western … 463,000 554,170 12,432,175 12,269,812 451,091 560,837 13,752,000 13,451,010 Birmingham … 729,350 537,236 15,223,449 15,027,743 676,500 720,640 16,757,000 16,735,134 Manchester … 669,539 378,447 15,312,975 15,155,785 655,829 612,918 16,870,000 16,823,374 Liverpool … 334,000 261,739 8,573,845 8,561,470 352,140 321,514 9,419,000 9,283,640 Welsh … 350,000 333,353 9,865,000 9,698,231 505,000 513,366 10,585,000 10,613,074 TOTALS, ENGLAND AND WALES … 7,384,682 6,345,837 182,947,059 176,588,406 7,566,652 7,362,112 196,904,000 193,039,132
Regions 1952–53 1953–54 Capital Maintenance Capital Maintenance Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure Allocation Expenditure £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Newcastle upon Tyne … 482,060 561,435 12,359,000 11,937,608 491,947 490,120 13,082,000 13,010,716 Leeds … 464,000 453,215 14,558,000 13,893,790 450,273 461,502 14,845,000 14,427,914 Sheffield … 512,000 479,185 16,282,000 15,414,061 576,800 556,653 16,780,000 16,219,197 East Anglia … 279,250 267,904 5,797,000 5,541,656 255,788 252,135 5,993,000 5,817,523 N.W. Metropolitan … 583,330 637,722 20,578,000 19,514,074 592,000 573,754 20,519,000 20,271,448 N.E. Metropolitan … 468,000 476,971 18,249,000 17,600,178 382,000 342,360 19,057,000 18,712,960 S.E. Metropolitan … 499,000 478,129 19,085,000 18,280,124 420,100 442,192 19,146,000 18,917,797 S.W. Metropolitan … 752,000 802,148 29,834,000 27,951,593 787,700 795,851 29,203,000 29,305,699 Oxford … 194,600 195,118 6,970,000 6,774,077 188,000 196,702 7,284,000 7,201,213 South Western … 370,057 388,178 15,189,000 14,728,715 343,000 369,663 15,593,000 15,451,516 Birmingham … 512,000 625,462 18,940,000 18,375,760 573,500 599,758 19,691,000 19,325,556 Manchester … 537,000 717,937 18,990,000 18,515,772 636,640 626,456 19,806,000 19,638,220 Liverpool … 256,000 274,862 10,537,000 10,097,812 300,000 271,482 10,886,000 10,700,425 Welsh … 412,500 409,547 12,256,000 11,805,807 400,000 507,576 13,068,000 12,859,366 Totals, England and Wales … 6,321,797 6,767,813 219,624,000 210,431,027 6,397,748 6,486,204 224,953,000 221,959,550 NOTES:
1. The figures of Capital allocation and expenditure do not include the cost of equipment supplied centrally.
2. The Maintenance figures for 1952–53 include in the allocation the reserve for Whitley salary awards (totalling £9,008,000) and in the expenditure only those portions of the reserve which were spent (totalling some £5,880,000).
3. The Maintenance allocation for 1953–54 includes a reserve of £3,000,000 for Whitley Awards, of which about one half is estimated to have been needed and included in the expenditure for that year.
4. The Summary Accounts aggregating the expenditure figures for 1953–54 are still subject to audit.
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