§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much new hospital building has taken place in each of the developing mining areas in each of the last six years; and how much is anticipated in the next three years;
(2) what proportion of the total anticipated capital expenditure on hospitals in the next three years is to be spent in each of the developing mining areas.
Commander GalbraithIt is not possible to relate hospital building to particular developing mining areas, except to some extent in Fife, and the following table shows the annual expenditure on hospital building schemes in the County of Fife. Expenditure over the next three years cannot yet be closely estimated, but the total of hospital building work in Fife in the period is likely to be at least £400,000, or about 7 per cent. of the total for Scotland.
EXPENDITURE ON HOSPITAL BUILDING WORK IN FIFE 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 (estimate) £ £ £ £ £ £ 37,595 48,451 54,441 44,717 89,856 65,000