§ 74. Mr. W. Shepherdasked the Minister of Health the estimated value of new hospital building in the years 1935-39 and 1954–58 expressed in 1935–39 prices; and if he will express both the figures as a percen;age of the national income.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe figures available for 1935–39 do not permit of accurate computation and comparison but the best estimates that can be made suggest that hospital capital expenditure for the four corresponding financial years was of the order of £32 million, or about 017 per cent. of the national income at the time. The most nearly comparable figures for 1954–55 to 1957–58 are of the order of £57 million and are estimated at about £16 million at the prices ruling in the earlier period and about 0.09 per cent. respectively.