§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health what other priority projects in the Sheffield Region have proved more important than the need for the new St. Helen Hospital, Barnsley.
§ Mr. PowellApproval of five major schemes was announced sooner, viz.: developments at Aston Hall, Balderton and Scunthorpe Hospitals and at Don-caster Royal Infirmary, and the first stage of the new Sheffield Teaching Hospital.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health when he expects to be able to give an approximate cost of the preparation of plans for the new St. Helen Hospital, Barnsley.
§ Mr. PowellNot for some time.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health whether he has yet found another team of architects willing to carry on with the planning of the new St. Helen Hospital, Barnsley.
§ Mr. PowellThe board has not yet made an appointment.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health whether the architects who have retired from the planning of St. Helen 5W Hospital, Barnsley, are now engaged on hospital planning within the Sheffield Region.
§ Mr. PowellYes.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health how many teams of architects have now been employed on the planning of the new St. Helen Hospital, Barnsley.
§ Mr. PowellOne firm.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health why the cost of the proposed new St. Helen Hospital has risen to £4,000,000.
§ Mr. PowellMainly because the hospital now proposed will be larger.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health if he will give an assurance that the St. Helen Hospital, Barnsley, has the same priority on the list of major hospital projects to be centrally financed as when announced on 16th November, 1959.
§ Mr. PowellThis scheme was announced in December, 1956. The list is not an order of priority.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health if he will now state the reasons for delay in completing the planning of the new St. Helen Hospital, Barnsley, in view of the fact that planning was due to be completed in 1957.
§ Mr. PowellI would refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave him on 24th April.