§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many regional hospital boards have cut their capital expenditure on fire prevention in the current financial year; and how many have intimated their intention to cut such expenditure in the coming financial year.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI understand that capital expenditure by two Scottish regional hospital boards specifically on fire prevention works is likely to be lower318W in 1972–73 than in 1971–72. Full information about boards' intentions for 1973–74 is not yet available, but I understand that one regional hospital board has decided to allocate less capital expenditure to specific fire prevention works in 1973–74 than in 1972–73.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much winter work programme money has been advanced to hospital boards; and if he will show how this compares with the sums advanced in the previous five years.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellCapital advances to Scottish regional hospital boards with the particular purpose of stimulating employment in the construction industry have been as follows since 1967–68:
£ 1967–68 … 622,000 1968–69 … 170,000 1969–70 … 380,000 1970–71 … 130,000 1971–72 … 523,000 1972–73 (provisional) … 2,345,000