§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the amount of money spent on health service and hospital building programmes in London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham in the three years 1967, 1968, 1969 and in the three years 1971, 1972 and 1973.
§ Dr. OwenHospital capital expenditure, and loan approvals granted to local authorities for health centres, clinics and ambulance stations, during the three financial years 1967–68–1969–70 and the three financial years 1971–72–1973–74 were as follows:
1967–68 to 1969–70 1971–72 to 1973–74 £ million £ million London … … 63.1 117.3 Manchester … … 10.1 10.5 Leeds … … 3.7 7.9 Liverpool … … 9.0 14.6 Birmingham … … 9.6 19.4 Notes
1 The figures included for 1973–74 are estimates.
2 The figures for London relate to the area of the Greater London Council; for other places the figures relate approximately to the areas of the respective county boroughs.