§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report a copy of the rules for hospitals spending revenue money referred to in her answer to Question No. 20 by the hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury on 10th June 1975; when she hopes to revise them; and in what way.
§ Dr. OwenThe rules referred to are the definition of capital expenditure issued 371W in 1972 and amended in 1974 which is set out below. The definition is to be amended from 1st April 1976 so that: (a) the figure of £500 wherever it occurs is replaced by the figure of £1,000; (b) the figure of £1,000 wherever it occurs is replaced by the figure of £2,000; (c) the figure of £5,000 wherever it occurs is replaced by the figure of £10,000.