§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out in comparable figures the sums of money allocated for hospital and other Health Service building for each of the next three years, for the current year and for each of the past 10 years.
§ Sir George YoungAt 1979–80 prices, capital resources available to the hospital and community health services in England for the past 10 years and the current year are :
£million 1970–71 498.9 1971–72 576.5 1972–73 678.0 1973–74 672.2 1974–75 545.9 1975–76 560.9 1976–771 547.7 1977–782 431.0 1978–793 438.0 1979–804 410.4 1980–815 450.3 1(including£6.2 million joint finance) 2(including £16.3 million joint finance) 3(including£21.6 million joint finance) 4(including £20.0 million joint finance) 5(including £27.9 million joint finance) The Government's White Paper (Cmnd. 7841) assumed the following capital resources (rounded and inclusive of joint finance) would be available for hospital and community health services in England in each of the next three years :
1981–82 450 1982–83 452 1983–84 452