§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of national health expenditure for each year since 1960 has been on building new hospitals and on repair and maintenance of hospitals.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1980, c. 70]: The percentages of 170W national health expenditure in England on new hospital building and on the repair and maintenance of hospitals for each year since 1960 are as follows:
Year Percentage of expenditure on new hospital building Percentage of expenditure on repair and maintenance 1960–61 0.5 3.8 1961–62 0.8 4.0 1962–63 1.0 3.5 1963–64 1.3 3.5 1964–65 1.6 3.6 1965–66 1.6 3.3 1966–67 1.5 3.2 1967–68 2.0 3.3 1968–69 2.5 3.2 1969–70 2.9 3.4 1970–71 2.9 3.4 1971–72 3.2 3.6 1972–73 3.2 3.6 1973–74 3.2 3.5 1974–75 3.4 4.3 1975–76 3.2 4.3 1976–77 3.1 3.0 1977–78 2.5 3.7 1978–79 2.0 3.6 Notes
1. The figures for new hospital building have been based on capital expenditure identified in the accounts as relating to new and replacement hospitals and existing hospitals undergoing virtual replacement. Account has not been taken of other hospital capital development such as schemes for adding to or upgrading existing hospitals.
2. Figures prior to 1974–75, when a new accounting system was introduced, may not be precisely comparable with those for later years.
3. The figures given for repair and maintenance in 1974–75 and 1975–76 are inflated by the inclusion of some expenditure on fuel, light and power which is not separately identifiable in the accounts for those years.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East on 13 June, if he will set up a full inquiry in order to establish the up-to-date position as to how much it would cost to bring hospitals, buildings and equipment up to standard.
§ Dr. Vaughan[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1980, c. 638–39]: No. I have no reason to think that the results of such an inquiry would be likely to modify significantly the estimate I gave in my reply to the hon. Member of 13 June.—[Vol. 986, c. 338.]