HC Deb 08 April 1946 vol 421 c271W
116. Mr. Binns

asked the Minister of Health what percentage of the expenditure of voluntary hospitals is provided from private sources or from public funds.

Mr. Key:

The latest published figures available for England and Wales show that, in 1941, 36 per cent. of the hospitals' income was derived from voluntary sources of which more than half came horn income on investments and legacies; 24 per cent, was derived from public funds; and the remaining 40 per cent. from payments by patients, including payments through contributory schemes