HC Deb 04 February 1954 vol 523 cc66-8W
93. Mr. Blenkinsop

asked the Minister of Health what financial allocations for capital and other expenditure have been made to each regional hospital board for 1954–55 as compared with their allocations for the current year and as compared with their own estimates of their needs for 1954–55.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The basic capital allocations to regional hospital boards for 1953–54 and 1954–55 are set out in Table A below. No estimates of needs for capital development for 1954-55 were invited from boards. The revenue allocations to regional hospital boards for 1953–54, revised to date, the allocations for 1954–55 and the forecast estimates of their needs as submitted by the boards for 1954–55 are set out in Table B. The allocations for 1954–55, both for capital and revenue, are subject to approval by the Government and by

TABLE A—CAPITAL
£,000 to nearest thousand
Regional Hospital Board 1953–54* 1954–55
£ £
Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … … … … 422 462
Leeds … … … … … … … 380 413
Sheffield … … … … … … … 576 630
East Anglian … … … … … … 200 209
N.W. Metropolitan … … … … … 460 522
N.E. Metropolitan … … … … … 375 407
S.E. Metropolitan … … … … … … 400 433
S.W. Metropolitan … … … … … … 630 677
Oxford … … … … … … … 188 205
South Western … … … … … … 344 373
Birmingham … … … … … … 572 625
Manchester … … … … … … 545 592
Liverpool … … … … … … … 260 283
Welsh … … … … … … … … 382 419
TOTALS … … … … … 5,734 6,250
* Allocations for this year were in terms of gross totals for planning purposes of which only 80 per cent. might be actually spent. The figures given above are net.
NOTE.—In addition to the figures shown in this Table, additional sums of about £0.9m. for 1953–54 and £2.45m. for 1954–55 have been made available for certain major schemes (some at teaching hospitals) and for contingencies. The figure for 1954–55 includes £1m. set aside specifically for schemes at mental and mental deficiency hospitals.

TABLE B—REVENUE
Region Revised Allocation 1953–54 Allocation 1954–55 Forecast estimates 1954–55
For the service as at 31.3.54 For developments in 1954–55
1 2 3 4 5
£ £ £ £
Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … 13,082,000 13,181,000 13,635,451 409,550
Leeds … … … … 14,845,000 15,022,000 15,689,582 480,516
Sheffield … … … … 16,761,191 16,724,000 17,318,346 390,975
East Anglian … … … 5,993,000 6,020,000 6,254,010 186,195
N W Metropolitan … … … 20,519,000 20,584,000 21,061,082 655,933
N E Metropolitan … … … 19,057,000 19,008,000 19,532,763 351,213
S.E. Metropolitan … … … 19,152,610 19,256,000 19,805,402 614,294
S.W. Metropolitan … … … 29,303,000 29,112,000 30,344,000 460,000
Oxford … … … … 7,284,000 7,336,000 7,396,688 273,360
South Western … … … 15,598,125 15,614,000 16,191,458 334,742
Birmingham … … … … 19,691,000 19,827,000 20,167,984 510,829
Manchester … … … … 19,766,000 19,924,000 19,819,613 781,115
Liverpool … … … … 10,886,000 10,942,000 11,168,551 117,941
Total—England … … …211,937,926 212,550,000 218,384,930 5,566,663
Wales … … … 13,008,350 13,064,000 13,390,242 305,490
Total—England and Wales … 224,946,276 225,614,000 231,775,172 5,872,153
Col. (2) includes £2,209,000, the balance of a reserve for salary and wages awards which was not requiredto meet awards announced by 31.8.53. The total out-turn is expected to be appreciably less than the total of the revised allocations.
Col. (3) includes £811,000 for wages awards announced between 31.8.53 and 31.12.53 and not provided for in the Forecast Estimates of Boards (Col. (4)). It also includes £864,000 as a reserve to meet salary and wages awards which may be announced between 1.1.54 and 31.3.55.
Cols. (4) and (5) are on the basis of Salaries and Wages as at 31.8.53.

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