§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form the amount spent each year by the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board for hospital modernisation, extensions and improvements; the total amounts from 1948 to 1955; the amounts for each of the years 1956 and 1957; and the comparative figures for each year of the finance allocated for the same purposes 2W to the hospitals in the City of Stoke-on-Trent.
§ Mr. VosperFollowing are the figures:
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE SINCF 5TH JULY, 1948 — Birmingham Regional Hospital Board Hospitals in the City of Stoke-on-Trent £ £ 1948–49 … 312,042 8,488 1949–50 … 785,138 4,481 1950–51 … 537,236 101 1951–52 … 720,640 6,935 1952–53 … 512,000 8,291 1953–54 … 599,758 14,321 1954–55 … 644,831 10,704 1955–56 … 728,205 10,491 1956–57 … 1,050,265 (provisional) 3,000 (provisional) 1957–58 … 1,392,345 (estimated) 20,000 (estimated
§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health the capital sum allocated to the regional hospital boards per head of population for 1950, 1954, 1956, for the Newcastle, Sheffield, Oxford, Welsh, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham Regional Hospital Boards, respectively, and the comparable amounts for the same years allocated to the hospitals in the City of Stoke-on-Trent.
§ Mr. VosperThe following table gives the information asked for in the question in terms of annual expenditure for the financial years 1950–51, 1954–55 and 1956–57.
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CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PER HEAD OF POPULATION Regional hospital boards 1950–51 1954–55 1956–57 (provisional) s. d. s. d. s. d. Newcastle 5 4 7 2 7 2 Sheffield 2 0 3 11 6 8 Oxford 3 4 6 6 7 2 Welsh 2 7 5 5 6 9 Liverpool 2 6 4 0 8 9 Manchester 1 9 2 9 4 6 Birmingham 2 5 2 11 4 9 Capital expenditure per head of population at hospitals in the city of Stoke-on-Trent Insignificant — 9 3
§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form the total amounts received by the regional hospital boards for Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Birmingham for 1950, 1954, 1956 and 1957, respectively;
Regional hospital board 1950–51 1954–55 Capital Maintenance Capital Maintenance £ £ £ £ Manchester … 378,447 15,155,785 608,118 20,467,323 Liverpool … 261,739 8,561,470 414,641 11,315,152 Newcastle … 767,596 9,748,294 1,043,672 13,542,890 Birmingham … 537,236 15,027,743 644,831 20,349,567 Regional hospital board 1956–57 (provisional) 1957–58 (estimated) Capital Maintenance Capital Maintenance £ £ £ £ Manchester … 978,548 24,550,345 1,241,067 25,266,000 Liverpool … 912,224 13,437,690 974,608 13,885,000 Newcastle … 1,039,731 16,537,960 1,718,494 17,120,000 Birmingham … 1,050,265 24,078,757 1,392,345 24,882,000
Stoke-on-Trent 1950–51 1954–55 1956–57 (provisional) 1957–58 (estimated) Hospitals in the City of Stoke-on-Trent (Capital expenditure) £ £ £ £ 101 10,704 3,000 20,000 Stoke-on-Trent Hospital Management Committee (Maintenance expenditure) 1,187,181 1,520,730 1,798,000 1,860,000 NOTE: Separate figures of maintenance expenditure at hospitals in the city only are not readily available.