HC Deb 27 May 1957 vol 571 cc1-3W
Mr. Ellis Smith

asked 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 to the hospitals in the City of Stoke-on-Trent.

Mr. Vosper

Following 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 Smith

asked 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. Vosper

The 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.

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 Smith

asked 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.