HC Deb 24 July 1958 vol 592 cc65-7W
Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Health what was the total expenditure, actual and estimated, to the latest date, on hospitals since his Department assumed responsibility for them; if he will indicate in a table, for each financial

REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARDS AND BOARDS OF GOVERNORS
Expenditure per head of population in each Region for the Financial Years 1949–50 to 1951–52, 1957–58 and 1958–59
Regional Hospital Board Area Capital Expenditure
1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1957–58 (a) 1958–59 (a)
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Newcastle … … … 3 5 6 1 5 4 10 7 13 6
Leeds … … … … 3 2 3 4 3 10 7 4 7 6
Sheffield … … … 3 4 2 7 3 4 7 8 8 10
East Anglian … … … 2 11 3 3 4 1 7 1 7 4
N.W. Metropolitan … … 6 2 6 4 5 8 8 4 9 3
N.E. Metropolitan … … 3 10 4 3 4 0 6 7 10 6
S.E. Metropolitan … … 4 9 4 8 4 8 8 8 10 3
S.W. Metropolitan … … 5 0 5 0 4 8 7 11 8 11
Oxford … … … … 4 1 4 4 6 11 14 3 12 5
South Western … … … 4 3 4 11 4 8 8 7 10 5
Welsh … … … … 2 10 3 3 5 6 10 8 12 1
Birmingham … … … 4 4 2 10 3 8 6 9 6 10
Manchester … … … 2 10 2 1 3 5 6 3 7 10
Liverpool … … … 3 8 4 4 3 10 11 0 8 10
Regional Hospital Board Area Revenue Expenditure
1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1957–58 (b) 1958–59 (a)
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Newcastle … … … 3 6 5 3 14 3 4 0 10 6 10 2 6 14 8
Leeds … … … … 3 16 8 4 3 11 4 10 2 6 18 1 7 4 3
Sheffield … … … 3 3 7 3 8 3 3 14 6 5 15 6 5 19 8
East Anglian … … … 3 6 6 3 14 0 3 17 7 5 19 11 6 5 6
N.W. Metropolitan … … 5 18 2 6 11 10 7 2 3 10 0 3 10 5 4
N.E. Metropolitan … … 5 8 4 5 18 8 6 8 0 9 1 10 9 6 4
S.E. Metropolitan … … 5 6 0 5 16 10 6 5 6 8 15 7 9 0 8
S.W. Metropolitan … … 6 1 2 6 4 8 6 14 4 9 15 1 9 19 10
Oxford … … … … 3 19 0 4 12 0 5 0 4 7 6 4 7 11 4
South Western … … … 4 8 11 4 17 5 5 6 4 7 18 3 8 2 6
Welsh … … … … 3 11 5 4 0 8 4 8 4 7 4 4 7 10 9
Birmingham … … … 3 9 8 3 15 9 4 3 10 6 4 4 6 8 11
Manchester … … … 3 10 10 3 16 0 4 3 11 6 9 2 6 13 11
Liverpool … … … 4 8 0 4 16 10 5 4 1 7 16 8 8 2 4
(a) Estimated expenditure.
(b) Provisional expenditure.

year up to 1951–52, the total capital and revenue expenditure per head of the estimated population for each hospital region of England and Wales; and if he will give similar figures of actual expenditure for 1957–58 and estimated expenditure for 1958–59.

Mr. Walker-Smith

The total expenditure, actual and estimated, of regional hospital boards and boards of governors in England and Wales for the period 5th July, 1948, to 31st March, 1959, is £2,953 million. The further information requested is set out in the table below:

NOTES TO TABLE
1. In some Regions more than in others revenue expenditure is increased by the provision of services, at teaching or non-teaching hospitals, for persons from other Regions. No estimate is, however, available of the effect of this upon the figures.
2. In the course of the compilation of the above table, it has been found that information given in the Written Answer of 26th March, 1958 (columns 44 to 46 of the Official Report) requires some amendment in respect of the North West Metropolitan and South East Metropolitan Regions. Amended figures for those two Regions for the financial years 1952–53 to 1956–57 are given below: the latest information in respect of 1957–58 is included in the table above.
REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARDS AND BOARDS OF GOVERNORS
Expenditure per head of population in each Region for the Financial Years 1952–53 to 1956–57
Regional Hospital Board Area Capital Expenditure
1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
N.W. Metropolitan … … 5 8 5 3 6 2 6 2 6 8
S.E. Metropolitan … … 3 9 3 8 4 2 3 11 6 9
Regional Hospital Board Area Revenue Expenditure
1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57
£ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
N.W. Metropolitan … … 7 13 1 7 18 7 8 3 9 8 16 4 9 9 1
S.E. Metropolitan … … 6 12 11 6 16 10 7 2 4 7 13 6 8 5 7