§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health what moneys have been allocated to the Barnsley Hospital Management Committee in each successive year since 1948; and what moneys for each respective year were left unspent.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonThe information is as follows:
BARNSLEY HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Period ended Allocation (on Revenue Account) Left Unspent £ £ 31st March, 1949 … 162,506 Overspent 31st March, 1950 … 303,057 21,188 31st March, 1951 … 325,914 25,465 31st March, 1952 … 352,970 5,705 31st March, 1953 … 377,580 27,838 31st March, 1954 … 384,362 19,187 31st March, 1955 … 379,746 168 31st March, 1956 … 422,330 Overspent 31st March, 1957 … 468,221 1,817 31st March, 1958 … 504,163 3,437 NOTES:
1. Provision was made in 1949–50 and 1950–51 for the opening of Lundwood Hospital for chronic sick patients but, in fact, the opening did not take place until 1951–52.
2. The closure of Mount Vernon Hospital, Barnsley, for nine months in 1952–53 contributed to the underspending in that year.
3. The underspending in 1953–54 was partly due to closed wards.