§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Health what moneys have been annually allocated to the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board since 1948; and what moneys for each respective year have been left unspent.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonThe information is as follows:
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SHEFFIELD REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD Capital Account Revenue Account Period ended Allocation (Note 1) Left Unspent (Note 1) Allocation Left Unspent £ £ £ £ 31st March, 1949 … … 684,130 380,199 7,301,521 Overspent 31st March, 1950 … … 702,000 149,674 11,869,365 1,524 31st March, 1951 … … 601,352 179,865 12,945,885 154,377 31st March, 1952 … … 643,126 78,276 14,515,144 482,242 31st March, 1953 … … 512,000 32,815 16,282,000 (Note 2) 867,939 (Note 2) 31st March, 1954 … … 576,800 20,147 16,761,191 (Note 2) 541,994 (Note 2) 31st March, 1955 … … 1,010,000 195,271 17,138,676 Overspent 31st March, 1956 … … 939,277 Overspent 18,951,055 57,011 31st March, 1957 … … 1,381,214 71,133 20,945,518 98,577 31st March, 1958 … … 1,469,918 Overspent 22,549,386 Overspent Note 1. The capital account figures up to and including the year ended 31st March, 1956, exclude the cost of equipment supplied centrally. Note 2. The revenue allocations for the years ended 31st March, 1953 and 1954 included reserves of £664,000 and £224,300 which were available to the Board only if required to meet the cost of salary and wage increases: any sums remaining at the end of the year were required to be left unspent. The underspendings for the two years included £193,052 and £99,036 respectively on this account.