§ 112. Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the maintenance allocations to each regional hospital board for each year from 1951–52, including the current year, indicating the percentage increases in monetary and in real terms over the allocations of the previous financial year.
§ Mr. NobleFollowing are the figures:
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HOSPITAL REVENUE ALLOCATIONS BY REGIONS IN SCOTLAND Year Allocation Increase in Monetary Terms Increase in Real Terms £ thous. Per cent. Per cent. NORTHERN 1951–52 … 1,192 — — 1952–53 … 1,262 5.87 2.52 1953–54 … 1,277 1.19 -4.28 1954–55 … 1,255 -1.72 -6.81 1955–56 … 1,369 9.08 1.99 1956–57 … 1,459 6.57 1.61 1957–58 … 1,626 11.45 4.04 1958–59 … 1,750 7.63 5.12 1959–60 … 1,870 6.86 2.99 1960–61 … 2,056 9.95 2.55 1961–62 … 2,190 6.52 3.91 1962–63 … 2,235 2.05 1.34
Year Allocation Increase in Monetary Terms Increase in Real Terms £ thous. Per cent. Per cent. NORTH-EASTERN 1951–52 2,555 — — 1952–53 2,813 10.10 6.61 1953–54 2,920 3.80 -1.71 1954–55 2,878 -1.44 -6.47 1955–56 3,153 9.56 2.54 1956–57 3,402 7.90 1.52 1957–58 3,702 8.82 1.06 1958–59 3,882 4.86 3.23 1959–60 4,118 6.08 1.78 1960–61 4,594 11.56 3.11 1961–62 4,927 7.25 4.03 1962–63 5,088 3.27 2.92 EASTERN 1951–52 3,194 — — 1952–53 3,485 9.11 6.01 1953–54 3,574 2.55 -2.38 1954–55 3,478 -2.69 -7.25 1955–56 3,759 8.08 1.64 1956–57 4,045 7.61 1.68 1957–58 4,411 9.05 2.35 1958–59 4,614 4.60 2.88 1959–60 4,957 7.43 2.08 1960–61 5,525 11.46 3.03 1961–62 5,853 5.94 3.27 1962–63 6,026 2.96 2.36 SOUTH-EASTERN 1951–52 6,067 — — 1952–53 6,647 9.56 5.97 1953–54 7,031 5.78 0.08 1954–55 7,133 1.45 -3.66 1955–56 7,790 9.21 2.30 1956–57 8,399 7.82 1.53 1957–58 9,299 10.72 3.61 1958–59 9,726 4.59 2.58 1959–60 10,540 8.37 3.44 1960–61 11,868 12.60 3.49 1961–62 12,604 6.20 4.28 1962–63 12,923 2.53 2.18 WESTERN 1951–52 15,858 — — 1952–53 17,513 10.44 7.00 1953–54 18,061 3.13 -2.30 1954–55 18,363 1.67 -3.19 1955–56 20,082 9.36 2.65 1956–57 21,814 8.62 2.52 1957–58 23,898 9.55 2.71 1958–59 24,911 4.24 2.62 1959–60 26,787 7.53 2.21 1960–61 29,631 10.62 2.48 1961–62 31,329 5.73 3.21 1962–63 32,437 3.54 3.01