HC Deb 17 July 1964 vol 698 cc289-90W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Minister of Health if he will give the financial content of the hospital building programme as approved in the revision published in April, 1963, and the content now proposed in this year's review for each of the hospital regions.

Mr. Barber

For 1963, £600 million. The £750 million of this year's review, adjusted to an income and expenditure basis and including the value of centrally purchased equipment, is allocated as follows:

Regional Hospital Boards £ Million
Newcastle 38
Leeds 42
Sheffield 63
East Anglian 23
North-West Metropolitan 48
North-East Metropolitan 46
South-East Metropolitan 32
South-West Metropolitan 34
Oxford 32
South Western 42
Birmingham 69
Manchester 56
Liverpool 39
Wessex 28
Welsh 40
Teaching Hospitals 169