HC Deb 19 December 1969 vol 793 cc478-9W
Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the hospital building programme in Portsmouth completed in each of the past nine years and of the estimated value of the programme in 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1971–72.

Mr. Crossman

Details of capital expenditure on hospital building in the Portsmouth area from 1961–62 (information for 1960–61 is not readily available) are as follows:

Scheme Capital Expenditure
1961–62 £
Royal Portsmouth, Ward Improvements 14,000
Queen Alexandra, Ward etc. upgrading 11,000
St. James', Ward upgrading 18,000
Miscellaneous minor works 92,000
Total 135,000
1962–63
Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Out-patient Department 32,000
Miscellaneous minor works 115,000
Total 147,000
1963–64
Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Out-patient Department (contd.) 30,000
St. James' Ward upgrading 20,000
Miscellaneous minor works 65,000
115,000

Scheme Capital Expenditure
1964–65 £
St. Mary's, Nurses Home 67,000
Maternity Unit 19,000
St. James', Children's Unit, Stage I 32,000
Miscellaneous minor works 95,000
Total 213,000
1965–66
St. Mary's, Nurses Home (contd.) 81,000
Maternity Unit (contd.) 373,000
Out-patient Department etc. 30,000
Renal Dialysis Unit 15,000
Gosport, War Memorial Hospital, Physiotherapy and X-Ray 19,000
Royal Portsmouth, Laundry improvements 23,000
St. James' Children's Unit, Stage I (contd.) 36,000
Miscellaneous minor works 168,000
Total 745,000
1966–67
St. Mary's, Maternity Unit (contd.) 633,000
Out-patient Department etc. (contd.) 185,000
Laundry improvements 24,000
Theatre Suite 21,000
Queen Alexandra, Theatre Suite 18,000
Miscellaneous minor works 83,000
Total 964,000
1967–68
St. Mary's, Maternity Unit (contd.) 35,000
Out-patient Department etc. (contd.) 16,000
Theatre Suite (contd.) 126,000
Intermittent Dialysis Unit 54,000
G.P. Maternity Unit 12,000
Doctors' Residential Accommodation 27,000
Queen Alexandra, Theatre Suite (contd.) 77,000
St. James', Day Hospital 36,000
Kitchen Improvements 19,000
Miscellaneous minor works 198,000
Total 600,000
1968–69
St. Mary's, Theatre Suite (contd.) 45,000
Intermittent Dialysis Unit (contd.) 47,000
G.P. Maternity Unit (contd.) 51,000
Doctors' Residential Accommodation (contd.) 32,000
Queen Alexandra, Theatre Suite (contd.) 10,000
Nurses' Residential Accommodation and Training School 36,000
St. James', Day Hospital (contd.) 56,000
Miscellaneous minor works 262,000
Total 539,000

Capital expenditure in 1969–70 is estimated at about £600,000. The Board will review its programme for 1970–71 on the basis of the allocation I have now given them and for future years the distribution of resources among Boards is being reviewed.