§ Mr. Brooksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish details of the level of capital expenditure on improved hospital facilities in the area of the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board, and in the Wirral Peninsula, specifically, during each financial year during the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Crossman:Expenditure on hospital capital building in the area of the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board including capital expenditure by the Liverpool Board of Governors, and in the Wirral Peninsula, during the past 10 years was as follows:
Liverpool Regional Hospital Area Wirral Peninsula (£000) (£000) 1960–61 … 1,469 177 1961–62 … 1,772 247 1962–63 … 1,463 135 1963–64 … 2,344 157 1964–65 … 2,080 110 1965–66 … 3,196 327 1966–67 … 5,136 406 1967–68 … 5,720 607 1968–69 … 5,415 998 1969–70 (estimated) … 6,082 708 The figures for the Wirral Peninsula include expenditure by the North Wirral Birkenhead and Central Wirral Hospital Management Committees and on the Manor Hospital and Ellesmere Port Hospital in the West Cheshire Hospital Management Committee.