§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his estimate of the number of additional jobs created by the increased allocation of £2,285,000 to hospital management committees in Hull and the East Riding; and what is his estimate of its effect on the unemployment situation in the building and construction industries on North Humberside;
(2) whether he will itemise the proposed projects, stating the amount of money to be spent and the number of men to be employed, as a result of the increased allocation of £875,920 to the Hull A Group and £470,660 to the Hull B Group Hospital Management Committees.
§ Mr. AlisonThe Leeds Regional Hospital Board have selected provisionally more than 100 schemes to be carried out at hospitals within the Hull A and B Group Hospital Management Committees under the infrastructure works programme announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. I am arranging for the Board to send a list to the hon. Member. I have no information about the effect of this programme on employment in the Hull and East Riding area but one of the objectives of the additional expenditure is to improve employment opportunities.—[Vol. 823, c.313–4.]