HC Deb 20 February 1973 vol 851 cc82-9W
Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many health centres exist in each of the following counties: Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumberland, Durham and the North Riding; and what is the total number in England.

Mr. Alison

Following is the number of health centres in operation at 31st December 1972:

Lancashire … 12
Cumberland … 0
Westmorland … 1
Northumberland … 7
Durham … 9
Yorkshire (North Riding) … 4
England … 365

Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average size of health centres in: (a) population terms, (b) area in square miles covered, which have been the subject of financial assistance from his Department during construction, in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alison

Information on the lines requested is not available. The population served and the area covered by a health centre vary considerably according to a number of factors such as the needs of patients for a range of services and the readiness of family practitioners to practise from publicly provided premises.

Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average grant and the median grant given by his Department towards the cost of providing health centres in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alison

There is no direct grant towards the cost of providing health centres. But, as with expenditure on other health and personal social services, estimates of expenditure likely to be incurred by local authorities on running these premises, including loan charges on the capital cost, are taken into account

1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
(£) (£) (£) (£) (£)
1. Average cost … … 38,000 40,000 47,000 56,000 57,000
2. Median cost … … 25,000 29,000 40,000 38,000 51,000
3. Maximum cost … … 162,000 185,000 158,000 211,000 184,000
4. Minimum cost … … 1,200 1,700 2,500 5,500 3,000

The minimum costs in line 4 relate to extensions of existing premises (e.g. clinics) to provide accommodation for family practitioners.

The figures do not include expenditure on sites, furniture or equipment which is no longer subject to prior approval by my Department.

Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services

1968

  • Hattersley (Cheshire CC)
  • Helston (Cornwall CC)
  • Ashburton (Devon CC)
  • Bovey Tracey (Devon CC)
  • Budleigh Salterton (Devon CC)
  • Colyton (Devon CC)
  • Combe Martin (Devon CC)
  • Cullompton (Devon CC)
  • Kingsteignton (Devon CC)
  • Northam (Devon CC)
  • South Molton (Devon CC)
  • Torrington (Devon CC)
  • Felling (Durham CC)
  • Thornbury (Glos, CC)
  • Saxilby (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Welton (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Winterton (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Wellingborough (Northants. CC)
  • East Leake (Notts. CC)
  • Mansfield (Notts. CC)
  • Tamworth (Staffs. CC)
  • Farnham (Surrey CC)
  • Boroughbridge (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Ilkley (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Knottingley (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Patcley Bridge (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Larkhill (Blackburn CBC)
  • Little Harwood (Blackburn CBC)
  • Montague (Blackburn CBC)
  • Stockwood (Bristol CBC)
  • Smallthorne New Ford (Stoke CBC)
  • Monkgate (York CBC)

when determining the amount of the rate support grant.

Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the average cost, median cost, maximum and minimum costs of health centres constructed in the last five years and grant-aided by his Department.

Mr. Alison

Following is the information requested in terms of capital expenditure on building work only approved for loan sanction purposes during the last five financial years.

if he will list the locations of health centres constructed in each of the last five years to which his Department has made a grant.

Mr. Alison

Following is the list of health centres opened during the last five years in respect of which approval for loan sanction purposes to the capital expenditure incurred on the construction was given by my Department.

  • The Grove (Hammersmith LBC)
  • Brentford (Hounslow LBC)
  • Spring Road, Feltham (Hounslow LBC)
  • Handsworth Avenue (Waltham Forest LBC)

1969

  • Queens Park, Bedford (Beds. CC)
  • Winslow (Bucks. CC)
  • Littleport (Cambs. and Ely CC)
  • March (Cambs. and Ely CC)
  • Sawston (Cambs. and Ely CC)
  • Whittlesey (Cambs. and Ely CC)
  • Castlefields (Temp.)
  • (Cheshire CC)
  • Gatley (Cheshire CC)
  • Holsworthy (Devon CC)
  • Ivybridge (Devon CC)
  • Salcombe (Devon CC)
  • Sidmouth (Devon CC)
  • Yealmpton (Devon CC)
  • Boldon (Durham CC)
  • Dunston (Durham CC)
  • Gosport (Hants. CC)
  • Hemel Hempstead (Herts. CC)
  • Hoddesdon (Herts. CC)
  • Kirkham (Lancs. CC)
  • Thornton (Lancs. CC)
  • Keelby (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Daventry (Northants. CC)
  • Woodlands Park (Northumberland CC)
  • Cotgrave (Notts. CC)
  • Cheddar (Somerset CC)
  • Frome (Somerset CC)
  • Glastonbury (Somerset CC)
    • 85
  • Merstham (Surrey CC)
  • Shepperton (Surrey CC)
  • Hailsham (East Sussex CC)
  • Stokesley (Yorks. NRCC)
  • Birkenshaw (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Bramhope (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Ecclesfield (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Holmfirth (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Mytholmroyd (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Stocksbridge (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Woodlands (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Selly Oak (Birmingham CBC)
  • Yardley Wood (Birmingham CBC)
  • Astley Bridge (Bolton CBC)
  • St. Thomas (Exeter CBC)
  • Bestwood Park (Nottingham CBC)
  • West Oxford (Oxford CBC)
  • Meir (Stoke CBC)
  • Thornaby on Tees (Teesside CBC)
  • Stuart Crescent (Haringey LBC)
  • Robin Hood Lane (Sutton LBC)

1970

  • Ampthill (Beds. CC)
  • Aylesbury (Bucks. CC)
  • Partington (Cheshire CC)
  • Winsford Mt. Pleasant (Cheshire CC)
  • Shirebrook (Derby CC)
  • Chilton (Durham CC)
  • Hetton le Hole (Durham CC)
  • Yate (Glos. CC)
  • Basingstoke (Hants. CC)
  • Winchester (Hants. CC)
  • Huntingford (Herts. CC)
  • Letchworth (Herts. CC)
  • Penketh (Lancs. CC)
  • Skelmersdale (Lancs. CC)
  • Syston (Leics. CC)
  • Horncastic (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Burton Latimer (Northants. CC)
  • Bedlington (Northumberland CC)
  • Cramlington (Temp.)
  • (Northumberland CC)
  • Killingworth (Temp.)
  • (Northumberland CC)
  • Arnold (Notts. CC)
  • Clipstonc (Notts. CC)
  • Keyworth (Notts. CC)
  • Berinsfield (Oxford. CC)
  • Sonning Common (Oxford. CC)
  • Penkridge (Staffs. CC)
  • Chertsey (Surrey CC)
  • Walton on Thames (Surrey CC)
  • Woking St. John's (Surrey CC)
  • Shoreham by Sea (West Sussex CC)
  • Amesbury (Wilts. CC)
  • Caine (Wilts. CC)
  • Pocklington (Yorks. ERCC)
  • Crosshills (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Stannington (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Starbeck (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Uppermill (Yorks. WRCC)
  • West Ardsley (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Athersley (Barnsley CBC)
  • Lundwood (Barnsley CBC)
  • Maypole (Birmingham CBC)
  • Tower Hill (Birmingham CBC)
  • Bentham Road (Blackburn CBC)
  • Horfield (Bristol CBC)
  • Warding Road (Eastbourne CBC)
  • Rikenel (Gloucester CBC)
  • Burmantofts (Leeds CBC)
  • Walker (Newcastle CBC)
  • Hyson Green (Nottingham CBC)
  • St. Mary's (Oldham CBC)
    • 86
  • Frecheville (Sheffield CBC)
  • Tunstall (Stoke CBC)
  • Bloxwich (Walsall CBC)
  • Central (Worcester CBC)
  • Chalkhill (Brent LBC)
  • 92 Bath Road (Hounslow LBC)
  • South Hounslow (Hounslow LBC)
  • St. James Street (Waltham Forest LBC)

1971

  • Arlesey (Beds. CC)
  • Didcot (Berks. CC)
  • Finchampstead (Berks. CC)
  • Ely (Cambs. and Ely CC)
  • Soham (Cambs. and Ely CC)
  • Bebington (Cheshire CC)
  • Castlefields (Cheshire CC)
  • Cheadle Hulme (Cheshire CC)
  • Great Sutton (Cheshire CC)
  • Saltash (Cornwall CC)
  • Chagford (Hayter Hames)
  • (Devon CC)
  • Chudleigh (Devon CC)
  • Dawlish (Devon CC)
  • Moretonhampstead (Devon CC)
  • South Brent (Devon CC)
  • Yelverton (Devon CC)
  • Bridport (Dorset CC)
  • Washington (Durham CC)
  • Laindon (Essex CC)
  • Andover (Hants. CC)
  • New Milton (Hants. CC)
  • Peterborough (Temp.) (Hunts. and Peterborough CC)
  • Cowes (Isle of Wight CC)
  • Paddock Wood (Kent CC)
  • Aintree (Lancs. CC)
  • Cantril Farm, Knowsley (Lancs. CC)
  • Eccles (Lancs. CC)
  • Halewood (Lancs. CC)
  • Little Hutton (Lancs. CC)
  • Long Sutton (Lincs. Holland CC)
  • Bourne (Lincs. Kesteven CC)
  • Burton Stather (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Nettleham (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Towcester (Northants. CC)
  • Newbiggin by the Sea (Northumberland CC)
  • Bingham (Notts. CC)
  • Edwinstowe (Notts. CC)
  • Huthwaite (Notts. CC)
  • Worksop (Notts. CC)
  • Kidlington (Oxon. CC)
  • Wellington (Salop CC)
  • Clevedon (Somerset CC)
  • Nailsea (Somerset CC)
  • Burntwood (Staffs. CC)
  • Great Wyrley (Staffs. CC)
  • Cranleigh (Surrey CC)
  • Ewell (Surrey CC)
  • Stanwell (Surrey CC)
  • Crawley (Temp.)
  • (West Sussex CC)
  • Henfield (West Sussex CC)
  • Littlehampton (West Sussex CC)
  • Kingsbury (Warks. CC)
  • Matchborough (Temp.) (Worcs. CC)
  • Guisborough (Yorks. NRCC)
  • Brampton Bierlow (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Castleford (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Wetherby (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Whetstone Lane (Birkenhead CBC)
  • Newtown (Birmingham CBC)
  • Cannon Street (Bolton CBC)
  • Beechwood Road (Bristol CBC)
  • Nursery Lane (Halifax CBC)
  • Orchard Park (Hull CBC)
    • 87
  • Boultham Park (Lincoln CBC)
  • Brunswick Street (Manchester CBC)
  • Ashton Park (Preston CBC)
  • Norfolk Park (Sheffield CBC)
  • Shoeburyness (Southend-on-Sea CBC)
  • Heaton Moor (Stockport CBC)
  • Anne Street, Hendon (Sunderland CBC)
  • Tipton (West Bromwich CBC)
  • Scholes (Wigan CBC)
  • Stonebridge (Brent LBC)
  • Hertford Road (Enfield LBC)
  • West Hackney (Hackney LBC)
  • Essex Road, River Place (Islington LBC)
  • Worcester Park (Kingston-upon-Thames LBC)
  • Forest Hill, Jenner (Lewisham LBC)

1972

  • Blctchley (Bucks. CC)
  • Burnham (Bucks. CC)
  • Haddenham (Bucks. CC)
  • Stokenchurch (Bucks. CC)
  • Bramhall (Cheshire CC)
  • Heald Green (Cheshire CC)
  • Sale, Bodmin Road (Cheshire CC)
  • Sale, Conway Road (Cheshire CC)
  • Pelynt (Cornwall CC)
  • Eckington (Derby CC)
  • Chumleigh (Devon CC)
  • Exmouth (Devon CC)
  • Kingskerswell (Devon CC)
  • Silverton (Devon CC)
  • Newton Aycliffe (Durham CC)
  • Spennymoor (Durham CC)
  • Tilbury (Essex CC)
  • Vange (Essex CC)
  • Kingswood (Glos. CC)
  • Dover (Kent CC)
  • Denton (Haughton Green) (Lancs. CC)
  • Irlam (Lancs. CC)
  • Longton (Lancs. CC)
  • Lutterworth (Leics. CC)
  • Narborough (Leics. CC)
  • Market Rasen (Lincs. Lindsey CC)
  • Irthlingborough (Northants. CC)
  • Cramlington (Northumberland CC)
  • Shircmoor (Northumberland CC)
  • Radcliffe-on-Trent (Notts. CC)
  • Ravenshead (Notts. CC)
  • Stapleford, (Ryecroft Street) (Notts. CC)
  • Carterton (Oxon. CC)
  • Thame (Oxon. CC)
  • Stowmarket (East Suffolk CC)
  • Silverdale (Staffs. CC)
  • Caterham (Surrey CC)
  • Oxted (Surrey CC)
  • Rudgwick (West Sussex CC)
  • The Witterings (West Sussex CC)
  • Ashfurlong (Warwicks. CC)
  • Bedworth (Warwicks. CC)
  • Appleby (Westmorland CC)
  • Kidderminster (Worcs. CC)
  • Redditch (Worcs. CC)
  • Stourport-on-Severn (Worcs. CC)
  • Hessle (Yorks. ERCC)
  • Bedale (Yorks. NRCC)
  • Easingwold (Yorks. NRCC)
  • Featherstone (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Kinsley (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Mexborough (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Upper Poppleton (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Wilsden (Yorks. WRCC)
  • Coventry Road (Birmingham CBC)
  • Deansgate (Bolton CBC)
    • 88
  • Haworth Road (Bradford CBC)
  • Claremont Street (Charlotte Keel) (Bristol CBC)
  • Saunder Bank (Burnley CBC)
  • Lache (Chester CBC)
  • Lower Gornal (Dudley CBC)
  • St. Peters, Highfields (Leicester CBC)
  • Beswick (Manchester CBC)
  • Meldon Street (Newcastle CBC)
  • St. Anthony's Road (Newcastle CBC)
  • Lumbertubs (Northampton CBC)
  • Bulwell (Nottingham CBC)
  • Lower Broughton (Salford CBC)
  • Jordanthorpe (Sheffield CBC)
  • Coxford Road (Temp.) (Southampton CBC)
  • Laygate (South Shields CBC)
  • Offerton (Stockport CRC)
  • Hemlington (Temp.) (Teesside CBC)
  • Darlaston (Walsall CBC)
  • Clifton (York CBC)
  • Oakleigh Road (Barnet LBC)
  • New Addington (Croydon LBC)
  • Clapton Park (Hackney LBC)
  • Harefield (Hillingdon LBC)
  • Highbury Grange (Islington LBC)
  • Gosbury Hill, Hook (Kingston-upon-Thames LBC)
  • Newbury Park (Redbridge LBC)
  • Aylesbury (Southwark LBC)

Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many grants towards the cost of construction of health centres have been made by his Department in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alison

I would refer the hon. Member to another of his Questions today. The number of health centres in respect of which approval was given for loan sanction purposes to the capital expenditure incurred on construction during the last five financial years is as follows:

1967–68 … … … 43
1968–69 … … … 55
1969–70 … … … 81
1970–71 … … … 65
1971–72 … … … 107

Dr. John A. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what regulations control grants by his Department to county council towards the cost of construction of health centres.

Mr. Alison

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to another of his Questions today.

Approval for loan sanction purposes is given to the capital expenditure proposed to be incurred on the construction of a health centre when there is agreement between the local health authority and the executive council about the need for, and the type and extent of, the facilities to be provided and the cost of the scheme is within a limit approved by my Department.