§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how Burntwood Hospital, Brierley, near Barnsley, was vandalised; to what extent this occurred; and if she will instruct the health authorities concerned to come to some decision as to its future.
§ Dr. OwenBurntwood Hospital is temporarily closed pending consideration of its future use. On 11th November 1975 it was discovored that, despite security arrangements, a quantity of copper piping and other metal, with a scrap value of £3,731, had been stolen. I am asking the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority and the Wakefield Area Health Authority to come to an early decision about the future of the hospital.