§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the teaching 89W hospitals in Greater London, together with the endowed capital that each holds at its own disposal as distinct from resources from the National Health Service.
§ Dr. VaughanThe following is the information available:
Teaching Hospital (see note 1) Balance sheet value of endowed capital held by special trustees for that hospital at 31 March 1979 (see notes 2, 3 and 4) £ St. Bartholomew's 13,892,148 The London (Whitechapel) 4,675,083 The Royal Free 2,031,561 University College 1,929,345 The Middlesex 5,032,676 Charing Cross 1,034,093 St. George's 2,273,283 Westminster 2,234,214 St. Mary's 4,461,462 Guys 8,751,685 Kings College 1,745,172 St. Thomas' 17,886,810 Hammersmith 822,902 Note 1
There are a large number of hospitals involved in undergraduate teaching; each hospital listed above is the main hospital linked to a particular-medical school.
Note 2
The property included in these balance sheet figures has not been valued on a uniform basis; methods of valuation used include historic cost, professional valuation, valuation for insurance purposes and other methods.
Note 3
The Special Trustees for each of these hospitals cover more than one hospital. They were established to hold the trust property vested before 1 April 1974 in those Boards of Governors which disappeared on NHS reorganisation, each of which administered more than one hospital. The information available to the Department does not permit the identification of property held specifically for one hospital.
Note 4
Each of the above hospitals is in an Area Health Authority (Teaching) and that Authority will in its trustee capacity hold endowed capital some of which may be specific to these named hospitals. The information available to the Department does not permit the identification of such endowed capital.