HC Deb 20 May 1986 vol 98 cc165-6W
Mr. Holt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much has been spent on hospital capital projects each year since Cleveland was formed.

Mr. Hayhoe

Total capital expenditure by health authorities in the Cleveland area and (from 1982–83) the Hartlepool, North Tees and South Tees districts, as shown in the authorities' accounts, was:

£'000s
1974–75 2,093
1975–76 1,559
1976–77 3,269
1977–78 5,582
1978–79 6,026
1979–80 6,985
1980–81 5,323
1981–82 6,821
1982–83 7,417
1983–84 7,429
1984–85 8,767

The figures include capital expenditure on both hospital and community health services, as full information on the breakdown between the two is not held centrally. They include capital expenditure by the Northern regional health authority on the former area health authority and the district health authorities which succeeded it.