§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total expenditure on major capital works to make secure and safe newly built National Health Service hospitals in each year since 1974 in real terms taking a new hospital as one which was completed up to five years before the repair work became necessary.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeComprehensive information in the form requested is not readily available centrally and could be extracted from our records only at unjustifiable cost. The Department defines a major capital project as one which exceeds £5 million in building and engineering cost. The hospital for sick children is the only project since 1974 on which it is anticipated that expenditure at or above this level will be incurred for reasons of security or safety.