HC Deb 18 December 1975 vol 902 c770W
Mr. Buck

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure there has been over the last six-month and 12-month periods on the Military Hospital in Colchester.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

Apart from routine maintenance, expenditure has been as follows:

  1. (1)Financial year 1974–75: £90,000 on the repair of the operating theatre resulting from fire damage.
  2. (2) During the present financial year to date: £45,000 on refurbishing.

Mr. Buck

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure is involved in the refurbishment currently going on at the Colchester Military Hospital; and what is to be the programme for future work, specifying the work and estimating its likely cost.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The current works are considered necessary to maintain the hospital at an acceptable standard for the short term. The estimated total cost of this refurbishment is £235,000. No further work is planned.