§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of houses and so on empty on the site of Moss Side and Park Lane hospitals, and the length of time that they have been empty.
§ Sir George YoungOn 30 April 1981, 14 of the 201 houses on the Moss Side and Park Lane hospital estate, of which three are being held for consultant staff, were unoccupied. Two of the homes have been empty for more than two years, five for between one and two years and seven for between two weeks and one year—six of these houses are awaiting electrical up-grading to bring them up to present day building standards.
In addition, 66 rooms for single staff were vacant; these have been built to meet the planned development of the new Park Lane hospital and will be occupied as additional staff are recruited to that hospital or to Moss Side hospital.