§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was, for each year since 1975, the value of the land sold by each regional health authority; and if he will list the occasions when land has been sold to private medical interests.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe value of land sold by each regional health authority in England for each year since 1975 is set out in the following table. Records of sales to private medical interests are not held centrally.
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Regional health authorities in England land sales 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 1. Northern — 157 363 182 150 123 748 2. Yorkshire 65 19 257 176 766 713 961 3. Trent 9 346 199 1,193 505 1,596 1,697 4. East Anglia 32 40 220 90 251 188 357 5. North West Thames — 228 360 2,022 1,228 1,293 4,358 6. North East Thames 34 153 198 455 1,804 1,405 1,039 7. South East Thames — 189 343 367 336 746 1,191 8. South West Thames 6 141 604 394 93 3,452 1,989 9. Wessex 296 5 100 803 1,323 748 383 10. Oxford 8 114 166 310 922 1,619 1,194 11. South Western 47 67 343 255 1,074 1,973 1,566 12. West Midlands 106 655 555 444 578 493 1,114 13. Mersey 42 119 181 246 264 549 713 14. North Western 61 95 149 600 338 334 1,414 Notes:
1. Derived from Regional Health Authorities' Annual Accounts.
2. For 1975–76 receipts totalling £1,216,000 were received directly by the Department in addition to the £706,000 recorded by the Health Authorities in their Annual Accounts. It is not possible to allocate these receipts to individual Health Authorities.