HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 c475W
57. Mrs. Kellett-Bowman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many major district general hospital projects he has opened in 1984; and how many further schemes worth over £2 million he expects to be completed in the course of 1984.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

We have opened six major projects this year at Ipswich, Dudley, Milton Keynes, Chesterfield, Salford and Rotherham. We expect to open a further four major projects at North Tyneside, Barrow, Glenfield and Watford later in the year. A major scheme is defined as one with a building and engineering cost of more than £5 million.

We also expect to complete the buildings for 16 health schemes in the £2 million to £5 million cost range this year and we will bring them into use after a commissioning period. They are:

  • Hartlepool DGH Scheme 2 Phase 1
  • Staincliffe DGH—Energy Centre
  • Great Yarmouth DGH Phase 2
  • Charing Cross Hospital North Block
  • Lister Maternity Unit
  • St. Charles Hospital
  • Colchester DGH Phase 3 Residential
  • Queen Mary's—Roehampton—Phase 1
  • Swindon Laundry
  • Wexham Park Maternity Unit
  • Wexham Park Paediatric Department and Stores
  • Torbay DGH Maternity Unit
  • Kidderminster DGH Phase 5
  • Lancaster Royal Infirmary Phase 2
  • Regional Blood Transfusion Centre (North Western)
  • Centre for Applied Microbiology Porton Down