§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of the £4 million repair work required to put right building defects in the Heath hospital, Cardiff; if he will indicate the amounts of cash he proposes to spend in the immediate years ahead; if the £4 million is to be taken from the budget of South Glamorgan area health authority or from the all-Wales capital programme; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe total cost of the remedial work under-taken to date is £2,718,000 made up as follows:
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£ 1980–81 Repair of Mosaics 1,050,000 1981–82 Defects in Pembroke House and Ward B4G 154,000 Brecknock House 156,000 1982–83 Tower Block and Paediatric Department 224,000 1983–84 Carmarthen House 190,000 1984–85
£ Denbigh House 227,000 Elevated Roads 188,000 Dental Block and Ward Block 529,000 2,718,000 The estimated expenditure required to complete the works is £1,135,000 made up as follows:
£ 1985–86 Glamorgan, Radnor and Meirionydd Houses 510,000 Tunnels 175,000 Central Complex 110,000 1986–87 Cardigan House 340,000 1,135,000 The full cost of the remedial work will be borne by the all-Wales capital programme.
§ Mr. Abseasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether, as a result of the settlement reached on 10 February 1984 between the Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation and S. W. Milburn and Partners and W. S. Atkins and Partners pertaining to structural and material defects in the Heath hospital, Cardiff, any sums have been or will be, paid into the Consolidated Fund directly or indirectly; by whom; and where in the Estimates and Appropriation Accounts such sums are, or will be, recorded.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThere was no direct payment into the Consolidated Fund. The payment received by the Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation was offset against payments due for remedial work at the University hospital of Wales.
A summary of all Welsh health authorities' losses and compensation is included in the summarised accounts of health authorities presented annually and published as a White Paper.
§ Mr. Abseasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total cost of remedial work done on the Heath hospital, Cardiff, during its construction; what is the estimated expenditure in 1985 costs to effect the work specified in the Ove Arup report as needing immediate remedial action; and what is the additional cost of remedial work specified in the report, including roofs, needing future remedial action.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsAny remedial work done on the Heath hospital during construction was undertaken within the terms of the construction contract. The actual expenditure on completed remedial work and expected expenditure at 1985 prices on remedial work yet to be undertaken on the elements in the Ove Arup report which were accepted as requiring urgent attention are listed in my written answer of today to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones). Other work not considered to be immediate will form part of the South Glamorgan district health authority's normal maintenance and repair programme.