§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the intake at all dental hospitals and schools within Scotland during each of the past five years to date giving figures for each year for each institution to date.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe intake for each of the dental hospitals and schools within Scotland during the past five years is as follows:
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Dundee 53 51 40 48 50 Edinburgh 46 51 54 56 41 Glasgow 74 74 75 75 70 Scotland 173 176 169 179 161
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost of redeveloping Edinburgh dental hospital and school.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe estimated cost depends upon the nature and scale of the redevelopment proposed. The joint working party of Edinburgh university and Lothian health board, to which I referred in my answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Mr. Strang) on 24 May, at col. 583, considered four redevelopment options. The total costs of these options which would fall on Edinburgh university and Lothian health board, are as follows:
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Options *Costs (£ million) Capital Recurrent New building, enhanced 7.845 0.239 postgraduate facilities New building, typical 7.286 0.231 postgraduate facilities Upgrade existing building and 1.996 (0.009)† relocate academic accommodation Upgrade and extend existing 2.925 0.027 building and relocate academic accommodation *Costs are based on 1983–84 levels.
‡Figures for recurrent expenditure represent additional net costs: the figure in brackets represents net savings.