HC Deb 13 December 1988 vol 143 c554W
71. Mr. David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the progress of major hospital building schemes costing more than £1 million in the Yorkshire regional health authority area.

Mrs. Currie

The Yorkshire regional health authority's building programme continues to make good progress. Information held centrally shows there are currently 12 schemes, each costing over £1 million, under construction and 32 more at various stages of design and planning. The total value of the region's building programme is over £300 million.

80. Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new hospital building projects have been initiated since 1979; and what was the comparable figure for the 1974 to 1979 period.

Mrs. Currie

Information held centrally on health building schemes, each costing over £1 million, shows that 466 schemes have been initiated since 1979 compared to 148 in the period 1974 to 1979.