§ 71. Mr. David DavisTo 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. CurrieThe 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. BurnsTo 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. CurrieInformation 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.