HC Deb 23 January 1990 vol 165 cc654-5W
17. Mr. Lofthouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total figure for the estimated maintenance backlog for health authorities.

19. Mr. Cunliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total figure for the estimated maintenance backlog for health authorities.

Mr. Freeman

The first returns of information about the stock of National Health Service property, under the Korner requirements, are now being collected, but complete information will not be available until the figures for 1989–90 are received. Estimates have been received from 133 health authorities in respect of the year 1988–89. This indicates that in those authorities the total cost of bringing the estate to an overall condition which exhibits only minor deterioration amounts to about £1.2 billion.