HC Deb 25 January 1994 vol 236 c229W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidelines he has issued for calculation of the percentage maintenance expenditure for the annual upkeep of the hospital estate in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Guidelines on the percentage maintenance expenditure for the upkeep of the national health service estate in Wales were issued in Welsh health circular (85)30. This required health authorities to commit at least 7.5 per cent. of their total allocations—revenue and capital—to the maintenance of assets, that is buildings, land, vehicles, engineering services, plant and equipment.