§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total cost of the market-testing exercise on the cardiac surgery unit for Morriston NHS hospital.
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 13 March 1995]: All proposals for capital developments require the submission of business cases whether market testing is involved or not. Business cases vary according to the particular development proposed and the opportunities for involving public and private sector partners. The cost of producing the business case for the cardiac unit at Morriston hospital was around £287,000, which was met in full by the Welsh Office in view of the distinctive nature of the development. In the case of the Morriston cardiac unit, market testing produced
Larne£ Belfast£ Warrenpoint£ 1984–85 — 193,838.66 — 1985–86 — 1,000,000.00 350,000.00 1986–87 97,633.00 1,457,920.08 385,102.00 1987–88 560,750.00 325,362.70 44,465.00 1988–89 374,981.08 3.301.363.00 131,727.50 1989–90 340,867.50 1,791,802.11 467,823.10 1990–91 340,408.19 4,447,219.26 257,655.75 1991–92 215,649.34 9,597,176.84 498,068.25 1992–93 735,807.24 5,354,312.58 322.338.00 1993–94 2.582,036.41 21.554.017.10 3.883.668.00 1994–95 782,831.83 6,219,782.17 441,363.00 Total 6,030,964.59 55,247,794.50 6,782,210.60