HC Deb 19 March 1997 vol 292 cc638-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has the cost of maintaining redundant and empty hospital buildings in each region in the last year for which figures were available. [19416]

Mr. Horam

Estimated costs of maintaining redundant and empty hospital buildings for 1995–96 in each region are in the table.

Region cost £000s
Northern and Yorkshire 1,500
Trent 1,584
Anglia and Oxford 590
North Thames 1,800
South Thames 1,100
South and West 1,300
West Midlands 442
North West 1,500