HC Deb 01 February 2002 vol 379 c626W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the cost of buildings refurbishment carried out by his Department in each of the last four years. [27962]

Ms Blears

The estimate of the cost of buildings refurbishment carried out by the Department, its executive agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies in each of the past four complete financial years is shown in the table.

£000
1997–98 2,290
1998–99 2,023
1999–2000 5,778
2000–01 5,002

This does not include refurbishment work carried out within the national health service nor the cost of fitting out of any new properties prior to occupation.