§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the approximate annual costs of the Plaistow and Forest Gate Maternity Hospitals, respectively, the approximate values of their sites, the cost of additional equivalent maternity accommodation at the proposed Newham Hospital at Woodside and the additional annual cost of equivalent maternity facilities.
§ Dr. OwenThe approximate revenue costs are £575,000 and £675,000 respectively. No valuation of their sites, totalling 14.3 acres has been made. Equivalent maternity accommodation in the first phase of the proposed Newham nucleus hospital would require increases in services and supporting departments now planned, entailing major redesign and consequent delay. Capital and running costs of such a redesign are not available.