§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the estimated cost of rehousing institutions and staff at each of the following: (a) University College School of Medicine and Dentistry, (b) The Lister and St. Thomas Joint School of Medicine and Dentistry, (c) Charing Cross School of Medicine, (d) St. George's School of Medicine and Dentistry and (e) St. Mary's and Royal Postgraduate Joint School of Medicine and Dentistry.
§ Dr. BoysonI have been asked to reply.
I am unable at this stage to give an estimate but, the Flowers working party report claims that savings of the order of £3 million per annum, at 1978–79 prices, could follow more or less immediately upon the implementation of the report's recommendations for regrouping the present medical and dental schools and postgraduate institutes of London University into four schools for medicine and dentistry and two joint schools of medicine and dentistry. As regards capital costs, the report contemplates building works only of a relatively minor nature.