§ Mr. Ancramasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of capital expenditure projects in the National Health Service since 1979 and expenditure that is planned for future years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe costs of major capital building projects that have started construction since April 1979 are set out in the table below. The estimated costs in the next three years of major projects which have not yet started are:
£ million 1983–84 12.8 1984–85 34.6 1985–86 37.0 In addition, allocations are made to health boards each year to spend on smaller capital projects under their own control. The amounts allocated have been:
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Major Capital Building Programme Projects started since April 1979 Health board and project Estimated total cost Actual expenditure to 31 March 1982 Estimated expenditure 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 After 31 March 1987 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Argyll and Clyde Dunoon 30 bed geriatric unit 975 11 150 703 99 12 — — Borders Peebles Hay Lodge 2,355 1,121 1,080 154 — — — — Eyemouth HC 373 138 229 6 — — — — Dumfries and Galloway Moffat hospital—phase 2 372 — 41 248 83 — — — Fife Victoria hospital 4,849 2,972 1,623 254 — — — — West Fife DGN 954 — 208 630 116 — — — Stratheden hospital 670 — 244 367 59 — — — St. Andrews HC 629 411 208 10 — — — — Forth Valley RSNH 2,643 633 1,859 151 — — — — Bellsdyke hospital-new kitchen 838 391 429 18 — — — — Sauchie hospital—geriatric unit 977 — 367 610 — — — — Bo'ness health centre 745 674 71 — — — — — Grampian Woodlands hospital 3,182 2,490 557 124 11 — — — Greater Glasgow Gartloch hospital 2,158 77 610 998 370 103 — — Bridgeton HC 1,715 1,187 455 73 — — — — Shettleston HC 1,288 41 475 475 260 37 — — Highland Fort William (geriatric unit) 842 683 136 23 — — — — Craig Dunain hospital modernisation 15,843 22 498 1,083 2,230 3,301 2,400 6,309 Craig Dunain stores 282 204 70 8 — — — — Lanarkshire Kirklands—phase 1 2,292 35 756 1,200 236 65 — — Blantyre HC 691 25 389 239 38 — — — Motherwell HC 1,326 1,185 111 30 — — — — Lothian Astley Ainslie-main scheme 1,917 1,595 283 39 — — — — Royal Victoria-phase HI 5,708 1,665 1,810 2,050 136 47 — — Herdmanflat 2,894 1,429 1,389 76 — — — —
£ million 1979–80 21.5 1980–81 24.0 1981–82 30.0 1982–83 30.0 1983–84* 32.0 * Provisional. Boards have flexibility to transfer funds between their recurrent and locally managed capital expenditure programmes.
An additional special allocation of £6.5 million in 1983–84 has been made to enable boards to make a start on upgrading their stock in the light of the recent survey of the capital estate in Scotland.
The expenditure plans set out in Cmnd. 8789 envisage total capital expenditure on health services in the next three financial years of £111 million, £120 million and £130 million, respectively.
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Health board and project Estimated total cost Actual expenditure to 31 March 1982 Estimated expenditure 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 After 31 March 1987 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Western general hospital—phase II 9,492 — 290 1,890 3,110 2,740 1,400 62 West Lothian DGH advance works 7,138 1,391 2,338 3,140 234 35 — — phase I 23,445 482 2,050 3,450 4,400 4,400 3,980 4,683 North Lothian college of nursing 1,365 — 215 1,150 — — — — Astley Ainslie—kitchen upgrading 691 162 415 98 16 — — — Sterilising centre 1,253 249 775 229 — — — — Livingstone north HC 816 347 451 18 — — — — Livingston south HC 737 313 395 29 — — — — Wester Halles—phase I HC 706 49 442 199 16 — — — Orkney Eastbank hospital—laundry upgrading 111 84 27 — — — — — New central stores 211 3 208 — — — — — Shetland Montfield hospital 2,506 — 221 1,504 637 140 4 — Tayside Murray Royal—phase II 1,269 11 591 620 47 — — — Strathrnartine 882 798 84 — — — — — Royal Dundee Liff 1,030 872 116 42 — — — — Aberfeldy cottage hospital—geriatric unit 613 247 275 91 — — — — Arbroath HC 919 472 402 45 — — — — Western Isles Daliburgh hospital 140 — 66 74 — — — — Total 109,842 22,469 23,409 22,148 12,098 10,880 7,784 11,054