§ 57. Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many major district general hospital projects he has opened in 1984; and how many further schemes worth over £2 million he expects to be completed in the course of 1984.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe have opened six major projects this year at Ipswich, Dudley, Milton Keynes, Chesterfield, Salford and Rotherham. We expect to open a further four major projects at North Tyneside, Barrow, Glenfield and Watford later in the year. A major scheme is defined as one with a building and engineering cost of more than £5 million.
We also expect to complete the buildings for 16 health schemes in the £2 million to £5 million cost range this year and we will bring them into use after a commissioning period. They are:
- Hartlepool DGH Scheme 2 Phase 1
- Staincliffe DGH—Energy Centre
- Great Yarmouth DGH Phase 2
- Charing Cross Hospital North Block
- Lister Maternity Unit
- St. Charles Hospital
- Colchester DGH Phase 3 Residential
- Queen Mary's—Roehampton—Phase 1
- Swindon Laundry
- Wexham Park Maternity Unit
- Wexham Park Paediatric Department and Stores
- Torbay DGH Maternity Unit
- Kidderminster DGH Phase 5
- Lancaster Royal Infirmary Phase 2
- Regional Blood Transfusion Centre (North Western)
- Centre for Applied Microbiology Porton Down