HC Deb 13 June 1985 vol 80 cc533-4W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the intake at all dental hospitals and schools within Scotland during each of the past five years to date giving figures for each year for each institution to date.

Mr. John MacKay

The intake for each of the dental hospitals and schools within Scotland during the past five years is as follows:

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Dundee 53 51 40 48 50
Edinburgh 46 51 54 56 41
Glasgow 74 74 75 75 70
Scotland 173 176 169 179 161

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost of redeveloping Edinburgh dental hospital and school.

Mr. John MacKay

The estimated cost depends upon the nature and scale of the redevelopment proposed. The joint working party of Edinburgh university and Lothian health board, to which I referred in my answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Mr. Strang) on 24 May, at col. 583, considered four redevelopment options. The total costs of these options which would fall on Edinburgh university and Lothian health board, are as follows:

Options *Costs (£ million)
Capital Recurrent
New building, enhanced 7.845 0.239
postgraduate facilities
New building, typical 7.286 0.231
postgraduate facilities
Upgrade existing building and 1.996 (0.009)†
relocate academic
accommodation
Upgrade and extend existing 2.925 0.027
building and relocate
academic accommodation

*Costs are based on 1983–84 levels.

‡Figures for recurrent expenditure represent additional net costs: the figure in brackets represents net savings.