HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 cc449-53W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district the numbers of amenity beds, discharges and deaths, average daily occupied beds and percentage occupancy in 1983 and 1984 and the income from amenity patients.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is given in the following table:—

laundry, (f) cleaning, (g) engineering maintenance, (h) building maintenance, (i) grounds etc. maintenance, (j) vehicle maintenance and (k) computers, which has been paid to private contractors for services provided to the National Health Service in Wales.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information requested is as follows:

provided by private cleaning companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information requested is as follows:

Domestic and cleaning services Total expenditure 1984–85 £000 External contracts 1984–85 £000 External contracts as a percentage of total expenditure Difference between percentage for 1984–85 and percentage for 1983–84
Clwyd 3,106 15 0.49 -0.04
East Dyfed 2,074 14 0.68 -0.19
Gwent 4,360 26 0.60 +0.13
Gwynedd 1,990 9 0.42 -0.03
Mid Glamorgan 4,993 23 0.46
Pembrokeshire 657 2 0.30 -0.48
Powys 973 3 0.30 +0.06
South Glamorgan 4,823 59 1.22 +0.04
West Glamorgan 3,318 11 0.33 -0.01
WHTSO 33 17 51.32 +35.62
Wales 26,327 179 0.68 +0.04

Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each tendering exercise for hospital ancillary services of which his Department, is aware (a) the health authority concerned, (b) the hospital concerned,

Health Authority Hospital or other premises Service Successful tenderer
Welsh health common services authority Offices Domestic Central cleaning services
Pembrokeshire Whole district Domestic In-house
Whole district Catering In-house
Whole district Laundry ICS initial
Powys Machynlleth Chest hospital Domestic In-house
Machynlleth district health centre
Builth Wells cottage hospital Domestic In-house
Builth Wells health centre
Llanwrtyd Wells health centre
Llandrindod Wells hospital
"Hazels" clinic
Rhayader health clinic
Knighton hospital
Knighton health clinic
Presteigne health clinic
Ystradgynlais Community hospital Catering In-house
West Glamorgan Whole district Laundry In-house

The resultant savings should amount to some £550,000.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on laundry, the expenditure on services

Laundry Expenditure Total Expenditure 1984–85 £000 External contracts 1984–85 £000 External contracts as percentage of total laundry Difference between percentage for 1984–85 and percentage for 1983–84
Clwyd 400 12 3.11 -1.29
East Dyfed 370 3 0.68 *-12.15
Gwent 497 12 2.36 -0.62
Gwynedd 235 3 1.12 -0.25
Mid Glamorgan 737 13 1.81 +0.97
Pembrokeshire 138 138 100.00 +0.87
Powys 145 6 4.00 +1.03
South Glamorgan 564 6 1.10 +0.99
West Glamorgan 590 16 2.78 +1.36
WHTSO
Wales 3,676 209 5.69 *-2.56

(c)the service concerned (laundry, catering or cleaning), (d)the successful tenderer and (e) the saving achieved over the past in the previous year.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is as follows:

provided by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information requested is as follows:

Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.

* A fire in the central laundry in East Dyfed led to some additional external contracts in 1983–84. This central laundry has since been repaired and re-opened.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on catering, the expenditure on services

Catering expenditure Total expenditure 1984–85 £000 External contracts 1984–85 £000 External contracts at per centage of total catering Difference between per centage for 1984–85 and percentage for 1983–84
Clwyd 3,127 1 0.017 +0.002
E Dyfed 1,965 Nil Nil Nil
Gwent 3,997 Nil Nil Nil
Gwynedd 1,936 Nil Nil Nil
Mid Glamorgan 4,794 0 0.001 -0.006
Pembrokeshire 458 Nil Nil Nil
Powys 1,080 Nil Nil Nil
South Glamorgan 4,524 3 0.063 +0.011
West Glamorgan 2,554 Nil Nil Nil
WHTSO 23 Nil Nil Nil
Wales 24,458 4 0.014 +0.001

Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.

Note: Minimal expenditure (ie. less than £500) is indicated by the use of 0.