HC Deb 11 June 1986 vol 99 cc203-5W
Dr. Godman

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the answer of 5 June, if he will list the properties owned by health boards sold in each year specified; what is the destination of the money so raised; and for what purposes it may be applied.

Mr. John MacKay

Land and property in the Health Service in Scotland is held in the name of the Secretary of State. From January 1977, health boards were permitted to retain as a supplement to their ordinary capital allocation the first £30,000 of the proceeds of each sale of land or property relevant to their functions. This amount was increased to £60,000 from April 1981; to £100,000 from April 1984; and to the current level of £250,000 (or £100,000 where the disposal is made possible as a result of the provision of new centrally funded facilities) from 1 April 1986. If a sale realises more than these limits, my Department is prepared to consider requests for an increase in the amount to be retained.

Boards have been advised with regard to the sale of residential accommodation that repair and maintenance of the remaining accommodation might reasonably be regarded as a priority call upon the receipts. It is, however, for hoards to apply the funds as they themselves determine. The likely amount of receipts from all land and property sales is taken into account in setting the total level of expenditure for the Health Service in Scotland in a particular year.

Properties disposed of are as follows:

Land/Property Health board
1981–82
Duncan McPherson Hospital, Gourock
Greenock Royal Infirmary
Greenock Eye Infirmary Argyll and Clyde
Gateside Hospital, Greenock
Broadstone Jubilee Hospital, Port Glasgow
Clinic and House, Main Street, Plean
Land at Letham Moss and Letham Wood, Larbert Forth Valley
Millbrae House, Glasgow Greater Glasgow
Clinic, South Street, Perth Tayside
Nine staff houses Various
Eight small plots of land
1982–83
Land at Broadfield Hospital, Port Glasgow Argyll and Clyde
Land at Mid-Argyll Hospital, Lochgilphead
5/6 Comely Park, Dunfermline Fife
Househill Farm, Larbert Forth Valley
Farm Buildings, Woodend General Hospital Aberdeen Grampian
5/6 Queens Terrace, Aberdeen
Carnbooth Home, Carmunnock
Land at Waverley Park Hospital, Kirkintilloch Greater Glasgow
General Pope Hospital, Helmsdale Highland
Land at Craighouse Road, Edinburgh Lothian
Land at Rosslynlee Hospital, Roslin
Dunbar Cottage Hospital (Holiday Home)
37 staff houses Various
14 small plots of land
1983–84
Hillend Clinic, Greenock Argyll and Clyde
Clinic and House, Schoolhill Road, Ellon Grampian
Provan Clinic, 15 Glenbarr Street, Glasgow
Land at Leverndale Hospital, Crookston, Glasgow Greater Glasgow
Land/ Property Health board
Land at Dunbar Health Centre Lothian
Charleton Maternity Home, Montrose Tayside
Land at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
35 staff houses various
12 small plots of land
1984–85
'Blendon', 18 Bellevue Road, Ayr Ayrshire and Arran
Torrance House Hospital, Kilmarnock
Land at Kelso Health Centre Borders
9 Park Terrace, Glasgow Greater Glasgow
Land at Culduthel ID Hospital, Inverness Highland
Strathview, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital Tayside
Sidlaw Hospital, Auchterhouse
'The Bughties' Broughty Ferry
Clinic, Academy Lane, Arbroath
Land at Burghmuir Hospital, Perth
Land at King's Cross Hospital West, Dundee
45 staff houses various
Six small plots of land
1985–86
Buckreddan Matcrnity Home, Kilwinning Ayrshire and Arran
Peebles County Hospital Borders
Peebles War Memorial Hospital
Laboratory at Belmont Road, Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway
Bandrum Day Hospital, Saline Fife
Land at Izzatt Avenue, Dunfermline
Dufftown County Hospital Grampian
17/18 Lynedoch Crescent, Glasgow Greater Glasgow
Physiotheraphy Clinic, 279 Bath Street, Glasgow
Homoeopathic Hospital, 221 Hamilton Road, Glasgow
351 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Howden Health Centre, Livingston Lothian
Land at Fairies Road, Burghhands, Perth Tayside
Land at Armistead, Broughty Ferry
42 staff houses various
14 small plots of land