§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the total value of new equipment in the rehabilitated cardiac block at the Great Ormond Street hospital; what is the value of equipment bought for installation when the block was new but since stored; and what is the value of any equipment bought originally but used elsewhere in the meantime;
(2) to whom equipment originally intended for use in the cardiac block at Great Ormond Street hospital was sold; and when.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe value of new equipment needed for the rehabilitated cardiac wing at the hospital for sick children, Great Ormond street to supplement that originally bought and either stored or temporarily used elsewhere in the hospital is approximately £2.5 million.
The value of the equipment bought for installation when the wing was built was £1,842,000. Of this amount, equipment costing £196,000 was stored, equipment costing £450,000 was sold during 1980–1983 to the Royal Marsden hospital, London chest hospital and Cardiff children's hospital, and equipment costing £1,196,000 has in the meantime been used elsewhere in the hospital.