§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all surplus National Health Service property sold since 1979 in excess of £50,000, the price obtained and the date of sales by region and district.
§ Mr. John MacKayI refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Godman) on 5 and 11 June 1986 (Vol. 98, at column603 and Vol. 99, at column 204, respectively).
Receipts from sales in 1979–80 and 1980–81 amounted to £55,798 and £529,627 respectively.
Receipts for 1986–87 to date amount to £3,053,052.
Information about the selling price in individual cases is subject to the normal confidentiality between purchaser and seller in land transactions in Scotland.
Properties disposed of in 1986–87 to date are as follows:
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1986–87 Area Property sold Ayrshire and Arran Kilmarnock infirmary Argyll and Clyde Finnartmore hospital, Kilmun Borders Land at Knoll hospital, Duns Fife Glenlomond hospital farm, Mawcarse Land at Northern hospital, Dunfermline Northern hospital, Dunfermline (part payment) Grampian 62 Queen's Road, Aberdeen Greater Glasgow Ear, Nose and Throat hospital, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow Hillfoot Clinic, Bearsden, Glasgow Killearn hospital, Stirling (part payment)
Area Property sold Highland Land at County hospital, Invergordon Land at Hilton Clinic site, Inverness Ness House, Inverness (part payment) Lothian Clinic at Hog Road, Whitburn Muirfield House, Gullane Land at Dunbar health centre, Dunbar 64 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh Tayside Farmland at Sunnyside Royal hospital, Montrose Western Isles Newton House, Stornoway 70 Staff houses Various 9 Small plots of land Various