§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated current value of Perivale hospital, Greenford; what is the estimated cost of building a hospital facility of similar proportions; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieWith the agreement of the district valuer, a contract has been signed to sell the bulk of the site of Perivale hospital to Ealing council for £6.19 million. The remainder of the site would probably have a market value of about £1.25 million, but is being retained for health service use. On medical advice, our policy is to provide374W maternity units as part of district general hospitals, thus no current estimates of the cost of building a free standing maternity hospital are available.