§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the annual expenditure, in 1987 prices, from 209W 1975–76 to date on repair, maintenance and improvement work on the Welsh National Health Service estate; what is his Department's estimate of the expenditure needed to bring the condition of the Welsh National Health Service estate to a fully reconditioned and repaired state, complying with up to date building standards, not including the reconditioning of parts of the estate for which there is no intention to recondition or repair, but where the proper course is demolition or disposal, or the expected depreciation of the estate in this financial year; what is his Department's estimate of the annual expenditure to prevent the Welsh National Health Service estate's condition from deteriorating, excluding those parts of the estate for which there is no intention to recondition or repair, but where the proper course is demolition or otherwise disposal; and what is the capital value of National Health Service buildings in Wales.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonI shall reply to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.