HC Deb 12 April 1988 vol 131 cc81-2W
6. Mr. Hayward

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital building schemes costed at more than £1 million were completed in 1974 to 1979; and how many have been completed since 1979.

15. Mr. Cran

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many building schemes costed at more than £1 million were completed in 1974 to 1979; and how many have been completed since 1979.

Mr. Newton

Information held centrally on health building schemes, each costing over £1 million, shows that 120 schemes were completed between April 1974 and March 1979 and 300 more have been completed from April 1979 to date.

25. Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the National Health Service capital expenditure projects, costing more than £1 million, which have been completed in the Staffordshire, Moorlands parliamentary constituency during the past 14 years and those projected in the next five years.

Mrs. Currie

The information is as follows:

Completed Schemes: New Cheadle Geriatric Unit—completed July 1987—cost £5 million.

Projected Schemes: Leek Moorlands Hospital redevelopment—estimated completion date 1989—cost £2.079 million.

31. Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress of the Health Service building programme.

37. Mr. David Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress of the Health Service building programme.

Table 1 Resident mental illness in-patients1 by estimated duration of stay
England
Year All durations Less than 1 year per cent. 1 year-5 years per cent More than 5 years per cent.
1981 73,170 27,150 37 17,190 23 28,830 39
1982 70,880 26,740 38 17,130 24 27,010 38
1983 69,030 26,350 38 17,060 25 25,620 37
1984 66,050 26,380 40 15,870 24 23,800 36
1985 63,970 27,400 43 14,950 23 21,620 34
1986 60,280 25,790 43 14,780 25 19,710 33
All columns are expressed as a percentage of total resident in-patients. Percentages may not add up to 100 per cent, because of rounding.

The reducing numbers of in-patients with duration of stay exceeding five years have been divided between:

Discharges Deaths
1981 818 2,657
1982 733 2,551
1983 821 2,417
1984 981 2,397
1985 986 2,346
1986 1,082 2,194
1 Excludes patients in the four special hospitals.

Mrs. Currie

The largest ever building programme in the history of the National Health Service is still under way. Information held centrally shows that there are currently over 500 health building schemes, each costing over £l million, at various stages of planning, design and construction. The total value of the programme is estimated at over £3.5 billion, and the total capital expenditure this year (1988–89) is expected to exceed £1 billion.

These building schemes, which are located throughout the country, are providing a better health care environment for National Health Service patients and more attractive working conditions for staff. They are helping to improve productivity and value for money. Newer designs have been generally very well received by patients and the public and are being completed on time and to budget.

36. Mr. Hanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many capital schemes in the Health Service are under construction; and how many have been completed since 1979.

Mr. Newton

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw) earlier today.