HC Deb 15 February 1988 vol 127 cc481-2W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing the number of new hospitals opened in Scotland for every year since 1979.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Details of all hospital developments are not held centrally, as minor capital projects are delegated to health boards. The information for capital projects costing over £1 million is as follows:

Year Number of Hospitals
1979 2
1980 10
1981 6
1982 5
1983 10
1984 6
1985 4
1986 4
1987 4
TOTAL 51