HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 cc476-7W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much undeveloped land is owned by the National Health Service in Wales; and if he will list those sites of 10 acres or more.

Mr. Grist

The information is not recorded in the form requested. Currently the NHS in Wales owns some 358.5 acres of land which it no longer needs. This land, which will be sold at the best possible price for the benefit of health care in Wales, includes plots of 10 acres or more at the following sites:—

  1. Aberdare general hospital, Aberdare
  2. Bronllys hospital, Brecon
  3. Bryn-y-Neuadd hospital, Llanfairfechan
  4. Mid Wales hospital, Talgarth
  5. Parc Beck nurses home, Swansea
  6. St. Cadoc's hospital, Caerleon
  7. Whitchurch hospital, Cardiff
  8. William Nicholl home, Cardiff

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much land has been sold, and for how much in 1987–88 prices, by the National Health Service in Wales, in each year from 1979 to 1988.

Mr. Grist

The information is given in the following table:

Financial year Acreage sold Proceeds of

sale (1987–88

prices)

£000
1979–80 10.1 0.33
1980–81 148.5 1.02
1981–82 205.8 0.28
1982–83 740.9 1.77
1983–84 52.5 0.95
1984–85 11.1 1.55
1985–86 28.0 1.78
1986–87 76.4 2.88
1987–88 9.4 1.73

Source: NHS Wales Land Sales 1979–80 to 1987–88.