HC Deb 21 February 1989 vol 147 cc609-10W
69. Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about his future plans for the National Health Service.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

I refer the hon. Member to my statement to the House on 31 January 1989 at columns 165–70.

Mr. Freeman

The annual accounts of health authorities do not specifically identify expenditure on hospital building as such. Following are figures of total capital expenditure derived from the annual summarised accounts of health authorities in England: