HC Deb 01 March 1989 vol 148 cc249-50W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by district health authority within the Trent regional health authority, how much National Health Service land has been sold in 1987–88 prices for each year since 1979

Mr. Freeman

A list of all land and property sold by the Trent RHA was given in my hon. and learned Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Mansfield (Mr. Meale) on 22 December 1988 at columns401–4. To arrive at 1987–88 prices the figures should be divided by the following gross domestic product (market prices) deflators:

  • 1979–80—0.56955
  • 1980–81—0.67460
  • 1981–82—0.74104
  • 1982–83—0.79398
  • 1983–84—0.83014
  • 1984–85—0.87214
  • 1985–86—0.91922
  • 1986–87—0.94988

These deflators however take no account of the volatility of the property market.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much undeveloped National Health Service land is owned by the Trent regional health authority; and who benefits from the sale of such land.

Mr. Freeman

Information on the amount of NHS land which is undeveloped is not held. However at 31 March 1988 the total land holding of Trent RHA amounted to approximately 4,324 acres, of which just over 800 acres had been declared surplus to requirements and was in the process of disposal. All proceeds from the sale of surplus NHS land are retained by health authorities for reinvestment in the service.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 9 February concerning the>

resource allocation working party, Official Report, column 803, what is his best estimate of the likely impact on resources available to the Trent region, of the trends he describes.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The question is a rephrasing of the hon. Member's original question and there is nothing that I can sensibly add to my original answer.