Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what capital expenditure has been incurred on the building of new national health service laundries and the renovation of existing laundry facilities over the last two years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythNo new laundries have been built in the last two years. Expenditure by health boards on renovating and upgrading laundries has been within their delegated expenditure limits. Details of this expenditure are not held centrally.
Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what capital expenditure has been incurred by health boards on the purchase of new laundering and dry-cleaning equipment over the past two years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThis information is not collected centrally.
Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the capital expenditure incurred on the purchase of a new laundry and dry-cleaning machine and on the construction of new, and renovation of existing, laundry facilities over the past two years was for the creation of additional laundry capacity.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is not held centrally. It is for individual health boards to determine what laundry facilities they require.