§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, by location, his Department's 12 pilot projects aimed at reducing waiting times for hearing aid services; what is the cost of each project; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThe table lists the projects by location and shows the funding allocated to each project in 1990–91, based on the project manager's estimate of expenditure in each case. We shall shortly be inviting project managers to let us have their estimate of project costs for 1991–92. In addition to funding individual projects, the Department is funding the Hester Adrian research centre at the university of Manchester to carry out an evaluation of all 12 projects. The total estimated cost of the evaluation is £80,000.
Project/location Funding £ Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading 4,000 Manor Hospital, Walsall 26,000 Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield 10,000 Royal United Hospital, Bath 8,000 Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds 21,000 Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester 28,000 Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne 9,000 Mayday University Hospital, Thornton Heath 12,000 Walton Hospital, Liverpool 15,000 Royal East Sussex Hospital, Hastings 12,000 Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter 30,000 Queen Victoria Hospital, Morecambe 8,000