§ Mr. AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Deparment is to compensate Southampton general hospital for the value added tax required to be paid on the cost of the construction of the children's cancer ward and development unit raised by the Piam Brown Child Cancer Fund; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThe arrangements whereby the NHS could in some circumstances reclaim VAT on construction work ceased in April 1990 and health authorities' resources have been increased to compensate. I understand that the allocations of compensation made by Wessex region included an element to Southampton health authority.