§ 27. Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many major national health service building schemes have been completed since 1979.
§ Mr. DorrellSince 1979, over 600 building schemes, each costing over £1 million, have been completed. A further 400 such schemes are currently at various stages of planning, design and construction. This is the largest sustained building programme in the history of the NHS.