§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the cost to his Department of running HMS Drake; how much was spent in each of the last five years on hyperbaric medicine at HMS Drake; how many patients have attended in the past two years; and how many patients were sent from HMS Drake to the diving diseases research centre at Fort Bovisand in each of the past two years.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe cost of running HMS Drake in the financial year 1991–92 was £27 million. No money has been spent on hyperbaric medicine at HMS Drake in the last five years. A total of 16,976 patients attended HMS Drake in 1991 and to date in 1992, 21,475 patients have attended. No patients have attended for hyperbaric treatment at HMS Drake or been referred to the diving diseases research centre at Fort Bovisand in the last two years.