HC Deb 16 February 1993 vol 219 c164W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate has been made of the cost of undertaking all the identified backlog in repairs and maintenance to health service properties.

Mr. Stewart

Health boards estimate that at 31 March 1992 the expenditure required to put the essential estate in a sound physical condition was £240 million. This figure embraces backlog maintenance and such other work as the replacement of building elements which have reached the end of their useful life.