§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 28 March,Official Report, column 594, when she last had occasion to comment adversely on the time taken to dispose of surplus national health service property.
§ Mr. SackvilleRegional health authorities have been very successful in disposing of surplus national health service property. In the past 10 years, over £1 billion has been raised which has been reinvested in patient care.
Some properties do prove to be hard to sell given the difficult property market of recent years. I see no reason to comment adversely on the regional health authorities' performance in this area.