§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list all those national health service projects worth over £250,000 which have been financed by private sector money since February 1993.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe private finance initiative is helping the national health service to capture the skills and expertise of the private sector to give better services, higher quality and more resources for the NHS. Private finance will mean additional capital spending on top of the £2.1 billion public capital in 1994.95. New delegated limits for the NHS, introduced in April 1993, have removed obstacles that were inhibiting effective use of private finance. Only schemes with a capital cost over £1 million must be submitted centrally and, therefore, information is not available centrally on all schemes with a capital cost over £250,000. The table lists 20 schemes of over £1 million capital cost which have been approved since February 1993.
NHS projects using private capital over £1 million approved since February 1993
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Health Agency: lease of office accommodation.Yorkshire Regional Health Authority: clinical waste incineration.Hastings and Rother NHS Trust: Conquest Hospital staff residences.West Middlesex Hospital: endoscopy unit.North Bedfordshire Health Authority: residential accommodation at Steppingley and Biggleswade.Bolton Health Authority: clinical waste incineration.New River Health Authority: lease of office accommodation.Leicester Mental Health Services: lease of new Trust Headquarters.United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: generating station.William Harvey Hospital (Ashford): clinical waste incineration. Barnet Health Authority: residential accommodation in Hendon. Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority: clinical waste incineration.Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority: staff residences at Carlton Gate.East Sussex Health Authority: residential accommodation for continuing care of the elderly.Brent and Harrow Health Authority: provision of residential accommodation.Doncaster Healthcare NHS Trust: clinical waste incineration. Kent and Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust: staff accommodation. St. James' NHS Trust, Leeds: combined heat and power plant. Hertfordshire Health Agency: lease of office accommodation. Hillingdon Health Agency: lease of office accommodation.