§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the cost of undertaking all the identified backlog in repairs and in maintenance of health service properties.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 11 July 1994]: The responsibility for management and maintenance of the health service estate in Scotland rests with provider units, and it is for them to make estimates of this kind. However, the latest annual survey estimate is that at 31 March 1993 the appropriate expenditure required to improve the physical condition of the essential estate was £270 million including backlog maintenance and other work.