§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to section B, subhead B1 of vote 7 of his Department's spring supplementary estimates, if he will list each additional loan to NHS trusts, and the principal capital items for which they are required; and if he will list those trusts which have interest bearing loans outstanding.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe information is as follows:
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Amount £ Bridgend and District NHS trust Princess of Wales hospital, psychiatric unit 4,703,000 Carmarthen and District NHS trust West Wales hospital ward blocks 2,345,000 Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS trust North Road Development 432,000 Clwydian Community Care NHS trust Psychiatric unit, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd 2,013,000
Amount £ Glan Clwyd district general hospital NHS trust Upgrading of wards, paediatric unit 1,515,000 Glan Hafren NHS trust Reorganisation of acute service 3,306,000 Gwent Community Health NHS Trust Community hospital developments 3,000,000 Llandough hospital NHS trust Barry neighbourhood hospital 3,615,000 Llanelli Dinefwr NHS trust Minor capital schemes 341,000 Pembrokeshire NHS trust Minor capital schemes 670,000 Powys health care NHS trust Brecon war memorial 2,545,000 South and East Wales ambulance NHS trust Vehicle replacement 600,000 Swansea NHS trust Operating theatres 1,097,000 Wrexham Maelor hospital NHS trust Wrexham Maelor phase IIA 3,723,000 Total 29,905,000 All NHS trusts have a long-term loan established via their originating capital debt or new long-term loans agreed with the Welsh Office.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to issue guidelines to trusts in the NHS in Wales on the refinement of the estimating procedure for the level of interest-bearing loans they will require.
§ Mr. RedwoodThrough the process of setting, on an annual basis, the external financing limit for each trust, the element for new loans to fund capital developments is determined. Currently, there are no plans to issue further guidance but the position is kept under constant review via the monitoring regime applicable to trusts in Wales.