§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those public investment projects within his Department's responsibility which have attracted private capital and which have been commenced since November 1993.
§ Mr. LangContracts for the following projects have been signed since November 1993:
- Ayrshire and Arran Health Board: elderly care beds.
- Dundee Teaching Hospitals Trust: biochemical analysing equipment.
- Lothian and Forth Valley Trusts: clinical waste disposal.
- Lothian Health Board: Western General Hospital Molecular Medicines Centre.
- Northern Trusts Consortium: clinical waste disposal.
- There may also be projects which have been started by, for example, health trusts which have not been notified to the Scottish Office because they are within delegated spending limits and so the information is not held centrally.
- There are also around 10 projects started before November 1993.
- In addition, many projects undertaken by bodies such as Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scottish Homes and the New Towns attract private capital