§ Mr. ShoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 20 February,Official Report, column 31, on the London health service, what is the capital investment sum needed to provide at the Royal London Whitechapel site the services and facilities to be withdrawn from the London child hospital, the Queen Elizabeth hospital for children and St. Bartholomew's hospital; over what time scale the expansion of the Whitechapel site will take place; and how much of the capital needed will he provided by her Department.
§ Mr. MaloneThe estimated gross capital cost of the proposed single site option, phased over five or six years, as set out in the consultation document "Health Services for the Future" published by East London and the City health authority, is £202 million. This is £106 million more than the £96 million needed to maintain the status quo.
Funding sources will be confirmed when the Royal Hospitals Trust has developed its full business case following the outcome of public consultation.