§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the estimated capital cost of acquiring the site, building and commissioning the new headquarters building of the northern and Yorkshire outpost of the NHS executive; what is the estimated annual revenue cost of the capital or leasing charges for the building; who will own it; when it will open; and how many people will work in it. [11113]
§ Mr. MaloneThe estimated capital cost of the new headquarters building for the northern and Yorkshire regional office in Durham is £2.54 million. This is more than offset by the proceeds from the sale of one of the existing regional health authority's former headquarters buildings in Harrogate of £2.825 million. The accommodation charge will. not be determined until the building is complete but, on the basis of comparison with other Department of Health regional headquarters buildings, this move will result in minimum revenue savings of £300,000 per annum. The freehold of the building will be owned by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health. The building is expected920W to be complete for handover on 29 April 1996, ahead of schedule. One hundred and thirty staff will work in the building.