HC Deb 28 February 1997 vol 291 cc449-50W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list each scheme proposed under the private finance initiative in the Welsh NHS according to the stage it has reached. [18111]

Mr. Hague

There are 27 proposals for capital schemes, above individual NHS trusts' delegated capital spending limits, for which trusts are developing business cases. Of those, the following table shows schemes for which outline business case approval has been given and the relevant trust is testing for private sector interest within the private finance initiative.

Trust scheme PFI position
Glan y Mor/local general hospital Baglan Advert places in OJEC
Powys Healthcare/Bronllys— Mid Wales Merger and Newtown hospital Invitation to negotiate issued
East Glamorgan/Staff Residences for the new district general hospital at Ynys y Plwm Invitation to negotiate issued
Gwynedd Community/Porthmadog community hospital Invitation to negotiate issued
Velindre/radiotherapy equipment replacement Invitation to negotiate issued
Glan Hafren/Chepstow neighbourhood hospital Preferred private sector partner selected
Gwent Community/Nevill Hall mental health development Preferred private sector partner selected
Nevill Hall/day surgery unit Preferred private sector partner selected
University hospital for Wales/multi-storey car park and slip road Contracts signed and under construction