§ Dr. WhiteheadTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the private finance initiative schemes that are currently under consideration in the regions covered by the Government offices for the south-east and the south-west which pertain to the health service and are not the subject of the first prioritisation of 3 July 1997. [11362]
§ Mr. MilburnThose national health service trust schemes in the regions covered by the Government offices for the south-east and south-west that have outline business case approval and are currently testing for private finance are listed. All schemes listed have a capital value of £1 million or over. Information is not collected centrally on schemes with a capital value below £1 million. The list excludes those major acute private finance initiative schemes that were part of the recent prioritisation exercise.
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Region/trust Scheme South-east Chichester Priority Services NHS Trust Graylingwell reprovision Crawley Horsham NHS Trust Patient administration scheme (PAS) Hastings and Rother NHS Trust Mental health reprovision North Downs Community Health NHS Trust Farnham Hospital development North Downs Community Health NHS Trust Aldershot Polyclinic development Oxleas NHS Trust Bexley Hospital reprovision Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust Endoscopy and day surgery centre Thanet Healthcare NHS Trust Private Patient and Post graduate medical centre North Kent Healthcare NHS Trust Sheppey Community Hospital South-west Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Neurosciences intensive treatment area Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust Lymington Hospital reprovision Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Radiotherapy equipment Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust Mental health and learning disabilities North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust Alton Hospital
Region/trust Scheme Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust Inpatient mental health Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust Brain Injury rehabilitation unit Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Replacement radio scheme Poole Hospital NHS Trust Parkstone House residential Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust Opthalmic services
§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health service private finance initiative agreements(a) have been approved and (b) are ready to proceed. [11140]
§ Mr. MilburnFollowing the enactment of the National Health Service (Private Finance) Bill which received Royal Assent on 15 July, the private finance initiative scheme at Dartford and Gravesham national health service trust achieved financial close on 30 July. Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare NHS trust has reached agreement to proceed to financial close.
§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 21 July,Official Report, column 414, on the private finance initiative, if he will place in the Library copies of each of the business case PFI bid documents for those NHS facilities that were recently listed as approved for further consideration. [10673]
§ Mr. MilburnI will write to my hon. Friend.