HC Deb 02 June 1998 vol 313 c171W
24. Lorna Fitzsimons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new NHS hospitals have been announced since 1 May 1997. [42201]

Mr. Milburn

Thirty hospital schemes have been given the go ahead since 1 May 1997. Twenty-five of these were under the Private Finance Initiative and five publicly funded.