HC Deb 19 November 2001 vol 375 cc116-8W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the outstanding repair and maintenance backlog figures in each health authority in England are for each of the last two years. [13620]

Mr. Hutton

Figures collected which generally reflect the cost of outstanding repair and maintenance of hospitals are known as the "cost to achieve Estatecode condition B". In relation to a building's physical condition this is the condition whereby the property is considered to be physically sound, operationally safe and exhibits only minor deterioration.

Costs to achieve Estatecode condition B (physical condition) for the year 1999–2000, grouped into each health authority in England, are shown in the table. Similar costs for the year 2000–01 are still in the process of collection and validation and are unlikely to be available until early next year.

Figures for special health authorities (SHA), figures are only collected in connection with special hospitals and therefore exclude costs relating to all other SHA organisations (for example, Family Health Services Appeal Authority, Commission for Health Improvement, NHS Information Authority).

£
Health authority Cost to achieve estatecode Condition 1999–2000
Avon 57,879,000
Barking and Havering 28,934,000
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 46,206,000
Barnsley 2,110,000
Bedfordshire 12,804,000
Berkshire 74,205,000
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 70,395,000
Birmingham 172,926,000
Bradford 26,722,000
Brent and Harrow 29,783,000
Buckinghamshire 30,607,000
Bury and Rochdale 7,539,000
Calderdale and Kirklees 52,980,000
Cambridgeshire 33,866,000
Camden and Islington 79,819,000
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 13,279,000
County Durham 13,538,000
Coventry 74,391,000
Croydon 31,100,000
Doncaster 14,368,000
Dorset 10,203,000
Dudley 28,070,000

£
Health authority Cost to achieve estatecode Condition 1999–2000
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 96,230,000
East Kent 11,517,000
East Lancashire 29,117,000
East London and The City 113,466,000
East Riding 59,189,000
East Surrey 4,802,000
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 18,970,000
Gateshead and South Tyneside 7,228,000
Gloucestershire 15,704,000
Herefordshire 7,661,000
Hertfordshire 80,084,000
Hillingdon 6,030,000
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 9,422,000
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 63,276,000
Kingston and Richmond 8,667,000
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 126,844,000
Leeds 81,440,000
Leicestershire 81,519,000
Lincolnshire 32,449,000
Liverpool 27,675,000
Manchester 110,612,000
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 35,151,000
Morecambe Bay 11,700,000
Newcastle and North Tyneside 44,542,000
Norfolk 30,123,000
North and East Devon 8,103,000
North and Mid Hampshire 17,216,000
North Cheshire 3,201,000
North Cumbria 20,268,000
North Derbyshire 5,748,000
North Essex 38,632,000
North Nottinghamshire 13,211,000
North Staffordshire 40,824,000
North West Lancashire 33,003,000
North Yorkshire 23,115,000
Northamptonshire 21,652,000
Northumberland 15,984,000
Nottingham 71,949,000
Oxfordshire 52,084,000
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 63,457,000
Rotherham 4,306,000
Salford and Trafford 17,681,000
Sandwell 7,681,000
Sefton 10,679,000
Sheffield 27,142,000

Department of health vacancies survey, March 2001. Number of 3 month vacancies—by region and health authority areas
whole-tune equivalents
All medical and dental Qualified nurses Qualified allied health professionals
Health authority 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
England 770 920 10,110 9,000 1,450 1,820
Northern and Yorkshire 130 150 840 760 130 240
Bradford 20 10 80 70 10 20
Calderdale and Kirlees 20 20 50 90 10 10
County Durham and Darlington 10 20 30 10 10 10
East Riding and Hull 10 20 20 90 10 20
Gateshead and South Tyneside 10 10 30 20 10 10
Leeds 10 10 240 200 30 60
Newcastle and North Tyneside 10 0 260 40 10 10
North Cumbria 10 10 10 20 0 20
North Yorkshire 10 0 10 20 0 20
Northumberland 10 20 40 40 20 20
Sunderland 0 20 10 10 0 10
Tees 0 20 30 110 10 10
Wakefield 10 10 30 40 10 20

£
Health authority Cost to achieve estatecode Condition 1999–2000
Shropshire 35,628,000
Solihull 1,656,000
Somerset 10,211,000
South and West Deveon 13,210,000
South Cheshire 5,266,000
South Essex 17,333,000
South Humber 5,073,000
South Lancashire 4,855,000
South Staffordshire 10,283,000
Southampton and South West Hampshire 24,627,000
Southern Derbyshire 4,565,000
Special Trusts 9,022,000
St. Helen's and Knowsley 8,095,000
Stockport 16,168,000
Suffolk 31,056,000
Sunderland 11,621,000
Tees 46,361,000
Wakefield 30,028,000
Walsall 7,402,000
Warwickshire 6,093,000
West Kent 78,524,000
West Pennine 10,207,000
West Surrey 21,332,000
West Sussex 50,027,000
Wigan and Bolton 12,343,000
Wiltshire 30,824,000
Wirral 8,877,000
Wolverhampton 18,831,000
Worcestershire 23,655,000
Grand total 3,074,431,000

Note:

Special health authorities include special hospitals only (e.g. Ashworth, Rampton and Broadmoor)

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