§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2002,Official Report, column 300W, what figures he collates on repair and maintenance of NHS estates, broken down by region, in each of the last five years. [53371]
§ Ms BlearsFigures for the repair and maintenance backlog costs for the national health service estate in England, broken down by region over the five years from 1996–97 to 2000–01, were reported in my response to the hon. Gentleman on 19 March 2002,Official Report, column 300W.
These are repeated in the following tables with figures for the year 2000–01 updated to reflect the outcome of recent data validation.
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Total backlog maintenance—old region £000 Old region 1996–97 1997–98 Northern and Yorkshire 387,253 427,819 Trent 211,042 234,193 Anglia and Oxford 240,769 288,228 North Thames 768,942 652,985 South Thames 370,659 357,978 South West 227,901 254,959 West Midlands 350,055 391,575 North West 266,485 291,981 Total for England 2,823,106 2,899,717
Total backlog maintenance—new region £000 New region 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Northern and Yorkshire 539,948 433,016 486,128 Trent 370,185 267,137 256,091 Eastern 262,662 267,398 177,968 London 832,901 796,949 708,697 South Eastern 383,660 409,228 401,196 South West 222,863 165,154 282,225 West Midlands 421,888 435,101 454,432 North West 336,944 334,241 387,131 Total for England 3,371,051 3,108,224 3,153,869