HC Deb 09 February 2004 vol 417 cc1205-6W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made towards the target of reducing the value of NHS building backlog maintenance by 25 per cent. by 2004. [150043]

Mr. Hutton

NHS Estates collects data on backlog maintenance from national health service trusts through its Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). The latest data relate to 2002–03 and these remain the subject of a statistical validation exercise which will be completed shortly. Once the validation exercise is complete I will write to the hon. Member.