HC Deb 10 March 2004 vol 418 cc1596-7W
Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future use of the Coldeast Hospital Site in Fareham. [160053]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 9 March 2004]:The ownership of the Coldeast Hospital site is split between the Secretary of State for Health, Fareham and Gosport Primary Care Trust (PCT) and West Hampshire National Health Service Trust.

Reserved matters planning consent has recently been granted for a total of 253 housing units on those parts of the site owned by the Secretary of State for Health and the Fareham and Gosport PCT.

Options for the sale of the Secretary of State's land are currently being considered. Fareham and Gosport PCT is firming up its plans for the health service needs of both Fareham and Gosport residents and the health campus on the Coldeast site is a key part of those plans.