HC Deb 12 May 2004 vol 421 c462W
Mr. Alan Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the sale of surplus NHS land within the Northumbria NHS Trust area. [170414]

Ms Rosie Winterton

An agreement in principle has been given to transfer surplus land in the ownership of Secretary of State for Health to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Details of the transaction and the price to be paid have still to be determined.

Some of the land under consideration for transfer falls within the area covered by Northumbria national health service trust.

Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what conditions attach to the receipt of the proceeds of sale of the surplus NHS land to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; [168350]

(2) what arrangements have been entered into with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to ensure that the Department receives a share of any profits made on the subsequent sale of the surplus NHS sites by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. [168351]

Mr. Hutton

The announcement on 7 April was of an in-principle agreement to transfer the sites and the detailed terms of the transfer are still under discussion.