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Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of maintaining redundant and empty hospital buildings in each region in the last six years. [127335]
Mr. Hutton
Information on the cost of redundant and empty properties held by national health service organisations is not held centrally.
Until these properties are sold they must be maintained both for health and safety reasons and to ensure the best price is obtained for them. Sales of these properties have generated considerable receipts for re-investment in the NHS in recent years, as shown in the table.
£ million
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2001–02
| 2002–03
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| Receipts from sales | 160 | 151 |