To ask Her Majesty's Government how many major hospital capital schemes costing more than £500,000 were started and completed in England in each year since 1997–98 in (a) acute hospitals, and (b) psychiatric hospitals; how many of those were private finance initiative schemes; how many were in London; and what the total expenditure on those projects was in each financial year since 1997–98 in (1) London, and (2) the rest of England. [HL2510]

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust projects in England were (a) started, and (b) completed, in each year since 1997–98 in (1) London, and (2) the rest of England; and what the total expenditure on those projects in each year was in (i) London, and (ii) the rest of England. [HL2511]

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many community hospital capital schemes costing more than £250,000 were (a) started, and (b) completed, in (1) London, and (2) the rest of England, in each financial year since 1997–98; and what the total expenditure was on those projects in each financial year in (i) London, and (ii) the rest of England. [HL2512]

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many capital schemes costing more than £250,000 were (a) started, and (b) completed, in each financial year since 1997–98 in (1) London, and (2) the rest of England; and what the total expenditure was on such projects in each financial year in (i) London, and (ii) the rest of England. [HL2513]

Three marked lists have been placed in the Library with the following information:

List 1—this contains the number of started and completed acute, mental health and community hospital private finance initiative (PFI) schemes for each year since 1997-98, shown by London and non-London location and the annual expenditure for those areas. Expenditure is shown as the annual estimated unitary payments paid under the PFI contracts (which covers initial capital cost, financing charges and building maintenance and other support services over the lifetime of the contract). Information is only held centrally on PFI schemes with a capital value of £10 million and above; there were a number of schemes below this threshold, which completed in the period 1997-98 to 2003-04.

List 2—this contains three tables:

Table 1 and 2—the number of completed acute and mental health non-PFI schemes (ie using public capital) for each year since 2003, shown by London and non-London location and the capital costs for those areas (information is not held centrally on the associated financing costs (ie capital charges) and ongoing support services for each scheme). The schemes are broken down in to the bands by capital cost requested (more than £250,000; between 250,000 and £500,000; and more than £500,000). Information is not held centrally on retrospective start dates for these schemes; we are only able to show those currently under construction. These schemes were all taken forward under the “Procure 21” initiative, which the department introduced in 2003 for public capital funded schemes; information on earlier public capital schemes since 1997-98 is only held for those over £10 million—this is shown in table 2.

Table 3—this shows the non-PFI funded community hospitals (ie using public capital) which have been completed and are on site under the P21 initiative; the great majority (13 of the 15 listed) are a result of the Community Hospitals Programme. This was developed as a result of the commitment included in Our health, our care, our community: investing in community hospitals and services, which announced that capital funding was available from 2006-07 to 2010-11 to support investment in community hospitals and facilities. A further four schemes under the programme are being funded via the National Health Service Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative and are included in list 3.

List 3—this contains the number of started and completed acute, mental health and community hospital NHS LIFT schemes for each year since 1997-98, shown by London and non-London location and the annual expenditure for those areas. Expenditure is shown as the annual estimated lease payments under the PFI contracts (which covers initial capital cost, financing charges and building maintenance). Information is not held centrally on retrospective start dates for these schemes; we are only able to show those currently under construction.