NHS: Buildings Mr. Burstow To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his estimate is of the risk-adjusted backlog maintenance cost for the NHS in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997; (2) what the maintenance backlog to reach estate code condition B was in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. Mr. Bradshaw The information is shown in the following tables. NHS Estates collects data on backlog maintenance annually from national health service trusts through its Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). It has not been amended centrally and responsibility for its accuracy lies with the contributing NHS organisations. Risk adjusted backlog maintenance was introduced in 2004-05 and therefore not collected prior to that year. The 28 strategic health authorities were created in 2002-03 and re-organised in 2006-07 into 10. For backlog maintenance data relating to before 2002-03, the national totals have been provided. ------------------------------------------------------ |National total|Total backlog maintenance (£ million)| ------------------------------------------------------ |1997-98 |2,836 | ------------------------------------------------------ |1998-99 |3,027 | ------------------------------------------------------ |1999-2000 |3,108 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2000-01 |3,242 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2001-02 |3,378 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2002-03 |3,518 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2003-04 |3,198 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |3,142 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |3,684 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2006-07 |3,740 | ------------------------------------------------------ |2007-08 |4,044 | ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- |National total|Risk adjusted backlog maintenance (£ million)| -------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |1,342 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |1,744 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |1,542 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |1,854 | -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total backlog maintenance by the 28 strategic health authorities|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |177 |91 |128 |130 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |94 |82 |136 |138 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham and the Black Country |244 |262 |286 |360 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire and Merseyside |153 |75 |53 |69 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |County Durham and Tees Valley |62 |29 |57 |63 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria and Lancashire |97 |64 |58 |58 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset and Somerset |47 |10 |18 |15 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex |82 |76 |93 |77 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |205 |172 |117 |122 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire and Isle of Wight |89 |80 |102 |131 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent and Medway |106 |114 |109 |151 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland |109 |118 |100 |95 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire |99 |87 |63 |78 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire |72 |79 |85 |93 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Central London |172 |189 |135 |241 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East London |147 |174 |168 |121 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West London |221 |344 |266 |456 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland, Tyne and Wear |81 |70 |76 |74 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire and Staffordshire |98 |100 |94 |90 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East London |164 |145 |119 |154 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West London |161 |154 |176 |204 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West Peninsula |41 |18 |31 |70 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |69 |46 |49 |67 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey and Sussex |108 |85 |75 |94 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |151 |106 |124 |149 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trent |148 |151 |146 |106 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands South SHA |94 |90 |84 |92 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |224 |188 |193 |185 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National total |3,518 |3,198 |3,142 |3,684 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total backlog maintenance by the 10 strategic health authorities|2006-07|2007-08| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |297 |285 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |290 |363 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |1,110 |1,106 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |132 |148 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |309 |309 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Central |276 |307 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East Coast |249 |306 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |173 |249 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |519 |553 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |383 |418 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National total |3,740 |4,044 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Risk adjusted backlog maintenance by strategic health authority|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |92 |118 |65 |154 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |115 |116 |107 |152 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |346 |535 |451 |489 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |60 |73 |58 |69 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |86 |108 |111 |96 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Central |80 |115 |103 |136 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East Coast |121 |139 |140 |159 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |88 |116 |76 |129 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |253 |296 |265 |259 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |101 |128 |164 |211 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National total |1,342 |1,744 |1,542 |1,854 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Henderson To ask the Secretary of State for Health what work his Department is undertaking to enable NHS trusts to develop premises and sites which facilitate the provision of modern and accessible healthcare. Mr. Bradshaw The Department recognises the important role, which facilities play in the delivery of modern high quality, accessible care, as envisioned by High Quality Care for All. To facilitate a streamlined and timely approach to facilities development, decision-making about the planning and development of all facilities is vested in local health organisations, who can consult and engage with their local communities on key issues to ensure that those facilities meet their specific needs. At a national level, the Department develops and publishes a suite of best practice guidance on health care facilities, which are made available free of charge to the national health service. It has also developed a range of products and initiatives to support the NHS in the planning and construction of facilities. Mr. Lansley To ask the Secretary of State for Health what data are collected in the Estates Returns Information Collection on the NHS estate. Mr. Bradshaw The data items collected by the Estates Returns Information Collection system for the latest period 2007-08 have been placed in the Library. Mr. Lansley To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to page 120 of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7484, what improvements in NHS estate utilisation are taking place; and what contribution he estimates each will make to efficiency savings in the next 12 months. Mr. Bradshaw National health service organisations have devolved responsibility for the efficient utilisation of their assets including the estate. The Department has supported the efficient utilisation of assets by ensuring that NHS organisations disposing of surplus property retain the proceeds for reinvestment. The Department continues to work with the NHS to improve efficiency in all areas.