Written question asked by Adrian Flook (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 February 2005. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Thursday, 24 February 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money each primary care trust in the Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority area has received for helping general practitioner surgeries to (a) expand, (b) build new surgeries and (c) renovate outdated buildings in each of the last four years; and what the budgets are for the coming financial year; how much money the Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Area (a) has received and (b) is due to receive under the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) Scheme, broken down by primary care trust; how much of the 2004-05 Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) allocation to Somerset and Dorset strategic health authority has been spent, broken down by primary care trust.

Answer: Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much money each primary care trust in the Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority area has received for helping general practitioner surgeries to (a) expand, (b) build new surgeries and (c) renovate outdated buildings in each of the last four years; and what the budgets are for the coming financial year; [214609] (2) how much money the Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Area (a) has received and (b) is due to receive under the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) Scheme, broken down by primary care trust; [216471] (3) how much of the 2004-05 Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) allocation to Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority has been spent, broken down by primary care trust. [216472] Ms Rosie Winterton: There are presently no national health service local investment finance trust (LIFT) schemes or private finance initiative (PFI) activity related to general practitioner premises improvements in the Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area. Dorset and premises improvements in the Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area. Dorset and Somerset SHA has advised that it received no applications from local primary care trusts for the fourth wave of LIFT schemes.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 431 c791W;431 c787W; 214609;216471;216472
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Capital investment Finance General practitioners Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk