Written question asked by Andy King (Labour) on Thursday, 1 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 September 2004. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 September 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government achieved its target of reducing disrepair on the NHS estate by 25 per cent. between April 1999 and March 2004; what the total repair backlog on the NHS estate was in (a) March 2003 and (b) March 2004; and if this information is not currently available, when will he make it available. - Inc fact that will write.

Answer: Andy King: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Government achieved their target of reducing disrepair on the NHS estate by 25 per cent. between April 1999 and March 2004; what the total repair backlog on the NHS estate was in (a) March 2003 and (b) March 2004; and if this information is not currently available, when will he make it available. [182459] Ms Rosie Winterton: NHS estates collects data on backlog maintenance from national health service trusts through its estates return information collection. The latest data relates to 2002-03 and this remains the subject of a statistical validation exercise, which will be completed shortly. Once the validation exercise is complete I will write to my hon. Friend.

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