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Hospital Bed Costs
Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average unit cost to the NHS of a new hospital bed in (a) an existing district general hospital, (b) a new district general hospital paid for exclusively by public money, (c) a new district general hospital paid for exclusively by private money and (d) a new district hospital paid for through a PFI scheme; and if he will make a statement. [126059]
Mr. Denham: The information requested is not held centrally but an indicative capital cost of creating a new hospital bed place in a new hospital is approximately £325,000 (excluding Value Added Tax) at current prices. The cost includes the capital construction cost, equipment costs and professional fees incurred as well as a proportion of the costs of the supporting services within the new hospital such as operating theatres, outpatient departments, accident and emergency services, catering, office accommodation, public areas, pharmacy, pathology and radiology. It does not include the running costs necessary to make the bed operational, such as staffing, linen or cleaning.
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Every hospital is designed to meet specific local needs, so no two will be the same, and future hospitals may have different functions and departments. It is not therefore possible from available information to give the average capital cost of providing a new bed in an existing hospital. The cost of upgrading or adapting an inpatient ward within an existing hospital should not exceed a maximum of 70 per cent. of the cost of new provision and would generally be a much lower percentage.
Under private finance initiative rules it is the responsibility of consortium bidders to cost an overall design, construction and service solution. One element of this will be the number, type and layout of hospital beds. Because costing and pricing factors will vary between PFI projects to reflect factors like design innovation, greenfield build or refurbishment and competitive pressures in the private sectors supply chain, it is not possible to provide a unit cost for a hospital bed built under PFI.
NHS Trust Budgets
Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each NHS trust in Great Britain the (a) total budget and (b) amount of budget deficit, for each year since 1995 for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [126109]
Mr. Denham: National Health Service trusts are not given budgets. They are required to break even, on an income and expenditure basis, taking one year with another.
Information on NHS trust deficits in England will be placed in the Library.
The information relating to Wales and Scotland is a matter for the devolved administrations.
Child Protection
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department's register of sex offenders outlined in the Protection of Children Act 1999 will include British sex offenders who are known to have been convicted abroad; [126778]
- (2) what measures he is taking to ensure that British citizens who sexually abuse children are not able to escape registration under the Protection of Children Act 1999 by travelling overseas. [126780]
Mr. Hutton: There is nothing in the Protection of Children Act 1999 which would preclude a child care worker from being referred to the Secretary of State for possible inclusion in the list to be maintained under that Act in circumstances where he has been dismissed, or has otherwise left his position, related to a conviction for sexual abuse against children committed abroad.
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If a decision is taken to include a person on the list to be kept under the Protection of Children Act 1999 the name will remain on the list irrespective of where the person lives or travels.
As regards the wider question of British sex offenders convicted abroad, Part I of the Sex Offender Act 1997 does not at present require such offenders to register with the police on their return to this country. The Home Office will shortly be starting a major policy review of the Act and this question will be looked at very carefully as part of that review.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
CCTV Cameras
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee in what circumstances CCTV cameras are installed in hon. Members' offices. [126313]
Sir Sydney Chapman: No CCTV cameras are, or ever have been, installed in hon. Members' offices. Installation of such cameras in an hon. Member's office would be done only with the consent of the hon. Member concerned, and with the personal authorisation of the Serjeant at Arms.
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Magistrates Courts Committees
Mr. David Taylor: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the predicted weighted case load and cash limit allocation for 2000-01 for each magistrates courts committee ranked by cost per case on the weighted case load used in the grant formula. [126465]
Jane Kennedy: The formula for distributing revenue grant is currently under review. The cash allocation for 2000-01 and 1999-2000 was distributed using the same proportion of the available funds as allocated for 1998-99. The weighted case load was therefore based on 1997-98 figures. Additional payments were made in cases of hardship. Weighted case load accounts for 35 per cent. of the cash allocation. The cash limit allocations by MCC are in table A, the latest cost per case information is in table B. Cash allocations are not based on cost per case. We aim to complete the review of the grant formula so that a new formula is applied to the 2001-02 allocation. We will be consulting stakeholders on the elements that should constitute the formula.
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