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£ million
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

£ million
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

£ million
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. [241099]

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. [241101]

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. [241110]

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.

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