Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 62813, what the total operating revenue costs for NHS Property Services' properties that were classified as (a) vacant and (b) non-vacant were in each financial year since 2013-14.
Information on total operating revenue costs for NHS Property Services' properties since 2013/14 are shown in the following table.
| Year ending 31 March 2014 (£000’s) | Year ending 31 March 2015 (£000’s) | Year ending 31 March 2016 (£000’s) | ||||||
| Vacant | Non-Vacant | Total | Vacant | Non-Vacant | Total | Vacant | Non-Vacant | Total |
Property expenses | 7,710 | 671,183 | 678,893 | 8,072 | 614,517 | 622,589 | 8,547 | 576,004 | 584,551 |
Admin expenses | 1,366 | 118,957 | 120,323 | 1,454 | 110,749 | 112,203 | 1,731 | 116,629 | 118,360 |
Total Operating Revenue Expenses | 9,076 | 790,140 | 799,216 | 9,526 | 725,266 | 734,792 | 10,278 | 692,633 | 702,911 |
These figures include the vacant/non-vacant split for direct property and administration expenses only. Other expenses (such as impairments caused by downward revaluations) have not been included.