Mr. Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current annual cost in National Health Service hospitals of domestic services, home warden services and ancillary services, respectively; if he will express these as a percentage of the cost of hospitals as a whole; and what percentage of these services is carried out by private contractors.
§ Sir George YoungThe following information has been derived from the accounts for the financial year 1978–79, the latest year for which annual accounts are available:
vices as a whole. Private contractors accounted for 0.2 per cent. of the total cost of all National Health Service catering services.