§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) by whom manpower audits in health authority areas will be carried out;
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that manpower audits carried out in different health authority areas are conducted on a consistent basis.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeIf the right hon. Member has in mind the recommendation of the Committee of Public Accounts—16th report 1983–84 Session—that some form of independent staff inspection should be introduced into the NHS, I must ask him to await the Government response to that report.