§ 37. Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what practical and financial assistance he proposes to offer to health authorities in the compilation of asset registers.
§ Mr. FreemanHealth authorities have been given details of the pilot studies of asset recording as noted in506W paragraph 4.2 of working paper No. 5 "Capital Charges" together with details of asset register software which is available to them free of charge. The Department is forming a capital charges unit, headed by an experienced and professionally qualified financial manager seconded from the NHS, which will be available to advise authorities.