§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the value of losses of equipment, property or cash in the National Health Service in England owing to theft, fraud, arson, neglect of duty, gross carelessness or malicious damage in the latest available year.
§ Mr. FreemanFollowing is information derived from the "Statement of Losses, etc." included in the 1987–8982W summarised annual accounts of regional and district health authorities in England and those of special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals:
£ (cash) Losses of cash due to theft, fraud etc. 102,866 Losses of equipment and property in stores and in use due to theft, fraud or arson (whether proved or suspected), neglect of duty or gross carelessness: Bedding and linen 137,963 Other equipment and property 1,306,146 The separately summarised 1987–88 annual accounts of family practitioner committees in England record similar losses totalling £1,184.
Equivalent information for 1988–89 will be available in the autumn.