HC Deb 05 July 1990 vol 175 c707W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the capital raised on the market by the proposed hospital trusts will be counted in the public sector borrowing requirement.

Mr. Norman Lamont

[holding answer 2 July 1990]: NHS trusts will be classified as public corporations, and their borrowing from the market will be included in the public sector borrowing requirement.