§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how man copies of the March 1991 letter from the chief executive of the national health service about the 1 April national health service reforms have been distributed; and at what total cost.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe letter from the NHS chief excutive marking the implementation of the NHS reforms on 1 April has been distributed to all 970,000 employees of the NHS in England. The cost of printing and distributing the letter to health authorities was £127,000.