HC Deb 25 April 1991 vol 189 c544W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for the Argyll and Clyde health board(a) the services which are subject to compulsory competitive tendering, (b) the contracts which have been awarded to the private sector and (c) the contracts which have been awarded in-house; and what plans he has to extend compulsory competitive tendering in the health service.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is as follows:

  1. a) The services of domestic catering, portering, transport and painting have been subjected to competitive tendering.
  2. b) Two contracts for portering and one for painter work have been awarded to outside contractors.
  3. c) 19 contracts have been awarded in-house.

This has released an extra £2.2 million for the board to spend on patient care.

Health boards have been encouraged to keep under review the range of services which may be susceptible to competitive tendering.