HC Deb 26 July 1993 vol 229 cc542-3W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations her Department received from the legal department of West Midlands regional health authority in November 1991 concerning the sale of the regional health authority's management services division.

Mr. Sackville

We are not aware that the Department received any such representations in November 1991.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information her Department has on whether the actions and decisions taken by West Midlands regional health authority officers in pursuit of the privatisation of the regional health authority's management services division were fully documented; and whether proper reporting procedures were fully adhered to.

Mr. Sackville

Information of this nature is provided through the statutory audit process. The management buy-out of the region's management information services division was covered in the district auditor's report of 15 April 1993. A copy of this report was sent to the Department.