§ 22. Mr. David MartinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total amount of savings she estimates to have been made as a result of competitive tendering of services in the national health service; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleIt is estimated that since the introduction of competitive tendering in 1983 the cumulative saving to the national health service has amounted to something in the order of £1 billion.