§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 17 May,Official Report, column 417, regarding loans to national health service trusts, if she will itemise which trusts received loans or guarantees, and for what amount.
§ Mr. Sackville[holding answer 27 June 1994]: The information requested will be placed in the Library. The information is provided in tabular form and corrects that given on 17 May.
Trusts borrow principally to support their capital investment activities and all the borrowing detailed was within agreed limits whether or not the trust met its financial duties. Trusts also negotiate overdraft facilities with their bankers and the Department issues guarantees in support of these arrangements.