HC Deb 21 October 1994 vol 248 c390W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list the trusts which have failed to produce a 6 per cent. rate of return on their assets for the financial year 1993–94;

(2) if she will list (a) the trusts which have reported a deficit and (b) the amount of the deficit, for the financial year 1993–94;

(3) if she will list the trusts which have failed to operate within external financing limits for the year 1993–94.

Mr. Sackville

We expect the information to be available in December. It will be placed in the Library.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the directors of trusts who hold directorships of companies which(a) are doing business and (b) are seeking to do business with the NHS.

Mr. Malone

The code of conduct for national health service boards requires that information about the private interests of non-executive directors of NHS trusts that might be material and relevant to NHS business should be recorded in a public register maintained by each trust. Such information is not available centrally.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the trusts which have borrowed money for capital spending projects; and how much each has borrowed for the financial year 1993–94.

Mr. Sackville

This information will be placed in the Library.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the last quarterly report, prepared by the NHS executive, of trusts in financial peril.

Mr. Sackville

Quarterly reports prepared by the national health service executive represent fast track management information. This information is not audited and is used for internal management purposes only, and is not suitable for publication.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health upon what basis the figure for management costs, to be published by NHS trusts in their annual accounts, is to be calculated; and whether the salaries of all staff who work in corporate management functions will be included in the operational definition of management costs.

Mr. Malone

I shall be making an announcement in due course.

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