§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the financing rules on capital programmes within the NHS.
§ Mr. Jonathan Aitken[holding answer 21 October 1994]: The financial framework within which the NHS is required to operate is set out in "Government Accounting". Detailed guidance, such as the NHS trusts finance manual, on the rules governing the financing of capital projects in the health service is supplied by the NHS executive. Copies of "Government Accounting" and the NHS trusts finance manual are available in the Library.