HC Deb 01 April 1998 vol 309 cc571-2W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS trusts have reached agreement with staff over the local element of the national NHS pay awards for 1996–97(a) nationally and (b) in the Northern and Yorkshire Region; and what percentage of staff and trusts the agreements represent; [36990]

(2) how many NHS community trusts have reached agreement with staff over the local element of the national NHS pay awards for 1996–97; and what percentage of staff and trusts the agreements represent. [36991]

Mr. Milburn

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 10 November 1997,Official Report, column 434.