HC Deb 14 June 2000 vol 351 c615W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average cost was of directly provided cleaning per square metre for each year since 1985 in(a) Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) North West NHS hospitals and (c) NHS hospitals in England; [122596]

(2) what the average cost was of contracted-out cleaning per square metre for each year since 1985 in (a) Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) North West NHS hospitals and (c) NHS hospitals in England. [122595]

Mr. Denham

Information was collected centrally for the first time in the 1998–99 financial year. However these data cannot be split between contracted out and directly provided services.