§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's answer of 12 December 2001,Official Report, column 889W, on capital assets, if he will place in the Library information on the accounting treatment of the public-private partnership projects relating to (a) Leicestershire and Rutland Headquarters NHST, (b) York Health Services NHST Provision of MRI Service, (c) Leeds Community and Mental Health NHST Information System, (d) Rotherham General Hospitals NHST Entrance Redevelopment, and (e) Royal National Orthopaedic NHST; and if he will make a statement. [24177]
§ Mr. HuttonWe have today placed in the Library information on the accounting treatment of the public-private partnership (PPP) projects for Royal National Orthopaedic National Health Service Trust; York Health 943W Services NHS Trust (provision of Magnetic Resonance Imaging service); Leeds Community and Mental Health NHS Trust (Information System) and Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust Concourse.
There is no formal written audit opinion for Leicestershire and Rutland Headquarters NHS Trust although the accounting treatment of this building has regularly been discussed with the trust's auditors. The trust have confirmed that it is accounted for as an operating lease.