§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the last three(a) full and (b) interim collections of brokerage figures for each NHS trust in respect of cash brokerage requirement and projected outturn against budget were, broken down by NHS Region and Strategic Health Authority. [100709]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 5 March 2003]: Details of national health service trusts' cash brokerage in 2001–02 has been placed in the Library. For details of NHS trusts' cash brokerage for the financial years 1996–97 to 2000–01, I refer the hon. Member to the response I gave the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) on 17 April 2002, Official Report, columns 1013–14W.
Cash brokerage between NHS organisations occurs throughout the financial year. The Department does not therefore make full or interim collections of brokerage data. Brokerage is self-financing, so there is no outturn against a brokerage budget.