§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what procurement and tendering systems are used by NHS bodies in the appointment of communications consultants, with particular reference to the appointment by the Shaping Health Services Project Board of Clear Communications; [176240]
(2) what the total cost to date is to the (a)Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority, (b)Chiltern and South Bucks Primary Care Trust, (c)Vale of Aylesbury Primary Care Trust, (d)Wycombe Primary Care Trust, (e)Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (f)Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust and (g)Two Shires Ambulance Trust of employing Clear Communications as communications consultants in relation to the Shaping Health Services proposals for health service provision in Buckinghamshire; [176243]
(3) when the (a)Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority, (b)Chiltern and South Bucks Primary Care Trust, (c)Vale of Aylesbury Primary Care Trust, (d)Wycombe Primary Care Trust, (e)Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (f)Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust and (g)Two Shires Ambulance Trust agreed to accept a share in the cost of employing Clear Communications as communications consultants in relation to the Shaping Health Services proposals for health service provision in Buckinghamshire; [176241]
(4) how many NHS bodies in England and Wales are employing Clear Communications as communications consultants; [176242]
(5) what the total cost to NHS bodies in England has been of payments to Clear Communications in (a)2003, (b)2002 and (c)2001. [176244]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 27 May 2004]:The Department does not hold this information.