HC Deb 20 July 1959 vol 609 c75W
20. Mr. Orbach

asked the Minister of Health the value of orders for mattresses and pillows placed with priority suppliers during the last financial year by the various regional hospital boards; and what proportion of the total contracts placed for mattresses and pillows such orders represent.

Mr. R. Thompson

During the last financial year purchases on central contracts amounted to £39,600—42 per cent. of the total—for interior sprung mattresses, all from priority suppliers, and £55,621 for foam rubber mattresses which are not available from priority suppliers. Pillows are not contracted for centrally, and I regret the information requested is therefore not available.