§ 20. Mr. Orbachasked 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. ThompsonDuring 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.