§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how the price for equipment no longer in use in hospitals is evaluated.
§ Mr. DeakinsIt is for the National Health Service authority disposing of equipment that is surplus to requirements or obsolete to get the best possible price it can.
§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the value of second-hand equipment sold by his Department in 1976, 1975 and 1974.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe only information readily available relates to proceeds from the sales of civic defence stockpile items as follows: 1973–74. £16,507; 1974–75, £69,282; 1975–76, £3,577.