HC Deb 12 February 1980 vol 978 cc635-6W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will update the answer given to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr, Official Report, 2 February 1978, column 266, regarding debts incurred by pay bed patients;

(2) if he will update the answer given to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr, on 12 June 1978, regarding recovery of debts incurred by pay bed patients following law suits.

Dr. Vaughan

This information is not available centrally. The information required to answer the earlier question was acquired only at great cost to health authorities and I have no reason to believe that a repetition of the special inquiries is justified.