§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply of 16 November, which health authorities using private contractors for (a) laundry, (b) domestic cleaning and (c) catering in 1979–80 stopped using them in 1980–81; and of those using private contractors in 1980–81 in these categories. which authorities stopped using them in 1981–82.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergSome of the contracts referred to in the replies of 16 November—[Vol. 32, c.131–32]-are small and others assist health authorities through temporary difficulties. The area health authorities which has some expenditure on contract services during 1979–80 and 1980–81 but did not have expenditure for those services in 1980–81 and 1981–82, respectively, are as follows:
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1980–81 1981–82 (a) Laundry Bolton AHA Wakefield AHA Suffolk AHA Salop AHA Gateshead AHA Wirral AHA Sunderland AHA Doncaster AHA (b) Domestic/Cleaning None Doncaster AHA Oldham AHA (c) Catering Cumbria AHA Hertfordshire AHA
1980–81 1981–82 Durham AHA Kensington, Chelsea Wakefield AHA and Westminster Norfolk AHA AHA Bedfordshire AHA Hampshire AHA Essex AHA Liverpool AHA (T) Kent AHA Surrey AHA Devon AHA Gloucester AHA Hereford and Worcester AHA Wolverhampton AHA Sefton AHA Lancashire AHA Bolton AHA