§ Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether unit administrators are obliged or requested by his Department to keep statistics on any of (a) the number of private inpatients admitted to their units, (b) the number and types of private operations performed at their units, (c) the number and type of private radiological investigations done at their units, (d) the number and type of private laboratory tests performed and (e) the charges collected in their units for private inpatients, private operations, private radiological examination and private laboratory tests.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeHealth authorities are required to make an annual return to the Department of numbers of private inpatients admitted, and of total private outpatient attendances, by hospital. They also have to report total 489W income received under sections 58, 65 and 66 of the National Health Service Act 1977. It is for health authorities to decide what other records they need to keep to monitor the extent of private work and to ensure that income due is collected in full.