§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give for each district in 1983–84 the total expenditure on cleaning, the expenditure on services provided by private cleaning companies, the latter figure as a percentge of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year;
(2) if he will give for each district in 1983–84 the total expenditure on catering, the expenditure on services provided by private catering companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in 1982–83;
(3) if he will give for 1983–84 for each region the figures for payments to outside contractors for support services and for contractual arrangements for patient care indicating the services provided; and if he will also give each figure as a percentage of the total expenditure on the relevant service in each region;
(4) if he will give for each district in 1983–84 the total expenditure on laundry, the expenditure on services provided by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in 1982–83.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.