§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will name, for each tendering exercise of which his Department is aware and which was completed since the last named in his answer of 30 November 1984, Official Report, columns 623–24, the health authority and the hospital concerned and the successful tenderer.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe are aware of the following additional cases:
Health Authority Hospital Contractor or In-House Domestic Bury Bealey ISS Laundry Cheltenham — Gloucester HA Dewsbury — Express Cleaners Gloucester — In-House Newcastle — Co-op Plymouth — In-House Somerset — In-House Catering Bury Florence In-House Nightingale Scunthorpe Various In-House Hospitals
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures for the savings achieved in relation to the eight contracted-out services referred to in his Department's press release 84/50 on health service tendering.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as we can obtain up-to-date information.