HC Deb 17 June 1985 vol 81 c45W
Mr. Lawler

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide current figures for the cost of cleaning, catering, laundry and linen services to the National Health Service in the Bradford district health authority.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The annual accounts of the Bradford health authority for 1983–84, the latest available, show expenditure on these services as:

£
Domestic/cleaning 2,929,000
Catering 2,592,000
Laundry 432,000
Linen services 700,000