HC Deb 19 March 1985 vol 75 c449W
Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many copies of his Departments' leaflet, "The Health Service in England," were printed; and at what cost.

Mr. John Patten

Some 450,000 copies of the leaflet were printed. The cost of printing and distributing it to regional health authorities was £6,370.

Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what discussions he had with National Health Service trade unions before publishing his leaflet, "The Health Service in England".

Mr. John Patten

None. The leaflet is a summary of factual material—already published in the 1984 annual report on the Health Service in England: October 1984: HMSO £6.95 — on which there was no cause for consultation.