HC Deb 19 December 1986 vol 107 c784W
Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of beds occupied by private patients in National Health Service hospitals in the Wandsworth health authority area on 1 December.

Mrs. Currie

For the latest information available centrally, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) today. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of the Wandsworth district health authority for the more recent information he seeks.

Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the total value of contracts provided by private contractors in the Wandsworth health authority area on 1 December:

(2) if he will list, as of 1 December, the type of work being provided by private contractors in the Wandsworth health authority area.

Mrs. Currie

I regret that this information is not held centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of Wandsworth district health authority for this information.