§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list (a) regional and district health authorities which have employed management consultants for each year since 1979, (b) the reasons given for the employment of management consultants by those health authorities, (c) the names of the management consultants employed by those health authorities and (d) the fees charged by the management consultants employed by those health authorities;
(2) if he will list regional and district health authorities which have sought help from university or polytechnic schools of management in rationalising services; which schools of management have been used; and what fees have been paid to them for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. NewtonThe employment of management consultants and schools of management is a matter for individual health authorities. Details of such employment and the expenditure consequently incurred are not routinely collected centrally.