HC Deb 19 March 1987 vol 112 cc614-24W
Mr. Gerald Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what savings have been achieved through the competitive tendering programme in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Newton

Health authorities continue to make very substantial progress in testing the cost effectiveness of their domestic cleaning, catering and laundry services. By 31 December 1986, almost three quarters of these services had been tested. Our latest estimates show that annual savings of £86 million have been generated. This is an increase of £13 million over the figure reached at 30 September 1986. These figures come in part from the use of private contractors who have secured a total of 187 contracts saving £25.7 million a year. In-house organisations have demonstrated their own cost effectiveness in a total of 936 tendering exercises saving £60.3 million a year.

Table A summarises the progress of and savings made by each Health Authority.

Table B lists the results of tendering exercises where decisions have been made in the quarter October—December 1986.

Districts Percentage of service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Saving
Catering Domestic Laundry £'000
Wakefield 11 86 100 369
Pontefract 100 100 100 556
Trent RHA
North Derbyshire 100 100 100 611
South Derbyshire 100 100 100 169
Leicestershire 66 80 nil 1,790
North Lincolnshire 100 100 100 361
South Lincolnshire 100 100 nil 319
Bassetlaw nil 100 100 112
Notts nil 100 100 476
Nottingham 100 100 100 1,330
Barnsley 100 100 100 846
Doncaster 100 100 100 304
Rotherham 100 100 100 499
Sheffield 100 100 100 699
East Anglian RHA
Cambridge 100 85 100 481
Peterborough 100 100 100 115
Huntingdon 100 100 100 498
Great Yarmouth/Waverley 100 100 100 319
West Norfolk/Wosbech 100 100 100 399
Norwich 100 100 100 1,239
West Suffolk nil 100 100 421
East Suffolk 19 98 100 417
North West Thames RHA
North Bedfordshire 100 100 100 436
South Bedfordshire nil 100 100 653
North Hertfordshire nil 100 100 18
North West Hertfordshire 33 99 100 305
South West Hertfordshire nil 65 nil 223
East Hertfordshire nil 100 100 50
Barnet 100 100 100 258
Harrow 100 100 100 422
Hilingdon 100 100 100 469
Ealing 100 100 100 656
Hounsolw/Spelthorne nil 100 100 1,412
Hammersmith/Fulham nil 100 100 1,097
Paddington & North Kensington 100 100 100 1,104
Riverside 100 100 75 1,549
Brent nil nil nil nil
Barking 100 97 nil 784
Basildon 100 100 100 543
Bloomsbury nil nil 100 265
City and Hackney nil 49 100 1,039
Enfield nil 100 100 508
Hampstead nil 50 67 26
Haringey 55 100 100 661
Islington 2 58 nil 146
Mid Essex nil 100 100 1,016
Newham 80 100 100 517
Redbribge nil 55 nil 239
Tower Hamlets nil 89 100 379
Waltham Forest 10 77 100 1,012
West Essex 100 100 100 497
Southend nil 100 100 499
North East Essex 72 71 nil 233
South East Thames RHA
Bexley 100 100 100 334
Brighton 100 100 100 154
Bromley 100 100 100 1,185
Camberwell 100 100 100 864
Canterbury/Thanet 100 100 nil 527
Dartfond/Gravesham 100 59 100 231
Eastbourne 100 100 nil 326
Greenwich nil nil nil nil
Hastings 100 100 100 105
Lewisham/North Southwark nil nil nil nil
Maidstone 22 62 100 496
Medway 100 100 100 326
South East Kent 100 100 nil 573

Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings
Catering Domestic Laundry £ '000
Tunbridge Wells 13 26 100 215
West Lambeth 5 40 100 244
South West Thames RHA
North West Surrey nil 100 100 482
West Surrey/North East Hants 64 91 94 272
East Surrey 22 92 36 463
Mid Surrey 30 90 30 107
South West Surrey 95 100 nil 461
Mid Downs 100 100 100 393
Chichester 93 92 100 389
Worthing 100 100 100 330
Kingston/Esher 8 53 94 564
Croydon 28 65 62 318
Richmond/Twickenham Roehampton 96 86 93 925
Wandsworth 65 98 100 967
Merton/Sutton 54 100 26 1,248
Wessex RHA
East Dorset 100 100 nil 1,024
West Dorset 100 100 100 69
Portsmouth 100 100 100 1,163
Southampton 100 100 100 527
Winchester 100 100 100 209
Basingstoke 100 100 100 147
Salisbury 100 100 100 392
Swindon 100 100 100 198
Bath nil 100 100 644
Isle of Wight 100 100 100 15
Oxford RHA
East Berkshire nil 90 100 351
West Berkshire 6 94 50 235
Aylesbury Vale 54 100 100 526
Milton Keynes 100 100 100 99
Wycombe nil 100 100 134
Kettering nil 100 100 167
Northampton 44 100 100 319
Oxford 7 76 100 705
South Western RHA
Cheltenham 100 50 100 129
Gloucester 70 72 100 205
Frenchay 37 36 nil 76
Bristol/Weston nil 100 100 593
Southmead 40 25 100 241
Somerset 100 100 100 933
Exeter 11 14 100 172
North Devon nil 100 100 131
Torbay 100 100 100 271
Plymouth 100 nil 100 60
Cornwall/Isles of Scilly 78 89 100 811
West Midlands RHA
Mid Staffordshire 100 100 100 537
South Warwickshire 44 72 100 314
Kidderminster nil 83 100 222
Shropshire 100 92 nil 817
North Staffordshire 69 94 nil 899
Coventry 87 79 95 381
Bromsgrove and Redditch nil 40 100 109
Herefordshire nil 85 nil 175
Rugby 100 100 100 51
North Warwickshire 97 60 100 176
Solihull 97 98 nil 435
Woverhampton 100 100 100 1,219
Walsall 100 100 95 602
North Birmingham 100 100 100 102
Dudley nil 95 100 677
Sand well 65 16 100 45
East Birmingham nil 97 79 371
Central Birmingham 100 72 100 1,167
South Birmingham 49 98 100 400
South East Staffordshire 43 92 100 454

Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings
Catering Domestic Laundry £'000
Worcester nil 73 100 193
West Birmingham nil 100 100 196
Mersey RHA
Southport/Formby 100 100 100 158
South Sefton nil 100 100 603
St. Helens/Knowsley 100 38 100 817
Wirral 100 100 100 715
Liverpool 100 100 100 nil
Macclesfield nil 84 nil 398
Malton 100 100 100 47
Warrington 58 100 100 829
Chester 100 100 100 1,086
Crewe 43 100 100 614
North Western RHA
North Manchester 100 100 100 48
Central Manchester 100 100 100 657
Wigan 100 100 100 350
Stockport 100 100 100 844
Tameside/Glossop 28 100 100 80
Bolton 100 100 100 713
Bury 100 100 100 429
Chorley/South Ribble 100 100 100 153
Preston 100 100 100 204
Lancaster 100 100 100 198
Blackpool 100 100 100 128
Burnley 100 100 100 659
South Manchester 100 100 100 310
Trafford nil 98 100 279
Oldham 100 100 100 160
Salford 75 100 64 479
West Lancashire 100 100 100 25
Blackburn 100 100 100 149
Rochdale 100 100 100 38
Special Health Authorities
Bethlem & Maudsley 100 100 100 87
Eastman 100 100 100 nil
Hammersmith nil 90 100 969
Hospital for Sick Children nil nil 100 nil
Moorfields nil 100 100 30
National Heart and Chest nil 76 100 50
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases nil nil 100
Royal Marsden 46 100 100 214

Table B

Results of Tendering Exercises

Domestic Services

Health Authority Hospital Contractor on In-House
Northern RHA
Durham Dryburn In-House
East Cumbria Garlands/Mental Health Unit In-House
Hartlepool District In-House
Hartlepool General In-House
North Tees District In-House
South Tees St. Luke's ISC
Sunderland DGH In-House
Sunderland Cherry Knowle In-House
Yorkshire RHA
Airedale General Taylor-Plan
Bradford Royal Infirmary In-House
Grimsby DGH North Side Initial
Harrogate District and General In-House
Hull Withernsea In-House
Leeds East St. George's In-House
Leeds West Community In-House

Health Authority Hospital Contractor on In-House
Leeds West Leeds General Infirmary/Clarendon Wing Initial
Northallerton District In-House
Trent RHA
Barnsley DGH In-House
Central Notts Balderton In-House
Doncaster Tickhill Rd/ Loversall In-House
Leicestershire Stretton Hall/ Stoneygate Hostel In-House
North Derbyshire Buxton/Cavendish In-House
North Lincolnshire St. John's Taylor-Plan
Nottingham QMC In-House
Nottingham General In-House
Nottingham Highbury In-House
Nottingham City In-House
Nottingham Community In-House
Nottingham QMC (Med School) In-House
Nottingham QMC (Staff Res) In-House
Rotherham Firbeck In-House
Rotherham DGH In-House
Rotherham Wathwood In-House

Health Authority Hospital Contractor on In-House
Rotherham Doncaster Gate In-House
Sheffield Mental Illness Unit In-House
South Derbyshire City Hospital In-House
South Derbyshire Babington Group In-House
South Derbyshire Bretby In-House
East Anglian RHA
Norwich West Norwich In-house
North West Thames RHA
Paddington and North Kensington Samaritan/Western Ophthalmic In-house
North East Thames RHA
Enfield St. Michael's Initial
Mid-Essex Black Notley In-house
Newham General In-house
North East Essex Heath In-house
Redbridge Goodmayes In-house
Tower Hamlets Mile End In-house
South East Thames RHA
Bromley Cheyne In-house
Camberwell Kings/Belgrave In-house
Camberwell Dulwich/St. Giles In-house
Camberwell Community In-house
Camberwell Dental School In-house
Dartford Joyce Green In-house
South East Kent Ashford In-house
South West Thames RHA
Merton and Sutton Nelson/others In-house
North West Surrey Residences Andmarc
Richmond, Twickenham & Roehampton St. John's In-house
South West Surrey St. Luke's In-house
Wessex RHA
East Dorset Alderney In-house
East Dorset Hahnemann Home In-house
East Dorset Swanage/others In-house
Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Community In-house
Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Queen Alexandra In-house
Southampton & South West Hampshire Tatchbury Knight+Co.
Swindon Princess Margaret In-house
Oxford RHA
East Berkshire Church Hill House In-house
East Berkshire Heatherwood In-house
East Berkshire Wrexham Park Mediclean
Northampton General In-house
West Midlands RHA
Bromsgrove and Redditch Highfield/St John's In-house
Coventry City Unit In-house
Herefordshire St. Mary's In-house
Mid-Staffordshire White Lodge In-house
Mid-Staffordshire DGH In-house
North Staffordshire City Gen/N S Maternity In-house
North Staffordshire Central Out-Patients/others In-house
North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary In-house
North Staffordshire St. Edwards In-house
North Staffordshire Bucknall In-house

Health Authority Hospital Contractor on In-House
North Staffordshire Westcliffe In-house
Sandwell Heath Lane/others In-house
Shropshire Royal Shrewsbury In-house
South Warwickshire Weston In-house
South Warwickshire Stratford/others In-house
South Warwickshire Central In-house
Walsall Manor Hospital In-house
Walsall St. Margaret's In-house
Walsall Community In-house
Walsall Goscote Hospital In-house
Wolverhampton New Cross In-house
Worcester and District Newtown In-house
Mersey RHA
Wirral Clatterbridge Mediguard
South Sefton Walton In-house
North Western RHA
Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Royal Infirmary Mediclean
Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Accrington Victoria In-house
Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde Victoria In-house
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale Rossendale In-house
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale District In-house
South Manchester Withington In-house
Rochdale Infirmary In-house
Salford Community In-house
Salford Hope/Royal/others In-house
Salford Ladywell In-house
Stockport Mauldeth Home In-house
Stockport Stepping Hill Mediguard
Stockport Offerton House Mediguard
Stockport Infirmary In-house
Stockport St. Thomas' In-house
Stockport Cherry Tree In-house
Stockport Ollersett View In-house
Tameside and Glossop Peripheral Hospitals In-house
Trafford Altrincham General In-house
Trafford Park Hospital In-house
Catering Services
Northern RHA
Durham District In-house
Hartlepool Brierton Hospital In-house
Hartlepool General Hospital In-house
Newcastle Hunter's Moor/ others In-house
Newcastle RVI/others In house
Newcastle St. Nicholas In-house
North Tees North Tees General In-house
North West Durham District In-house
Yorkshire RHA
Bradford District In-house
Huddersfield H. Royal Infirmary In-house
Hull Kingston General In-house
Hull Tilworth Grange In-house
Hull Hornsea In-house
Hull Withernsea In-house
Trent RHA
Barnsley DGH In-house
Doncaster St. Catherine's/others In-house
North Lincolnshire Lincoln County/others In-house
North Lincolnshire St. John's In-house
North Lincolnshire Louth In-house

Health Authority Hospital Contractor on In-House
North Lincolnshire John Coupland In-house
Rotherham Firbeck In-house
Rotherham DGH In-house
Rotherham Badsley Moor In-house
Sheffield Jessop In-house
North West Thames RHA
Hillingdon Harefield In-house
Riverside St. Stephen's/others Compass
South East Thames RHA
Brighton Bevendean In-house
Brighton Brighton General In-house
Canterbury and Thanet Mental Handicapped/Community Hotel In-house
Eastbourne DGH/St. Mary's In-house
West Lambeth District In-house
South West Thames RHA
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Queen Mary's Putney In-house
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Normansfield In-house
West Surrey and North East Hampshire Frimley Park/others In-house
Wandsworth Springfield In-house
Wessex RHA
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Trelor Chase Unit In-house
East Dorset Hahnemann Home In-house
East Dorset St. Leonard's In-house
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire St. James' In-house
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire St. Mary's In-house
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Community In-house
Oxford RHA
Northampton St. Crispin/Princess Marina In-house
South Western RHA
Gloucester Royal Hospital In-house
Somerset Taunton LMT In-house
West Midlands RHA
Coventry Walsgrave In-house
Mid Staffordshiee Rugeley In-house
Mid Staffordshire DGH In-house
Mid Staffordshire St. George's/ Kingsmead In-house
South Birmingham W. Heath In-house
North Western RHA
Bolton Royal Infirmary/ Bolton General/others In-house
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Calderstones In-house
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale District In-house
North Manchester Ancoats In-house
Oldham DGH/Westhulme In-house
Preston Royal Preston/ others In-house
Salford Ladywell/others In-house

Health Authority Hospital Contractor on In-House
Laundry services
Northern RHA
Hartlepool District In-house
Newcastle Newcastle Gen/RVI In-house
North Tees District In-house
Yorkshire RHA
Huddersfield Storthes Hall In-house
Trent RHA
Rotherham District In-house
Oxford RHA
East Berkshire District In-house
West Midlands RHA
Central Birmingham Queen Elizabeth In-house
Walsall Manor In-house
Mersey RHA
Crewe Leighton Hospital In-house
North Western RHA
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde District In-house