HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 cc456-7W
Mr. David Howell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what guidance his Department provides to district health authorities and county councils as to the division of responsibilities between them in the handling and disposal of clinical waste.

Mrs. Currie

Guidance on the safe disposal of clinical waste was issued to district and regional health authorities in 1982 under cover of Health Notice HN(82)22. This does not specify any particular division of responsibility; that is a matter best resolved between the operational authorities concerned.