§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will give a breakdown of transfer moneys payable to Central Nottinghamshire health authority from other health authorities for the provision of services for the mentally ill residing in the Central Nottinghamshire health authority since June 1987;
(2) if he will list sales of National Health Service property and land in the Central Nottinghamshire health authority area since 1979;
(3) if he will list all temporary closures of National Health Service premises in the Central Nottinghamshire health authority area since 1979, showing which facilities so closed are currently open;
(4) if he will list the occasions since 1979 when consultation documents have been issued in the Central Nottinghamshire health authority area on properties in use by them, which have been closed on a temporary basis by the authority prior to the expiry date of consultation.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe responsibility for the provision of local health services rests with the district health authority concerned, in this case Central Nottinghamshire health authority, which is best placed to determine the most effective and efficient way of delivering health care, taking account of patient demand and budgetary constraints.
The hon. Member may, therefore, wish to contact the chairman of the Central Nottinghamshire health authority to obtain the information that he seeks. I understand that the district general manager has indicated that she would be happy to meet the hon. Member at any convenient time.