§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has now received the returns from district health authorities on spending by specialty referred to in his answer of 17 December,Official Report, column 709; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe new annual returns providing information on district health authorities' spending by specialty groups are in course of receipt by the Department along with those authorities' annual accounts and other financial returns for 1987–88. When complete, this material (which is in part subject to audit) will require analysis within the Department and hence information for 1987–88 is expected to be available in the autumn.
I will write to my hon. Friend when the information he seeks is available.