§ 86. Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much extra money has been made available for patient care as a result of contracting-out National Health Service services.
§ Mrs. CurrieAs at December 1987 cumulative annual savings of some £105 million had been generated from contracts awarded following competitive tendering for domestic cleaning, catering and laundry services. Information is not held centrally on other contracting out.