§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will break down by available categories on what the money allocated to the National Health Service White Paper launch has been spent.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[holding answer 9 February 1989]: The estimated £1,250,000 cost of the launch of the review includes the total cost of the nationwide teleconference and follow-up regional meetings; the communications packs containing videotape programmes, other visual aids and speaking notes; and associated printed material. It is not possible at this stage to put precise costs on each.
I am sure it has been well worth the cost and effort to explain to 1 million NHS employees, responsible for £18 billion expenditure in England alone, what the White Paper proposals mean for their jobs, careers and their patients.