§ Mr. SummersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the expansion rate of 2 per cent. in "Achieving a Balance" has been reached in the 1988 consultant expansion figures.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI am pleased to report that these figures are now available and expansion for the year 1987–88 was 3 per cent. This shows that in the first year since the introduction of "Achieving a Balance" the rate of expansion has exceeded the projected level.