§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the cost of food in hospitals, per patient, excluding special diets and supplementary food and labour costs, but including all meals and beverages, for each district health area in England.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Department collects the average cost of provisions per patient per day for each hospital annually. These figures exclude labour costs but include special diets and supplementary food. They will be published for 1987–88 and 1988–89 as part of the additional health service indicators which will be placed in the Library later this month.