§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the cost, both capital and revenue, of moving the Northern regional health authority engineering design group trading agency to new premises.
§ Mr. DorrellThis is a matter for the Northern regional health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. Peter Carr, the chairman of the Northern regional health authority, for details.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued to health authorities covering the conflicts of interest both of organisations and individual staff where non-national health service agencies assume the management responsibility for national health service trading agencies; and whether these non-national health service agencies are subject to the scrutiny of the Audit Commission.
§ Mr. DorrellManagement responsibility for national health service trading agencies rests with the national412W health service. Where officials have been seconded to NHS trading agencies from the private sector they are accountable to senior NHS management.