§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the increase in expenditure on computer hardware and software, management salaries and other costs in respect of each first wave trust hospital and its respective hospital authority in the year before trust status and the projected increase in these costs in the first year of operation of the hospital trust, showing the information by regional and district health authority and trust hospital; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for(a) the Bradford hospitals NHS trust and (b) the Doncaster royal infirmary and Montagu NHS trust (i) the number of business plans published and (ii) to whom they were distributed and circulated.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Department has not published any trust business plans for 1991–92. Trusts are free to decide for themselves whether to publish their plans. No central record is kept of whether they do. The Government have made it clear that trust business plans for 1992–93 and subsequent years will be published. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. R. Walker the chairman of the Bradford hospital NHS trust and Mr. C. Bryant the chairman of the Doncaster royal Infirmary and Montagu NHS trust, for details.