§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish a list of companies employing staff transferred from employment with health boards; and what information he has on the wage rates they are offering new employees;
(2) how many health boards have been advised by the Central Legal Office to provide private contractors with details of length of service of their employees.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 2 April 1993]: Information about companies employing transferred staff is not collected. Under the terms of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981., existing rates and conditions of service would apply in the case of any staff affected by such a relevant transfer.
No advice has been given by the central legal office of the NHS to health boards to provide contractors with details of service of employees.