HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 cc604-5W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 26 March,Official Report, column 751, how information is classified as validated; and what other kinds of information are held by the NHS management executive but not regarded as information held centrally.

Dr. Mawhinney

Validated information is that which has been checked by the Department for accuracy, consistency and statistical reliability. The national health service management executive also holds a disparate range of administrative and management data obtained from a number of sources which may not be compiled on a comparable basis or use common definitions, or which may contain subjective judgments.

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