§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 7 February,Official Report, columns 53–54, for what reason the information 490W available for the NHS trusts in Ayrshire on public relations costs is not collected centrally in respect of other health boards and NHS trusts; if he will make it his policy to collect and publish the information requested; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StewartPublic relations expenditure is such a small, though necessary, item in the budgets of health boards and NHS trusts that it would not be apropriate for my right hon. Friend to monitor it in detail. Information on the costs involved is therefore not normally collected centrally but was specially obtained for the answers given to the hon. Member on 24 January 1994, at column71 and on 7 February 1994 at column 53 in respect of bodies in his constituency.