§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in respect of how many boards, authorities, committees, and other public bodies she is responsible, in whole or in part, for appointments; what is the total number of such114W (d) response time within 26 minutes; and what was the average number of calls per day in each month where the response time exceeded 26 minutes, together with an indication under each heading of the ORCON and patients charter standard.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information is shown in the table. Data for November are not yet available.
appointments; and what is the total public spending by such boards, authorities, committees and other public bodies.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe boards, authorities, committees and other public bodies for which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is responsible are listed in the publication "Public Bodies", copies of which are available in the Library. Government spending on the national health service is forecast to be £29,215 million in 1993–94 and planned to rise to £30,669 million in 1994–95. Government spending on Department of Health non-departmental public bodies outside the NHS is shown in "Public Bodies".