HC Deb 21 June 1994 vol 245 cc118-9W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will itemise the other expenditure in her Department's running costs shown in page 25 of table 12 in the departmental report 1994–95.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table:

(2) what advice the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham health authorities have sought from her Department as to the most cost-effective and cost-efficient means of providing for infertility investigation and treatment.

Mr. Sackville

For the information requested about infertility investigation and treatment in North Nottinghamshire and Nottinghamshire the hon. Member may wish to contact Sir David White, chairman of Nottinghamshire health authority, and Mr. A. Tolhurst, chairman of North Nottinghamshire health authority. I am not aware of requests for advice on this matter from either of the health authorities.

The national health service provides a wide range of treatments for subfertility and I refer the hon. Member to the reply, that I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Burden) on 18 May, Official Report, column 520.