§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which clinical and clinical support services which have been market tested are now(a) viewed as suitable for privatisation in the future or (b) available for tender to private contractors in 1994–95.
§ Mr. SackvilleNone—contracts for clinical and clinical support services awarded as a result of a market testing exercise remain national health service contracts whether they are won in-house or by another public or private contractor. At the end of the relevant contract period, they will again be subject to fresh market testing under NHS arrangements.
We have been advised of local plans to market test some 20 clinical and clinical support services for 1994–95.