HC Deb 02 May 1995 vol 259 c173W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the cost of the NHS executive support programme for the introduction of local pay. [21776]

Mr. Malone

The programme referred to in my reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Burden) on 20 February,Official Report, column 27, was undertaken at an estimated cost of £500,000 in the financial year 1994–95.