§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the total sums paid for the Read code by the NHS; and to whom these sums were paid. [24762]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe sum paid by the Secretary of State for the Read clinical codes is commercial-in-confidence information. The agreed amount was paid directly to the inventor and developer of the codes, Dr. James Read, in April 1990.