§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the business case was completed for the development funding of Read codes; when Treasury approval was obtained for the scheme; what is the total discontinuation compensation payment agreed under the terms for the purchase of the rights from Mr. Read; what payment has been made to(a) Loughborough university and (b) Mr. Read under the rights purchase agreement; and if he will make a statement. [27065]
§ Mr. HoramI refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State(Mr. Sackville) gave him on 18 October 1995 at column 280–81.
Details of negotiations conducted on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health are confidential.
Part of the agreement to make Read clinical codes crown copyright is that the purchase price is not divulged to third parties.