§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 24 November 1995,Official Report, column 336, if he will provide a breakdown of NHS contracts by (a) type and (b) region. [3330]
§ Mr. Malone[pursuant to his reply, 14 December 1995, c. 804]: I regret that my previous reply is incorrect. It should read as follows:
The numbers of national health service contracts, by regional health authority, for the years 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 are shown in the tables. The information available on contracts by type is contained in the "Review of Contracting" for 1994–95, copies of which are available in the Library.
Total number of contracts Regional health authorities 1993–94 1994–95 Northern 181 146 Yorkshire 146 148 Trent 246 279 East Anglia 116 157 North West Thames 310 345 North East Thames 255 247 South West Thames 435 476 Wessex 238 206 Oxford 174 186 South Western 115 237 West Midlands 724 606 Mersey 82 79 North Western 659 271 South East Thames 301 122 Total 3,982 3,505
Total number of contracts Regions 1995–96 North and Western 365 West Midlands 744 Trent 342 Anglia and Oxford 311 South Western 375 South Thames 544 North Thames 753 Northern and Yorkshire 303 Total 3,737