HC Deb 25 June 1996 vol 280 c70W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if deposits placed with the Exchequer by NHS trusts through the Paymaster scheme are recorded as reducing the public sector borrowing requirement; and if he will make a statement. [34252]

Mr. Waldegrave

[holding answer 24 June 1996]: NHS trusts are public corporations. As such, any transactions solely between the trusts and central Government do not affect the public sector as a whole.