HC Deb 29 March 1996 vol 274 cc781-2W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the written technical specification which has been prepared or approved for the AT and T clearing house system for the NHS network. [23684]

Mr. Horam

The NHS-wide clearing service is a managed service provided by AT and T ISTEL under the private finance initiative. The specification of the service is the "user requirement", the details of which are contained in the invitation to offer; copies will be placed in the Library. The contract specifies rigorous acceptance trialling to ensure AT and T ISTEL's technical design fully meets the user requirement.