§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was on the agenda for the NHS policy board meeting on 12 March; [19134]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 22 January, Official Report, column 668, if he will place in the Library the 1996–97 quarter 3 (a) income and expenditure returns and (b) year-end turnover and outturn forecasts for (i) health authorities and (ii) NHS trusts, together with the further papers on the quarter 3 returns to be considered by the NHS policy board on 12 March. [19276]
§ Mr. MaloneThe NHS policy board meeting scheduled for 12 March 1997 did not take place. The 1996–97 quarter 3 forecasts for health authorities and NHS trusts will be placed in the Library shortly.
Information submitted to the NHS policy board provided for internal management discussion and advice, which includes its agenda, is exempt from publication under part 2 of the "Open Government Code of Practice."