HC Deb 08 December 1999 vol 340 c562W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health authority mergers have occurred since May 1997. [100779]

Mr. Denham

Nationally there has only been one health authority merger since May 1997 when North West Anglia, East Norfolk and Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Authorities merged to become Norfolk and Cambridge Health Authorities on 1 April 1999.