Mr. John M. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons a reply was not received by the hon. Member for Solihull to his letter of 18 January on behalf of his constitutent Mrs. Penny Anderson until 5 May (ref POH (2) 5422/22). [84352]
§ Mr. DenhamI apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in replying. I wanted to ensure that we gave a full426W and informative response which included details of this year's National Health Service pay settlement. Ministers received a large volume of correspondence on this subject and it took longer than we would have wished to reply to it all.