§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area have been treated privately but paid for by the NHS to help reduce waiting lists in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how much this has cost the NHS; how much it would have cost the NHS if an NHS hospital had carried out the treatment; and what were the transport costs for the patients. [109971]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is not available centrally.