§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 May 2000,Official Report, columns 420–22W, on penalty clauses, what was the cost to the private sector providers of their failure to perform to time or to standard. [124132]
§ Ms StuartThe information requested is in the table.
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NHS body Nature of contract Penalty (£) Northern and Yorkshire Region Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust Payroll Services 2,213 Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust Information Services 19,249 South Durham Health Care NHS Trust Combined Heat and Power 25,000 Leeds Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust Community Units for the Elderly 701 Leeds Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust Community and Mental Health Information System 21,015 South-East Region Oxfordshire Mental Health NHS Trust Mental Health reprovision Penalty to be finalised East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust Patient Administration IT System 79,000 over 3 years East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust IT Finance System 50,000 over 2 years Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust Energy Management 20,500 Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust IM&T Service and Support 37,684 Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Joint Contracts Tribunal agreement for minor works 9,750 South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust Catering 14,937 Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust Estates Maintenance 1,611 Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust Cleaning 9,526 Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust Ambulance vehicle construction 6,000 Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust Specialist computer software 4,000 Kent Ambulance NHS Trust IT 30,000 Eastern Region Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust Supplies 4,500 North Essex Mental Health NHS Trust Catering Contract Terminated West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical waste incineration; Energy maintenance 4,616 Papworth Hospital NHS Trust Cleaning 5,582 Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust Cleaning 51,000 Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust Cleaning 6,000 East and North Hertfordshire Health Authority Nursing Homes; Therapeutic care Contract Terminated Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust Laundry 298,261 London Region Bromley Hospital NHS Trust Domestic services Contract Terminated Camden and Islington Community Health NHS Trust Cleaning; laundry; sterile supplies; patient transport; dairy supplies; taxi services Contracts Terminated Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental health NHS Trust Security Contract Terminated Forest Healthcare NHS Trust Domestic services 30,000 Guy's and St. Thomas's NHS Trust Security Contract Terminated Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust Computer maintenance Contract Terminated Havering Hospitals NHS Trust Energy management system 461,000 Kingston Hospital NHS Trust Security Contract Terminated Newham Healthcare NHS Trust Patient taxi service Contract Terminated North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust Computer maintenance; CCTV services 4,000 Riverside Community Health NHS Trust Equipment maintenance Contract Terminated Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust Boiler room maintenance; Patient transport; fire precautions 25,000 St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust Agency nursing 400,000 North-West Region Bay Community NHS Trust FM Services 3,000 Alder Hey NHS Trust Pharmacy Payment withheld pending resolution West Midlands Region No known private sector contracts where penalty clauses have been triggered