HC Deb 23 May 2000 vol 350 cc422-4W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the contracts entered into with private sector companies for the provision of goods or services since May 1997 where penalty clauses were triggered for non-performance; and if he will make a statement. [122016]

Ms Stuart

National Health Service bodies with contracts for goods or services with private sector companies where penalty clauses have been triggered for failure to perform to time or to standard were:

NHS body Nature of contract
Trent region
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Radio control system
Nottingham Health Authority Headquarters building
Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust Catering
Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham; University Hospital NHS Trust Laundry
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Laundry
South-West region
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Patient administration IT system
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Cleaning
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust Laundry
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust Radiology services
West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Estate maintenance
Exeter Community Hospitals NHS Trust Cleaning
South Devon Health Care NHS Trust Laundry
East Somerset NHS Trust Security
East Somerset NHS Trust Orthotic services
Poole Hospitals NHS Trust Cleaning
Northern and Yorkshire region
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust Payroll services
Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust Information services
South Durham Health Care NHS Trust Combined heat and power
Leeds Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust Community units for the elderly
Leeds Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust Community and mental health information system
South-East region
Oxfordshire Mental Health NHS Trust Mental health reprovision
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust Patient administration IT system
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust IT finance system
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust Energy management
Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust IM and T service and support
Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) agreement for minor works
South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust Catering
Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust Estates maintenance
Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust Cleaning
Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust Ambulance vehicle construction
Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust Specialist computer software
Kent Ambulance NHS Trust IT
Eastern region
Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust Supplies
North Essex Mental Health NHS Trust Catering
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical waste incineration; energy maintenance
Papworth Hospital NHS Trust Cleaning
Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust Cleaning
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust Cleaning
East and North Hertfordshire Health Authority Nursing homes; therapeutic care
Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust Laundry
London region
Bromley Hospital NHS Trust Domestic services
Camden and Islington Community Health NHS Trust Cleaning; laundry; sterile supplies; patient transport; dairy supplies; taxi services
Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health NHS Trust Security
Forest Healthcare NHS Trust Domestic services
Guys and St. Thomas NHS Trust Security
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust Computer maintenance
Havering Hospitals NHS Trust Energy management system
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust Security
Newham Healthcare NHS Trust Patient taxi service
North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust Computer maintenance; CCTV services
Riverside Community Health NHS Trust Equipment maintenance
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust Boiler room maintenance; patient transport; fire precautions
St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust Agency nursing
North-West region
Bay Community NHS Trust FM services
Alder Hey NHS Trust Pharmacy
West Midlands region1
1No known private sector contracts where penalty clauses have been triggered

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