HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 c571W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the costs of(a) setting up and (b) running patient forums, overview and scrutiny Committees, ILAF and PALS. [148566]

Ms Stuart

[holding answer 5 February 2001]: At this stage of the Bill, it would be inappropriate to go into detail about the cost of the new systems and structures for patient and public involvement until the legislation covering some of the new arrangements has been passed by parliamentary process.