§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence was used by his Director of Communications as the basis for his claims at a 1247W conference of NHS trust and health authority chairmen as to (a) the public view of the NHS and (b) the media's responsibility for that public view. [39842]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 1 March 2002]: The information presented to national health service trust and health authority chairman was drawn from the British Social Attitudes Survey and on studies conducted by MORI and Test Research. Copies of these studies have been placed in the Library.