§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 13 March 2003,Official Report column 419W, on the NHS University (NHSU), when the NHSU working group last met; and if the NHSU working group have a date which they are working to, to submit the necessary paperwork to the Privy Council to grant the NHSU university status. [106549]
§ Mr. HuttonThe first meeting of the joint working group on university status for the National Health Service University will take place in early May. By autumn 2003 it will produce recommendations, including a timetable, on the appropriate processes and mechanisms for the NHSU to work towards a successful application for university status.