§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list occasions when NHS trusts and their predecessor NHS bodies spent money on publicising the benefits of an anticipated reorganisation of the NHS in advance of the necessary legislation being enacted; and if he will make a statement; [137504]
(2) what the cost was of each reorganisation of the NHS since 1977. [137564]
§ Mr. HuttonDetailed information on the costs, including publicity costs, of reorganisations in the national health service since 1977 is not collected centrally. Any resultant savings at the local level are put toward patient care.