To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all the hospitals in Northern Ireland that have been designated to accept nuclear-contaminated casualties; and if he will show in his answer those hospitals that have expressed an interest in national health service trust status.

In Northern Ireland the Royal Victoria hospital, Grosvenor road, Belfast is the only listed hospital designated for the reception of nuclear-contaminated casualties. The royal group of hospitals unit of management has expressed an interest in trust status of which the Royal Victoria hospital is a part.