To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library copies of (a) the business case that his Department provided to HM Treasury in 2002 on the new contract for consultants and (b) HM Treasury's response to the business case. (170180)

The business case for new contracts for national health service staff formed part of the discussions between the Department and HM's Treasury during the 2002 Spending Review, which concluded in July 2002. It is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such discussions.