To ask the Secretary of State for Health which private companies representatives of his Department have met to discuss plans for GP-led health centres in each primary care trust area in the last 12 months. (205217)

Meetings have taken place with a number of organisations on a range of issues but none has specifically focused on the procurements of new practices and health centres in primary care trust areas. However, it is for the local NHS who are leading on these procurements to engage the range of providers interested in tendering for the service.