To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 370W, on NHS Information Centre: Grayling Political Strategy, if he will request the Chief Executive of the NHS Information Centre to provide the information requested on public expenditure. (222972)

Grayling was engaged to supply a range of media and communication services including relations with trade and general media, events management and public affairs advice. They were appointed in 2006-07 and payment was made as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 370W, on NHS Information Centre: Grayling Political Strategy, what contribution the NHS Information Centre makes to the preparation of answers to the parliamentary questions put to him. (222973)

The NHS Information Centre collects, analyses and distributes facts and figures for health and social care in England. It provides independent data for parliamentary questions covering a wide range of information from hospital admissions, statistics, national health service work force and salary data, alcohol, smoking and lifestyle surveys through to prescriptions data.