To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 546W, on NHS: working hours, when the Department plans to communicate to the European Commission on the provisions of the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009. (289638)

It is expected that information will be published following receipt of the European Commission's response to the Secretary of State's original notification to the Commission of our intention to derogate and our response in accordance with the directive.