To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS trusts are required to make any financial returns to his Department other than those under the PFR3 and TFR3 data collections. (294359)

Primary care trusts and national health service trusts are required to submit the following financial returns via the Financial Information Management System (FIMS), in addition to the PFR3 and TFR3 collections:

financial monitoring and accounts (FMA) forms;

programme budgeting (primary care trusts only);

FIMS(FHS)4 returns—General Medical Services (primary care trusts only);

FIMS(FHS)3 returns—General Ophthalmic Services (primary care trusts only); and

TFR6—ambulance services expenditure (ambulance trusts only).