To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 853W, on departmental public relations, what the (a) remit and (b) purpose was of hiring each public affairs consultancy for each of the listed bodies; and what company was hired in each case. (305025)

The information requested is not held centrally.

The data requested is operational detail that can be obtained directly from the bodies concerned. Those bodies which procured work from public affairs consultancies between 1999-2000 and 2008-09 were identified in the answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 853W. More detailed information about this work can be sought from the individual bodies concerned.