To ask the Secretary of State for Health what payments NHS Blood and Transplant has made to Fishburn Hedges in the last 12 months; for what purpose; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. (305167)

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has paid £94,458.18 to Fishburn Hedges over the past 12 months for a project manager recruited through that company. The project manager has developed and manages NHSBT’s organ donation public awareness campaign, which was launched in November 2009, and which is due to run until spring 2010. A copy of the job description for this post has been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what payments the NHS Information Centre has made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last three years; for what purposes such payments were made; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments were made. (305252)

Payments were made to perform a range of duties relating to media and communications services, including relations with trade and general media, events, press work and general public affairs advice:

The NHS Information Centre will liaise with the Department’s sponsor to ensure the relevant contracts are placed in the Library.