South Staffs Healthcare NHS Trust Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the budget was for South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust for 2006-07; (2) what the budget is for (a) Good Hope Hospital and (b) Sir Robert Peel Hospital in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. Caroline Flint The information requested is not available centrally. The Department is able to take total income and net operating costs data from the organisations’ audited accounts, which can be used as a proxy for budget. However, 2006-07 income figures will not be available until autumn 2007 and 2007-08 data will not be available until autumn of 2008.