Nhs Cleaning, Catering And Laundry Services

Mr. Jack
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on cleaning, catering and laundry services in (a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1996–97. [11275]

Mr. Milburn
For England, the information requested is available only for 1993–94, as shown in table 1, as a result of decisions by Conservative Ministers. In subsequent years, expenditure on cleaning cannot be separately identified and information on catering and laundry is confined to expenditure on external contracts as contained in table 2. Data for 1996–97 are not yet available. ----------
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|Catering|
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|Laundry |
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|Catering|
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|Laundry |
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Source:

1. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.

2. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities, and the special health authorities of the London Postgraduate teaching hospitals.