Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to NHS trusts for the transfer of clinical waste management contracts from Healthcare Environment Services to Mitie, including any legal expenses; and if he will make a statement.

All costs relating to the transfer of clinical waste management contracts from Healthcare Environment Services to Mitie, including any legal expenses, will be met from the overall group funding budget for health.