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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

We do not have any idea of the number of entities. It varies enormously according to the size of the authority, its financial arrangements and the way in which it chooses to deliver its services. I gave some details of the categories of entity which might come within the scope of the regulations, but their number will clearly be significant because it is growing all the time. If the noble Lord will leave that matter with me, I may be able to come up with information quantifying the scale. This process has been in train for a long time—since the capital financing legislation in 2003—so the noble Lord can rest assured that its implications will have been thoroughly examined.