§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by what criteria his Department decided that the staff of the New Cross school for dental therapists are not National Health Service staff.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe staff of the school are employed not by a health authority but by the School of Dental Therapists Limited.
§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why section 25 of the general Whitley council conditions of services applies to the staff of the New Cross school for dental therapists, but not section 39.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergNeither section applies to the staff of the school because they are not Health Services employees, but I understand that the employing company proposes to apply redundancy payment terms similar to those in section 25 and we have agreed that the Department should fund them.