§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of bonus payments made to health authority managers since their introduction; if he will list them to date; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorHealth authority general managers, have been eligible for performance-related increases in salary since 1 September 1987 and senior (second-in-line) managers since 1 September 1988. The numbers of awards notified to the Department to date are as follows:
1987 1988 General Managers 690 668 Senior Managers — 601 Individual awards cannot be listed because they are based on confidential assessments of individual performance.
The performance-related pay scheme is working well and we shall shortly be extending it to a wider group of managers at region, district and unit level.