§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current salary of the chief executive of each NHS trust; and what was the salary payable in each case to the equivalent post before the granting of trust status.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyNo information is held centrally on the salaries of national health service trust chief executives, which are a matter for individual trust boards.
§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make public the report prepared by Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte on trust applications.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave the hon. Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) on 16 November 1990 at column246.
§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give a breakdown in percentage terms of the occupation of those appointed to the boards of directors of hospital trusts.
§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will tabulate by current occupation, or former if retired, those persons he has appointed as chairmen in the first wave of national health service trusts and as chairmen designate in the second wave.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyChairmen and non-executive directors of NHS trusts are appointed on the basis of their 61W personal qualities and experience and for the contribution they can make to the effective management of the trust. Each chairman's and non-executive director's curriculum vitae is submitted in confidence.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those spheres for which he was responsible to Parliament prior to the recent reorganisation of the national health service and introduction of hospital trusts, and for which he no longer is responsible.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI remain accountable to Parliament across the whole range of my responsibilities, including for all aspects of the national health service.