§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what salaries, remuneration, pensions entitlement and other benefits, including subsistence and travelling allowances, are payable to(a) non-executive members and (b) chairs of district and regional health authorities; and when these will be revised.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe annual rate of remuneration payable to non-executive members of regional and district health authorities and family health services authorities is £5,000. The remuneration of the chairmen of regional and district health authorities and family health services authorities is calculated in accordance with the table:
RHA, DHA, FHSA and trust chairmen: Remuneration rates per year £ RHA chairmen 20,925 DHA chairmen Band 1 19,285 Band 2 17,145 Band 3 15,125 FHSA chairmen Band 1 12,605 Band 2 11,720 Band 3 10,845
Banding Criteria: Band DHA Chairmen DHA Revenue budget 1985–86 Teaching £45 million or more 1 Non-teaching £60 million or more 1 Teaching Under £45 million 2 Non-teaching £30 million to £60 million 2 Non-teaching Under £30 million 3 FHSA Chairmen FHSA population Mid-1985 Over 750,000 1 250,000–750,000 2 Under 250,000 3 The current rates of payment of subsistence and travelling allowances are set out in appendix 4 of "Financial Matters", January 1993, a copy of which is held in the library. The rates are currently under review. Chairmen and non-executive members are not entitled to receive any additional benefits.