§ Jeremy CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many chief executives of NHS trusts have refused to reveal their salaries; and if he will make a statement. [105345]
§ Mr. Hutton[hording answer 27 March 2003]: Sir Nigel Crisp has written to all national health service employers encouraging senior staff to voluntarily disclose their remuneration in annual accounts. In 2001–02, however, some 50 chief executives of NHS organisations, including NHS trusts, chose to exercise a right under the Data Protection Act 1998 to refuse consent to publication of their remuneration details in the annual accounts.