§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the total number of members which he has recently appointed to the boards of the new area and regional health authorities of the National Health Service and how many of them are women; if he will give the totals and the number of men and women for each area and regional authority, respectively; and what regard he paid to the fact that the majority of people in the United Kingdom are women.
§ Sir K. JosephThe tables below show details. Appointments to the area health authorities are the responsibility of the shadow regional health authorities. Members are appointed after consultation with a wide range of interests.
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YORKSHIRE REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies North Yorkshire … … … … 17 2 2 Humberside … … … … 15 4 1 Bradford … … … … 15 2 1 Leeds … … … … 20 2 1 Calderdale … … … … 15 2 1 Kirklees … … … … 15 3 1 Wakefield … … … … 15 1 1 Totals … … … … 112 16 8
TRENT REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Barnsley … … … … 15 2 1 Doncaster … … … … 15 7 1 Rotherham … … … … 15 4 1 Sheffield … … … … 20 6 3 Derbyshire … … … … 15 4 2 Leicestershire … … … … 18 5 1 Lincolnshire … … … … 15 3 1 Nottinghamshire … … … … 20 4 1 Totals … … … … 133 35 11
EAST ANGLIA REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Cambridgeshire … … … … 18 8 2 Norfolk … … … … 15 3 1 Suffolk … … … … 15 3 — Totals … … … … 48 14 3
NORTH WEST THAMES REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Bedfordshire … … … … 15 4 1 Hertfordshire … … … … 17 1 1 Barnet … … … … 15 3 2 Brent and Harrow … … … 18 3 5 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow … 23 8 1 Hillingdon … … … … 15 3 — Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 22 6 3 Totals … … … … 125 28 13 12W13W
NORTH EAST THAMES REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Essex … … … … 19 5 2 Barking and Havering … … … 15 3 3 Camden and Islington … … … 22 5 7 Enfield and Haringey … … … 15 4 3 City and East London … … … 25 2 7 Redbridge and Waltham Forest … 15 4 3 Totals … … … … 111 23 25
SOUTH EAST THAMES REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies East Sussex … … … … 15 3 1 Kent … … … … 21 4 3 Bromley … … … … 15 4 — Greenwich and Bexley … … … 17 3 2 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham … 26 4 2 Totals … … … … 94 18 8
SOUTH WEST THAMES REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Surrey … … … … 21 6 — West Sussex … … … … 15 4 — Croydon … … … … 15 8 — Kingston and Richmond … … … 15 3 — Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth … 24 9 — Totals … … … … 90 30 —
WESSEX REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Hampshire … … … … 20 3 — Dorset … … … … 15 5 — Wiltshire … … … … 15 4 4 Isle of Wight … … … … 15 4 1 Totals … … … … 65 16 5
OXFORD REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Oxfordshire … … … … 18 6 — Berkshire … … … … 15 3 — Buckinghamshire … … … … 15 6 — Northamptonshire … … … 15 3 — Totals … … … … 63 18 — 14W15W
SOUTH WESTERN REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Avon … … … … 21 3 — Cornwall … … … … 16 4 — Devon … … … … 17 5 — Gloucestershire … … … … 15 3 — Somerset … … … … 15 4 — Totals … … … … 84 19 —
WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Hereford and Worcester … … … 17 4 2 Salop … … … … 15 1 — Staffordshire … … … … 15 3 — Warwickshire … … … … 15 3 1 Birmingham … … … … 21 4 — Coventry … … … … 15 3 1 Dudley … … … … 15 5 — Sandwell … … … … 15 1 1 Solihull … … … … 15 1 2 Walsall … … … … 15 3 1 Wolverhampton … … … … 15 3 2 Totals … … … … 173 31 10
MERSEY REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Cheshire … … … … 19 2 — Liverpool … … … … 20 3 — St. Helens and Knowsley … … 15 4 — Sefton … … … … 15 4 — Wirral … … … … 15 4 — Totals … … … … 84 17 —
NORTH WESTERN REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Number of members plus chairman Number of women Number of vacancies Lancashire … … … … 21 5 — Bolton … … … … 15 5 — Bury … … … … 15 2 — Manchester … … … … 22 5 — Oldham … … … … 15 3 — Rochdale … … … … 15 5 — Salford … … … … 18 3 — Stockport … … … … 15 4 — Tameside … … … … 15 3 — Trafford … … … … 15 3 — Wigan … … … … 15 3 — Totals … … … … 181 41 —