§ Mr. Moyleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list the names of area health authority chairmen appointed to serve from 1 August, together with the names of their area health authorities and the period for which they have been appointed to serve.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe appointment of 46 of the existing chairmen of the 90 area health authorities end on 31 July 1979. From 1 August 1979 the chairmen of these authorities will be as follows:—
340WAbout 25,000 claims for child benefit await processing at the Child Benefit Centre—this compares with an average weekly intake of about 16,000.
The numbers of child benefit order books issued in each week since 1 March are:—
- Area on first appointment
- Mr. R. Carr—Cumbria
- Mr. A. Templeton—Calderdale
- Mr. A. Lamb—Derbyshire
- Mr. E. S. Poyser—Nottinghamshire
- Dr. T. J. Carter—Barnet
- Mr. L. Freedman—Camden and Islington
- Mr. T. V. R. Bolland—Kent
- Mr. P. D. Gibson—Bromley
- Mr. N. G. Thompson—Greenwich and Bexley
- Mr. G. A. Turner—Kingston and Richmond
- Lord Northbrook—Hampshire
- Dr. F. Hampson—Berkshire
- Councillor S. E. Williams—Avon
- Mr. F. J. Jones—Salop
- Mrs. M. Stanhope—Staffordshire
- Mr. R. E. Hodd—Lancashire
- Mr. A. B. Copping—Rochdale
- Mr. A. J. Alder—Oldham
- Mr. G. R. Legat—Trafford
- Area on re-appointment
- Mr. M. Todd—Durham
- Mrs. J. G. M. Heppell—Northumberland
- Mr. W. H. Bevan—Gateshead
- Sir John Dudding—Humberside
- Mr. B. Hazell—North Yorkshire
- Mr. J. S. Bell—Bradford
- Mr. C. Adolphe—Leicestershire
- Dr. J. D. Brackenridge—Lincolnshire
- Mrs. P. Burnett—Cambridge
- Mr. G. D. Hitchcock—Bedfordshire
- Mr. R. T. L. Lee—Hertfordshire
- Dr. B. Thwaite—Brent and Harrow
- Dame Elizabeth Coker—Essex
- Rev. P. Marshall—Barking and Havering
- Dr. P. Lindon—East Sussex
- Dr. I. R. Clout—Surrey
- Mr. E. M. Bird—West Sussex
- Sir David Trench—Dorset
- Lady Mallalieu—Buckinghamshire
- Mr. A. G. Bellingham—Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
341 - Mr. A. E. V. Meredith—Hereford and Worcs.
- Mr. S. W. T. Birth—Warwickshire
- Mr. J. R. Bettingson—Birmingham
- Mr. C. C. Stevens—Cheshire
- Mr. G. W. Redgate—Bolton
- Mr. A. Clayton—Bury
- Mr. R. B. Prain—Manchester
I wish to pay tribute to those chairmen whose appointments end on 31 July 1979. They have led their authorities through particularly difficult and challenging periods.
We shall soon have the report of the Royal Commission on the NHS. Until the Government have received and considered the report they will not decide what changes to make in the running of the NHS, but it is desirable to allow for some flexibility in the future and accordingly all appointments will on this occasion be for two years only.