HC Deb 08 January 1990 vol 164 cc506-7W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number and percentage of(a) women and (b) men members on each (i) district health authority and (ii) regional health authority.

Mr. Freeman

Details of the membership of district health authorities are not held centrally. The figures for regional health authorities are given in the table:

Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number and percentage of women chairs of(a) district health authorities and (b) regional health authorities.

Mr. Freeman

Thirty-two women (18 per cent.) are chairmen of district health authorities, and one woman (7 per cent.) is chairman of a regional health authority.