§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received during the last six months from residents in South Yorkshire expressing support for the transfer of the South Yorkshire ambulance service to trust status.
§ Mrs Virginia BottomleyThe application from the South Yorkshire ambulance service will be subject to a statutory period of public consultation conducted by Yorkshire regional health authority for a three-month period commencing 13 May 1991.
§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what salaries are currently paid to those officials within the national health service who are in charge of the ambulance service and their respective areas, including the chief ambulance officer of the South Yorkshire ambulance service.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThis information is not held centrally and details of payments awarded to individual NHS employees are a confidential matter between employer and employee. I understand that most officers in charge of ambulance services are employed on NHS senior manager terms. Senior managers are on performance-linked contracts and paid a fiat rate salary on a 30-point pay spine. The spine ranges from £13,560 to £42,290 per annum.