HC Deb 05 November 1991 vol 198 cc109-10W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each national health service region(a) the total number of health authority members and (b) the number of female health authority members.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Each regional health authority has five non-executive members. The number of female members in each is as follows:

Number
Northern 1
Yorkshire 1
Trent 1
East Anglian 2
North West Thames 2
North East Thames 2
South East Thames 1
South West Thames 2
Wessex 3
Oxford 1
South Western 1
West Midlands 1
Mersey 1
North Western 1

Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each national health service region(a) the number of health authorities without female representation and (b) the district health authorities without female representation.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Information about the number of district health authority members who are female is not collected centrally. The appointment of district health authority members is the responsibility of regional health authorities.