HC Deb 11 June 1992 vol 209 cc246-7W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the membership and remuneration of the members of the Dental Estimates Board.

Dr. Mawhinney

The Dental Practice Board—DPB— previously known as the Dental Estimates Board, comprises five dental members, two lay members and the chief executive, who is also a lay member. Current membership is as follows:

Chairman (dentist)

  • Mr. T. H. Farrell

Vice Chairman (dentist)

  • Mr. W. H. Evans

Dental Members

  • Mr. D. W. Lester
  • Mr. R. A. Gorham
  • Mr. H. G. Lewis

Lay Members

  • Mr. D. A. Dryer
  • Mrs. C. A. Osborne

Chief Executive

  • Mr. J. A. Taylor

The chairman receives remuneration of £23,658.18 per annum for an average attendance of 2.5 days per week, plus £182 for each additional day of attendance. He is also entitled to travel and subsistence payments for attendance at meetings held away from the DPB site at Eastbourne.

Other members, with the exception of the chief executive, receive a fee of £124.68 for each day of attendance at the DPB. They are also entitled to travel and subsistence payments.

The chief executive is a full-time employee of the DPB. He is not remunerated separately as a board member.