§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the salary of the general manager/chief executive of each health authority and hospital trust in each year since 1990–91;
(2) if she will collect and publish the salary of the chief executive of each health authority and trust in England on 1 October 1993 and give the percentage increase over the preceding four years.
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation on the individual salaries of health authority general managers and trust chief executives is not available centrally. General managers in regional, district and special health authorities and family health services authorities are paid on centrally-determined salary ranges. Their individual salaries are dependent on a variety of factors including personal performance against locally set targets. The current salary ranges are set out in "National Health Service Guidelines (HSG(93)58)", a copy of which is available in the Library. The salaries of trust chief executives are matters for trust boards; information on their emoluments is included in annual accounts available locally. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 13 January that from 1 April 1994 each NHS authority and trust will be required to publish an annual report which includes information on the total emoluments of their general manager or chief executive.