§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 1 February,Official Report, column 599, whether a person may serve concurrently as a chair or non-executive director of a trust of NHS authority board and a shadow trust board.
§ Dr. MawhinneyNo.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the percentage of ethnic minority non-executive directors of NHS trusts, health authorities and family health services authorities in each year since 1990–91.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThree per cent. of people currently appointed to national health service authorities and trusts in a non-executive capacity are from ethnic minorities. We are aiming to increase this proportion to 4 per cent. by September 1996. Information for earlier years is not available.