HC Deb 24 January 1994 vol 236 cc73-4W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which grades of employee at Yorkhill national health service trust hospital, Glasgow, are to lose entitlement to sick pay scheme benefits higher than those of the statutory scheme.

Mr. Stewart

Terms and conditions of service are a matter for the trust.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much in the next financial year will be the reduction in sick pay paid out to employees of Yorkhill national health service trust hospital, Glasgow, following adoption of the statutory minimum entitlements.

Mr. Stewart

Such information is not held centrally.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consult medical authorities on their assessment of risk to sick children's health if low-paid employees at Yorkhill national health service trust hospital, Glasgow change their attendance patterns as a result of the abolition of their sick pay scheme and the introduction of minimum statutory entitlements.

Mr. Stewart

The work pattern of staff is a matter for the trust concerned.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what indication Yorkhill national health service trust gave in its application for trust status, on its intentions as to(a) reducing its employees' sick pay to the statutory minimum and (b) putting their jobs out to tender if they rejected these terms.

Mr. Stewart

The application referred to differences in various primary conditions of service, including sick leave, and declared an intention to review these over time.