HC Deb 28 March 1994 vol 240 c590W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list each appointment for which a Minister has to approve the appointment or shortlist for the appointment, showing for each appointment(a) which Minister exercises the responsibility, (b) the salary, if any, attached to the post, (c) the term of the appointment and (d) the person currently appointed to the post.

Mr. Sackville

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is responsible for appointments listed in "Public Bodies 1993", a copy of which is available in the Library.

A full list of members and their remuneration was placed in the Library in July 1993.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list the organisations and individuals who have been asked, since June 1992, to submit names of individuals to be considered for appointments to paid and unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment;

(2) if she will list the organisations and individuals outside her Department who are sent information on, or consulted about, individuals who are, or may be, proposed to the Minister for appointment to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person appointed or the shortlist for the appointment.

Mr. Sackville

No central record is maintained of the organisations and individuals consulted. The Department's aim is to appoint people from a broad range of different backgrounds, and many professional and voluntary bodies are consulted when appointments are made to public bodies.

Nominations for the chairmen and ministerial non-executive appointments to regional health authorities and national health service trust boards are sought from the chairmen of the appropriate regional health authorities.