HC Deb 02 February 1995 vol 253 cc838-40W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answers of 9 December 1994,Official Report, column 395, and 16 December, Official Report, columns 831–32, what were the reasons why severance payments did not conform to the guidance set out in TEL(94)3.

Mr. Malone

The national health service executive has requested additional information about certain payments to establish whether they conformed to guidelines in TEL(94)3. Until this additional information is received and analysed, the NHS executive cannot say whether the level of payment was or was not consistent with the recommended method of calculation.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 19 December,Official Report, columns 985–86, if she will update the table on termination payments made to chief executives and general and senior managers of trusts.

Mr. Malone

The table sets out the latest information about termination payments made since April 1994 which national health service trusts have notified to the NHS Executive, under the arrangements in TEL(94)3.

NHS Trust Number of payments Amount £
Broadgreen Hospital NHS trust 3 4,487
7,323
31,078
Bromley Hospitals NHS trust 25,400
Burnley Health Care 245,000
Burton Hospitals NHS trust 7,053
Cheviot and Wansbeck NHS trust 2 10,086
6,329

NHS Trust Number of payments Amount £
Chorley and South Ribble NHS trust 28,749
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Learning Disabilities NHS trust 11,000
Dudley Priority Health NHS trust 3 37,222
7,481
9,639
East Surrey Learning Disability and Mental Health Services NHS trust 36,677
Enfield Community Care NHS trust 35,522
Epsom Healthcare NHS trust 15,000
Fosse Health NHS trust 19,500
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS trust 2 47,616
75,073
Herefordshire Community Health NHS trust 28,416
Heathlands Mental Health NHS trust 25,008
Hertfordshire Health agency 3 3,000
3,000
3,000
Kings Healthcare NHS trust 3 55,573
1,005
23,627
The Medway NHS trust 3 12,991
12,803
13,501
Mid Anglia Community Health 5,449
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS trust 31,549
North East Essex mental health services 26,188
North Hampshire Hospitals NHS trust 30,000
North Mersey Community NHS trust 11,300
North Tees Health NHS trust 27,764
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS trust 25,000
Northampton Community Healthcare NHS trust 2 20,259
19,540
Pilgrim Health NHS trust 7,864
Plymouth Hospitals NHS trust 7,865
Queens Medical Centre Nottingham University NHS trust 77,715
Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust 35,295
Royal Liverpool University hospital 2 47,355
7,242
Royal Liverpool Children's NHS trust 18,466
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS trust 19,343
Salford Mental Health Services NHS trust 15,847
South Bedfordshire Community Healthcare trust 17,771
South Kent Community Healthcare trust 30,636
South Kent Hospitals NHS trust 8,626
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS trust 34,829
Southend Healthcare NHS trust 3 43,908
29,901
7,031
Stockport Healthcare NHS trust 21,940
Teddington Memorial Hospital NHS trust 18,750
United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust 30,000
Walsall Community NHS trust 35,000
Walsall Hospital NHS trust 6,926
West Herts Community Health NHS Trust 4 2,633
2,276
29,505
40,000
Wiltshire Ambulance Service NHS trust 27,314
Worcester Royal Infirmary NHS trust 22,167
Worthing and Southlands hospitals NHS trust 2 34,547
18,200

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 19 December 1994,Official Report, columns 985–86, how many of those receiving termination payments are still working in the NHS in any capacity.

Mr. Malone

This information is not available centrally.