§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the pensions and severance payments made to Sir Duncan Nichol when he left the NHS executive.
§ Mr. SackvilleSir Duncan Nichol has been seconded to the national health service executive by Mersey regional health authority and on expiry of the secondment he was made redundant by the RHA. He received the benefits due to him under the NHS pension scheme after more than 30 years' service to the NHS—a superannuation lump sum and an annual pension—and statutory redundancy compensation. No other payments were made.