§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what termination payments have been made to(a) chairs and (b) non-executive directors of NHS authorities and trusts; and in what circumstances such payments are made.
§ Mr. MaloneNo such payments have been made since the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Dr. Mawhinney) to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, North-West (Mr. Stern) on 16 February 1993, column164. Such payments may be made to the chairman of a national health service authority in exceptional circumstances by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. No such provision exists for non-executive members of authorities or for chairmen or non-executive members of NHS trusts.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the procedures adopted in relation to in-contract settlements for former NHS trust chief executives.
§ Mr. MaloneThe Department has issued guidance—TEL(94)3—which sets out what is expected of national health service trusts in providing for contractual termination settlements in respect of chief executives and senior managers.