§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications were received by the NHS management executive for authority to pay severance payments in excess of those laid down by the standard NHS regulations in each year since 1990; how many were approved; and what was the total sum involved each year in each health authority. [20681]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Applications received by the NHS Executive for authority to pay severance payments in excess of those laid down by standard NHS Regulations Authority Received Approved Amount 1993–94 Salisbury HA 1 1 8,000 1994–95 Mid-Downs HA 1 1 7,000 Anglia and Oxford 1 1 20,322 South Thames RHA 3 12 38,391 North Thames RHA 1 1 116,000 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 1 1 14,000 Camden and Islington 1 2— — NHS Supplies Authority 2 1 72,881 1 One still under consideration. 2 Under consideration.