§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what severance payments were made to the general manager who recently resigned from Dumfries and Galloway health board other than standard health retirement rights. [21724]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe general manager of Dumfries and Galloway health board will resign with effect from 31 May 1996 on six months paid notice in terms of his contract of employment. In the interim, he is working on secondment elsewhere within the health service in Scotland.