Yorkshire Regional Health Authority (Hansard, 29 March 1996)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will instruct the NHS executive heads to report the details of the irregular payments to the top managers of the Yorkshire regional health authority to the fraud squad of the North Yorkshire policy authority. [21722]
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§ Mr. Malone
The police were notified of certain details concerning the former Yorkshire regional health authority. The majority of issues covered in the inquiry set up by the chief executive of the national health service were, however, not criminal in nature.

§ Mr. Barron
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for which health service bodies each of the 17 persons in receipt of irregular payments from the former Yorkshire regional health authority now works. [22731]

§ Mr. Malone
The Information is as follows:

Number

York Health Services NHS trust 1

Royal Hull Hospitals NHS trust 2

Northallerton Health Services NHS trust 2

East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust 1

Harrogate Healthcare NHS trust 1

Bradford Hospitals NHS trust 1

Alexandra Healthcare NHS trust 1

North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS trust 1

Trent RHA (until 31 March 1996) 1

North Yorkshire HA 1

United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust 1

Northern and Yorkshire RHA (until 31 March 1996) 1

No longer in NHS 2

Place of employment unknown 1

§ Mr. Barron
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the last chairman of the Yorkshire regional health authority was provided with a car in connection with his chairmanship; and what was the cost of such provision. [22912]

§ Mr. Malone
Sir Bryan Askew was not provided with a lease car in connection with his chairmanship of the former Yorkshire regional health authority.

§ Mr. Barron
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the reports of the district auditor into cases of irregular severance payments to the former director of personnel of the former Yorkshire regional health authority, and to the former district general manager of Scunthorpe district health authority, to be available. [23431]

§ Mr. Malone
This is a matter for the auditor.

	Number
York Health Services NHS trust	1
Royal Hull Hospitals NHS trust	2
Northallerton Health Services NHS trust	2
East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust	1
Harrogate Healthcare NHS trust	1
Bradford Hospitals NHS trust	1
Alexandra Healthcare NHS trust	1
North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS trust	1
Trent RHA (until 31 March 1996)	1
North Yorkshire HA	1
United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust	1
Northern and Yorkshire RHA (until 31 March 1996)	1
No longer in NHS	2
Place of employment unknown	1