§ Baroness Gardner of Parkesasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many NHS Trust appointments, of (a) chairmen; and (b) non-executive directors, are due to be made either to re-appoint or to replace those whose terms of office ended on or before 31 October or 30 November; and how many appointments in each category are not yet made; and
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jay of Paddington on 11 December (WA 59), what was the total number of:
(a) NHS Trust chairmen; and
(b) non-executive directors,
to be appointed or re-appointed on 31 October or 30 November.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Health (Baroness Jay of Paddington)One hundred and sixty five National Health Service trust chairman and 829 non-executive director appointments were to be made by 1 December. Of these 34 chairman and 192 non-executive director appointments still had to be formally confirmed on 18 December.