§ Ms RyanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the payments were in cash terms to National Health Service trust chairs and non-executive directors in the years 1996–97 and 1997–98 in the area covered by Enfield and Haringey Health Authority. [49456]
§ Mr. MilburnThere are five National Health Service trusts in the area covered by Enfield and Haringey Health Authority, each with five non-executive directors and a chairman. In 1996–97 and 1997–98, each non-executive director was entitled to a remuneration of £5,000 a year. Four of the chairmen were entitled to a remuneration of £17,245 a year, and one was entitled to a remuneration of £19,285 a year. Chairmen and non-executive directors of NHS trusts are also entitled to claim travelling expenses but details of these expenses are not available centrally.