Non-executive Directors

HC Deb 27 June 2002 vol 387 c1090W

Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are for non-executive directors of PCTs. [64339]

Mr. Lammy

The national health service appointments commission is responsible for non-executive appointments to the boards of primary care trusts (PCTs). PCT boards are themselves now responsible, within certain limits, for determining their complement of non-executive members. As a result, the chief executive of the appointments commission wrote to all PCT chairs on 14 June to establish the planned size of their board for 2002 and the number of new non-executives they would like the commission to recruit to fill the vacancies. Responses have been requested by 30 July.