§ Mr. FrancoisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 January 2002,Official Report, column 955W, on NHS directors' secondments, if he will list the organisation to which the (a) chief executive and (b) executive directors listed in the table were seconded as at 1 December 2001. [31804]
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Region Chief executives Executive directors Total West Midlands 2 to the Department of Health 2 to West Midlands Regional Office 1 to the Workforce Development Council 5 Trent 2 to the Department of Health 4 to NHS Trent Regional Office 1 to NHS Trent Regional Office 1 to the NHS Modernisation Agency 1 to NHS Estates 1 to a University Health Research Department (SCHARR) South West 1 to the NHS Leadership Centre 1 to South West Regional Office 1 to Education Purchasing Consortium 1 to the National Shared Services Project 1 to National Police Training Service 1 to the NHS Leadership Centre 1 to NHS Estates 7 Northern and Yorkshire 1 to Northern and Yorkshire Regional Office 1 to Northern and Yorkshire Workforce Confederation 2 to Northern and Yorkshire Regional Office 1 West Yorkshire Financial Shared Services Project 1 to Tyne and Wear Health Action Zone 6 South West 1 to Commission for Health Improvement 1 to the NHS Modernisation Agency 2 to Department of Health 3 to South East Regional Office 7 North West 1 to NHS North West Regional Office 9 to NHS North West Regional Office 1 to the Department of Health 1 to the Department of Health 12 Eastern 4 to Eastern Regional Office 6 to Eastern Regional Office 10 London 1to Project Role with Prison Service 7 to London Regional Office 1 to London Health Observatory 1 to the NHS Modernisation Agency 1 to NHS Estates 11 Total 19 49 68
§ Mr. HuttonI apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer him to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.
My previous answer of 23 January 2002, Official Report, column 955W, referred to the secondment of executive directors of national health service trusts and health authorities to other organisations excluding secondments within the NHS. The figures provided included secondments within the NHS.
The number of executive directors and chief executives of NHS trusts and health authorities who were on secondment to other organisations as at 1 December 2001 is shown in the table.
Region Chief executives Executive directors Total West Midlands 0 5 5 Trent 3 7 10 South West 2 5 7 Northern and Yorkshire 1 5 6 South East 6 1 7 North West 2 10 12 Eastern 4 6 10 London 1 10 11 Total 19 49 68 The organisations to which the (a) chief executive and (b) executive directors were seconded as at 1 December 2001 is shown in the table.