HC Deb 08 May 2002 vol 385 cc261-2W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 April 2002,Official Report, column 120W, what discussions he has had with the NHS Appointments Commission on the reason the application from Mrs. L. Irving of Culcheth, Warrington was not acknowledged; and if he will make a statement. [54733]

Ms Blears

The National Health Service appointments commission has confirmed that, because of a clerical error, candidates not called for interview for non-executive appointments to Warrington Primary Care Trust have still not been properly informed that they had been unsuccessful. One of the candidates involved was Mrs. L Irving. The chief executive of the appointments commission will shortly be writing a letter of apology to all the candidates involved.