§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost has been in severance pay and other related costs arising out of the decision of the former Director of the NHS Leadership Centre to step down from her post in December 2001; [71075]
511W(2) whether the former Director of the NHS Leadership Centre is working in an executive capacity in (a) the NHS and (h) his Department. [71076]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 18 July 2002]The individual concerned was employed by Royal United Hospitals Bath National Health Service Trust. Her secondment to the Department was terminated on 2 May 2002. Her contract of employment with the NHS trust was terminated on the 22 August 2002. She received no severance payment in connection with her decision to stand down from her position as head of the leadership centre nor in connection with the termination of her contract of employment.