HC Deb 15 October 2002 vol 390 cc816-7W
Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many financial directors were employed in the National Health Service in(a) 1979 and (b) 1997 and are now employed in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) the UK. [73567]

Mr. Lammy

In 1979 it was not compulsory for every National Health Service body in England to appoint a Finance Director. Records are not held centrally of how many were in post at that time.

Since 1979 each NHS body in England has been required to appoint a Finance Director. The number of such bodies was 543 in March 1997 and 596 in March 2002.

The position in other countries within the United Kingdom is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.

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