§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trust chief executives there are in England and Wales, broken down by(a) sex, (b) background in medicine, (c) background in nursing, (d) back ground in a profession allied to medicine, (e) ethnic minority and (f) disability. [133514]
§ Mr. HuttonThere are currently 619 national health service trust chief executives in England, of whom 393 are male and 226 are female. Chief executives are not obligated to supply information on their ethnic group, nor on their background. The available information is shown in the tables. The Department does not hold information on disability of NHS trust chief executives.
Information for Wales is a matter for the devolved administration.
1 NHS trust chief executives by ethnic group Headcount Total 619 White UK 348 White other 9 Asian 2 Not given 260
2 NHS trust chief executives by background Headcount Total 619 Medical 10 Nursing 24 Clinical other 11 Previous NHS managerial 134 Public sector 34 Private sector 18 Voluntary sector 5 Finance 21 Not given 362