To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the salaries, remuneration, pension entitlements and other benefits payable to (a) each chair or shadow chair of each national health service trust or proposed trust in the Northern region from 1 December, (b) members of each national health service trust or proposed trust in the northern region from 1 December and (c) when he proposes next to revise salaries and other remuneration for trust chairs and board members.

The chairmanship and non-executive directorships of NHS trusts are not salaried posts, although chairmen and non-executive directors receive remuneration for their services. Remuneration, though taxable, is not pensionable. The rates of remuneration from 1 December are given in table 1. Chairmen and directors are also entitled to claim travel and subsistence allowances, the current rates of which are given in table 2. The timing of the next review of remuneration and allowances has yet to be decided.