To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the board of the new community interest company planned by the North West strategic health authority to improve public health will be chosen; and what lines of accountability it will have. (137749)

NHS North West is working with Heart of Mersey to set up a community interest company to develop social marketing methods to improve the health of the population in the North West of England. The project is still in development.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any consultants have been employed to advise on the setting up of the new public interest company planned by the North West strategic health authority. (137752)

The charitable organisation Heart of Mersey is developing a brand for a comprehensive approach to the promotion of better health in the North West of England. The branding work will be used as an umbrella programme for the work of the community interest company.