Primary Care Trusts

Mr. Walter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many newly appointed chairpersons of merged primary care trusts established on 1 October 2006 (a) are members of the Labour Party and (b) have previously been elected as Labour councillors.

Ms Rosie Winterton
This information is not held centrally by the Department. Information is, however, collected by the Appointments Commission on whether appointees have been politically active within the last five years. The Commission has been asked to respond directly to the hon. Member’s question.