Written question asked by Howard Stoate (Labour) on Thursday, 25 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2010. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Health Services: Equality

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the members are of the Cross-Government Health Inequalities Programme Board.

Answer: The Cross-Government Health Inequalities Programme Board is a director-general level board. Its remit is to oversee the development of a cross-government health inequalities strategy post-2010 following the report of the Marmot review (the Post-2010 Strategic Review of Health Inequalities).Its members are:"Una O'Brien (Chair)—Department of Health""Helen Bailey—HM Treasury""Tom Jeffery—Department for Children, Schools and Families""Irene Lucas—Communities and Local Government""Sue Owen—Department of Works and Pensions""Mike Anderson—Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs""Stephen Rimmer—Home Office""Stephen Marston—Department for Business, Innovation and Skills""Helen Edwards—Ministry of Justice""Chris Wormald—Cabinet Office""Andrew Ramsay—Department for Culture, Media and Sport""Steve Gooding—Department for Transport""Lionel Jarvis—Ministry of Defence""Jonathan Rees—Government Equalities Office"The following observers attend from the devolved administrations:-"Harry Burns—Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government""Chris Tudor-Smith—Head of Public Health Improvement Division, Welsh Assembly Government""Andrew Elliott—Director, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland"A Secretariat to the Board is provided by the Department of Health.

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