Written question asked by Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 March 2001. It was answered by Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointees to the boards of primary care trusts have declared political activity for (a) the Labour Party, (b) the Conservative Party, (c) the Liberal Democrats and (d) other parties; and in each case what percentage this represents of the total number of appointments made. - Inc table. (Holding answer 27 March 2001).

Answer: Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many appointees to the boards of primary care trusts have declared political activity for (a) the Labour Party, (b) the Conservative Party, (c) the Liberal Democrats and (d) other parties; and in each case what percentage this represents of the total number of appointments made. [155812] Ms Stuart: [holding answer 27 March 2001]: The number of people who have accepted appointment as a chair or non-officer member of the 164 primary care trusts that will be operational from April 2001 and who have declared political activity is given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Political Party Number of appointees Percentage of total number of appointees None declared 391 66.72 Conservative 35 5.97 Independent 7 1.19 Labour 119 20.31 Liberal Democrat 28 4.78 Other 6 1.02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 155812; 365 c670W;365 c670-1W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Councillors Public appointments Political parties Primary care trusts Primary care groups
Contains statistics: Yes
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