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NHS Foundation Trusts: Governing Bodies

Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people serve on the governing council of a foundation hospital; and by what method they are selected. [292565]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The National Health Service Act 2006 does not stipulate the number of governors at an NHS foundation trust. Each NHS foundation trust decides how many governors should be included in its constitution. The members of the NHS foundation trust must elect the majority of the governors. The other governors are appointed by organisations such as the primary care trust, the local authority and the university, where the NHS foundation trust has a medical or dental school. Schedule 7 of The National Health Service Act 2006 sets out the statutory requirements for an NHS foundation trust's constitution.

Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what process is followed to (a) select and (b) remove (i) the chairman, (ii) the chief executive and (iii) directors of a foundation hospital. [292566]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The process for selecting and removing the chairman, chief executive and directors of a foundation trust hospital is contained in Schedule 7 of the National Health Service Act 2006. The board of governors at a general meeting appoint or remove the chairman and the other non executive directors. The non-executive directors appoint or remove the chief executive. It is for a committee consisting of the chairman, the chief executive and the other non-executive directors to appoint or remove the executive directors.

NHS: Finance

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts are borrowing money from his Department; what interest rates are being charged on each loan; what the term of each loan is; and how much interest has been paid on each to date. [292689]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department makes loans to national health service trusts and national health service foundation trusts. The information requested is provided in the following table.

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NHS trust name	National loan fund rate (fixed for term) (percentage)	Term of loan (year s/month s)	Interest paid to date (£000)
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS trust	5.40	6 years	1,641
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS trust	5.45	5 years	541
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS trust	3.97	3 years	89
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	4 years	1,773
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS trust	4.02	25 years	0
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.70	25 years	180
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.90	25 years	803
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation trust	4.06	25 years	0
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	3.04	10 years	152
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS trust	4.01	5 years	265
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS trust	5.40	6 years	2,971
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS trust	4.88	5 years	324
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation trust	4.48	15 years	358
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.40	25 years	2,578
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	3.94	25 years	153
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	2.98	10 years	0
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	2.67	4 years	115
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	2.92	5 years	154
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	2.86	10 years	0
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.85	10 years	1,144
Chesterfield royal Hospital NHS Foundation trust	2.84	10 years	0
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation trust	4.25	25 years	736
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation trust	4.30	10 years	250
Dartford and Gravesham NHS trust	1.90	5 years	0
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.85	12 years	1,447
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	5.05	15 years	402
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	2.45	10 years	0
Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation trust	5.50	15 years	255
East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust	5.45	5 years	844
East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust	4.02	25 years	0
East Cheshire NHS trust	5.50	3 years	635
East Cheshire NHS trust	2.39	8 years	30
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust	2.39	6 years 2months	11
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust	2.28	6 years	0
East Sussex Hospitals NHS trust	3.48	10 years 3months	38
East Sussex Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	4 years	405
George Eliot Hospital NHS trust	5.45	3 years	689
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.95	25 years	1,972
Great Western Ambulance Service NHS trust	2.82	5 years 3months	49
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	5.45	4 years	304
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.69	25 years	17
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.08	5 years	141
Hereford Hospitals NHS trust	2.69	10 years	11
Hereford Hospitals NHS trust	5.50	3 years	298
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation trust	5.60	23 years	364
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.90	10 years	81
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.90	25 years	204
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust	3.65	20 years	225
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	5 years	906
Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS trust	4.07	24 years 8months	25
Ipswich Hospital NHS trust	5.35	7 years	2,663
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation trust	5.34	1 years	196
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation trust	5.21	20 years	129
London Ambulance service NHS trust	2.65	8 years	0
London Ambulance service NHS trust	2.73	8 years 2months	5
Mayday Healthcare NHS trust	5.50	3 years	999
Mid Essex Hospital services NHS trust	5.45	5 years	1,958
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust	5.29	3 years	1,526
Moorfields eye Hospital NHS Foundation trust	5.05	10 years	97
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.65	25 years	270
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.60	10 years	768
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.50	10 years	273
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.45	15 years	89
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.40	25 years	823
Newham University Hospital NHS trust	1.90	5 years	0
Norfolk and Waveney NHS Foundation trust	3.87	20 years	113
North Bristol NHS trust	5.05	20 years	5,781
North Bristol NHS trust	4.02	25 years	0
North Cumbria Acute Hospital NHS trust	5.20	15 years	1,447
North Cumbria Acute Hospital NHS trust	5.10	14 years 6months	38
North Cumbria Acute Hospital NHS trust	4.34	14 years	25
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation trust	5.33	10 years	0
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS trust	5.45	5 years	1,622
North West London Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	5 years	2,577
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS trust	2.91	10 years	0
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS trust	5.40	6 years	2,231
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS trust	2.69	10 years	107
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS trust	4.19	10 years	366
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation trust	5.45	4 years	252
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation trust	3.92	25 years	0
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation trust	5.55	5 years	358
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS trust	4.07	24 years 8months	48
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS trust	4.05	24 years 6months	0
Plymouth Hospitals NHS trust	2.69	10 years	94
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS trust	2.48	7 years 6months	0
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS trust	5.45	5 years	1,476
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS trust	4.86	8 years	279
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS trust	5.50	3 years	572
Rob Jones and A Hunt Orthopaedic NHS trust	4.85	10 years	41
Rob Jones and A Hunt Orthopaedic NHS trust	5.50	3 years	307
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation trust	4.12	18 years	247
Royal Bolton Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	5.50	3 years	409
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS trust	5.32	7 years	2,607
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS trust	1.16	2 years	15
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation trust	4.55	20 years	2,132
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation trust	5.05	25 years	980
Royal united Hospital Bath NHS trust	5.05	20 years	4,189
Salisbury NHS Foundation trust	1.88	5 years	0
Scarborough and North East Yorks NHS trust	5.45	5 years	827
Scarborough and North East Yorks NHS trust	5.20	4 years 6months	66
Scarborough and North East Yorks NHS trust	3.98	4 years	39
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust	4.80	25 years	995
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS trust	5.50	3 years	1,116
South Central Ambulance service NHS trust	4.88	5 years	160
South Central Ambulance Service NHS trust	3.48	10 years 3months	89
South Central Ambulance Service NHS trust	1.90	5 years	0
South Warwickshire Gen Hosps NHS trust	5.35	8 years	2,041
Southampton University Hospitals NHS trust	4.85	10 years 6months	247
Southampton University Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	4 years	2,532
Southampton University Hospitals NHS trust	4.19	10 years	448
Southampton University Hospitals NHS trust	4.85	10 years	378
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS trust	1.90	5 years	0
St George's Healthcare NHS trust	5.45	5 years	3,675
St George's Healthcare NHS trust	5.20	4 years 6months	21
St George's Healthcare NHS trust	3.98	4 years	238
Stockport NHS Foundation trust	4.80	25 years	3,396
Stockport NHS Foundation trust	3.43	25 years	57
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS trust	4.95	25 years	4,999
The Rotherham NHS Foundation trust	2.57	10 years	0
The Rotherham NHS Foundation trust	3.23	20 years	160
Trafford Healthcare NHS trust	5.50	3 years	154
Trafford Healthcare NHS trust	4.19	10 years	179
University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation trust	3.51	20 years	89
University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS trust	5.31	5 years	737
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS trust	5.50	3 years	513
Warrington and Halton Hospital NHS Foundation trust	5.50	3 years	758
Warrington and Halton Hospital NHS Foundation trust	4.88	5 years	209
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	5 years	1,211
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust	5.40	10 years	798
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust	5.40	9 years 6months	710
West Middlesex University NHS trust	5.31	5 years	890
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS trust	5.50	3 years	177
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS trust	4.69	5 years	222
Western Sussex NHS trust	5.35	8 years	1,976
Western Sussex NHS trust	4.07	7 years	61
Western Sussex NHS trust	5.20	14 years	1,787
Western Sussex NHS trust	5.15	7 years 6months	99
Weston Area NHS trust	1.40	3 years	6
Weston Area NHS trust	5.32	7 years	808
Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS trust	5.30	9 years	3,074
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS trust	5.45	4 years	507
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust	5.45	5 years	2,703

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