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Monitor: Directors
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paid directors are on the board of Monitor. [311103]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: We are advised by the executive chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts) that there are currently five paid directors on the board of Monitor. The board comprises of the executive chairman and four non-executive board members.
Further information on the structure and remuneration of Monitor's board can be found in their Annual Reports and Accounts for 2008-09 which is available at:
Monitor: Operating Costs
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the running costs of Monitor headquarters were in the latest year for which information is available. [311104]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: We are advised by the executive chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts) that in 2008-09 the total operating expenditure for Monitor was £14,646,000; comprising staff costs of £8,036,000 and other operating expenses of £6,610,000.
Further details of Monitor's operating expenditure for 2008-09 can be found in their annual report and accounts at:
Monitor: Pay
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the chief executive of Monitor received in (a) salary and (b) expenses in the latest year for which information is available. [311102]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: We are advised by the executive chairman of Monitor that in 2008-09 he received a salary payment of £235,647, which included a 5.5 per cent. non-consolidated payment of £12,001 and £16,361 in business-related expenses.
NHS: Early Retirement
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much each (a) primary care trust, (b) hospital trust and (c) mental health trust spent on early retirement for members of the trust board in each of the last three years; [310797]
(2) how much each (a) primary care trust, (b) hospital trust and (c) mental health trust spent on early retirement for staff employed by the organisation in each of the last three years. [310798]
Ann Keen: The information requested is not available in the form requested. The total premature retirement costs including the cost of paying pensions and lump sum early, enhancements of lump sum and enhanced service after normal retirement age are set out in the following table.
| £000 | ||
| Premature retirement costs | ||
| Prefunded ( one-off capitalised costs ) | Quarterly recharge | |
| Source: NHS Pension Scheme and NHS Compensation for Premature Retirement Scheme Resource Accounts. | ||
NHS: Finance
Mr. David Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of the amount of money donated to NHS institutions through charitable giving. [310033]
Phil Hope: In 2008-09, national health service trusts and primary care trusts in England received contributions from all charitable sources totalling £62 million in expenditure and £65 million in assets. The Department does not collect this information for NHS foundation trusts who report directly to Monitor.
NHS: Interpreters
Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on interpreters in each of the last five years. [311396]
Ann Keen: National health service bodies are not required to report their planned or actual spending on interpretation and translation services to the Department. When planning such services, NHS bodies should take due account of their legal duties, the composition of the communities they serve, and the needs and circumstances of their patients, service users and local populations.
NHS: South East
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) managers and (b) senior managers were in post at each hospital trust in the South East in each of the last five years. [310433]
Ann Keen: The information requested is shown in the following table.
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