Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 April (HL7236), for the pay of each of the three integrated care board chief executives of (1) Humber Coast and Vale, (2) South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, and (3) Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, whether their previous salary was taken into account by NHS England in accordance with the sign-off process by Ministers; and if so, whether that information was passed on to the department.

NHS England considered the existing salary of candidates when agreeing the salaries of the chief executives of integrated care boards. This information was also contained in the business cases considered by Ministers when their approval was required.