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), whether they assessed the chief executive role for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw integrated care board as exceptional for a higher salary; and what differences existed in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw which justified a different salary to the chief executive for West Yorkshire which has similar issues of complexity.

Pay levels for integrated care board (ICB) CEOs were subject to NHS England approval following applications made by each integrated care system or ICB, according to a pay framework agreed between NHS England and the Department. The pay framework determined the pay ranges available for roles, including the CEOs of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. Any salaries proposed above the midpoint of the agreed respective pay ranges had to obtain additional Ministerial approval.