Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a salary limit will apply to board members and executives employed by Dudley's multi-specialty community provider.

The commissioner – in this case Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group – is solely responsible for carrying out the procurement and it will be for the commissioner to determine break points, penalties, compensation and arrangements to ensure continuity of service.

The Dudley multi-specialty community provider contract does not change the current rules in respect of salaries and bonuses. Should the provider be a public body, it will be subject to pre-existing requirements for public bodies to obtain approval for salaries above a certain threshold. In addition, the proposed contract requires:

- transparency in respect of the earnings of any highly-paid individuals; and

- certain conditions (relating to the provider’s financial status and liabilities, quality measures, and contract performance) to be met first.