Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2016 to Question 26819, what the job titles are of those people in receipt of paid car allowances.

NHS England advises us that there are seven post holders in receipt of a car user allowance:

- Regional Director

- Director of Commissioning Operations

- Director of National Stakeholders – Primary Care Support

- Managing Partner

- Locality Director

- Head of Health and Justice

- Head of Primary Care Policy and Contracts

The Care Quality Commission advises that the Occupational Car User Allowance is paid to eligible staff in the following roles who use their personal vehicle to visit services and commissioners in order to undertake regulatory decision making.

― Children's Services Inspector

― Children's Services Team Leader

― Clinical Specialist

― Controlled Drugs Officer

― Corporate Provider Compliance Inspector

― Corporate Provider Compliance Manager

― Enforcement Advisor

― Health and Justice Inspector

― Health and Justice Manager

― Inspector

― Inspection Manager

― Integrated Care Manager

― Medicines Inspector

― Mental Health Act Reviewer

― National Safeguarding Advisor

― National Pharmacy Manager

― Pharmacist Inspector

― Pharmacist Specialist

― Registration Inspector

― Registration Manager

One Deputy Chief Inspector also currently receives a car allowance.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises that the five employees receiving a car allowance all have the job title of Implementation consultant.