Mr. Barry O'Brien:

Contract type A is public practice only. Contract type B is for all new consultants recruited on post-2008 contracts, which allows on-site private practice up to 80:20 for newly-appointed consultants. A contract type B may exist for a consultant who held the previous contract but who was category 1. They could have a variable up to a maximum of 70:30 private practice. Then there is contract type B*. This is for consultants who have access to off-site private practice once they have met their 37-hour commitment to public service. Again, these are consultants who held a category 2 contract prior to the 2008 contract. There is a contract type C but that has not been used so far. This contract is to replace the existing type B* where in the public interest an exceptional case would be made in that a type C consultant could be appointed.