§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of (a) administrative and (b) clerical staff currently employed within the National Health Service; and what changes have taken place since January 1976.
§ Mr. Harry EwingExpressed as whole-time equivalents, there were at 30th September 1977, 2,807 administrative and 10,030 clerical staff, a total of 12,837, employed in the National Health Service 527W in Scotland. These figures, which are provisional, represent an increase of 2 per cent. on the corresponding total for 31st January 1976.