HC Deb 16 July 1980 vol 988 cc591-3W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, for the latest available 12-month period, what is the total number of ancillary staff employed in each area health authority; and what

NHS MANPOWER STATISTICS—ANCILLARY STAFF—WHOLE-TIME EQUIVALENT AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER
1976 1977 1978
Areas within Northern region
Cleveland 1,886.9 1,814.4 1,929.0
Cumbria 1,485.1 1,483.3 1,464.6
Durham 2,082.8 2,078.1 2,105.7
Northumberland 1,169.3 1,136.8 1,208.6
Gateshead 618.2 627.4 654.2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,940.4 2,030.6 2,353.8
North Tyneside 395.2 389.9 390.2
South Tyneside 436.4 431.7 420.6
Sunderland 1,171.9 11,120.0 1,144.9
Areas within Yorkshire region
Humberside 2,709.0 2,706.1 2,740.7
North Yorkshire 2,116.8 2,101.8 2,129.8
Bradford 1,839.7 1,831.3 1,799.8
Calderdale 592.6 573.5 576.7
Kirklees 1,325.5 1,315.8 1,337.5
Leeds 3,193.2 3,229.0 3,089.2
Wakefield 1,453.5 1,482.7 1,457.6
Areas within Trent region
Derbyshire 2,432.6 2,462.0 2,522.1
Leicestershire 2,206.0 2,368.7 2,543.3
Lincolnshire 1,835.0 1,848.7 1,892.3
Nottinghamshire 3,767.7 3,856.9 3,834.2
Barnsley 434.8 576.1 587.4
Doncaster 718.8 708.0 706.8
Rotherham 610.9 630.7 736.7
Sheffield 3,079.6 3,066.5 2,634.1
Areas within East Anglian region
Cambridgeshire 1,634.7 1,656.5 1,636.2
Norfolk 2,319.9 2,303.4 2,293.2
Suffolk 1,846.1 1,848.2 1,819.9
Areas within North-West Thames region
Bedfordshire 1,303.7 1,338.4 1,395.8
Hertfordshire 2,545.6 2,487.0 2,788.6
Barnet 1,434.8 1,373.6 1,356.7
Brent/Harrow 1,506.4 1,558.8 928.9
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow 2,418.3 2,586.9 2,699.1
Hillingdon 979.8 905.2 987.9
Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster 3,239.7 3,009.7 3,026.1
Areas within North-East Thames region
Essex 4,205.6 4,270.2 4,313.0
Barking/Havering 1,282.5 1,281.2 1,233.5
Camden/Islington 3,320.0 3,019.9 3,157.4
City and East London 3,734.7 3,435.7 3,570.5
Enfield/Haringey 1,445.1 1,470.2 1,459.1
Redbridge/Waltham Forest 2,018.7 1,813.4 1,881.3
Areas within South-East Thames region
East Sussex 2,550.2 2,562.5 2,522.6
Kent 5,608.3 5,737.3 5,687.4
Greenwich/Bexley 2,408.8 2,377.1 2,287.4
Bromley 1,141.3 1,132.4 1,098.1
Lambeth/Lewisham/Southwark 4,708.4 4,708.6 4,573.9

were the figures in each year since reorganisation.

Dr. Vaughan

The table below sets out numbers of ancillary staff employed by area health authorities at 30 September 1976, 1977 and 1978 the latest years for which complete information is available. Area by area figures for earlier years could not be obtained without disproportionate cost but countrywide totals for all NHS ancillary staff are available for the years 1974 and 1975 and are respectively 163,421 and 167,819.

1976 1977 1978
Areas within South-West Thames region
Surrey 4,118.2 4,073.7 3,702.0
West Sussex 1,789.6 1,776.5 1,728.9
Croydon 1,169.3 1,162.6 1,142.6
Kingston/Richmond 959.2 908.4 836.5
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth 3,298.3 3,417.4 3,328.7
Areas within Wessex region
Dorset 1,735.8 1,616.3 1,656.9
Hampshire 4,042.9 3,993.5 4,142.5
Wiltshire 2,336.2 2,317.5 2,185.0
Isle of Wight 364.8 356.0 359.8
Areas within Oxford region
Berkshire 2,405.6 2,307.0 2,246.9
Buckinghamshire 993.4 960.1 1,030.2
Northamptonshire 1,566.5 1,394.0 1,411.3
Oxfordshire 1,767.6 1,640.4 1,685.4
Areas within South Western region
Avon 3,548.4 3,531.1 3,432.4
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,194.4 1,238.0 1,227.9
Devon 3,225.4 3,386.9 3,409.9
Gloucestershire 1,370.7 1,383.3 1,371.4
Somerset 1,377.5 1,385.1 1,345.7
Areas within West Midlands region
Hereford and Worcester 2,015.3 2,047.6 2,020.7
Salop 1,167.4 1,183.7 1,215.0
Staffordshire 2,736.6 2,736.8 2,705.2
Warwickshire 1,446.8 1,456.0 1,435.9
Birmingham 5,319.9 5,323.9 5,160.7
Coventry 1,061.7 1,138.1 1,082.8
Dudley 747.0 780.8 781.9
Sandwell 403.0 410.1 425.5
Solihull 406.2 401.5 399.5
Walsall 628.5 658.3 692.5
Wolverhampton 1,009.5 1,001.7 994.9
Areas within Mersey region
Cheshire 3,219.2 3,148.7 3,191.8
Liverpool 3,615.9 3,456.9 3,387.7
St. Helens with Knowsley 701.4 672.3 686.5
Sefton 1,625.2 1,569.0 1,562.6
Wirral 1,218.9 1,203.5 1,216.8
Areas within North-Western region
Lancashire 4,904.1 4,870.4 4,880.1
Bolton 741.2 764.7 760.2
Bury 338.5 347.6 343.3
Manchester 3,648.2 3,667.7 3,628.8
Oldham 421.9 458.4 471.4
Rochdale 400.1 393.1 424.9
Salford 1,186.9 1,223.3 1,324.9
Stockport 714.3 722.4 719.5
Tameside 377.5 388.4 412.6
Trafford 486.7 501.8 498.7
Wigan 682.1 687.0 632.7
Total for all Area Health Authorities 169,642.3 168,799.7 168,277.5