§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was spent in the financial year 1980–81 on agency nurses by each area health authority; and what proportion that amount represented of the total spent on nurses' salaries by each area health authority.
§ Dr. VaughanThe information taken from the annual accounts of the authorities, is shown in the following table:
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Area Health Authorities 1980–81 Expenditure on Agency Nurses Expenditure on Agency Nurses £ Proportion of Total Nurses Salaries per cent. Northern Region Cleveland 17, 904 0.07 Cumbria 79 N/S Durham NIL — Northumberland 1, 347 0.01 Gateshead NIL — Newcastle on Tyne (T) NIL — North Tyneside 891 0.02 South Tyneside 531 0.01 Sunderland NIL — Yorkshire Region Humberside 337 N/S North Yorkshire NIL — Bradford 8, 454 0.03 Calderdale NIL — Kirklees NIL — Leeds (T) 10, 502 0.03 Wakefield 59 N/S Trent Region Derbyshire NIL — Leicestershire (T) 36, 168 0.11 Lincolnshire 75 N/S Nottinghamshire (T) NIL — Barnsley NIL — Doncaster NIL — Rotherham NIL — Sheffield (T) NIL — East Anglian Region Cambridgeshire (T) 115, 509 0.47 Norfolk 182, 369 0.52 Suffolk 13, 772 0.06 North West Thames Region Bedfordshire 17, 689 0.09 Hertfordshire 641, 399 1.66 Barnet 588, 287 3.02 Brent and Harrow 1, 550, 607 6.74
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Expenditure on Agency Nurses £ Proportion of Total Nurses Salaries per cent. Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (T) 2, 793, 755 7.86 Hillingdon 1, 486, 705 11.06 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (T) 4, 217, 683 10.50 North East Thames Region Essex 228, 066 N/S Barking and Havering 377, 300 1.88 Camden and Islington (T) 3, 437.386 9.52 City and East London (T) 2, 826, 182 7.08 Enfield and Haringey 1, 735, 000 8.78 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1, 514, 161 5.16 South East Thames Region East Sussex 473, 576 1.50 Kent 1, 482, 215 2.15 Greenwich and Bexley 283, 385 1.09 Bromley 676, 480 4.21 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham (T) 5, 261, 120 9.64 South West Thames Region Surrey 1, 672, 388 2.91 West Sussex 399, 431 1.50 Croydon 846, 582 4.95 Kingston and Richmond 623, 062 4.72 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth (T) 4, 423, 997 9.37 Wessex Region Dorset 357, 281 1.44 Hampshire (T) 85, 026 0.14 Wiltshire 99, 493 0.29 Isle of Wight NIL — Oxford Region Berkshire 335, 489 1.08 Buckinghamshire 440, 820 2.26 Northamptonshire 7, 861 0.03 Oxfordshire (T) 36 N/S South Western Region Avon (T) 22, 567 0.05 Cornwall 29, 672 0.19 Devon 2, 083 N/S Gloucester 25, 159 0.12 Somerset 3, 068 0.02 West Midlands Region Hereford and Worcester 8, 266 0.03 Salop NIL — Staffordshire 863 N/S Warwickshire NIL — Birmingham (T) 491, 437 0.76 Coventry 32, 348 0.22 Dudley NIL — Sandwell 99, 155 1.25 Solihull 146, 154 2.30 Walsall 4, 116 0.04 Wolverhampton 4, 904 0.04
Expenditure on Agency Nurses £ Proportion of Total Nurses Salaries per cent. Mersey Region Cheshire 8, 725 0.02 Liverpool (T) 278, 687 0.73 St Helens and Knowsley NIL — Sefton 167, 263 0.85 Wirral NIL — North Western Region Lancashire 1, 050 N/S Bolton NIL — Bury 726 0.01 Manchester (T) 9, 026 0.02 Oldham NIL — Rochdale NIL — Salford (T) NIL — Stockpott NIL — Tameside NIL — Trafford NIL — Wigan NIL — Notes:
1. "T" denotes and area health authority (teaching).
2. "N/S" indicates "not significant"; that is less than 0.01 per cent.
3. The figures include expenditure on midwives and health visistors.
4. Expenditure figures include employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions.
5. Total expenditure in England on agency nurses in 1980–81 was £44, 203, 887 or 1.9 per cent. of total nurses' salaries. These figures include expenditure by regional health authorities and boards of governors.