§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons were in the employment of I he Grampian health board in the management, secretarial, servicing and nursing sections in the year 1981; and what increase this was on the 1979–80 figures in each category.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information in whole-time equivalent terms is as follows:
30 September 1980 30 September 1981 (Provisional Figures) Administrative* 232 232 Clerical 575 572 (-3) Secretarial 267 287 (+20) Functional Management† 42 48 (+6) Nursing 5,240 5,549 (+309) Notes * Staff graded general administrative assistant and above. † Managerial staff in the catering, domestic and laundry services.