§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many full-time National Health Service consultants have submitted statements of their private earnings for 1980–81 and 1981–82; and of these in how many cases have private earnings exceeded 10 per cent. of their National Health Service salary.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergWhole time consultants are not normally required to submit statements of private earnings. Instead they certify annually to their employing authority that their gross income from private practice does not exceed 10 per cent. of gross salary. The Department does not collect statistics on the number of consultants who exceed this limit, but a sample enquiry in 1980–81 indicated that about 3 per cent. did so in that year.