HC Deb 10 May 1983 vol 42 c264W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of National Health Service ancillary staff were employed part time in each of the last five years.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The information requested is given in the following table. The figures for 1981 are the latest available at present.

Percentage of NHS Ancillary Staff working part-time
per cent.
1977 48.0
1978 49.3
1979 50.3
1980 50.6
1981 51.0

Source: DHSS census of directly-employed NHS non-medical manpower at 30 September each year.