§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many staff in the National Health Service in 1983–84 are expected to earn less than £3,500 per annum, between £3,500 and £5,000, £5,000 and £6,000, £6,000 and £7,000, £7,000 and £8,000, £8,000 and £9,000, £9,000 and £10,000, £10,000 and £12,000, £12,000 and £14,000, £14,000 and £16,000, £16,000 and £18,000, £18,000 and £20,000, £20,000 and £25,000, £25,000 and £30,000 and above £30,000, showing the percentage each band represents of total National Health Service employees; and what are the equivalent figures for and percentages for basic earnings.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on average eanings is not collected in the form requested. Following are the percentages of full-time directly employed National Health Service staff receiving average gross weekly earnings in the pay bands shown:
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Average gross weekly earnings Percentage of full-time staff Under £66 2.4 £66 to under £96 26.6 £96 to under £121 25.0 £121 to under £141 12.7 £141 to under £161 9.3 £161 to under £171 4.6
Average gross weekly earnings Percentage of full-time staff £171 to under £191 7.7 £191 to under £231 5.7 £231 and over 6.1 These figures are based on returns supplied by ten English regions for the period April to June 1983. As the pattern of earnings elsewhere may vary from the distribution shown, staff numbers for Great Britain have not been attached to these percentages. The provisional number of full-time directly employed staff in Great Britain at 30 September 1983 was 754,000.
Information on basic pay could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.