§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the proportion of the total Scottish National Health Service budget which has been spent on salaries and wages in each of the past 10 years; and how these sums, in each year, have been divided among medical staff, nursing staff, scientific and technical staff, adminstrative staff and ancillary staff.
291W
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation in the form requested is available from 1978–79 in respect of salaries and wages expenditure by Health Boards and is set out in the table below.
Salaries and wages of staff of health boards £000's 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Total expenditure by health boards 674,612 801,677 1,019,302 1,159,064 1,241,785 Expenditure by boards on salaries and wages 454,200 559,162 732,688 796,354 855,861 Percentage salaries and wages of total expenditure 67.33 69.75 71.88 68.71 68.92 Salaries and wages by category of staff: Medical and dental 58,715 75,164 100,424 108,372 115,428 Nursing 209,756 259,175 359,658 390,374 424,517 Scientific and technical 35,675 45,100 59,878 66,760 73,221 Administrative 41,244 49,150 64,444 70,459 76,458 Ancillary and others 108,810 130,573 148,284 160,389 166,237