§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much the total regional manpower targets for March 1986 differ from those for March 1985; how many regional staff have been transferred to family practitioner committees; by how much the March 1986 342W 1986–87 and 1987–88; what is the maximum estimated additional component; and what is the estimated average additional component in those years.
§ Mr. WhitneyI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will indicate (a) the average amount of earnings-related supplement per week received by eligible pensioners and (b) the lowest and highest amount received per week by eligible pensioners in 1985–86;
(2) if he will publish his latest estimates of the number of retirement pensioners in receipt of the the state earnings-related pension in 1985–86 and 1986–87.
§ Mr. WhitneyI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out a table showing the amounts of earnings-related supplement received by eligible pensioners, and the number of pensioners in each category for the current financial year.
§ Mr. WhitneyInformation for the year 1984–85 is not yet available. The most recent data (30 September 1983) are summarised in the table.
manpower targets for the four Thames health regions differ from the March 1985 targets for those regions; and in which staff groups he expects the reductions to be made.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information requested is given in the table. Our ceilings are for all manpower and are not broken into staff groups. We expect regional health authorities to ensure, with districts, that some reductions are made in all regions in the numbers of administrative and clerical staff and that growth in any other staff groups reflects the need to develop patient care and services.
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Directly-Employed Staff (Whole-time equivalents) Region Manpower ceiling 31 March 1985* Staff employed by family practioner committees† Manpower ceiling 31 March 1986‡ Northern 54,800 290 54,600 Yorkshire 61,700 360 61,200 Trent 75,000 410 75,500 East Anglian 30,500 180 30,100 North West Thames 57,600 520 56,200 North East Thames 72,500 370 71,000 South East Thames 65,000 320 63,000
Region Manpower ceiling 31 March 1985* Staff employed by family practioner committees† Manpower ceiling 31 March 1986‡ South West Thames 49,200 370 48,200 Wessex 44,500 240 44,700 Oxford 34,400 220 34,500 South Western 53,100 260 53,300 West Midlands 84,400 480 84,600 Mersey 44,200 240 43,700 North Western 75,800 430 75,400 Total 802,700 4,690 796,000 * Including FPC staff. † Estimates of staff transferred to family practitioner committees from 1 April 1985. Final figures not yet available. ‡ Excluding FPC staff.