HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 cc141-2W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give(a) the number of administrative staff employed by the Health Service in Scotland since 1979; and (b) the total sums each year since 1979, spent on administrative salaries.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The numbers of administrative and clerical staff, including medical secretaries, employed by health boards and the Common Services Agency, together with their salary costs, are set out in the table:

Number of administrative and clerical staff1 Expenditure on salaries £'thousand
1979–80 13,121.6 54,091
1980–81 13,225.7 70,603
1981–82 13,628.8 77,078
1982–83 13,880.4 83,398
1983–84 14,088.0 88,280
1984–85 14,052.8 93,089
1985–86 14,315.1 98,649
1986–87 14,455.5 106,305
1 Whole—time equivalents as at 30 September each years.