HC Deb 21 January 1988 vol 125 c851W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to receive the report of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys survey of disabled people; and whether he will place a copy in the Library in advance of publication.

Mr. Scott

The OPCS expects to publish the results of the survey of disabled people in a series of reports, beginning later this year. A copy of each report will be placed in the Library at the time of publication, in accordance with normal practice.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what arrangements will be made for consulting disabled people and organisations representing them in connection with the review of social security provision for disability.

Mr. Scott

An announcement will be made in due course about consultation with interested organisations on the implications for disability benefits of the results of the OPCS survey.

National Health Service Staff in Post1 at 30 September
Whole-time1 Equivalents Change 1974–862 Percentage of All Staff2
1974 1986 (WTE) Percentage 1974 1986
Total Directly Employed3 675,800 801,600 +125,800 +18.6 100.0 100.0
Administrative and Clerical 582,800 111,400 +28,600 +34.6 12.2 13.9
Ancillary4 163,400 124,300 -39,200 -24.0 24.2 15.5
Source: DHSS Annual censuses of NHS medical and non-medical manpower.
1 Figures arc independently rounded to the nearest one hundred (100) whole-time equivalents. No adjustments have been made for various changes in contractual hours during this period.
2 All changes and percentages have been calculated on un-figures.
3 Includes locum medical and dental and agency nursing and midwifery staff.
4 Part of the decrease is due to the transfer of Operating Department Assistants (ODAs) from Ancillary to Professional and Technical staff group on 1 April 1984 (some 2,600 wtes at 31 March 1984).
5 Figure may not reflect the full effects of the 1974 NHS reorganisation.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the turnover rates in the National Health Service of(a) administrative staff and (b) district general managers.

Mr. Newton

Information on the turnover rate of administrative staff is not available centrally. We do not at present have full information on movements of district general managers within the National Health Service, but in the three years since the first appointments were made, 10 district general managers have left for outside employment. This represents a rate of about 1.7 per cent, per annum.