§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each district health authority(a) the number of funded establishments for qualified medical secretaries and (b) the number of medical secretaries in post.
§ Mr. Grist[holding answer 9 May 1988]: (a) This is not available centrally. (b) Information relating to the number of medical secretaries recognised as such by the National Health Service payroll system shows the following in post at 30 September 1987.
District Health Authority Staff1 Clwyd 52.9 East Dyfed 48.8 Gwent 55.2 Gwynedd 53.4 Mid Glamorgan 32.4 Pembrokeshire 10.6 Powys 2.0 South Glamorgan 57.6 West Glamorgan 38.2 1 Staff in post (whole-time equivalents). Not all district authorities provide comprehensive and accurate occupation coding, and a number of staff in these pay grades are unallocated. The figures quoted should thus be treated with caution.
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each district health authority the amount spent on medical secretaries contracted from agencies in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Grist[holding answer 9 May 1988]: Medical secretaries' expenditure is not classified with health authorities' annual accounts. However, the agency costs incurred by Welsh health authorities for administrative and clerical—typing and secretarial skills, during 1986–87 are as follows:
£ (thousands) Clwyd — East Dyfed — Gwent — Gwynedd — Mid Glamorgan — Pembrokeshire — Powys 11.06 South Glamorgan 0.08 West Glamorgan — WHCSA 0.08 Wales 11.22 Source: Health Authorities' Annual Accounts.