Administrative and Clerical Staff (Hansard, 10 July 1989)

§ Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent administrative and clerical staff were employed in the National Health Service in England on(a) 30 September 1979, (b) 30 September 1987 and (c) 30 September 1988.

In-patient waiting list¹,by Regional Health Authority, England 1974–1988
Region	31 December 1974	30 September 1975	30 September 1976	30 September 1977	30 September 1978	30 September 1979	30 September 1980	30 September 1981	30 September 1982	30 September 1983	30 September 1984	30 September 1985	30 September 1986	30 September 1987	30 September 1988
Northern	29,178	32,435	34,364	33,659	35,677	42,288	35,538	33,105	49,958	44,478	38,798	36,154	36,880	34,898	36,044
Yorkshire	31,468	32,877	34,689	37,165	39,903	47,223	40,982	37,701	53,033	49,363	47,026	45,763	46,597	47,689	51,279
Trent	44,717	46,867	50,885	52,154	58,516	66,498	57,895	56,851	73,509	69,156	65,324	62,190	60,842	54,442	55,076
East Anglian	19,390	18,106	22,031	22,408	25,636	27,971	25,772	25,596	32,935	33,080	31.148	27,388	27,860	30,960	33,417
North West Thames	37,939	38,563	43.421	41,640	42.870	43.595	42.476	41,587	40,785	41,015	40.022	40,265	43,710	40,273	44,770
North East Thames	37,622	35,570	41,077	43,543	46,045	53,146	49,032	48,515	58,207	58,911	63,563	66,406	74,926	71,812	79,384
South East Thames	39,286	38,793	45.797	43,798	47,398	49,920	45,484	45,559	51,820	51,627	51,642	50,087	56,768	56,794	55,619
South West Thames	25,767	25,093	30.295	30,579	33,538	37,244	34,540	33,923	36,456	37,470	35,389	36,752	36,073	34,185	41,005
Wessex	29,148	29,669	32.591	32,533	35,809	40,222	38.173	40,275	45,317	46,879	45,227	42,003	42,726	42,217	41,607
Oxford	28,913	25,972	31.606	31,480	36,065	36,180	33,900	32,562	35,734	36,082	35,339	33.309	33,249	31,343	32,996
South Western	40.842	42,718	44.389	46,177	45,175	45,876	43,691	42,821	47,142	47,534	46,562	43,639	43,686	40,094	43,411
West Midlands	60,766	63,351	72,536	74,662	79.397	87,693	80.937	79,952	86,544	83,598	83,119	80,974	79,261	74,965	72,461
Mersey	24,813	25,344	30,221	28,803	31.165	38,572	34.060	33.105	37,674	34,274	31,400	30,141	30,126	30,245	32,121
North Western	60,236	58,168	66,893	64,560	63,123	71,948	65,513	60,252	69,697	62,525	59,417	58,465	61,143	62,099	63,839
Special health authorities	7,339	6.026	7,469	7,935	8,044	7,350	7,888	7,589	7,054	7,763	8,623	7,713	8,054	9,145	8,044
England	517,424	519,552	588.264	591,096	628,361	695,726	635,881	619,393	725,865	703,755	682,599	661,249	681,901	661,161	691,073