§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many advocates there are in practice at the present moment; and how many are women.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 30 November 1993]: There are 323 advocates currently in practice, 54 of whom are women.
Administrative staff in post in NHS in Scotland at 31 March 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 wte Per cent. of all staff wte Per cent. of all staff wte Per cent. of all staff wte Per cent. of all staff wte Per cent. of all staff wte Per cent. of all staff Scotland 2,871.9 2.2 2,996.2 2.4 3,341.4 2.7 3,643.3 3.0 3,853.2 3.1 4,123.5 3.4 Argyll and Clyde 269.3 2.9 294.9 3.2 322.0 3.6 329.2 3.6 351.8 3.8 369.6 4.1 Ayrshire and Arran 142.0 2.1 149.7 2.2 159.6 2.3 177.1 2.6 182.8 2.4 192.9 2.8 Borders 41.6 2.0 45.0 2.1 52.5 2.5 54.3 2.6 59.6 2.8 62.9 2.9 Dumfries and Galloway 68.6 2.0 73.5 2.1 73.9 2.2 86.4 2.5 87.2 2.5 102.9 3.0 Fife 139.2 2.1 147.2 2.3 165.5 2.5 170.4 2.6 175.6 2.7 188.9 3.0 Forth Valley 114.2 1.8 111.9 1.8 129.8 2.1 142.6 2.3 162.8 2.6 178.3 2.8 Grampian 256.2 2.3 274.4 2.4 301.1 2.7 331.0 2.9 348.7 3.0 385.2 3.4 Greater Glasgow 606.4 1.9 559.6 1.9 631.2 2.3 688.2 2.5 705.4 2.7 767.9 3.0 Highland 97.9 2.1 103.2 2.3 112.9 2.5 126.7 2.7 129.3 2.7 136.4 2.9 Lanarkshire 154.1 1.5 167.4 1.6 177.3 1.3 189.1 1.9 188.4 2.0 206.0 2.2 Lothian 410.3 2.1 467.8 2.5 519.9 2.9 551.8 3.1 561.2 3.2 595.6 3.4 Orkney 7.0 2.1 9.0 2.7 9.0 2.5 8.0 2.1 12.0 3.1 13.5 3.3 Shetland 7.0 1.7 6.0 1.4 7.0 1.6 11.0 2.6 14.3 3.3 17.8 4.8 Tayside 266.6 2.3 260.3 2.7 1308.1 2.6 330.5 2.8 348.8 3.1 363.2 3.3 Western Isles 18.1 3.0 18.1 3.1 17.9 3.0 19.3 3.2 20.9 3.4 24.3 3.5 CSA 273.5 6.0 308.2 6.8 353.7 7.8 427.8 9.1 500.3 9.7 513.8 9.7 State Hospital n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.2 1.0 4.2 1.0 1 Non-medical and dental staff numbers relate to 30 September 1990. Notes:
- 1. Excludes management and clerical grades.
- 2. Includes the following grades: scale 1 to 17 administrative and clerical staff for 1988-89 and grade 4 to 6 administrative and clerical staff for 1990–93.
- 3. Staff described as "administrative" include many groups of staff whose nature of work may not be strictly administrative eg computer programmers, system analysts, accountants and information specialists.
- 4. Calculations of percentages are based on total staff which include medical and dental staff at 30 September and all other staff at 31 March of each year.