§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide an estimate for the value of fundholding allocations retained by general practitioner fundholders at the year end in each of the last four years by region.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 November 1994]: In Scotland, trusts have been progressively introduced since 1 April 1992. Staffing information for 1992 is not readily available centrally. There were 17 NHS trusts at 30 September 1993 and 39 from 1 April 1994; managerial staff information available is shown in the table. The managerial staff figures shown for 1993 and 1994 are not comparable 503W as different numbers of trusts may be included within each health board for each of the years. The figures also include staff previously employed by health boards who transferred to trust employment on the establishment of trusts. They also include staff from other staff groups who have transferred to senior manager grades. In addition, new payment arrangements for general and senior managers progressively introduced in Scotland from 1 September 1993 changed the pay threshold to a lower one at which a member of staff can be classified as a senior manager.
NHSiS Managers in Post within Trusts; by health board1 3 Whole time equivalent 19932 30 September 19942* 1 April Scotland 447.1 1,149.5 Argyll and Clyde 15.0 46.4 Ayrshire and Arran 95.4 2132.6 Borders — — Dumfries and Galloway — 16.4 Fife — 102.3 Forth Valley 26.0 46.0 Grampian 126.6 130.4 Greater Glasgow 66.3 219.0 Highland 28.0 65.8 Lanarkshire 23.8 79.3 Lothian 31.0 209.1 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 35.0 102.2 Western Isles — — Source: National Manpower Statistics. Notes: * Provisional data. 1 Includes general managers, senior managers, staff on A and C grades 7 and above and protected grades. 2 There were 17 NHS trusts at 30 September 1993 and 39 from 1 April 1994. 3 Some of the change between 1993 and 1994 is accounted for by staff transferring to senior manager grades. For example, staff employed on estates', A and C, senior nurse manager and other grades have so transferred. This is illustrated by Ayrshire and Arran where over 30 such transfers have occurred between 1993 and 1994. 4 The pay threshold for classification as a senior manager was lowered in September 1993 from £14,940 to £13,086.