§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Darlington of 25 November,Official Report, column 136, what were the total salary costs for (a) managerial staff, (b) clerical and administrative staff and (c) nursing and midwifery staff in (i) 1992–93 and (ii) 1993–94.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 12 May 1994]: Analyses of salaries and wages costs for hospital and community health services in England are shown in the table. The figures for 1992–93 remain provisional. The information for 1993–94 is not yet available.
Hospital and community health services salary costs for 1992–931 £ thousands Region General and senior managers costs Administrative and clerical staff costs Nursing and midwifery staff costs Northern 22,651 66,316 310,239 Yorkshire 27,774 56,606 263,872 Trent 26,396 96,330 411,226 East Anglia 17,082 46,580 205,326 North West Thames 23,251 72,170 222,335 North East Thames 33,957 91,814 338,310 South East Thames 30,011 95,480 339,045 South West Thames 30,514 75,583 281,358 Wessex 23,209 56,258 243,234 Oxford 18,677 60,063 228,857 South Western 10,006 34,065 118,118 West Midlands 42,224 139,484 548,150 Mersey 11,094 29,209 115,032 North Western 30,247 96,395 415,600 SHAs 7,993 29,805 98,219 NHS trusts 143,145 459,743 2,091,859 TOTAL 498,171 1,505,901 6,230,780 Source:
Annual accounts and financial returns 1992–93 of regional and district health authorities in England, national health service trusts and special health authorities.
Note: Figures vary from those supplied in the earlier answer to the hon. Member for Darlington, of 25 November 1993, Official Report, column 136, due to the latest validated data being used. Salaries and wages costs incurred by family health services authorities are excluded as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis. Salary costs are the gross pay costs of directly employed staff including employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions except for nursing and midwifery staff where the costs of agency nurses are also included.