HC Deb 24 October 1994 vol 248 c450W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 12 May,Official Report, column 220, if she is now able to publish a table showing the total amount spent on administration by (a) regional health authorities, (b) district health authorities, (c) special health authorities, (d) family health service authorities, (e) trusts, and (f) the Department of Health/NHS executive in 1993–94 in each case breaking the figure down to show expenditure on (i) salaries and wages and (ii) establishment expenses.

Mr. Malone

Expenditure on Department of Health administration, including national health service executive administration in 1993–94, was £251 million, of which £117 million was on salaries and wages. Information on the 1993–94 expenditure of NHS bodies will not be available until December 1994.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 12 May,Official Report, column 219, if she will list the number of managers and administrative staff that have been employed by each regional health authority in 1993–94.

Mr. Malone

The information is shown in the table.

Administrative and Clerical Staff and General and Senior Managers with Regional Health Authority Headquarters at 30 September 1993 in Whole-Time Equivalents.
Administrative and Clerical General and Senior Managers
Northern RHA 1,130 150
Yorkshire RHA 890 380
Trent RHA 300 90
East Anglian RHA 480 70
North West Thames RHA 380
North East Thames RHA 320 170
South East Thames RHA 310 110
South West Thames RHA 410 110
Wessex RHA 260 120
Oxford RHA 500 150
South Western RHA 800 180
West Midlands RHA 340 70
Mersey RHA 300 60
North Western RHA 650 130
Total 7,070 1,790
Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.
  2. 2. '-'denotes no staff.
  3. 3. The figures given are those employed within Regional Health Authority Headquarters or Headquarters units, or are on their payroll system.

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