§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on central functions of his Department on(a) staff salaries, (b) consultancy fees, (c) redundancies and (d) recruitment, in each of the last five years. [40695]
§ Mr. SackvilleSeparately identifiable running cost expenditure by the Department of Health and its agencies on staff salaries, consultancy fees and recruitment is shown in the table.
£ million 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Staff salaries 103 114 127 117 113 Consultancy fees 18.4 24.3 18.4 15.9 18.5 Recruitment — — 0.80 0.53 0.37 452W
Live births to girls aged under 16 and conceptions to girls aged under 16 leading to maternities or to abortions under the Abortion Act 1967, by health region of usual residence 1985–94 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births England and Wales n/a 1,401 9,194 1,365 9,135 1,303 8,782 1,261 8,382 1,317 England n/a 1,306 8,684 1,271 8,590 1,215 8,246 1,190 7,922 1,234 Health Region: Northern and Yorkshire n/a 229 1,422 244 1,329 199 1,371 233 1,339 240 Trent n/a 149 994 156 961 152 927 135 907 146 East Anglia and Oxford n/a 106 813 106 816 99 720 94 749 103 North Thames n/a 135 942 130 936 132 900 125 823 121 South Thames n/a 144 995 134 963 136 863 131 861 121 South and West n/a 132 980 117 1,018 127 928 120 918 129 West Midlands n/a 172 1,215 157 1,155 160 1,111 138 1,029 160 North West n/a 239 1,323 227 1,412 210 1,426 214 1,296 214 Wales n/a 95 510 94 545 88 536 71 460 83 The Department has had no compulsory redundancies. The cost of voluntary early requirements in 1994–95 was £700,000.