HC Deb 22 July 1996 vol 282 c103W
Mr. Chisholm

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the overall cost of management staff and administrative staff in the NHS in Scotland in(a) 1989–90 (b) 1995–96. [37372]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The overall cost of management staff and administrative staff in the NHS in Scotland in(a) 1989–90 was £130,055 million and (b) 1994–95 was £255,732 million. The figures for 1995–96 are not currently available. The expenditure shown for 1994–95 includes senior nurses and clinicians who have transferred to the general/senior mangers' pay scales.

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