38. Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the total NHS budget is taken up by the wages and salaries of(a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) ancillary workers. [67197]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is as follows:
Paybill costs as a percentage of National Health Service expenditure: England 1997–98 Percentage of NHS expenditure £ million NHS Total Expenditure — 37,650 Doctors and dentists paybill 16.1 6,070 Nurses and midwives paybill 17.6 6,630 Ancillary staff paybill 2.6 970 Notes:
Paybill data for 1997–98 are provisional.
Figures for doctors and dentists include general practitioners and general dental practitioners.
Salaries for practice nurses, directly employed by GPs, are not included.
The figures for ancillary staff include directly employed staff.
Ancillary staff are defined as support staff and classified through the new system of occupation coding for NHS non-medical staff, introduced in 1995.