§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each health authority the average wage according to the market forces staff factor of the weighted capitation formula. [66095]
§ Mr. DenhamThe table gives average wages for health authorities compiled from the source data used to calculate the staff market forces factor.
In calculating the staff market forces factor, the data are adjusted in two ways. First, to isolate the effect of geographical location from other factors, for example gender and occupation; and secondly, to reflect the location of the National Health Service trusts from which the health authorities commission their services.
There is to be a wide ranging review of the formula used to make cash allocations to health authorities and primary care groups.
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£ Health authority Average wage over three years, 1995–97 East London and the City 501.61 Camden and Islington 482.56 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 478.61 Bedfordshire 464.66 Hillingdon 461.94 Brent and Harrow 438.73 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 429.58 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 427.70 Berkshire 419.20 Kingston and Richmond 414.94 East Surrey 409.65 West Surrey 409.65 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 386.31 Buckinghamshire 384.60 East and North Hertfordshire 379.81 West Hertfordshire 379.81 Croydon 365.90 West Sussex 362.08 Bexley and Greenwich 360.84 Barking and Havering 358.55 Enfield and Haringey 356.07 Wiltshire 351.05 North Cheshire 350.53 South Cheshire 350.53 Stockport 350.53 North and Mid Hampshire 347.66 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 347.66 326W
£ Health authority Average wage over three years, 1995–97 Southampton and South West Hampshire 347.66 North Essex 346.19 South Essex 346.19 Oxfordshire 346.03 Gloucestershire 346.03 Avon 345.87 Cambridge and Huntingdon 345.53 Barnet 342.43 Bromley 335.10 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 331.72 Birmingham 328.68 Dudley 328.68 Sandwell 328.68 Solihull 328.68 Walsall 328.68 Wolverhampton 328.68 Northamptonshire 327.09 East Kent 326.59 West Kent 326.59 Coventry 326.43 Warwickshire 326.43 Tees 324.84 Manchester 323.67 Salford and Trafford 323.67 West Pennine 323.67 Liverpool 320.66 Sefton 320.66 St. Helen's and Knowsley 320.66 Wirral 320.66 Dorset 317.94 North Derbyshire 317.08 South Derbyshire 317.08 Leicestershire 314.54 Bradford 312.95 Calderdale and Kirklees 312.95 Leeds 312.95 Wakefield 312.95 East Riding 309.49 South Humber 309.49 Gateshead and South Tyneside 306.20 Newcastle and North Tyneside 306.20 Sunderland 306.20 Bury and Rochdale 305.37 East Lancashire 305.37 North West Lancashire 305.37 South Lancashire 305.37 Wigan and Bolton 305.37 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 304.99 Suffolk 304.31 North Nottinghamshire 303.21 Nottingham 303.21 Somerset 302.94 North Yorkshire 298.71 North Cumbria 298.54 Morecambe Bay 298.54 North Staffordshire 297.84 South Staffordshire 297.84 East Norfolk 297.35 North West Anglia 297.35 Lincolnshire 297.26 Barnsley 295.99 Doncaster 295.99 Rotherham 295.99 Sheffield 295.99 Herefordshire 295.69 Worcestershire 295.69 County Durham 294.87 Shropshire 289.21 Northumberland 282.57 North and East Devon 282.30
£ Health authority Average wage over three years, 1995–97 South and West Devon 282.30 Isle of Wight 281.71 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 260.86 Notes:
1. The figures are derived from the New Earnings Survey Panel Data Set supplied by the Office for National Statistics, rearranged by health authority area. They represent gross weekly earnings of full-time employees aged 16 to 70 in the private sector whose pay was not affected by absence.
2. The three year average is used to be consistent with the convention used when calculating the staff market forces factor.