§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average salary for NHS(a) chief executives and (b) chairmen was in each year since 1997. [182786]
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§ Mr. HuttonInformation about the pay of national health service chief executives is not held centrally by the Department.
Information about the remuneration of NHS chairs has been held by the NHS appointments commission since its inception in April 2001.
The remuneration for NHS chairs since 2001–02 is shown in the table.
£ Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 2001–02 20,420 18,154 16,017 2002–03 20,930 18,608 16.407 2003–04 21,453 19,073 16,827 2004–05 21,882 19,454 17,164 Remuneration for NHS chairs was handled by the Department until April 2001 when the NHS appointments commission was established. Remuneration for NHS chairs from 1997–98 to 2000–01 is shown in the table.
Expenditure on total non-national health service staff—1997–98 to 2002–03 Expenditure (£) 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Leicestershire Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 585,888 897,878 1,600,196 — — — Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust 710,045 917,586 1,223,520 — — — Glenfield Hospital NHS Trust 139,214 343,663 448,662 — — — University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust — — — 4,673,825 6,734,372 8,218,180 Eastern Leicester PCT — — — n/a 106,895 151,238 South Leicestershire PCT — — — n/a n/a 155,162 Sources: 1. Annual financial returns of NHS trusts. 1997–98 to 2002–03. 2. Annual financial returns of primary care trusts, 2001–02 to 2002–03.
§ Mr. GillTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff vacancies there were in the NHS in Leicestershire in each year since 1997. [186267]
Department of Health vacancies survey, 1999–2004 Vacancies in the Leicestershire Health Authority area by trust and by all staff groups.
Three month vacancy rates and numbers
1999 2000 2001 Leicestershire Health Authority (1999–2001) and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and
Rutland SHA (2002–2004)
3 month vacancy rate
(per centage)
3 month vacancy
number
3 month vacancy rate
(per centage)
3 month vacancy
number
3 month vacancy rate
(per centage)
3 month vacancy
number
GP 44 89 Consultant and other Doctors (excluding Doctors in training)
3.10 13 3— 3— 0 All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff (excluding HA stall)
0.6 37 2.2 131 0.8 47 All scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (excluding HA staff)
0.6 11 0.9 17 0.1 2 All other staff (excluding HA staff) 0.1 5 1.1 41 0.1 3 920W
2002 2003 2004 Leicestershire Health Authority (1999–2001) and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and
Rutland SHA (2002–2004)
3 month vacancy rate
(per centage)
3 month vacancy
number
3 month vacancy rate
(per centage)
3 month vacancy
number
3 month vacancy rate
(per centage)
3 month vacancy
number
GP 1231 852 Consultant and other Doctors (excluding Doctors in training)
1.70 9 0 3.40 20
£ Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 1997–98 19,285 17,145 15,125 1998–99 19,285 17,145 15,125 1999–2000 19,825 17,625 15,550 2000–01 19,825 17,625 15,550 For 2001–02, the remuneration of chairs of primary care trusts (PCT) was:
Level 4: £12,967Level 3: £10,373Given the new responsibilities and anticipated time commitments of PCT chairs, their remuneration was increased to the same level, and on the same banding basis as NHS trusts, from 1 April 2002.
§ Mr. GillTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money was spent by the NHS on agency staff in Leicester South in each year since 1997. [186259]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is shown in the following table.
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is shown in the table.
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2002 2003 2004 All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff (excluding HA staff)
3.0 285 2.8 281 1.7 192 All scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (excluding HA staff)
3.3 98 3.4 112 2.8 78 All other staff (excluding HA staff) 0.2 17 0.6 47 1.2 97 1In 2002,1 HA in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland did not respond to the survey No figures for PCTs are available before 2003 as previous years vacancy numbers were collected from Health Authorities. Vacancy numbers for each year refer to the number of vacancies occuring in the 12 month period between 1 April and 31 March. 2 Vacancy numbers for Leicestershire PCTs (3) 2000 data not available. 3 2000 data not available.