§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of agency spending on staff other than doctors and nurses in the NHS in(a) England and (b) each strategic health authority for each year since 1997, broken down by category of staff. [144782]
§ Mr. HuttonThe National Health Service does not separately record the cost of employing agency staff. The following figures include total cost to the NHS of staff (excluding doctors and nurses) not directly employed by NHS bodies.
The table shows all non-National Health Service staff expenditure incurred by health authorities, NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England, broken down by staff category, excluding non-NHS doctors and non-NHS nurses. Details of expenditure in each health authority area for the years in question have been placed in the Library.
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Expenditure on non NHS staff (excluding doctors and nurses—England) £ Staff Category (by NHS classification) 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Dental Staff 1,332,649 933,032 764,933 3,131,477 4,405,459 5,117,828 Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical Staff 69,770,807 93,972,343 111,556,549 148,760,849 195,072,433 233,304,815 Administrative and Clerical Staff 59,577,521 72,006,752 89,992,230 117,545,163 153,690,347 172,345,658 Maintenance and Works Staff 3,240,005 4,195,169 4,370,933 5,089,984 5,770,689 6,668,042 Ambulance Staff 197,276 92,964 173,807 620,184 207,693 655,253 Healthcare Assistance and Other Support Staff 26,791,401 30,398,979 34,113,979 38,497,530 44,929,553 58,713,051 Other Empoloyees 15,535,029 18,206,059 21,326,417 24,896,308 32,897,809 77,766,180 England Total 176,444,688 219,805,296 262,298.848 338,541,495 436,973,983 554,570,827 Note:
1.Annual Financial Returns of Health Authorities, 1997–98 to 2001–02
2.Annual Financial Returns of Strategic Health Authorities, 2002–03
3.Annual Financial Returns of NHS Trusts, 1997–98 to 2002–03
4.Annual financial Returns of Primary Care Trusts, 2000–01 to 2002–03
The separate figures not included in the table for doctors and nurses include all medical staff and all nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff. All data for 2002–03 are provisional