HC Deb 24 July 1961 vol 645 c2W
Mr. K. Lewis

asked the Minister of Health how many personal secretaries, typists and machine operators were employed by boards of governors and hospital management committees in May, 1959, and May, 1961.

Miss Pitt

Prior to 1959 these categories of staff were not separately graded and during that year re-grading was in progress. The numbers at 30th June, 1960, were as follows:

Whole-time Part-time
Personal Secretaries 2,872 168
Typists, including Shorthand Typists 5,627 859
Machine Operators 524 17

The figures for 30th June, 1961, are not yet available.