HC Deb 29 October 1975 vol 898 cc515-6W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is her estimate of the total increase in the number of persons employed by the health service as administrators in the East Anglian RHA; what is the total cost represented by this increase; and if she will provide comparable figures for the four metropolitan regional health authorities.

Mr. Meacher

The figures for September 1973 and 1974 are:

1973
East Anglia RHB 128
NE Metropolitan RHB, NW Metropolitan RHB, SE Metropolitan RHB, SW Metropolitan RHB 728
1974
East Anglian RHA 136
NE Thames RHA, NW Thames RHA, SE Thames RHA, SW Thames RHA 741
I regret that detailed comparisons for 1973–74 and 1974–75 are not available centrally of the costs relating to the above

Notes

  1. 1. Administrative staff figures relate to those employed at former regional hospital boards and at the regional health authorities but exclude secretarial clerical and other specialised grades within the Administrative and Clerical Group.
  2. 2. For SW Thames RHA, the figures include those concerned with the operation of the ambulance services but exclude the London Ambulance Service.
  3. 3. All figures used relate to whole-time equivalents.

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