§ Mr. Dan Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the increase in the number of administrative officials of one kind or another employed by the Health Service over the past 10 years.
§ Mr. DeakinsHospital administrative and clerical staff—whole-time equivalents—increased from 35,804 in September 1964 to 56,447 in September 1974. Most of these staff were in clerical grades and many of them provided direct support to those involved in delivery of health care.
§ Mr. Rees-Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how the establishment of posts in the three levels of region, area and district compares with the levels of the organisation of the National Health Service prior to 1st April 1974.
§ Mr. MoyleI regret that it is not possible to establish a valid numerical comparison between the establishment of posts in the three management tiers of the re-organised health service and that in the tripartite service before reorganisation.
§ Mr. Rees-Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much manpower in the Health Service has increased each year since 1970.
§ Mr. MoyleThe total whole-time equivalent manpower in the National Health Service in England at 30th September in each of the years shown below was as follows:
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1971 Number 678,698 Increase 26,094 1972 Number 704,792 Increase 9,214 1973 Number 714,006 Increase 12,240 1974 Number 726,246 Increase 46,449 1975 Number 772,695 Increase — The figure for 1975 is provisional: I regret that a comparable figure for 1970 is not readily available.