§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how much money has been spent from October 1974 to October 1975 on the employment of locum and agency doctors in National Health Service hospitals;
(2) how much money, normally spent on extra duty allowances, has been saved since junior hospital doctors started their 40-hour working week.
Expenditure Percentage of NHS Budget Administrators and other senior NHS staff (including doctors) engaged on administrative duties: Central expenditure … … … … £850,000* 0.025 Expenditure by health authorities … … … … Not centrally available Engineering staff … … … … £200,000 0.006 * includes non-recurrent expenditure for training related to NHS reorganisation.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a statement on the future of the National Health Service works staff, indicating if any cuts are envisaged; and when works staff will be occuping substantive posts.
§ Mr. MeacherMy right hon. Friend gave an assurance during the debate on the NHS on 27th October—[Vol. 898, c. 1054]—that the Government were not proposing to drop the regional tier from the National Health Service or to make
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