§ Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list: (a) the number of employees at regional area and district level other than in the medical field, but including nursing staff, who were in receipt of salaries of £2,500 a year before reorganisation of the National Health Service and are now in receipt of £5,000 a year or more and 440W (b) the numbers now employed in the £5,000, £6,000, £7,000 and £8,000 brackets of income and the numbers in receipt of these incomes prior to reorganisation.
§ Mr. DeakinsInformation in the precise form requested is not available centrally but no major National Health Service staff group has received increases in salary scales from £2,500 to £5,000 in this period.
In England approximately 4,800, 2,100, 900 and 1,700 staff are now on scales with maxima of £5,000, £6,000, £7,000 and £8,000 respectively compared with 700, 200, nil and 60 before reorganisation.