§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the annual percentage growth in NHS wages
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§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information is set out below:
personal social services in Wales has been attributable to date to administrative costs each year since 1970; and what are the comparable figures for (a) England, and (b) Scotland.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information is set out below:
Welsh entrants for GCE O level in the 12 most popular subjects for each of the last 10 years and the numbers and percentage who obtained grades A, B and C passes in each of these subjects.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe O level gradings to which the hon. Member refers were introduced for the first time by the Welsh Joint Education Committee in 1975. The data requested for that year are as follows:
and salaries in Wales since reorganisation compared with the growth in local government wages and salaries and the national average growth in wages and salaries over the same period.
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§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information is as follows:
1974–75 1975–76 Percent. Percent. National Health Service (1) 33.0 27.9 Local Authorities (2) 21.4 — UK Yearly Average (3) 27 (1) Expenditure on salaries and wages divided by numbers of staff in whole time equivalents at mid year. (2) Not yet available for 1975–76; provisional expenditure on salaries and wages for 1974–75 divided by numbers of staff in whole time equivalents at mid year. (3) Based on Index of Average Earnings from April 1974 to April 1976.
§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total (a) current and (b) capital spending of the NHS in Wales in the current year and in each year since reorganisation, at constant prices.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information, at November 1975 prices, is as follows:—
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 £m £m £m Capital 20.8 24.5 17.5 Current 266.6 284.2 299.3 Figures for 1974–75 and 1975–76 are based on actual expenditure, and for 1976–77 are taken from the Supply Estimates.
§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many persons are currently employed by each area health authority in Wales; and how many have been employed each year since the reorganisation of the NHS.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information below sets out the position at 30th September 1974 and 30th September 1975. Later information is not yet available for all groups of staff.
Area Health Authority Number of persons employed at 30th September 1974 1975 Clwyd 5,278 5,677 Dyfed 4,221 4,535 Gwent 7,058 7,386 Gwynedd 2,974 3,176 Mid Glamorgan 7,718 8,108 Powys 1,509 1,540 South Glamorgan 10,108 9,976 West Glamorgan 5,335 5,396 Notes:
1. The figures are expressed in whole-time equivalents.
2. General medical practitioners, general dental practitioners, ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic and dispensing opticians are excluded from the figures because some work in 884W more than one authority. For the whole of Wales, the figures are:
1974 1975 General medical practitioners (unrestricted principals, restricted principals, assistants and trainees) 1,354 1,370 General dental practitioners (principals and assistants) 505 531 Ophthalmic medical practitioners 50 58 Ophthalmic and dispensing opticians 403 431 3. The figures also exclude the staff of the Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation which in 1974 were 593 and in 1975 were 609.
§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many persons are currently employed by the NHS in Wales; and how many have been employed (a) in each of the three years prior to reorganisation and, (b) in each year since reorganisation.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information below sets out the position between 30th September 1971 and 30th September 1975. Later information is not yet available for all groups of staff.
NUMBERS OF PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE NHS IN WALES 1971 42,428 1972 44,621 1973 44,447 1974 47,107 1975 48,792 NOTES: Because of the re-distribution of functions following NHS reorganisation in 1974, which involved for example change of employment for hospital based social workers and for school health service staff, the figures before and after that date are not strictly comparable.
2. The figures are expressed in whole-time equivalents. They include general medical practitioners, general dental practitioners, opthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic and dispensing opticians. The figures included for hospital doctors and dentists take account of locums and of medical and dental staff engaged in hospital work to whom paragraphs 94 and 107 of the Terms and Conditions of Service apply.