§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to the answer given to the hon. Member for Lichfield and Tamworth on 22 October, if he will give a definition of (a) "Administrators to medical staff in the hospital service"; whether this definition includes unqualified medical staff who perform quasi-medical functions such as inoculations; and (b) "Whole-time equivalent hospital medical staff"; whether the ratio of 3.4 administrators to one medical staff member represents an increase in administrative manpower on the years 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, respectively; if so, how this percentage compares with other English counties; and if he will publish a table of comparison in real and percentage terms for the years in question.
§ Dr. VaughanI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.