HC Deb 23 April 1980 vol 983 cc166-71W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the total administrative cost of each regional health authority in the last year to a convenient date and including the amounts for expenses and remuneration of chairmen and committees, the number of staff and the total of salaries and wages paid; the cost of rent and equipment, and all other significant items of expenditure.

Dr. Vaughan

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980, Vol. 979, c. 464]: Information in the form requested is not available, but the following table sets out an analysis of the total revenue expenditure on headquarters administration for each regional health authority shown in its accounts submitted for the financial year ended 31 March 1979, the most recent for which accounts are available. Also shown in the table are the numbers of staff—in whole-time equivalents—in the National Health Service administrative and clerical group in post on 30 September 1978 at regional health authority headquarters.

14978/79—REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES REVENUE EXPENDITURE ON HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Regional Health Authority Secretariat & Finance Medical, Dental & Nursing Administration Works & Maintenance Administration Other Administrations Management Services Training & Education
£ £ £ £ £ £
Northern … 872,333 117,904 60,809 48,321 799,206 22,832
Yorkshire … 776,434 220,154 45,179 52,316 875,731 150,454
Trent … 1,125,138 219,788 33,856 75 312 842,579 519,313
East Anglian … 587,858 185,478 32,865 83,232 644,297 177,480
North-West Thames … 1,165,913 214,017 29,776 53,517 520,344 53,773
North East Thames … 949,010 204,090 69,091 77,566 1,412,460 168,680
South East Thames … 1,029,083 294,789 — 77,091 732,053 677,217
South West Thames … 1,100,220 192,609 — 90,710 777,283 329,305
Wessex … 699,248 124 938 82,498 79,652 542,148 298,470
Oxford … 526,081 192,720 — 18,063 363,255 35,792
South Western … 833,755 185,588 20,694 121,990 933,411 125,436
West Midlands … 1,343,778 335,658 — 159,780 1,780,835 116,160
Mersey … 737,868 242,242 17,475 82,413 207,162 84,616
North Western … 1,285,365 205,782 31,452 139,102 647,750 657,928
Total 13,032,084 2,935,757 423,695 1,159,065 11,078,514 3,417,456
£ (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Regional Health Authority Office Services & Expenses Accommodation Services, overheads, etc Members Expenses Other Expenditure Total Revenue Expenditure Administration and clerical Staff at RHA HQs 30 Sept. 1978(whole time equivalents)
£ £ £ £ £
Northern … 286,338 200,275 11,730 14,171 2,433,919 333
Yorkshire … 256,358 336,240 8,832 11,984 2,733,682 382
Trent … 401,959 350,394 20,483 — 3,588,822 489
East Anglian … 126,903 131,339 13,135 623 1,983,210 256
North West Thames … 155,748 577,545 11,906 — 2,782,539 341
North East Thames … 241,105 573,042 3,778 1,297 3,700,119 413
South East Thames … 183,249 624,583 10,913 52,345 3,681,323 431
South West Thames … 398,645 637,962 8,596 12,557 3,547,887 368
Wessex … 269,304 208,381 7,574 11,677 2,323,890 291
Oxford … 223,495 169,907 8,436 6,885 1,544,634 314
South western … 230,616 377,155 13,978 1,000 2,843,623 466
West Midlands … 483,001 454,509 5,202 — 4,678,923 680
Mersey … 216,284 297,209 10,594 222 1,896,085 379
North Western … 412,511 478,873 4,961 — 3,863,724 507
Total 3,885,516 5,417,414 140,118 112,761 41,602,380 5,650
Notes
(a) Salaries and wages paid are not separately identified but are included as an element in all items in the analysis with the exception of item 9. Items 1 to 4 consist very largely of this element.
(b) Item 9 includes chairmen's remuneration, travelling and subsistence allowances and payments for loss of remunerative time etc.
(c) Expenditure on rent is not separately identified but is included at item 8.
(d) Administrative and clerical staff numbers shown under item 12 are not related to any single one of the administration functions shown in the expenditure analysis.
(e) Numbers of staff in groups other than NHS administrative and clerical engaged in administrative duties at RHA headquarters cannot be identified reliably in the central manpower records.

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