§ Mr. Butcherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown of National Health Service administrative and clerical personnel into senior administrators, junior administrators, clerical staff, secretaries and others for 1977, 1978 and the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Sir George YoungThe information requested is given in the table below. Figures for 1979 are not yet available.
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL STAFF*, ENGLAND Whole-time equivalents 30 September 1977 1978 Senior Administrative 5,905 5,968 Junior Administrative 14,351 14,448 Clerical Staff 47,656 47,747 Secretaries 15,250 15,981 Typists 7,066 7,176 Other Staff 223 339 Support Services 5,211 5,284 Dental Estimates Board and Prescription Pricing Authority 3,375 3,359 All Administrative and Clerical Staff† 99,036 100,304 * Includes family practitioner service staff but excludes ambulance officers. † Because of rounding the totals do not agree with the sum of their constituent parts.