§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the total number of employees in the National Health Service and a breakdown by number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) technicians, (d) catering and domestic staff, part time and full time, (e) porters, and so on.
§ Dr. VaughanThe table sets out the information for 1978, the latest year for which complete information for all the staff groups is available:
84 of the number of people who will receive supplementary benefit who will also receive (a) retirement pension, (b) invalidity benefit, (c) sickness benefit, 107W (d) non-contributory invalidity pension, (e) invalid care allowance, (f) industrial disablement pension, (g) war disablement pension, (h) maternity allowance and (i) other national insurance benefits.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWith the exception of unemployment benefit, the estimates made of the number of supplementary benefit recipients in the years referred to have not separately distinguished recipients of individual benefits.
For unemployment benefit, and on the assumptions used in the White Paper on public expenditure, the estimates are as follows:
Number of supplementary benefit recipients with unemployment benefit Financial year 1979–80 95,000 1980–81 165,000 1981–82 190,000 1982–83 215,000 1983–84 215,000