§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the number of people employed (a) in the local offices and (b) at headquarters of the Department of Health and Social Security in each of the last 10 years, and the cost of their wages and salaries.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe number of permanent staff employed by the DHSS in the areas specified on 1 April in each of the last 10 years and the cost of wages and salaries for the corresponding financial years are as follows. The balance of the Department's staff are employed mainly in the central offices at Blackpool and Newcastle, in the special hospitals, and in artificial limb and appliance centres.
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Headquarters Local Offices 1972 7,810 47,461 1973 *7,092 50,950 1974 7,294 54,005 1975 7,642 57,701 1976 7,951 61,246 1977 7,566 63,472 1978 *7,266 64,343 1979 6,947 65,207 1980 6,403 64,036 1981 6,007 65,047 * The decreases at these dates include transfers of staff from Headquarters command as a result of organisational changes.
Headquarters £ million
Local Offices £ million
1971–72 17.1 72.6 1972–73 19.3 74.4 1973–74 21.6 91.4 1974–75 28.4 120.0 1975–76 37.8 162.2 1976–77 37.7 191.4 1977–78 38.6 216.1 1978–79 41.2 240.5 1979–80 47.5 271.6 1980–81 60.8 348.7