§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants are employed by the National Health Service in England; how many of these are (a) full-time consultants doing no paid private consultancy work, (b) full-time consultants doing paid private work which amounts to no more than 10 per cent. of their full salaries and (c) part-time consultants.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeOn 30 September 1981, the latest date for which information is available centrally, 11,347 consultants were employed in the National Health 361W Service in England in medical and dental specialties, of whom 5,715 held full-time, and 6,632 part-time, contracts. I have nothing to add to my reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short)—[Vol. 34, c. 163–64.]—regarding the extent to which consultants holding full-time contracts undertake private practice.