§ Mr. Allen McKayasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, taking the value of the £1 as 100 in 1964, what was its value in each succeeding year to 1982.
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyne[pursuant to his reply, 11 November 1982, c. 241]: Taking the internal purchasing power of the £ sterling as 100p in 1964, its average value in each succeeding year is given in the following table:
NHS Directly Employed Staff: Great Britain (Whole time equivalents) Staff Group 1960 1970 1979 1980 1981 Medical and dental 19,900 27,500 43,700 44,900 45,900 Nursing and midwifery 235,800 290,500 432,800 448,800 474,500 Professional and technical 24,100 40,700 72,000 74,200 77,900 Works 16,800 4,900 6,800 7,200 7,500 Maintenance 16,800 19,500 24,500 25,000 25,500 Administrative and clerical 39,700 59,500 117,800 120,500 124,400 Ambulance — — 20,400 20,900 21,400 Ancillary 206,100 205,500 210,400 210,900 211,300 TOTAL 542,500 648,100 928,400 952,400 988,500 Notes:
1. The classification of staff groups in 1960 and 1970 differ in some respects from later years.
2. Community health service staff are not included in the figures for 1960 and 1970.
3. Figures for 1960 are a mixture of numbers and whole-time equivalent staff, and for other years whole-time equivalent only.
4. The slight discrepancy between the figures shown for individual staff groups and the totals arises through independent rounding of the figures in each group.
5. All figures exclude DEB and PPA staff. Medical and dental staff excludes locums and Nursing and Midwifery staff excludes Agency staff. This is because comparable figures over the whole period are not available.