§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many administrative, professional and clerical staff were employed at area level by the former Greenwich and Bexley area health authority at the time of its dissolution; and how many of these were subsequently re-employed by (a) the Bexley health authority and (b) the Greenwich health authority.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the numbers of staff employed by the former Greenwich and Bexley area health authority at area headquarters: these numbers at 30 September 1981 were as shown in the following table. Information is not available centrally on the numbers employed at the date of the area health authority's dissolution.
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Numbers of Staff Whole Time Equivalents Nursing and Midwifery 7.4 Professional and Technical 2.0 Works 3.0 Maintenance 1.0 Administrative and Clerical 207.1
Numbers of Staff Whole Time Equivalents Ancillary 25.8 TOTAL 246.3 No information is available centrally on the numbers of these staff re-employed by the Bexley health authority or the Greenwich health authority. The hon. Member may wish to seek this information from the two authorities.