§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much the National Health Service paid in overtime payments to (a) nurses and midwives, (b) ancillary staff and (c) administrative and clerical staff in England in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeInformation in the form requested is not available centrally. I can provide an estimate made from a system of NHS data collection introduced in 1981–82. The estimate relates to 8 only of the 14 English regions. The figures for 1982–83 will reflect the effect of industrial action.
Staff group Overtime as percentage of basic pay (Estimated) 1981–82 1982–83 Nurses and midwives 1.1 1.0 Ancillary staff 10.3 9.7 Administrative and clerical staff 0.7 0.8 The new earnings survey, based on a 1 per cent. sample of NHS staff, gives the following average numbers of overtime hours worked each week by NHS staff classified as full-time, with the length of the basic working week shown in parentheses:
Year Total Hospital services* Community medicine† General medical services‡ 1980 21,745 20,258 134 1,353 1981 22,470 20,761 148 1,561 1982 22,707 20,946 184 1,577 * Permanent paid and honorary doctors in post at 30 September in the following grades: senior registrar, registrar, senior house officer, house officer. † Permanent paid staff in post at 30 September each year in the following grades: senior registrar, registrar and senior house officer. ‡ Trainees in post at 1 October each year.