§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the 75 per cent. of National Health Service expenditure in the United Kingdom, which is spent on the wage bill, includes the cost of agency nurses; and if he will give the overall cost of agency nurses and other indirectly employed personnel and the overall cost of directly employed staff.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFigures for 1982–83 in respect of England will be available shortly when I will write to my hon. Friend including such comparable information as my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are able to supply.