HC Deb 03 July 1984 vol 63 cc96-9W
Mr. Pendry

asked the Prime Minister if she will provide figures for each year since 1978 for the number of people employed by the National Health Service, broken down by full-time and part-time employees, in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Prime Minister

The information requested is given in the table:

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983
Total 59,500 60,700 62,600 64,200 65,700 65,400
Scotland
Full-time 85,900 87,800 89,500 92,600 93,300 93,700
Part-time 48,800 49,200 49,700 51,100 52,300 52,300
Total 134,700 137,000 139,300 143,700 145,600 146,000
Northern Ireland¶
Full-time 33,700 34,600 35,700 37,000 37,800 38,100
Part-time 24,600 26,200 26,900 28,500 29,200 29,200
Total 58,300 60,800 62,600 65,400 67,000 67,300
* Provisional.
† Figures individually rounded to nearest 100. Accordingly, the sum of the component figures may not agree with totals.
‡ Excludes agency staff, hospital practitioners, part-time medical officers (clinical assistants), general medical practitioners participating in Hospital Staff funds, staff of special hospitals and occasional sessional staff in the Community Health Services. Includes locums.
║ Excludes locums as full-time/part-time split for this group is not available for England.
¶ Includes personal social services staff as these cannot be separately identified.

Mr. Pendry

asked the Prime Minister if she will provide figures for each year since 1978 for the number of men and women employed in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom in each main occupational group.

NHS directly employed staff in United Kingdom: Numbers of Men and Women by staff group at 30 September*†
Staff Group 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 (Provisional)
Medical/Dental
Men‡ 40,600 41,200 41,700 41,800 42,200
Women‡ 13,900 14,400 15,000 15,600 16,100
Total 56,500 57,700 58,700 59,300 60,300
Nursing/Midwifery (Excluding Agency)
Men 44,300 45,200 48,800 50,300 50,700
Women 478,100 498,200 518,900 525,300 525,500
Total 522,500 543,500 567,600 575,600 576,200
Professional/Technical (Excluding works)
Men 25,600 25,500 25,400 26,100 26,200
Women 68,100 69,800 72,200 74,600 75,900
Total 93,700 95,300 97,600 100,600 102,100
Works/Maintenance
Men 32,200 33,100 34,000 34,000 33,600
Women 200 200 300 300 300
Total 32,400 33,400 34,200 34,200 33,900
Administrative/Clerical (Excluding Ambulance Officers)
Men 25,600 25,600 26,100 25,700 25,500
Women 122,600 126,700 130,500 131,700 133,500
Total 148,200 152,300 156,600 157,400 158,900
Ambulance Staff (Including Officers)
Men 19,000 19,500 20,000 20,100 20,200
Women 1,700 2,000 2,100 2,200 2,300
Total 20,800 21,500 22,100 22,300 22,500
Ancillary and Other║
Men 71,100 71,300 72,300 72,000 70,800
Women 226,900 228,300 230,200 230,600 225,900
Total 298,000 299,700 302,400 302,500 296,800
All Groups
Men‡ 258,400 261,600 268,100 269,900 269,200
Women‡ 911,600 939,600 969,100 980,200 979,400
Total 1,172,000 1,203,300 1,239,200 1,252,000 1,250,600

Notes

* Figures individually rounded to nearest 100. Accordingly, the sum of the component figures may not agree with totals.

† Excludes agency staff, hospital practitioners part-time medical officers (clinical assistants), general medical practitioners participating in Hospital

The Prime Minister

The information requested is not available in this form for 1978. Figures for 1979–83 are given in the table.

Staff Funds, staff of special hospitals and occasional sessional staff in the Community Health Services. Includes locums. The Northern Ireland components includes personal social services staff which cannot be separately identified.

‡Excludes locums for England and Scotland where information by sex is not available.

║Includes some social service and unclassified staff in Northern Ireland.