§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of women who have been registered as claiming supplementary, unemployment or housing benefit in the west midlands region in each single year since 1979.
§ Mr. WhitneyI regret that this information is not available. Statistics on totals of claimants are not differentiated by sex.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of disabled citizens who have claimed supplementary benefit in the west midlands region in each single year since 1979 and the number of home help service personnel who have been employed in that region in each single year during the same period.
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§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many midwives have been employed by the National Health Service in the west midlands region in each year since 1979; and what are the levels of pay which they have received in each year during the same period.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information is given in the tables.
NHS state certified midwives* employed in West Midlands RHA Staff in post at 30 September: whole-time equivalents Number 1979 1,640 1980 1,680 1981 1,600 1982 1,720 1983† 1,890 * Including agency midwives. † Latest date for which information validated to this level of detail. The basic salary, at the maximum of the scale, for staff midwives and district midwives* was as follows
Salary £ District Midwife 4,949 1 April 1979 Staff Midwife 3,813 District Midwife 6,807 1 April 1980 Staff Midwife 5,119 District Midwife 7,215 1 April 1981 Staff Midwife 5,426 District Midwife 8,103 23 August 1982 Staff Midwife 6,094 District Midwife 8,751 1 April 1984 Staff Midwife 6,582 * Includes Midwifery Sister. As a result of Government decisions on the recommendations of the Review Body for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine from 1 April 1985 the maximum basic salary of a district midwife will be £9,254 and of a staff midwife £6,960, with a further increase from 1 February 1986 to £10,000 and £7,175 respectively.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of patients who have been give coronary bypass surgery in the west midlands region in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. John PattenThis information is not available centrally. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of the West Midlands regional health authority who may be able to provide the information requested.