HC Deb 30 October 1985 vol 84 cc589-91W
Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, by authority, (a) the number of persons over 65 years, (b) the number of registered residential care homes in (i) the local authority sector, (ii) the voluntary sector and (iii) the private sector and (c) the number of places in each of these categories for each of the years 1979 to 1985.

Mr. Whitney

[pursuant to his reply, 29 October 1985]: Information on the numbers of statutory, voluntary and private homes for the elderly and disabled and the number of places in such homes, for each of the years 1979 to 1984 was in replies given by my hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary of State for Health to the hon. Member for Burnley (Mr. Pike) on 2 March 1984 at columns 386–390 on 11 June 1984 at columns 378–382 and on 26 July 1985 at columns 952–956, and to my hon. Friend the Member for York (Mr. Gregory) on 15 June 1984, at columns 586–594. Data for 1985 are not yet available. I shall let the hon. Member have a reply to point (a) as soon as possible.

NHS directly employed staff in United Kingdom Number of men and women by staff groups at 30 September*†
Staff group 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 provisional 1984 provisional
Medical/Dental
Men 40,600 41,200 41,700 41,800 42,200 41,600
Women 13,900 14,400 15,000 15,600 16,100 16,400
Total 56,500 57,700 58,700 59,300 60,300 59,900
Nursing/Midwifery (excluding Agency)
Men 44,300 45,200 48,800 50,300 50,700 50,700
Women 478,100 498,200 518,900 525,300 525,500 525,200
Total 522,500 543,500 567,600 575,600 576,200 575,900
Professional/Technical (excluding Works)¶
Men 25,600 25,500 25,400 26,100 26,200 28,700
Women 68,100 69,800 72,200 74,600 75,900 77,700
Total 93,700 95,300 97,600 100,600 102,100 106,300
Works/Maintenance
Men 32,200 33,100 34,000 34,000 33,600 32,900
Women 200 200 300 300 300 200
Total 32,400 33,400 34,200 34,200 33,900 33,200
Administrative/Clerical (excluding Ambulance Officers)
Men 25,600 25,600 26,100 25,700 25,500 25,600
Women 122,600 126,700 130,500 131,700 133,500 134,100
Total 148,200 152,300 156,600 157,400 158,900 159,800
Ambulance Staff (including Officers)
Men 19,000 19,500 20,000 20,100 20,200 19,700
Women 1,700 2,000 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,300
Total 20,800 21,500 22,100 22,300 22,500 22,000
Ancillary and Other≑
Men 71,100 71,300 72,300 72,000 70,800 64,300
Women 226,900 228,300 230,200 230,600 225,900 210,300
Total 298,000 299,700 302,400 302,500 296,800 274,700
All Groups
Men 258,400 261,600 268,100 269,900 269,200 263,500
Women 911,600 939,600 969,100 950,200 979,400 966,300
Total 1,172,000 1,203,300 1,239,200 1,252,000 1,250,600 1,229,800
* Figures individually rounded to nearest 100. Accordingly, the sum of the component figures may not agree with the totals.
Excludes agency staff, hospital practitioners, part-time medical officers (clinical assistants), general medical practitionrs participating in hospital staff funds, staff of special hospitals and occasional sessional staff in the community health services. Includes locums. Northern Ireland components include 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.
¶ Figures for 1984 include operating department assistants who prior to 1 April 1984 were graded as ancillary staff.