HC Deb 21 February 1986 vol 92 cc382-3W
Mr. Fallon

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will estimate the amount and cost of overtime worked by health service employees in the last financial year.

Mr. Hayhoe

Payments to health authority staff in respect of overtime are estimated to have totalled some £127 million in 1984–85. This estimate excludes medical and dental staff, for whom comparable figures are not available. The estimate is derived from health authorities' summarised accounts, and is net of employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions.

I regret that details of overtime measured in terms of hours worked are not held centrally.