§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the health budget was spent on salaries in each of the past 10 years; and how this was divided up between medical, nursing, scientific and technical and administrative staff.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation on wages and salaries costs held centrally relates to current expenditure by health boards on the provision of hospital and community health 21W services. The proportion of HCH current expenditure accounted for by wages and salaries in each year since 1978–79 is shown in table 1. Figures for years prior to 1978–79 are not available on a comparable basis. Information on the breakdown of wages and salaries costs is not available in precisely the form requested. A breakdown of these wages and salaries costs over the various staff categories recorded in health boards' annual accounts is given in table 2.
Table 2 Analysis of HCH current expenditure on wages and salaries Specialists Medical/Dental Nursing Para-Medical Administration and Clerical Domestic and Ancillary Tradesmen and Others Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1978–79 9.0 4.1 46.0 7.9 8.9 19.5 4.6 1979–80 9.6 4.0 46.1 8.1 8.7 18.8 4.7 1980–81 9.9 4.0 48.8 8.2 8.7 17.2 3.2 1981–82 9.8 3.9 48.8 8.5 8.8 16.9 3.3 1982–83 9.7 3.9 49.3 8.7 8.8 16.3 3.3 1983–84 9.8 4.3 48.9 8.9 8.8 16.1 3.2 1984–85 10.4 4.5 48.9 9.1 8.7 15.2 3.2 11985–86 10 3 4.4 49.3 9.4 8.8 14.6 3.2 1 Provisional.