§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number, full-time 589W equivalents, of medical scientific laboratory officers employed by each district health authority at the latest convenient date; and what were the figures in 1984 and 1980.
§ Mr. NewtonComparable figures for 1980 are not available. The table shows the number of medical laboratory scientific officers (including unqualified grades) employed by each district health authority at 30 September 1982, 1984 and 1986:
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Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers at 30 September Health Authorities 1982 1984 Whole-time Equivalent 1986 Northern Region Hartlepool 30 30 31 North Tees SO 53 48 South Tees 72 75 75 East Cumbria 33 32 32 South Cumbria 29 31 29 West Cumbria 27 28 31 Darlington 33 34 31 Durham 35 34 35 North West Durham 24 25 24 South West Durham 21 22 25 Northumberland 37 39 41 Gateshead 42 44 48 Newcastle-upon-Tyne (T) 268 282 273 North Tyneside 26 29 30 South Tyneside 33 36 39 Sunderland 69 71 77 Yorkshire Region Hull 96 96 93 East Yorkshire 28 29 30 Grimsby 47 52 52 Scunthorpe 32 36 41 Northallerton 19 20 18 York 57 59 59 Scarborough 31 32 31 Harrogate 32 31 32 Bradford 93 92 89 Airedale 39 38 39 Calderdale 56 56 57 Huddersfield 58 56 57 Dewsbury 33 31 41 Leeds Western (T) 194 205 203 Leeds Eastern (T) 107 115 116 Wakefield 44 45 44 Pontefract 41 41 41 Trent Region North Derbyshire 49 58 63 South Derbyshire 110 112 111 Leicestershire (T) 161 196 208 North Lincolnshire 41 45 48 South Lincolnshire 59 62 58 Bassetlaw 28 29 29 Central Nottinghamshire 70 71 69 Nottingham (T) 212 205 205 Barnsley 50 52 50 Doncaster 56 59 60 Rotherham 55 55 56 Sheffield (T) 224 232 232 East Anglia Cambridge (T) 113 108 102 Peterborough 58 57 57 West Suffolk 38 35 53 East Suffolk 65 67 63 Norwich 74 114 83 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 50 54 54 West Norfolk and Wisbech 50 45 47 591W
Health Authorities 1982 1984 Whole-time Equivalent 1986 Huntingdon 28 47 50 North West Thames North Bedfordshire 44 43 53 South Bedfordshire 28 30 33 North Hertfordshire 41 42 45 East Hertfordshire 36 35 36 North West Hertfordshire 54 65 65 South West Hertfordshire 39 47 46 Barnet 89 88 83 Harrow 84 75 74 Hillingdon 91 89 91 Hounslow and Spelthorne 89 88 89 Ealing 43 47 47 Brent 57 62 60 Paddington and North Kensington (T) 88 96 89 Riverside 184 175 180 North East Thames Basildon and Thurrock 88 82 82 Mid Essex 60 62 68 North East Essex 73 72 69 West Essex 64 56 55 Southend 72 64 65 Barking/Havering/ Brentwood 154 159 164 Hampstead (T) 138 129 131 Bloomsbury (T) 103 125 128 Islington 71 71 68 City and Hackney (T) 196 192 190 Newham 64 63 60 Tower Hamlets (T) 131 127 123 Enfield 52 52 54 Haringey 96 87 76 Redbridge 50 47 46 Waltham Forest 74 76 71 South West Thames North West Surrey 49 48 47 West Surrey and North East Hants 48 49 49 South West Surrey 49 51 53 Mid-Surrey 49 53 44 East Surrey 62 55 48 Chichester 46 44 45 Mid-Downs 35 60 71 Worthing 50 47 53 Croydon 59 55 55 Kingston and Esher 60 51 50 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 39 45 50 Wandsworth (T) 67 58 50 Merton and Sutton 120 115 110 South East Thames Brighton 66 67 73 Eastbourne 51 52 52 Hastings 38 37 39 South East Kent 62 61 59 Canterbury and Thanet 76 75 70 Dartford and Gravesham 46 46 47 Maidstone 30 38 42 Medway 46 50 54 Tunbridge Wells 52 58 52 Bexley 29 34 35 Greenwich 106 106 103 Bromley 90 89 83 West Lambeth (T) 177 172 169 Camberwell (T) 108 101 99 Lewisham and North Southwark (T) 198 197 171 592W
Health Authorities 1982 1984 Whole-time Equivalent 1986 Wessex East Dorset 104 105 106 West Dorset 40 39 37 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 105 114 115 Southampton and South West Hampshire (T) 204 212 200 Winchester 54 51 54 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 41 41 42 Salisbury 48 47 49 Swindon 57 56 59 Bath 73 69 70 Isle of Wight 31 32 33 Oxford East Berkshire 85 71 71 West Berkshire 77 78 78 Aylesbury Vale 67 67 63 Wycombe 58 54 60 Milton Keynes — 33 38 Kettering 63 66 62 Northampton 95 93 86 Oxfordshire 194 204 203 South Western Bristol and Weston (T) 122 110 114 Frenchay 50 42 44 Southmead 95 85 84 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 54 56 58 Exeter 71 73 74 North Devon 33 34 33 Plymouth 73 76 79 Torbay 54 62 66 Cheltenham 49 51 58 Gloucester 66 58 60 Somerset 66 62 62 West Midlands Bromsgrove and Redditch 36 36 38 Herefordshire 33 36 31 Kidderminster and District 23 20 24 Worcester and District 54 55 61 Shropshire 82 78 82 Mid-Staffordshire 41 42 42 North Staffordshire 115 105 106 South East Staffordshire 30 40 47 Rugby 21 22 24 North Warwickshire 32 32 40 South Warwickshire 33 34 40 Central Birmingham (T) 219 213 211 East Birmingham 102 104 103 North Birmingham 60 61 62 South Birmingham 66 65 62 West Birmingham 94 89 93 Coventry 117 112 109 Dudley 102 100 92 Sandwell 82 80 78 Solihull 51 47 50 Walsall 43 48 50 Wolverhampton 64 69 70 Mersey Chester 42 42 38 Crewe 48 49 48 Halton — — — Macclesfield 36 38 39 Warrington 42 47 64 Liverpool (T) 263 273 289 St. Helens with Knowsley 65 63 61 Sefton North 23 22 23
Health Authorities 1982 1984 Whole-time Equivalent 1986 Sefton South 98 100 104 Wirral 96 95 98 North Western Lancaster 38 41 41 Blackpool Wyre and Fy1de 65 66 69 Preston 74 77 83 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 46 52 52 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 35 35 36 West Lancashire 31 29 30 Chorley and South Ribble 3 2 2 Bolton 61 64 63 Bury 38 38 36 North Manchester 116 116 112 Central Manchester (T) 157 164 164 South Manchester (T) 296 213 200 Oldham 58 59 65 Rochdale 43 39 36 Salford (T) 116 123 114 Stockport 56 57 57 Tameside and Glossop 36 37 36 Trafford 56 53 56 Wigan 61 61 67 1 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent. Standard note throughout: — indicates Nil.
Source: DHSS (SR7) Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.