§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give figures for the years 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86 for the average cost of a National Health Service employee; and if he will break
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TABLE A Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings Catering Domestic Laundry £ '000 Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 100 100 100 225 North Tees 100 100 100 249 South Tees 100 100 100 549 East Cumbria 100 100 100 229 South Cumbria 100 100 100 209 West Cumbria nil 100 100 1 Darlington 100 100 100 300 Durham 100 100 100 425 North West Durham 100 100 100 145 South West Durham 37 32 100 7 Newcastle 100 92 100 1,845 North Tyneside nil 100 100 176 South Tyneside 38 100 nil 295 Sunderland 3 100 100 410 Northumberland 82 80 57 276 Gateshead 100 100 nil 375 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 80 38 nil 361 East Yorkshire nil 100 56 566 Grimsby 76 94 100 425 Scunthorpe 100 71 100 289 Northallerton 100 100 100 26 York 100 100 nil 697 Scarborough 75 71 100 92 Harrogate 21 84 nil 150 Bradford 100 100 nil 819 Airedale 100 100 nil 266 Calderdale 100 100 100 530 Huddersfield 57 100 100 803 Dewsbury nil 47 100 397 Leeds Eastern nil 6 nil 26 Leeds Western 24 30 100 433 down the average cost into pay, national insurance, superannuation, and other costs such as office space, heating, lighting, car allowance and so on.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to him on 3 March at columns579–580.