HC Deb 19 March 1987 vol 112 cc613-4W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked 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

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. Newton

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to him on 3 March at columns579–580.