§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff have been employed by the National Health Service in Wales for each year since 1979, expressed as whole-time equivalents as well as actual full-time and part-time numbers in the following categories: (a) nurses and midwives, (b) ancilliaries, (c) administrative and clerical and (d) professional and technical.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe required information, which relates to 30 September each year, is given in the tables:
Numbers of Staff Full-time Part-time Whole-time equivalents (a) Nursing and Midwifery Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA 11979 16,275 11,228 23,031 1980 16,902 11,792 24,366 1981 17,946 11,785 25,362 1982 18,390 11,956 25,909 1983 18,583 11,745 25,981 1984 19,005 11,751 26,448 1985 19,486 11,965 27,014 1986 19,553 12,123 27,187 (b) Ancillary Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA 1979 7,602 7,307 11,879 1980 7,593 7,606 11,989 1981 7,381 7,728 11,839 1982 7,240 7,954 11,784 1983 7,045 7,897 11,559 1984 6,498 7,806 10,964 1985 6,212 8,009 10,757 1986 5,797 7,847 10,210 (c) Administrative and Clerical Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA 1979 5,259 1,584 6,221 1980 5,376 1,631 6,279 1981 5,409 1,676 6,390 1982 5,437 1,755 6,437 1983 5,481 1,779 6,481 1984 5,545 1,879 6,626 1985 5,589 2,067 6,787 1986 5,600 2,244 6,924 (d) Professional and Technical Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA 1979 3,197 963 3,621 1980 3,370 1,005 3,737 1981 3,448 1,059 3,849 1982 3,615 1,079 4,018 1983 3,786 1,078 4,161 1984 3,904 1,104 4,466 1985 4,070 1,152 4,649 1986 4,123 1,274 4,771 1 In 1979, standard contract hours for this staff group were 40 hours per week; this was reduced to 37.5 hours for 1980 and subsequent years.