Mr. John M. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish all annual figures available to him on the numbers and ratio of administrators to total staff in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 24 February 1988]: Such information as is available is shown in the table.
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30 September: England1 Wholetime Equivalents2 Year Administrative and Clerical3 Total Directly Employed4 Administrative and clerical as percentage of tatal directly employed5 1971 70,400 629,500 11.2 1972 74,300 655,000 11.3 1973 77,100 664,100 11.6 1974 82,800 675,800 12.2 1975 91,900 719,500 12.8 1976 98,500 744,400 13.2 1977 99,000 749,500 13.2 1978 100,300 761,500 13.2 1979 103,000 775,300 13.3 1980 105,400 793,800 13.3 1981 108,800 824,400 13.2 1982 108,800 830,600 13.1 1983 110,000 829,400 13.3 1984 110,300 819,300 13.5 1985 111,000 812,900 13.7 1986 111,400 801,600 13.9 1 Because of the 1974 NHS reorganisation figures prior to 1974 are not consistent with those for 1974 and later years. 2 Figures are not independently rounded to the nearest (100) one hundred wholetime equivalents. 3 Includes general managers. 4 Includes medical and dental locums and nursing and midwifery agency staff. Not adjusted to take account of the reduction in nurses working hours (from 40 to 37.5 per week) during 1980–81. Reduction in total staff since 1983 is mainly due to effects of competitive tendering of ancillary staff services. 5 Percentages calculated on unrounded figures.