§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has of how much unpaid overtime working is undertaken by nurses; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 16 December 1987]: It is not possible to estimate how much, if any, unpaid overtime is undertaken by nurses as information on overtime worked is only collected for pay roll purposes. Excess hours payments are normally made to all nursing staff up to and including the pay grade of senior nurse 7 who are required by their employing authority to work in excess of 371/2 hours a week when extra off-duty time cannot be granted.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will(a) list the number of staff in whole-time equivalents in each main category of staff for whom general practitioners are entitled to claim reimbursement for part of their salaries under the ancillary staff scheme, (b) give the average cost per whole-time equivalent of the reimbursement to unrestricted principals in general practice for each category of staff and (c) give a breakdown of these figures for each family practitioner committee;
(2) if he will give the total, and a breakdown for each family practitioner committee, of the number of unrestricted principals in general practice in England and Wales as at 1 October 1986.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 18 December 1987]: Information is not available centrally on the cost of separate categories of staff. Otherwise the information for England and Wales at 1 October 1986 is as follows: 591W
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Wholetime equivalents Family Practitioner Committees Total all types Secretary Receptionist Secretary/Receptionist Dispenser Nurse Any other combination Unrestricted principals Northern Region Cleveland 357 56 183 86 0 23 9 269 Cumbria 339 20 153 76 7 29 53 266 Durham 416 47 128 70 0 51 119 289 Northumberland 239 23 106 47 2 12 50 163 Gateshead 136 7 79 25 0 7 18 110 Newcastle 216 29 121 49 0 17 0 155 North Tyneside 100 1 12 74 0 I 12 100 South Tyneside 89 7 46 21 0 7 8 79 Sunderland 154 6 92 39 0 3 14 142 Yorkshire Region Humberside 518 89 230 115 21 27 36 412 North Yorkshire 500 41 219 53 23 52 112 379 Bradford 222 17 97 51 2 10 46 236 Calderdale 120 11 68 19 0 6 17 93 Kirklees 197 12 82 67 0 6 30 181 Leeds 418 39 190 139 3 35 12 377 Wakefield 200 17 96 32 2 12 41 167 Trent Region Derbyshire 521 49 195 124 6 45 103 460 Leicestershire 483 81 277 42 11 52 20 435 Lincolnshire 413 22 147 65 10 29 138 290 Nottinghamshire 502 45 189 98 5 35 130 464 Barnsley 137 11 59 41 7 6 12 111 Doncaster 166 13 80 42 0 18 13 140 Rotherham 114 6 69 20 0 6 14 111 Sheffield 288 21 110 43 I 31 83 272 East Anglia Region Cambridgeshire 421 38 170 54 23 76 60 327 Norfolk 511 106 128 107 21 70 79 367 Suffolk 464 36 165 46 22 41 154 327 North West Thames Region Bedfordshire 383 26 182 53 17 34 71 269 Hertfordshire 691 139 315 146 5 67 18 524 Barnet 178 29 92 43 0 14 0 175 Brent and Harrow 262 21 110 89 0 42 0 279 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 303 41 136 94 0 31 0 370 Hillingdon 111 5 64 22 0 11 9 117 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 230 47 54 69 0 49 12 217 North East Thames Region Essex 1,171 79 525 231 31 129 176 767 Barking and Havering 169 4 81 47 0 4 33 183 Camden and Islington 174 29 86 29 0 14 16 198 City and East London 279 19 143 71 0 13 32 320 Enfield and Haringey 250 16 125 59 0 13 36 255 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 263 18 151 53 0 17 25 232 South East Thames Region East Sussex 422 114 122 131 4 34 17 366 Kent 971 196 437 188 11 79 61 774 Greenwich and Bexley 207 10 117 25 0 I1 44 212 Bromley 186 37 85 43 0 13 9 145 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 399 32 229 78 0 15 44 407 South West Thames Region Surrey 639 44 206 112 3 37 237 511 West Sussex 474 47 151 71 7 48 149 360 Croydon 164 14 78 46 0 12 14 166 Kingston and Richmond1 199 11 83 24 0 36 46 160 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 288 18 148 57 0 21 44 317 Wessex Region Dorset 486 48 177 96 8 50 106 333 Hampshire 1,045 74 378 120 14 113 345 825
Wholetime equivalents Family Practitioner Committees Total all types Secretary Receptionist Secretary/Receptionist Dispenser Nurse Any other combination Unrestricted principals Wiltshire 358 47 110 139 6 27 29 268 Isle of Wight 91 8 29 10 2 13 29 67 Oxford Region Berkshire 513 49 207 43 6 39 170 368 Buckinghamshire 364 48 185 41 4 41 45 312 Northamptonshire 361 82 173 27 4 33 41 277 Oxfordshire 426 51 153 31 10 63 119 296 South Western Region Avon 424 29 132 77 1 36 149 480 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 408 30 82 68 10 49 170 257 Devon 642 96 243 162 13 81 47 537 Gloucestershire 385 81 163 64 5 42 30 294 Somerset 316 25 137 38 7 19 91 245 West Midlands Region Hereford and Worcester 434 92 209 62 15 47 7 332 Shropshire 262 15 87 39 5 35 80 195 Staffordshire 571 70 257 110 12 74 48 486 Warwickshire 349 25 103 35 6 38 141 245 Birmingham 858 93 455 201 0 45 64 556 Coventry 164 10 86 33 0 19 17 160 Dudley 145 12 69 33 0 9 22 145 Sandwell 156 27 82 38 0 6 2 164 Solihull 146 18 73 26 0 15 13 107 Walsall 139 8 80 21 0 7 24 135 Wolverhampton 137 13 78 34 0 6 6 120 Mersey Region Cheshire 580 56 275 118 12 32 87 473 Liverpool 345 29 202 92 0 5 18 268 St. Helens and Knowsley 183 6 122 36 0 5 14 177 Sefton 179 17 94 62 0 6 0 145 Wirral 198 18 102 47 0 9 21 179 North Western Region Lancashire 618 37 289 188 3 32 69 672 Bolton 144 20 68 45 0 6 4 130 Bury 102 6 64 23 0 4 6 86 Manchester 334 32 158 120 0 7 17 260 Oldham 75 9 52 11 0 3 0 104 Rochdale 103 14 53 25 0 3 8 96 Salford 154 15 91 41 0 6 0 130 Stockport 175 6 86 45 0 11 27 138 Tameside 125 4 62 30 0 3 25 101 Trafford 135 15 49 34 0 2 35 110 Wigan 157 4 87 35 0 7 24 141 Wales Clwyd 256 16 114 38 2 8 77 211 Dyfed 227 12 102 49 2 22 39 197 Gwent 288 10 134 32 3 31 78 236 Gwynedd 177 8 60 18 2 18 70 139 Mid Glamorgan 328 12 159 44 2 24 87 280 Powys 92 15 36 9 1 2 29 76 South Glamorgan 238 5 148 39 0 9 37 222 West Glamorgan 251 11 120 58 0 25 36 188 England and Wales 31,297 3,273 13,693 6,212 399 2,641 5,079 26,000 England 29,441 3,184 12,818 5,925 387 2,501 4,626 24,460 1 Estimated. Note: Totals may not agree because of roundings.