§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many district nurses there were in(a) the Burnley constituency and (b) the Pendle constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CurrieInformation for constituencies is not available centrally. Staff in post figures for the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale district health authority are shown in the table and have been obtained from the annual census of non-medical manpower.
NHS District Nurses1 in post in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale DHAM 30 September whole-time equivalents2 1982 99 1983 101 1984 98 1985 95 1986 94 Source: DHSS annual census of NHS non-medical manpower. Notes: 1 Includes district nurses, district nurse practical work teachers, registered and enrolled nurses assisting district nurses, holders of dual posts (district nurse/midwife) and bank district nurses. 2 Figures independently rounded to nearest whole-time equivalent.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give details for the last five years of average earnings of registered nurses showing what percentage is(a) basic weekly earnings and (b) additions to basic weekly earnings.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 16 December 1987]: Information for the years from 1983–84 to 1986–87 is set out in the table:
Average gross weekly earnings Percentage basic pay Percentage addition £ Per cent. Per cent. 1983–84 140.49 85 15 1984–85 149.59 87 13 1985–86 160.08 88 12 1986–87 183.34 88 12 Information is not available for earlier years on a comparable basis.
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§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the level of average earnings for registered nurses as a proportion of average earnings for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 16 December 1987]: Information for the years from 1983–84 to 1986–87 is set out in the table:
Average earnings of registered nurses1 Percentage of all average earnings2 £pw 1983–84 140.49 88 1984–85 149.59 87 1985–86 160.08 87 1986–87 182.34 92 Information for earlier years is not available on a comparable basis. Notes: 1 Source: DHSS. 2 Source: New Earnings Survey—All full-time adult employees.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses left the employment of each of the district health authorities in each year from 1979 to 1987.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 26 January 1988]: I regret that the information requested is not collected centrally. Some information will, however, become available later this year as a result of the introduction of improvements in National Health Service information systems.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of nurses up to and including senior nurse 7, in each of the health regions had(a) at least one overtime payment and (b) more than 12 overtime payments, during the year 1986–87, and at what estimated cost in each case.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 26 January 1988]: I regret that information in the form requested is not held centrally.