§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the wage and salary bill for the people employed by Trent regional health authority on administrative duties in each year since 1982.
§ Mr. NewtonFollowing is information for the total salaries and wages costs of all staff within the purview of the administrative and clerical Whitley Council (for example, chief ambulance officers, computer and finance staff, legal advisers, supplies managers, storekeeper clerks, and so on) derived specifically from the annual accounts of the Trent regional health authority.
All regional health authorities provide specialist support functions for their regions as a whole and the Trent regional health authority also directly manages certain ambulance and blood transfusion services which include elements of staff exemplified above. For more detailed information my hon. Friend may wish to contact the chairman of the Trent regional health authority who may be able to assist.
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£000 1982–83 4,910 1983–84 7,141 1984–85 7,868 1985–86 7,598 1986–87 8,896 Notes:
1. The figures include the cost of employer's national insurance and superannuation contributions and the costs of non-National Health Service (agency, etc.) staff. The costs of general managers are also included from 1985–86.
2. The figures exclude all expenditure by district health authorities within the Trent region.