§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was spent on agency staff in the National Health Service in the latest period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NewtonFollowing is information derived from annual accounts submitted to the Department for 1986–87 (the latest year available):
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Expenditure on Non-national Health Service (Agency, etc) Staff £000 Regional and district health authorities and the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals 150,092 Family practitioner committees 296 England total 150,388 Note:
The figures exclude expenditure by special health authorities and other bodies providing central services to the National Health
Expenditure on non-National Health Service (agency, etc.)—Administrative and Clerical staff £'000 Regions 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Northern 35 54 38 20 30 37 47 78 96 Yorkshire 86 68 73 74 93 192 295 590 670 Trent 239 258 139 227 402 562 694 705 993 East Anglian 92 140 122 106 169 238 376 520 954 North-West Thames 1,874 3,065 2,819 1,927 1,707 2,084 2,672 3,710 5,407 North-East Thames 1,464 2,079 1,699 1,239 1,466 2,282 3,109 3,735 5,961 South-East Thames 1,171 1,591 1,197 952 980 1,170 1,853 2,548 3,783 South-West Thames 852 1,552 1,374 887 1,000 1,238 1,992 3,407 6,563 Wessex 176 245 180 227 384 420 566 725 1,089 Oxford 177 303 94 82 86 156 251 444 663 South Western 106 178 125 126 289 207 531 708 791 West Midlands 300 480 496 427 409 623 900 1,254 1,718 Mersey 51 33 12 13 43 43 86 126 144 North Western 176 153 243 255 270 335 490 391 384 Regions total 6,799 10,199 8,611 6,562 7,328 9,587 13,862 18,941 29,216 Special Health Authorities1 932 1,232 1,138 775 648 723 1,079 1,541 1,962 Total 7,731 11,431 9,749 7,337 7,976 10,310 14,941 20,482 31,178 1 Special Health Authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals. Source:
Annual accounts of regional and district health authorities and those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals. (Predecessor authorities for the years prior to 1982–83).
Note:
The total expenditure figures for 1985–86 and 1986–87 exclude expenditure incurred by family practitioner committies (£146,000 and £240,000, respectively). Prior to 1 April 1985 family practitioner committees (FPCs) were associated with district (formerly area) health authorities and their relevant expenditure was included in the annual accounts of those health authorities and is not separately indentifiable.