§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the level of expenditure by each regional health authority on administrative and clerical agency staff in 1987–88.
§ Mr. MellorFollowing is the information for each health region derived from annual accounts submitted to the Department for 1987–88:
Expenditure on non-National Health Service (agency, etc.) administrative and clerical staff £000 Regions1 Northern 137 Yorkshire 853 Trent 1,421 East Anglian 1,317 North-West Thames 9,613 North-East Thames 9,754 South-East Thames 6,680 South-West Thames 4,607 Wessex 1,346 Oxford 980 South Western 1,181 West Midlands 2,029 Mersey 184 North Western 518 Regions total 39,620 Special health authorities2 3,463 Total 43,083 1 Regional and district health authorities. 2 Special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals. Note:—The figures include costs relevant to typing, secretarial and all other administrative and clerical staff.