§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest figures available for the number of ancillary staff employed in the National Health
Ancillary staff—estimated incremental distributions by payscale in England1 at 30 September 1987 Whole time equivalents2 Points on incremental scales Payscale Total 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Non-supervisors and chargehands Scale A 69,114 19,138 22,566 27,410 — — Scale B 24,541 3,798 5,401 13,175 2,168 — Scale C 10,236 1,601 1,752 5,236 1,648 — Scale D 794 95 171 493 35 — Supervisors Scale I 3,890 663 624 2,166 467 — Scale II 2,349 218 593 1,199 340 — Scale III 1,753 135 306 844 468 — Scale IV 1,010 63 158 481 226 82
Orthopaedic appliance makers and fitters Number Trainee grades 4 13 4 O A maker II 56 O A maker I 69 O A fitters 3 Trainee cooks 34 Upholsterers 131 Other grades3 578 Totally directly employed staff1 114,579 Source: Department of Health (SM13) Annual census of NHS non-medical manpower. 1 Includes Dental Estimates Board and Prescription Pricing Authority. Excludes some staff of other Statutory Authorities (484 whole-time equivalents). 2 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent. 3 Includes juvenile grades, other staff paid on ad hoc payscales, and staff of some authorities not on computerised payrolls.