§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the Ancillary Staffs Council staffing level by district for each year since 1979.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 3 November 1989]: I refer the hon. Member to my hon. and learned Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 18 July at column 131 concerning district manpower information for 1988. Similar information covering the previous two years has already been placed in the Library.
The present structure of NHS districts has existed only since 1982. Information to this level of detail from that time up to 1985 is not available without incurring disproportionate cost.