§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the percentage change in the number of administrative and clerical staff in the national health service in Scotland between September 1979 and the latest available date.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe percentage of all personnel in the national health service in Scotland who were classified as administrative and clerical for statistical purposes was 10.9 per cent. in September 1979 and 12.9 per cent. in September 1990: the corresponding percentages for medical and nursing personnel were 53.8 per cent. and 59.6 per cent. respectively. The figures for administrative and clerical staff include staff engaged in clinically related work and the 1990 figures also include general and senior management grades which contain a number of professional and technical staff.