HC Deb 03 June 1991 vol 192 cc68-9W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each available year from 1978, the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1990–91 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes; and if he will give the square footage of accommodation to which these figures relate.

Mr. Dorrell

The information available is as follows:

Note: All figures are in cash terms only.

Information is not available for earlier years, nor yet for the Department of Health (DH) for 1990–91.

Figures given for 1985–86 to 1988–89 are the combined DH/Department of Social Security totals.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each available year from 1978 the amount invested in improving the energy efficiency of his Department in(a) cash terms and (b) 1990–91 money terms.

Mr. Dorrell

The information availabe is as follows:

£
1987–88 1 54,000
1988–89 1 65,000
1989–90 2 75,000
1990–91 2 100,000
1 Joint DH/DSS
2 2DH only

(All figures are in cash terms only)

Information for years before 1987–88 is not available. Further investment was made in the period covered by the table by the Property Service Agency, but the amount cannot be identified separately from the agency's overall expenditure on energy efficiency.

Nurses' pay: April 1979 and April 1989
April 1979 April 1989
Grade Minimum £ Maximum £ Grade Minimum £ Maximum £ Estimated earnings on maximum of grade April 1989 £
Basic pay
Enrolled nurse 2,850 3,411 D 8,565 9,815 11,611
Staff nurse 3,150 3,813 E 9,815 11,365 13,460
Sister 3,888 4,949 G 12,840 14,860 16,346
London zone
Enrolled nurse 3,248 3,809 D 110,317 111,680 13,476
Staff nurse 3,548 4,211 E 111,680 113,369 15,464
Sister 4,286 5,347 G 1 14,844 116,864 18,350
1 These figures include an inner London supplement of 9 per cent. of basic pay up to a maximum of £1,023.