HC Deb 02 April 1992 vol 222 cc455-7W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each of the health authorities in Wales the number of(a) full-time and (b) part-time staff who are employed on administration for the latest date for which figures are available, together with the corresponding figures for each of the past six years.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

It is essential that the NHS is sufficiently staffed at the administrative level to manage effectively its record budget, in the best interests of patients.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The percentage of children in primary schools who speak Welsh fluently as a first language in each school education authority in Wales since 1986–87 are shown in the following table.

The available information relates to staff in the administrative and clerical group, which includes senior managers. The figures include staff within the groups performing clinically related duties which account for over 25 per cent. of the total, so freeing clerical staff to concentrate their skills and experience on direct patient care.

Part of the increase in the size of this group is due to the transfer of some nursing and other professional staff to the senior manager grades.

The 1992 figures for Pembrokeshire are not readily available and I will supply these as soon as possible.

Administrative and Clerical Staff1 2 3
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time
Pembrokeshire 127 44 141 65 149 69 165 68 192 86 214 72 n/a n/a
Clwyd 588 239 635 290 656 303 671 303 713 330 784 366 851 420
East Dyfed 452 88 464 115 461 118 511 137 581 157 627 169 652 194
Gwent 682 406 707 486 715 477 764 502 770 532 796 544 803 544
Gwynedd 436 140 438 165 429 164 460 177 469 158 506 159 572 173
Mid Glamorgan 880 279 889 349 883 342 921 367 1,010 384 1,047 402 1,056 425
Powys 138 29 181 37 181 43 190 47 208 61 236 55 242 67
South Glamorgan 1,019 531 1,128 600 1,207 665 1,222 675 1,266 718 1,355 776 1,471 848
West Glamorgan 620 205 681 261 722 255 767 295 840 298 847 332 897 365
1 At 30 September.
2 Including staff performing clinically related duties.
2Including senior managers whose conditions were restructured and included in 1989–90 to accommodate second and third level managers from all disciplines.