§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the annual cost of distinction awards paid to national health service consultants in England over the period 1982–1992.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Distinction awards: Analysis by type of award, specialty and percentage distribution at 31 December 1991 — England and Wales The Secretariat. Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards, Department of Health, 426 Portland Court, 158-176 Great Portland Street, London WIN 5TB Award holders Eligible practitioners Total A+ A B C Non-award holders Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. All specialties: Total 17,182 100.0 5,930 34.5 194 1.1 674 3.9 1,526 8.9 3,536 20.6 11,252 65.5 Accident and Emergency 218 1.3 44 20.2 — — 3 1.4 8 3.7 33 15.1 174 79.8 Anaesthetics 2,217 12.9 644 29.0 23 1.0 40 1.8 156 7.0 425 19.2 1,573 71.0 Cardiology 187 1.1 89 47.6 4 2.1 19 10.2 22 11.8 44 23.5 98 52.4 Cardio-thoracic surgery 130 0.8 61 46.9 3 2.3 10 7.7 21 16.2 27 20.8 69 53.1 Clinical neurological physiology 62 0.4 21 33.9 — — 2 3.2 3 4.8 16 25.8 41 66.1 Oral surgery 264 1.5 118 44.7 3 1.1 17 6.4 29 11.0 69 26.1 146 55.3 Orthodontics 155 0.9 53 34.2 1 0.6 4 2.6 11 7.1 37 23.9 102 65.8 Restorative dentistry 108 0.6 36 33.3 1 0.9 7 6.5 8 7.4 20 18.5 72 66.7 Public health dentistry 7 — 2 28.6 — — — — — — 2 28.6 5 71.4 Dermatology 253 1.5 84 33.2 — — 14 5.5 20 7.9 50 19.8 169 66.8 Diseases of the chest 116 0.7 61 52.6 1 0.9 7 6.0 12 10.3 41 35.3 55 47.4 General medicine 1,534 8.9 742 48.4 28 1.8 114 7.4 201 13.1 399 26.0 792 51.6 General surgery 1,241 7.2 566 45.6 24 1.9 70 5.6 149 12.0 323 26.0 675 54.4 Genito-urinary medicine 170 1.0 34 20.0 — — 4 2.4 5 2.9 25 14.7 136 80.0 Geriatric medicine 576 3.4 130 22.6 1 0.2 10 1.7 26 4.5 93 16.1 446 77.4 Infectious diseases 39 0.2 18 46.2 1 2.6 2 5.1 3 7.7 12 30.8 21 53.8 Mental illness 1,298 7.6 371 28.6 11 0.8 36 2.8 93 7.2 231 17.8 927 71.4 Child and adolescent psychiatry 370 2.2 79 21.4 3 0.8 4 1.1 17 4.6 55 14.9 291 78.6 Forensic psychiatry 77 0.4 20 26.0 1 1.3 2 2.6 4 5.2 13 16.9 57 74.0 Mental handicap 173 1.0 29 16.8 — — 4 2.3 4 2.3 21 12.1 144 83.2 Psychotherapy 102 0.6 22 21.6 — — — — 8 7.8 14 13.7 80 78.4 Neurology 208 1.2 107 51.4 4 1.9 19 9.1 39 18.8 45 21.6 101 48.6 Neurosurgery 106 0.6 62 58.5 4 3.8 13 12.3 24 22.6 21 19.8 44 41.5 Nuclear medicine 31 0.2 16 51.6 1 3.2 5 16.1 8 25.8 2 6.5 15 48.4 Obstetrics and gynaecology 851 5.0 328 38.5 15 1.8 30 3.5 72 8.5 211 24.8 523 61.5 Occupational medicine 25 0.1 3 12.0 — — — — 1 4.0 2 8.0 22 88.0 Ophthalmology 453 2.6 156 34.4 3 0.7 19 4.2 42 9.3 92 20.3 297 65.6 Orthopaedic surgery 790 4.6 284 35.9 8 1.0 23 2.9 61 7.7 192 24.3 506 64.1 Otolaryngology 406 2.4 150 36.9 1 0.2 12 3.0 30 7.4 107 26.4 256 63.1 Paediatrics 856 5.0 307 35.9 12 1.4 31 3.6 84 9.8 180 21.0 549 64.1 Paediatric surgery 52 0.3 23 44.2 — — 5 9.6 12 23.1 6 11.5 29 55.8 Pathology: general 8 — 3 37.5 — — 1 12.5 1 12.5 1 12.5 5 62.5 Blood transfusion 32 0.2 11 34.4 1 3.1 2 6.2 4 12.5 4 12.5 21 65.6 Chemical pathology 184 1.1 63 34.2 3 1.6 10 5.4 18 9.8 32 17.4 121 65.8 Haematology 407 2.4 143 35.1 3 0.7 23 5.7 35 8.6 82 20.1 264 64.9 Histopathology 645 3.8 199 30.9 7 1.1 22 3.4 61 9.5 109 16.9 446 69.1 Immunopathology 46 0.3 27 58.7 2 4.3 7 15.2 12 26.1 6 13.0 19 41.3 Medical microbiology 330 1.9 118 35.8 3 0.9 16 4.8 37 11.2 62 18.8 212 64.2 Neuro-pathology 41 0.2 16 39.0 — — 3 7.3 5 12.2 8 19.5 25 61.0 PHLS only 32 0.2 11 34.4 — — 3 9.4 3 9.4 5 15.6 21 65.6 Public health medicine 535 3.1 157 29.3 8 1.5 16 3.0 41 7.7 92 17.2 378 70.7 Plastic surgery 124 0.7 43 34.7 — — 4 3.2 15 12.1 24 19.4 81 65.3 Radiology 1,212 7.1 309 25.5 9 0.7 25 2.1 82 6.8 193 15.9 903 74.5 Radiotherapy 223 1.3 84 37.7 4 1.8 8 3.6 18 8.1 54 24.2 139 62.3 Rheumatology and rehabilitation 288 1.7 86 29.9 1 0.3 8 2.8 21 7.3 56 19.4 202 70.1