HC Deb 25 November 1992 vol 214 cc734-5W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing the numbers of men aged 65 years and over and women aged 60 years and over in each region for each year since 1987.

Mr. Sackville

The information requested is shown in the table.

Dr. Mawhinney

The data available relate to those redundancies where a benefit is immediately payable under the National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 1981. The table gives numbers by region and by reason for each of the financial years 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92.

Region 1989–90
1 2 3 4 5 Total
North Western 176 — 75 4 3 258
Wales 30 — 29 6 4 69
Special Hospitals 33 — 17 — 4 54
Trusts — — — — — —

1990–91
Region 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Northern 47 — 58 4 6 115
Yorkshire 18 — 144 3 7 172
Trent 9 — 152 2 3 166
East Anglia 21 — 22 2 — 45
North West Thames 37 — 113 — 4 154
North East Thames 32 — 155 2 4 193
South East Thames 4 — 89 2 4 99
South West Thames 4 — 97 1 2 104
Wessex 21 — 129 2 4 156
Oxford — — 23 1 3 27
South Western 2 — 89 1 1 93
West Midlands 15 1 81 — 2 99
Mersey 12 — 81 — 1 94
North Western 137 — 70 4 3 214
Wales 17 — 34 4 — 55
Special Hospitals — — 47 — 1 48
Trusts — — — — — —

1991–92
Region 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Northern 28 — 61 11 4 104
Yorkshire 21 — 215 13 — 249
Trent — — 106 11 — 117
East Anglia 1 — 56 6 2 65
North West Thames 30 — 169 11 3 213
North East Thames 48 1 162 9 6 226
South East Thames 42 — 197 10 1 250
South West Thames 34 — 87 10 1 132
Wessex — — 57 11 3 71
Oxford 23 — 60 16 3 102
South Western 2 — 143 15 2 162
West Midlands 25 2 254 8 — 289
Mersey 10 — 117 5 1 133
North Western 4 4 57 10 2 77
Wales 107 — 151 9 2 269
Special hospitals 1 — 43 1 4 49
Trusts 68 — 233 3 4 308
1 Competitive tendering.
2 Patients first. (Voluntary redundancy within the General Whitley Council 1982 arrangements.)
3 Redundancy. (Due to closure of place of employment.)
4 Interest of efficiency of service.
5 Achieving a balance. (Replacement of Senior Consultants posts.)

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are her best estimates of the proportion of NHS staff who receive annual service pay increments; what was the cost of such increments in 1990–91 and 1991–92; and what is the projected cost in 1993–94.

Dr. Mawhinney

This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.