HC Deb 20 April 1993 vol 223 cc76-7W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the total wage bill of the national health service in each of the last five years, and projected for the next two years, broken down into the principal groups of staff, including consultants, junior doctors, and nurses.

Dr. Mawhinney

The available information is shown in the table and applies to hospital and community health services staff only.

1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 11992–93 21993–94
Combined medical and dental 1.22 1.35 1.48 1.61 1.85 2.1 n/a
Administration and clerical 0.89 0.98 1.04 1.19 1.38 n/a n/a
Professional science and technology 0.86 0.95 1.03 1.19 1.30 n/a n/a
Ancillary 0.83 0.84 0.85 0.87 0.90 n/a n/a
General and senior managers 0.03 0.03 0.16 0.25 0.38 n/a n/a
Ambulance staff 0.21 0.22 0.20 0.24 0.28 n/a n/a
Other3 0.50 0.55 0.60 0.60 0.71 n/a n/a
Administration and clerical to other total3 3.32 3.57 3.88 4.34 4.95 5.3 n/a
TOTAL 8.46 9.56 10.25 11.21 12.57 13.8 14.0
1 1992–93 estimated.
2 1993–94 projected.
3 Includes nurses and midwives and medical and dental agency staff costs.

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