§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answers of 25 February,Official Report, columns 705–6, if he will express the values of the Post Office 1993–94 capital investment programme in September 1992 prices.
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Hospital and community health services paybill costs £ billion 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 11992–93 21993–94 Nurses and midwives 3.92 4.64 4.90 5–26 5.77 6.4 n/a Consultants 0.59 0.66 0.71 0.79 0.89 n/a n/a Junior doctors 0.48 0.53 0.60 0.64 0.71 n/a n/a Other medical 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.25 n/a n/a
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 15 April 1993]: The value of the Post Office's planned capital investment programme for 1993–94, expressed in 1992–93 prices, is £312.4 million.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will provide a breakdown of current Post Office employee numbers by British standard region and nation.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 15 April 1993]: A breakdown of Post Office employees by British standard region is not available since the Post Office businesses do not operate on such a regional basis. The breakdown by nation of the March 1993 employee figure was:
Number England 164,800 Scotland 14,300 Wales 7,800 Northern Ireland 3,600 Total 190,500
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total number of Post Office employees in each year since 1988.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 15 April 1993]: The total number of Post Office employees in each year since 1988, rounded to the nearest thousand and excluding Girobank, was:
At 31 March Number 1989 201,000 1990 205,000 1991 206,000 1992 197,000 1993 191,000 All part-time staff counted as half.