§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 11 May,Official Report, columns 393–96, if she will publish separate figures for salaries and wages of each of the groups listed as all other staff.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information is shown in the tables. I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 11 May at columns393–96 for details on interpretation of the tables.
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Table 2 HCHS: Analysis of total salaries and wages costs—percentage figures Medical staff Dental staff Professions allied to medicine Professional, technical and scientific staff Opticians Pharmacists Maintenance staff Ambulance staff Non-NHS staff(agency, etc.) Miscellaneous Total Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1979–80 11.98 0.65 3.99 4.59 0.03 0.57 3.08 2.22 1.38 0.00 28.50 1980–81 12.30 0.66 3.60 4.85 0.02 0.53 2.76 2.33 1.30 0.01 28.36 1981–82 12.27 0.67 4.42 4.30 0.02 0.54 2.82 2.33 1.13 0.01 28.52 1982–83 12.40 0.66 3.93 5.03 0.02 0.54 2.87 2.63 0.98 -0.08 28.96 1983–84 12.66 0.68 4.06 5.07 0.02 0.54 2.86 2.63 0.93 0.03 29.69 1984–85 13.04 0.69 3.86 5.69 0.02 0.54 2.73 2.44 1.16 0.03 30.20 1985–86 13.67 0.72 4.03 5.81 0.02 0.55 2.62 2.42 1.48 0.03 31.35 1986–87 13.89 0.71 4.33 5.86 0.02 0.56 2.49 2.59 1.95 0.03 32.43 1987–88 14.10 0.69 4.54 5.67 0.02 0.56 2.43 2.53 2.50 0.03 33.07 1988–89 13.86 0.64 4.52 5.46 0.02 0.57 2.12 2.31 2.64 0.03 32.17 1989–90 14.02 0.61 4.59 5.52 0.02 0.62 2.01 2.00 2.90 0.03 32.32 1990–91 14.14 0.59 4.66 5.97 0.02 0.67 1.89 2.11 2.45 0.04 32.55 1991–92 14.47 0.56 4.75 6.46 0.03 0.68 1.78 2.22 1.85 0.30 32.88 note: There are some discontinuities in the detailed classification of staff between Professions Allied to Medicine (Supplementary to Medicine) and Professional, Technical and Scientific staff during the period.