§ Sir Michael GryllsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the total numbers of staff employed in each of the various management/administrator grades of the national health service; and what were the comparable numbers and grades of administrators employed in each year since 1975.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 10 March 1993]: The information is not available centrally in the form requested. The total numbers of staff employed in administrative and clerical grades and the total numbers of general and senior managers are given in the table. Management still accounts for less than 1.7 per cent. of the national health service work force.
Administrative and clerical1 General/Senior managers2 1975 91,870 န 1976 98,510 န 1977 99,040 န 1978 100,300 န 1979 102,960 န 1980 105,430 န 1981 108,800 န 1982 108,800 န 1983 109,970 န 1984 110,300 န 1985 110,940 110 1986 110,840 510 1987 113,900 700 1988 114,720 1,240 1989 116,840 4,610 1990 120,040 9,680 19913 127,370 13,340 1 All figures are for England, are in whole-time eqivalents and are rounded to the nearest 10. 2 General and senior managers were introduced in phases from 1985 following the Griffiths report (1983). 3 Includes staff in the NHS trusts.