§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 10 December,Official Report, column 394, what was the number of secretaries,
Staff type 1 October 1989 1 October 1990 1 October 1991 1 October 1992 1 April 1993 Management and Administration1 n/a 573.8 676.3 772.1 758.4 Secretary/Clerical2 405.5 3,620.2 1,297.0 1,319.2 1,197.7 Receptionist3 2,612.1 — 2,530.6 2,497.7 2,396.7 The data relate to whole-time equivalent staff. 1 No data are available for management and administrative staff for 1989; the figure for 1990 relates only to practice managers. 2 The figure for the secretary/clerical category for 1989 relates to staff employed only as secretaries; the receptionist category relates to staff employed as receptionists, and as secretary/receptionists. 3 The figure for secretary/clerical category for 1990 includes receptionists.