HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 cc380-1W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff were employed in 1993 in the NYHS(a) in anciallary grades, (b) as nurses and midwives in training and (c) in administrator grades.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 21 March 1994]: The information requested is detailed in the table.

Selected NHSIS staff: at 30 September 1993
Number WTE
(a) Anciallary staff 20,583 13,286.4
(b) Nurses in training 8,690 8,681.4
Number WTE
Student midwife 301 301.0
Health visitor/district nurse 36 35.2
Other post registration/enrollment 885 882.5
Basic student 3,816 3,810.7
Pupil 35 35.0
P2000 students1 3,617 3,617.0
(c) Administrative Grades 3 6,638 6,459.8
General and Senior Management 1,162 1151.6
A & C—Grade 7 and over2 983 912.4
A & C—Grades 4–6 4,543 4,395.8
1 At 31 October 1993.
2 Includes protected grades.
3 Administrators per se are not identified in the occupational classification used in the NHS. The numbers of senior managers and higher A & C grades are shown but include many staff who are not administrators, such as computer programmers and systems analysts.