§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the distribution of average gross weekly earnings per person for each of the 383W national health service clinical nursing and midwifery grades, listing the percentages of each grade earning under £140, £150, £160, £170, £180, £190, £200, £210, £220, £230, £240, £250, £275, £300 and those earning £300 and over in each year since 1991.
Percentage distribution of average gross weekly earnings for clinical nursing and midwifery grades in Northern Ireland Percentage Gross weekly earnings Scale A Scale B Scale C Scale D Scale E Scale F Scale G Scale H Scale I 1991–92 <£140 11.9 5.1 2.3 10.8 1.5 1.8 0.6 1.1 0.0 <£150 8.1 1.7 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 <£160 15.5 12.8 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 <£170 12.7 20.5 0.6 1.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 <£180 18.9 14.5 1.5 1.7 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 <£190 15.9 11.9 2.2 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.6 <£200 6.5 10.2 5.0 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.6 <£210 5.1 9.4 9.4 4.6 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 <£220 3.1 3.4 11.6 12.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£230 0.7 3.4 19.9 27.1 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 <£240 0.6 1.7 21.0 31.0 1.8 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 <£250 0.2 2.5 10.0 29.9 2.7 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£275 0.1 0.8 11.4 47.1 21.1 2.1 0.7 0.0 0.6 <£300 0.0 0.8 3.3 17.3 40.9 8.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 £300+ 0.1 0.8 0.6 9.4 27.9 83.5 92.6 95.9 97.2 1992–93 <£140 5.5 2.2 1.8 7.2 1.4 1.2 0.3 1.4 0.0 <£150 3.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£160 8.9 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£170 15.7 7.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£180 13.2 6.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 <£190 17.2 17.7 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£200 16.2 6.8 1.3 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£210 8.1 10.8 2.7 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£220 4.9 17.1 5.8 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£230 3.7 12.5 9.7 5.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£240 1.8 6.8 13.2 16.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£250 0.6 5.1 21.4 28.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 <£275 0.4 5.1 31.7 71.5 6.7 2.7 0.8 0.0 0.0 <£300 0.0 0.5 8.5 36.0 22.6 4.6 0.4 0.9 0.0 £300+ 0.0 0.5 1.7 25.5 65.0 90.4 97.4 97.1 100.0 1993–94 <£140 4.7 0.4 1.8 2.9 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 <£150 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£160 5.2 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£170 13.3 3.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£180 15.4 7.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£190 15.5 14.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£200 18.2 9.9 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£210 11.3 7.5 2.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 <£220 5.6 9.4 6.6 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£230 2.9 9.9 5.2 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£240 2.0 8.0 11.6 3.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£250 1.2 8.9 18.1 11.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <£275 0.9 14.6 37.1 38.8 5.1 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 <£300 0.1 2.8 12.1 21.5 19.2 5.8 0.8 0.4 0.0 £300+ 0.2 1.8 3.1 16.1 70.4 91.0 97.8 99.5 100.0 Note:
Totals may not add up due to rounding.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the number of NHS nursing and midwifery staff by pay grades within the groups of senior nursing and midwifery staff, educational
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1990 1991 Percentage change 1992 Percentage change 1993 Percentage change Senior Nursing Staff 78 66 -15.38 67 +0.01 56 -16.42 Educational Staff 298 300 +0.67 295 -1.67 284 -3.37 Scale A 3,084 3,256 +5.58 3,177 -2.43 3,250 +2.30 Scale B 318 463 +45.60 609 +31.53 769 +26.27
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is provided in the table.
staff, clinical nursing and midwifery staff, learners, and other staff, and to list the number of Project 2000 nursing students, in each year since 1989 and the percentage change between each year.
§ Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
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1990 1991 Percentage change 1992 Percentage change 1993 Percentage change Scale C 1,354 1,222 -9.75 1,137 -6.95 1,032 -9.23 Scale D 4,034 4,415 +9.44 4,536 +2.74 5,026 +10.80 Scale E 6,030 5,898 -2.19 5,711 -3.17 5,567 -2.52 Scale F 453 446 -1.54 467 +4.70 452 -3.21 Scale G 2,295 2,218 -3.35 2,117 -4.55 1,989 -6.05 Scale H 184 224 +21.74 243 -8.48 240 -1.23 Scale I 185 166 -10.27 156 -6.02 137 -12.18 Student Nursing 2,121 1,362 -35.78 631 -53.67 39 -93.82 Project 2000 Student Nurses 188 861 +358.00 1,441 +67.40 1,715 +19.00 Note:Information for 1989 is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The 2000 nurses schemes started in September 1990.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the average gross weekly earnings and make-up of pay by type of pay or allowance for each of the clinical grades for nursing and midwifery staff in each year since 1991.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is provided in the tables.
Average gross weekly earnings for clinical nursing grades (full-time) in Northern Ireland Clinical grade Gross pay £ Basic pay £ Allowances £ 1991–92 Scale A 165.82 139.85 25.97 Scale B 179.30 158.45 20.85 Scale C 225.50 190.61 34.89 Scale D 235.97 200.78 35.19 Scale E 283.90 241.49 42.41 Scale F 329.66 284.24 45.42 Scale G 350.80 320.42 30.38 Scale H 380.62 353.46 27.16 Scale I 415.72 395.24 20.48 1992–93 Scale A 179.12 151.01 28.11 Scale B 205.07 176.55 28.52 Scale C 242.84 205.49 37.35 Scale D 258.43 219.45 38.98 Scale E 303.88 258.20 45.68 Scale F 349.66 306.84 42.82 Scale G 380.61 348.46 32.15 Scale H 409.15 383.41 25.74 Scale I 446.17 428.20 17.97 1993–94 Scale A 182.94 152.75 30.19 Scale B 217.48 180.20 37.28 Scale C 248.80 209.53 39.27 Scale D 266.02 224.26 41.76 Scale E 309.54 262.30 47.24 Scale F 354.43 310.24 44.19 Scale G 386.69 353.09 33.60 Scale H 421.98 392.17 29.81 Scale I 452.88 430.28 22.60