HC Deb 24 October 1994 vol 248 cc449-50W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) senior and general managerial staff, (b) administrative and clerical staff and (c) nursing and midwifery staff were employed by region in 1993.

Mr. Malone

The information is shown in the table.

Numbers of general and senior managers, administrative and clerical and nursing and midwifery staff by region—England 30 September 1993—whole-time equivalents.
General and Senior Managers Administration and Clerical Nursing and Midwifery
Northern 830 7,030 24,580
Yorkshire 1,920 9,140 27,140
Trent 1,210 10,980 35,580
East Anglian 810 4,660 14,810
North West Thames 840 8,590 21,550
North East Thames 1,900 10,420 28,280
South East Thames 1,310 9,760 24,250
South West Thames 910 7,070 21,350
Wessex 1,180 6,800 23,000
Oxford 970 6,040 16,850
South Western 1,180 7,880 26,000
West Midlands 1,970 13,020 39,210
Mersey 970 5,970 18,170
North Western 1,390 11,060 33,830
SHAs and Others 2,630 14,230 6,840
England Total 20,010 132,650 361,460
Notes:

1Figures are rounded to the nearest ten whole-time equivalents.

2 "Nursing and Midwifery" excludes agency staff and Project 2000 students.

3 "SHAs and Others" includes staff in special health authorities, other statutory authorities and family health service authorities.

4 Some totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding.

5 The number of general and senior managers in September 1993 are not directly comparable with numbers given in the reply my right hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Dr. Mawhinney) gave him on 4 November 1993 at columns 458-459, which have since been updated. A change in data collection procedures in September 1993 have since been updated. A change in data collection procedures in September 1993 resulted in the recategorisation as managers of many staff who would have been coded as "others" in the 1991 and 1992 censuses.