HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 cc1534-9W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) general and senior managers, (b) administrative and clerical staff and (c) nursing and midwifery staff were employed in each health region in 1994. [35391]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 18 July 1995]: The information requested is shown in the table:

Whole time equivalent
Highland Lanarkshire Lothian2 Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
(a) General and Senior Managers 114.9 121.3 289.3 5.2 8.0 143.6 13.9
(b) Administrative and Clerical Staff 588.4 1,200.5 2,532.5 32.2 56.0 1,419.2 78.5
(c) Nursing and Midwifery Staff3 2,083.6 4,478.8 7,521.7 222.0 223.8 5,036.4 344.3

Thousands
Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries arid Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow
(a) General and Senior Managers 80 149 26 34 80 73 170 141
(b) Administrative and Clerical Staff 1,605 1,002 376 554 1,130 829 1,884 4,270
(c) Nursing and Midwifery Staff3 5,069 3,692 1,250 2,130 3,617 3,533 6,148 13,254

Number
Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetlands Tayside Western Isles
(a) General and Senior Managers 118 122 292 6 6 144 15
(b) Administrative and Clerical Staff 708 1,382 3,074 37 65 1,667 86
(c) Nursing and Midwifery Staff5 2,541 5,468 9,222 271 260 6,013 447

Notes:

1 Excludes State Hospital and Common Services Agency.

2 Revised.

3 Excludes teachers, nurses in training and students on '1992' courses in nursing and midwifery.

Source:

National Manpower Statistics (NAMS) Information and Statistics Division of the CSA.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidance the Scottish Office has issued to Scottish health boards relating to the provision of private medical insurance as part of the benefit packages of senior management staff within these bodies. [35731]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

No such guidance has been issued.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment the Scottish Office has made of savings within the senior management of health boards and NHS trusts arising out of trusts status and general practitioner fundholding initiatives. [35696]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

No such assessment has been made.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State, pursuant to his answer of 9 December, Official Report, columns 427–8 if he will provide the latest annual figure for NHS trust start-up costs. [35443]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 18 July 1995]: There have been no further start-up costs incurred since the answer I gave to the hon. Member on 9 December.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many beds within each NHS trust in Scotland he has designated amenity beds for each financial year since their establishment. [35701]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the date of establishment of each NHS trust in Scotland. [35699]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is set out in the table.

NHS Trust Establishment date
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 25 March 1992
Angus NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Argyll and Bute NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Borders General Hospital NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust 17 June 1994
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 1 January 1993
East and Midlothian NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust 24 January 1994
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 1 December 1993
NHS Trust Establishment date
Highland Communities NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Law Hospital NHS Trust 31 March 1995
Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust 29 November 1994
Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Moray Health Services NHS Trust 1 January 1993
North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Perth and Kinross NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 31 March 1995
Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Trust 29 November 1994
South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 1 January 1992
Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Stobhill NHS Trust 6 December 1993
Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 1 January 1993
West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 6 December 1993
West Lothian NHS Trust 1 January 1993
Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 1 December 1993
Yorkhill NHS Trust 1 January 1993

Senior management and administrative and clerical staff employed in the NHS in Scotland; whole time equivalent at 30 September
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Senior management1 623.6 800.6 1,151.60 1,720.0
Chief executives and general managers2 71.0 73.0 83.0 254.0
Senior managers—grades 0–121 3 X X X X X 1,212.9
Senior managers—old grades 452.6 727.5 1,068.60 453.1
Administrative and clerical 15,222.9 15,923.8 16,060.6 16,839.0 17,386.9 17,754.4
Grades 1–104 15,002.9 15,703.8 15,741.5 16,519.0 17,076.1 17,441.7
Ambulance and control officers 220.0 220.0 223.0 221.0 227.8 229.0
Miscellaneous6 96.0 99.0 83.0 83.7

Notes:

1The increase in numbers can be partially accounted for by the assimilation of nursing, professional and A and C staff to senior manager grades.

2 Some chief executives may be included in "senior managers-old grades" or they may not be correctly identified as chief executives under the new grading system.

33 From 30 September 1993, a new grading system was introduced for general and senior managers. There is no correspondence between the old and new pay spines which would allow staff to be shown in a common grade (spine point range) analysis.

4For the years prior to September 1991, management grades are included in A and C grades 1–10.

5Includes obsolete management grades and management trainees.Source:

National Manpower Statistics (NAMS).

Information and Statistics Division of the CSA.

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of Sate for Scotland what has been the cost of supplying cars to senior management in the Scottish NHS in each year since 1989. [35649]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the administrative cost of running the NHS in Scotland in(a) 1979 and (b) in the last year for which figures are available as expressed in (i) 1994–95 prices and (ii) as a percentage of the NHS budget. [35654]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The administrative cost of running the NHS in Scotland in 1979–80, adjusted to 1994–95 prices was £166,263,000. This represented 6.8 per cent. of the total NHS budget. Comparable figures for the year 1993–94 adjusted to 1994–95 prices are

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidance the Scottish Office have issued to NHS trusts concerning target times for dealing with correspondence. [35697]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The code of practice on openness in the NHS in Scotland, issued by the management executive of the Scottish Office Home and Health Department in May 1995 to all health boards and NHS trusts makes it clear that requests for information, whether made in person or in writing, must be answered promptly. An acknowledgement must be sent within four working days and, where possible, the information should follow within 20 working days.

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees were in senior management, administrative and accountancy posts in the Scottish health service in each year since 1989. [35650]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information on whole-time equivalents of employees in senior management and administrative and clerical posts are shown in the table. Information on identifying staff employed in accountancy posts in the NHS in Scotland is not available centrally.

£212,678,000 which represents 5.6 per cent. of the total NHS budget.

However, changes in the methods of reporting in annual accounts allows a more detailed analysis of costs. This means certain areas of administration at hospital and community level can be separately identified in the annual accounts. The actual adjusted cost of administration in 1993–94 was £324,851,000. This represented 8.6 per cent. of the total NHS budget for 1993–94. In 1979–80 these costs were contained within running expenses and the figures for this year are not directly comparable with those for 1993–94.

Mr. Canavan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list details of travel expense rates for(a) members of health boards, (b) senior management of health boards, (c) members of NHS trusts and (d) senior management of NHS trusts. [34753]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance the Scottish Office issued to Scottish health boards on adjustments to the pay and conditions of board general mangers following the implementation of trust status and GP fundholding within their health board's areas. [35719]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

No such specific guidance has been issued. New arrangements for the pay of board general mangers were introduced as from 1 September 1993. These arrangements take account of the new roles of health boards.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer on 13 July, Official Report, column 741, if he will provide information on expenditure on trust board members as broken down in his answer for each of the last three years. [35857]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many calls have been made to the NHS helpline in Scotland both(a) interactive and (b) non-interactive in each month since the end of June 1994. [35728]

Accidents involving injury to school age children (5 to 16 years) travelling in public service vehicles or minibuses, by region and whether travelling to or from school, 1993–19941
Number of accidents
1993 1994
Region Travelling to/from school Not travelling to/from school Total Travelling to/from school Not travelling to/from school Total
Borders 1 1 2 1 3
Centra] 2 3 5 3 6 9
Dumfries and Galloway 2 1 3
Fife 2 1 3 2 1 3
Grampian 1 1 2 2 2 4
Highland 1 2 3 1 1 2
Lothian 5 11 16 6 24 30
Strathclyde 10 31 41 16 27 43
Tayside 2 1 3 1 3 4
Orkney
Shetland
Western Isles 1 1
Scotland 26 51 77 33 66 99