§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many health service employees, including management and clerical grades, in respect of each health board area and NHS trust in Scotland, were engaged in administration on 31 March in each year since 1988; and what percentage they represented of the total number of persons employed by each health board and NHS Trust in each of these years. [20605]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 2 May 1995]: Information is not available centrally on which staff are engaged in administration as a whole or part of their work. The table shows, therefore, the number of staff employed on senior manager, and administrative and clerical payscales. Increases in numbers can be accounted for in part due to the assimilation of some professional staff into senior manager grades. Data are shown for 30 September, the only date for which a complete census of all NHS staff is available. Information at trust level is not available centrally.
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NHSiS administrative and clerical staff1 2 3 4 7 by health board as at 30 September Whole time equivalent 1988 1989 1990 1991 19926 19936 19946 Grampian 1,313 1,371 1,413 1,489 1,581 1,636 1,755 Greater Glasgow 3,343 3,368 3,421 3,511 3,679 3,800 3,875 Highland 489 504 548 594 627 652 713 Lanarkshire 1,009 1,019 1,091 1,097 1,159 1,240 1,322 Lothian 2,151 2,274 2,340 2,355 2,417 2,635 2,757 Orkney 21 23 29 30 31 33 37 Shetland 39 43 44 50 55 59 64 Tayside5 1,230 1,229 1,347 1,399 1,509 1,478 1,564 Western Isles 50 54 56 65 79 88 91 Total 13,311 13,690 14,275 14,751 15,636 16,390 17,296 Notes:
1 These data need to be interpreted carefully because of the possible inclusion of supra-area functions in the data of some boards, eg., computer consortia staff may appear on one health board payroll but supply a service across several health boards.
2 Comprises staff on senior management grades and A and C grades one to 10.
3 The increase in numbers can be partially accounted for by the assimilation of some professional staff to senior manager grades.
4 Excludes nurses in training.
5 Data for Tayside in 1989 is at 31 March for staff other than medical and dental staff.
6 The data include trust staff within the health board area.
7 The data exclude staff in the Common Services Agency and state hospital, Carstairs.
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from Payroll.
Medical and Dental Census.
Information and Statistics Division.
NHSIS Administration and Clerical Staff1 2 3 7 as a percentage of all staff4: by health board as at 30 September Percentage County 1988 1989 1990 1991 19926 19936 19946 Argyll and Clyde 14.1 14.9 15.6 15.5 17.1 17.3 18.1 Ayrshire and Arran 12.8 12.9 13.5 13.7 14.8 15.5 16.1 Borders 12.0 11.5 12.4 12.9 13.7 14.2 16.5 Dumfries and Galloway 11.3 11.7 12.2 13.4 14.2 14.7 15.5 Fife 11.5 12.3 13.0 13.6 14.1 16.0 18.3 Forth Valley 10.3 11.0 11.4 12.1 12.6 13.5 13.9 Grampian 13.2 13.7 14.3 14.8 15.3 16.0 17.1 Greater Glasgow 12.6 13.4 14.5 15.2 15.9 16.5 17.0 Highland 12.3 12.7 13.6 14.4 15.0 15.8 16.6 Lanarkshire 11.2 11.4 12.4 13.0 14.1 15.0 16.1 Lothian 13.2 14.2 15.4 15.7 16.2 17.3 17.4 Orkney 7.3 7.8 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.0 10.1 Shetland 10.8 11.6 11.6 12.4 17.0 17.5 17.6 Tayside 11.8 11.9 13.0 13.9 15.0 15.0 15.5 Western Isles 9.9 10.7 10.7 12.1 13.8 13.7 14.0 Total 12.4 13.0 13.9 14.4 15.2 15.9 16.7 Notes:
1 These data need to be interpreted carefully because of the possible inclusion of supra-area functions in the data of some boards eg computer consortia staff may appear on one health board payroll but supply a service across several health boards.
2 Comprises staff on senior management grades and A to C grades one to 10.
3 The increase in numbers can be partially accounted for by the assimilation of some professional staff to senior manager grades.
4 Excludes nurses in training.
5 Data for Tayside in 1989 is at 31 March for staff other than medical and dental staff.
6 The data include trust staff within the health board area.
7 The data excludes staff in the Common Services Agency and state hospitals, Carstairs.
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from Payroll.
Medical and Dental Census.
Information and Statistics Division.