HC Deb 02 November 1995 vol 265 cc451-2W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on central functions of his Department on(a) staff salaries, (b) consultancy fees, (c) redundancies and (d) recruitment, in each of the last five years. [40695]

Mr. Sackville

Separately identifiable running cost expenditure by the Department of Health and its agencies on staff salaries, consultancy fees and recruitment is shown in the table.

£ million
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Staff salaries 103 114 127 117 113
Consultancy fees 18.4 24.3 18.4 15.9 18.5
Recruitment 0.80 0.53 0.37
Live births to girls aged under 16 and conceptions to girls aged under 16 leading to maternities or to abortions under the Abortion Act 1967, by health region of usual residence 1985–94
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births
England and Wales n/a 1,401 9,194 1,365 9,135 1,303 8,782 1,261 8,382 1,317
England n/a 1,306 8,684 1,271 8,590 1,215 8,246 1,190 7,922 1,234
Health Region:
Northern and Yorkshire n/a 229 1,422 244 1,329 199 1,371 233 1,339 240
Trent n/a 149 994 156 961 152 927 135 907 146
East Anglia and Oxford n/a 106 813 106 816 99 720 94 749 103
North Thames n/a 135 942 130 936 132 900 125 823 121
South Thames n/a 144 995 134 963 136 863 131 861 121
South and West n/a 132 980 117 1,018 127 928 120 918 129
West Midlands n/a 172 1,215 157 1,155 160 1,111 138 1,029 160
North West n/a 239 1,323 227 1,412 210 1,426 214 1,296 214
Wales n/a 95 510 94 545 88 536 71 460 83

The Department has had no compulsory redundancies. The cost of voluntary early requirements in 1994–95 was £700,000.