§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff his Department employs on a regional basis in each standard English region; what is the cost of running these regional operations; what was the total budget for each region in 1994–95; and what are the main purposes for which the budget is used. [265]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information requested on staff employed in each of the standard English regions is shown in the table.
Information about departmental running costs by region is not available. Details of the Department's gross running costs are provided in the Department's annual report for 1994–95, Cm 2512.
Region Northern 16 Yorkshire and Humberside 929 North west 637 East Midlands 62 West Midlands 108 East Anglia 0 South east 2,822 South west 21 Source:
- 1. MANDATE returns to Treasury from Chessington Computer Centre and Departmental records both as at 1 July 1995.
- 2. Figures include inward loans and secondments, fixed term appointments, casuals and staff in Agencies.
- 3. Figures exclude industrial staff and outwards loans and secondments.