§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure was incurred on(a) general and senior managers and (b) administrative and clerical staff salaries 371W in the national health service in each region in each year since 1990–91. [9035]
§ Mr. MaloneI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 6 November 1995,Official Report, columns 624–25. Provisional expenditure for 1994–95 is shown in the table.
Hospital and community health service salary costs for managerial and administrative and clerical staff 1994–95 £000 Managerial expenditure Admin and clerical expenditure Northern and Yorkshire region 100,963 199,367 Trent region 59,387 139,380 Anglian and Oxford region 70,363 148,005 North Thames region 122,338 285,923 South Thames region 112,835 243,981 South and West region 91,730 183,010 West Midlands region 70,588 166,298 North-west region 93,474 212,515 Special health authorities 1,633 3,650 Total England 723,361 1,582,129 Sources:
1. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
2. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.
Notes:
1. The figures are provisional.
2. Salaries and wages costs incurred by family health services authorities and the special hospitals service authority (HQ London, Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton hospitals) and the UK transplant support service are excluded as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis.
3. Managerial staff consist of general senior managers for health authorities and executive board members and senior managers for NHS trusts.
4. The figures are based upon gross costs including employers' National Insurance and superannuation contributions.