§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 January,Official Report, columns 161–62, on NHS staff, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the figures. [12775]
§ Mr. MaloneProvisional expenditure, by region is shown in the table.
Hospital and Community Health Service Salary Costs for Managerial, Administrative Clerical Staff and Nursing and Midwifery staff 1994–95 £000 Managerial expenditure Administrative and clerical expenditure Nursing and midwifery expenditure Northern and Yorkshire Region 100,963 199,367 856,849 Trent Region 59,387 139,380 598,343 Anglian and Oxford Region 70,363 148,005 586,048 North Thames Region 122,388 285,923 974,093 South Thames Region 112,835 243,981 843,465 South and West Region 91,730 183,010 808,721 West Midlands Region 70,588 166,298 624,969 North West Region 93,474 212,515 885,259 Special Health Authorities 1,633 3,650 6,268 Total England 723,361 1,582,129 6,184,015 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 hospital service authority (HQ London, Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton hospitals) and the UK transplant support services are excluded as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis.
3. Managerial staff consists of general and 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.