NHS Executive (Hansard, 11 July 1996)

§ Mr. Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is(a) the number of people currently employed by and (b) the current annual budget of the NHS executive; and what were the figures for each year since it was established. [35350]

§ Mr. Horam
The information is given in the table. The figures are not comparable from year to year because of the transfer of responsibilities to the national health service executive from other parts of the Department of Health. The increase in staff numbers in 1996–97 followed the abolition of the regional health authorities, who on 31 March 1993 employed 3,905 core staff.

Annual budget (£ million) Staff in post on 1 April

NHS Management Executive

1989–90 Not available 666

1990–91 31.6 797

1991–92 27.1 677

1992–93 43.1 776

1993–94 34.8 931

NHS Executive

1994–95 43.3 848

1995–96 53.0 1,072²

1996–97 117.0 1,914³

¹ The budget for 1992–93 reflects the initial set up costs of the NHS executive during its relocation to Leeds in 1992.

² The increase in staff numbers, the largest in 1995–96, followed the transfer of staff and additional responsibilities in to the NHS executive from other parts of the Department of Health.

³ The increase in staff numbers in 1996–97 followed the abolition of the regional health authorities on 31 March 1996 and the creation of a single structure for central management of the NHS—the NHS executive comprising a headquarters and for the first time eight regional offices.

§ Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the amount spent on home care by each local authority as a percentage of its special transitional grant for(a) 1993–94 and (b) 1994–95. [36704]

§ Mr. Bowis
Information on home care expenditure by local authority has been published in "Personal Social Services: A historical profile of reported current and capital expenditure 1983–84 to 1993–94 England" for 1993–94, copies available in the Library, and it is planned to publish the 1994–95 information in a statistical bulletin later this month.
The amounts of local authorities' special transitional grants for 1993–94 and 1994–95 have been published in "Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Reports" No. 13 and No. 17 respectively.
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	Annual budget (£ million)	Staff in post on 1 April
NHS Management Executive
1989–90	Not available	666
1990–91	31.6	797
1991–92	27.1	677
1992–93	43.1	776
1993–94	34.8	931
NHS Executive
1994–95	43.3	848
1995–96	53.0	1,072²
1996–97	117.0	1,914³
¹ The budget for 1992–93 reflects the initial set up costs of the NHS executive during its relocation to Leeds in 1992.
² The increase in staff numbers, the largest in 1995–96, followed the transfer of staff and additional responsibilities in to the NHS executive from other parts of the Department of Health.
³ The increase in staff numbers in 1996–97 followed the abolition of the regional health authorities on 31 March 1996 and the creation of a single structure for central management of the NHS—the NHS executive comprising a headquarters and for the first time eight regional offices.