HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 cc347-8W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) contracts managers, (b) other contract staff, (c) public relations managers, (d) other public relations staff, (e) risk managers, (f) other risk management staff and (g) business managers work in national health service trusts; and what is the cost of employing each category of manager. [33119]

Mr. Malone

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the current(a) M1 management costs, (b) M2 management costs and (c) management consultancy costs (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of income for each NHS trust. [33120]

Mr. Malone

Individual trusts' out-turn 1994–95 M1 management costs and spending as a proportion of income were published on 5 December 1995 in "Management Costs in NHS Trusts Financial Year 1994–95" copies of which are available in the Library. Trusts' out-turn 1994–95 M2 management costs are not available centrally. Trusts will be publishing their out-turn 1995–96 M1 and M2 costs in their annual accounts later in the year.

Information on trusts' spending on management consultancy is not available centrally.

Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general and senior managers there were in the national health service(a) in 1989–90 and (b) at the latest available date. [32921]

Mr. Malone

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 6 November 1995 at columns624–25.

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