§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS estates officers have been made redundant in the last five years; and what has been the cost of the redundancy packages involved for these officers; [22887]
(2) how many estates officers are currently employed in the NHS; and what was the equivalent figure five years ago. [22886]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation on the numbers of estates officers made redundant and the costs involved is not available centrally. The Department of Health's annual hospital and community health services non-medical work force census collects information on the number of estates officers—known in the census as works staff—employed by the HCHS. Census results for September 1994, the latest year for which figures are available, and earlier746W years are published in the Department of Health's NHS HCHS non—medical work force census statistical bulletin 1984–1994, which is available in the Library.