§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many employees there were in the NHS in England by(a) NHS trust, (b) health authority and (c) general practice surgeries in the last year for which figures are available. [8491]
§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 12 December 1996]: Information on the number of staff employed by each national health service trust and health authority, and the number of general medical services practice staff by each family health service authority, will be placed in the Library. Information on the number of staff employed by individual general practice surgeries is not available centrally.