HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc707-8W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the NHS salaries and wages costs for(a) administrative, clerical and management staff and (b) nurses and midwives in each financial year from 1989 to 1995 prices. [21085]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information is contained in the following table:

General medical practitioners by age and health authority, 29 March 19961
Number Percentage of total GPs
Age in years 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 60 to 69 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 60 to 69
Clwyd 80 98 41 11 34 42 18 5
Dyfed 113 74 34 5 50 32 15 2
Gwent 74 82 65 21 30 33 26 8
Gwynedd 67 66 26 7 40 39 15 4
Mid Glamorgan 72 96 100 27 24 32 34 9
Powys 25 41 15 2 29 48 17 2
South Glamorgan 110 89 44 8 44 35 17 3
(a) Administrative, clerical and management £000 (b) Nurses and midwives £000
1988–89 86,869 438,480
1989–90 94,255 434,736
1990–91 103,547 433,982
1991–92 110,285 450,356
1992–93 125,594 457,093
1993–94 147,826 440,070
1994–95 153,156 444,644
1995–96 160,654 442,604

Sources:

Financial returns and annual accounts of district health authorities, NHS trusts, family health services authorities, the Health Promotion Authority for Wales and the Welsh Health Common Services Authority.

Notes:

1. Information on salaries and wages costs for family health services authorities are not held centrally, and figures for nurses and midwives cannot be disaggregated from administrative and clerical costs.

2. These figures exclude the costs of general practitioners' administrative staff as the information was not separately collected.

3. The latest version of HM Treasury gross domestic product deflators was used to uplift the Figures to 1995 prices.