§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of his Department's employees by UK region, indicating the wage bill(a) in total and (b) by region in the last year for which figures are available and separately identifying the costs of London allowances and weightings. [30078]
§ Ms JowellAnnual paybill information is not collected in the format requested. The table gives the January 1998 pay information multiplied to give an annual figure.
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£ Region Number of Employees Pay London Allowances Total North West 643 10,644,113 0 10,644,113 Merseyside 19 252,373 0 252,373 West Midlands 235 6,035,851 1,776 6,037,627 South West 139 4,078,937 1,776 4,080,713 London 2,575 64,813,157 2,943,086 67,756,243 South East 152 4,274,911 12,080 4,286,991 Eastern 6 179,448 0 179,448 East Midlands 69 1,081,921 0 1,081,921 Yorks and Humberside 1,057 25,092,647 21,312 25,113,959 North East 126 3,488,719 0 3,488,719 Total 5,021 119,942,076 2,980,030 122,922,106 Notes:
1. Figures extracted from January 1998 pay bill
2. Basic pay includes national pay plus allowances other than London allowances
3. In August 1996 all London allowances for new staff were abolished in this Department and a general additional pay allowance was introduced which covers payments for geographical location and special skills. Staff in receipt of London weighting prior to August 1996 have a reserved right to retain this allowance. Therefore not all payments for an element of London weighting are separately identifiable.
4. All figures exclude overtime, bonuses and other non-recurring costs
5. Pay details have been adjusted for part-time working
6. London weighting shown against non-London areas relates to mark-time pay