§ Charlotte AtkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on(a) the amount allocated and (b) the amount spent on training of NHS staff, broken down by (i) occupational grade, (ii) type of employment and (iii) gender, in each of the last five years. [109605]
§ Mr. DenhamInformation is not held centrally on the total amount spent on the training of National Health Service staff by gender or occupational grade. The tables show the allocations and expenditure for each of the three service specific education and training levies since their creation in 1996–97. Information on the amount spent on the training of other staff groups outside the scope of the levies and on continuing professional development training by local employers (trusts and health authorities) is also not held centrally.
Service increment for teaching levy £ million Allocation Expenditure 1996–97 458 458 1997–98 458 458 1998–99 478 478 1999–2000 494 Not yet available
Medical and dental education levy £ million Allocation Expenditure 1996–97 533 521 1997–98 592 587 1998–99 621 619 1999–2000 660 Not yet available
Non-medical education and training levy £ million Allocation Expenditure 1996–97 793 751 1997–98 766 751 1998–99 802 792 1999–2000 900 Not yet available Note:
Any underspends on the three levies are not lost but are used elsewhere in-year for NHS activity and some virement between budgets is a necessary part of vote management on a Hospital and Community Health services budget of over £40 billion
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§ Charlotte AtkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) men and (b) women were employed by the NHS in each occupational grade for each of the last five years. [109606]
§ Mr. DenhamInformation about the number of men and women directly employed by the National Health Service in each of the main occupational groups is published in the Statistical Bulletins from the Department of Health's annual medical and dental, and non-medical workforce censuses. The information available centrally for individual non-medical pay grades by gender will be place in the Library shortly.