§ Mr MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was(a) the annual cost of and (b) the number of people employed in each NHS regional structure in each of the last three years. [114902]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is in the tables. The regional offices were organised in April 1999. The cash allocations have been mapped from the old to the new structure. The staffing figures are not available in this format.
Cash allocations NHS executive regional offices 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Eastern 6,716,419 6,910,092 6,992,847 London 9,187,167 9,170,161 9,558,307 North and Western 6,983,894 6,999,392 7,397,361 Northern and Yorkshire 6,814,419 6,906,315 7,279,300 South Eastern 8,416,949 8,442,609 9,205,567 South and West 6,907,419 6,935,717 7,048,229 Trent 6,947,425 6,972,425 7,189,736 West Midlands 6,966,889 7,030,291 7,246,700 Total 58,940,581 59,367,002 61,918,047
Staff numbers NHS executive regional offices April 1998 April 1999 January 2000 Anglia and Oxford 111 — — Eastern — 110 94 North Thames 105 — — South Thames 114 — — London — 122 130 North and Western 117 116 109 Northern and Yorkshire 109 109 105 South Eastern — 113 123 South and West 107 112 104 Trent 129 138 116 West Midlands 109 102 109 Total 901 922 890