§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what has been the net reduction in the number of administrative jobs as a result of replacing the NHS internal market; [120333]
(2) how many administrative staff have been made redundant as a result of abolishing the NHS internal market. [120332]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 2 May 2000]: The information is not available in the form requested. However, total National Health Service management costs in 1998–99 prices are shown in the table.
Year £ million 1996–97 1,949 1997–98 1,846 1997–98 11,928 1998–99 1,870 1999–2000 21,816 1 Rebased. The definition of management costs was revised for 1998–99 to capture some management activity previously excluded, mainly related to NHS trusts purchasing private sector support services. To provide a consistent time series, the 1997–98 figure was rebased on the new definition 2 Projected