§ Mr. StringerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-medical employees of the national health service were paid a salary of more than £80,000 in each year since 1997–98. [86249]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 9 December 2002]: Information in the precise form requested is not available because some sources do not distinguish between medical and non-medical staff. What information we have is in the table.
The figures are for health authorities (HAs), national health service trusts, primary care trusts (PCTs) and special health authorities (SHAs).
Has all staff and directors NHS trusts administration, others and directors PCTs administration, other and directors SHAs all staff and directors 1997–98 153 324 Not applicable 36 1998–99 215 399 Not applicable 45 1999–2000 290 483 Not applicable 66 2000–01 n/a 593 3 82 2001–02 n/a n/a n/a n/a Notes:
Staff in HAs are not analysed into medical and non-medical in the accounts or summarisation forms. The figures include all staff employed in HAs although a number of these will be classified as medical.
304WAll figures include directors with remuneration over £80,000. However medical directors cannot be excluded from the numbers from the information available in the accounts or schedules, i.e., the numbers are inflated in terms of the question actually asked.
Figures in health authorities in 2000–01 and in all bodies for 2001–02 are not available as they are not disclosed in the accounts or summarisation schedules.
Sources:
Health authority audited accounts 1997–98 and 1998–99
Health authority audited summarisation forms 1999–2000
NHS trust audited summarisation schedules 1997–98 to 2000–01
Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules 2000–01
Special health authority audited accounts 1997–98 to 2000–01