HC Deb 30 June 2003 vol 408 cc177-8W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the(a) planned and (b) actual staffing levels were in each NHS trust in the last year, in terms of (i) whole-time equivalent budgeted hours and (ii) budgeted expenditure. [119773]

Mr. Hutton

Figures for planned numbers of staff and budgeted hours in each National Health Service trust are not collected centrally. Staffing numbers by NHS trust for the last available year (September 2001) have been placed in the Library.

The actual staffing expenditure for NHS trusts in 2002–03 will be available from their individual audited annual accounts, locally in September and centrally in autumn.