§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff were employed by strategic health authorities in(a) April 2002 and (b) April 2003; and what the projected figures are for (i) April and (ii) October 2004. [145370]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is shown in the table for September 2002, the latest available data. Projected figures are not available.
NHS medical, dental and non-medical staff directly employed in strategic health authorities—England, as at 30 September 2002 Numbers (headcount) All HCHS staff (HCHS medical, dental and non-medical) England 3,968 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 40 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 57 Q03 Essex SHA 103 Q04 North West London SHA 69 Q05 North Central London SHA 104 Q06 North East London SHA 140 Q07 South East London SHA 84 Q08 South West London SHA 43 009 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 203 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 84 Q11 North and East Yorks and North Lines SHA 66 Q12 West Yorkshire SHA 152 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 36 Q14 Greater Manchester SHA 301 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 487 Q16 Thames Valley SHA 115 Q17 Hampshire and Isle Of Wight SHA 188 Q18 Kent and Medway SHA 238 Q19 Surrey and Sussex SHA 333 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 59 Q21 South West Peninsula SHA 75 Q22 Dorset and Somerset SHA 101 Q23 South Yorkshire SHA 257 Q24 Trent SHA 142 Q25 Leics, Northants and Rutland SHA 188 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 62 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country SHA 166 Q28 Coventry, Warwicks, Herefords and Worcs SHA 75 Sources:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census,
Department of Health non-medical workforce census