§ Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on agency fees by (a) North West London Strategic Health authority, (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) Brent Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997. [149899]
§ Mr. Hutton: The national health service does not separately record the cost of employing agency staff. The figures in the tables include total cost to the NHS of staff not directly employed by NHS bodies.
The tables show total non-NHS staff expenditure for NHS trusts, health authorities and a primary care trust in the North West London area.
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Total non-NHS Staff Expenditure by (a) North West London Strategic Health Authority, (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) Brent Primary Care Trust—1997–98 to 2002–03 £ 1997–98 (a) Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 59,189 Brent and Harrow HA 128,656 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 47,551 Hillingdon HA 446,660 Total 682,056 (b) Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 1,573,846 Northwick Park and St. Mark's NHS Trust 2,209,415 Total 3,783,261 1998–99 (a) Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 138,150 Brent and Harrow HA 152,240 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 61,404 Hillingdon HA 396,346 Total 748,140 (b) Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 2,043,735 Northwick Part and St. Mark's NHS Trust 2,722,176 Total 4,765,911 1999–2000 (a) Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 403,448 Brent and Harrow HA 175,878 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 155,052 Hillington HA 1,724,175 Total 2,458,553 (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 7,376,634
Total non-NHS Staff Expenditure by (a) North West London Strategic Health Authority, (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) Brent Primary Care Trust—1997–98 to 2002–03 £ 2000–01 (a) Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 681,745 Brent and Harrow HA 222,065 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 224,825 Hillingdon HA 2,335,535 Total 3,464,170 (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 7,634,467 2001–02 (a) Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 2,201,121 Brent and Harrow HA 334,538 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 294,446 Hillingdon HA 11,101 Total 2,841,206 (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 9,784,744 2002–031 (a) North West London strategic Health Authority 267,650 (b) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 11,674,257 (c) Brent Teaching PCT 5,826,724 1 All 2002–03 data are provisional. Notes:
- 1. The North West London Strategic Health Authority was established in 2002–03 Prior to this, a combination of four health authorities (Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA, Brent and Harrow HA, Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA and Hillingdon HA) serviced the North West London area.
- 2. In 1999–2000, the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust was established by the merger of two NHS Trusts (Central Middlesex Hospitals NHS Trust and Northwick Park and St. Mark's NHS Trust).
- 3. Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust was established in 2002–03.
Sources:
Annual financial returns of Health Authorities 1997–98 to 2001–02.Annual financial returns of NHS Trusts 1997–98 to 2002–03.Annual financial returns of Primary Care Trusts 2002–03.Annual financial returns of Strategic Health Authorities 2002–03.