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Dr. Mawhinney : The Department is currently consulting on proposals to determine new national health service regions and establish new regional health authorities. The proposed boundaries of the eight new regions are described in the consultation document, copies of which have been sent to all hon. Members and are available in the Library. It is proposed that the regional health authorities would share common boundaries with the new regional offices which are to be created as part of the national health service management executive.
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Anorexia Nervosa
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what data has been collected by her Department in relation to the prevalence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Mr. Bowis : The Department does not collect information on prevalence of conditions. Arrangements for assessing and meeting the needs of sufferers from anorexia and bulimia nervosa are matters for health authorities locally.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what official guidance her Department has issued to general practitioners or health authorities regarding the recognition of, and treatment for, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Mr. Bowis : Health authorities have been advised in the mental illness key area handbook to consider the need to provide access to specialist in-patient facilities for eating disorders on a sub-regional basis and making available family and cognitive therapy as part of their purchasing decisions. No specific further advice has been issued by the Department to general practitioners.
Senior Nurse Managers
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior nurse manager posts there were in each region in each year since 1989.
Mr. Sackville : This information is not available centrally.
Nursing Staff
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses, who achieved their basic qualifications in the northern region before 30 September in each year since 1987, were in post in the national health service one year later.
Mr. Sackville : This information is not available centrally.
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified nursing staff were employed in each region in each year since 1979.
Mr. Sackville : The information is shown in the table.
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Qualified nurses in each regional health authority September 1979 to 1992, England: Whole-time equivalents Region |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern |14,580 |14,880 |15,170 |15,320 |15,720 |16,040 |16,590 Yorkshire |15,180 |15,740 |16,250 |16,610 |16,810 |17,290 |17,880 Trent |18,180 |18,190 |18,830 |19,480 |19,800 |20,400 |21,370 East Anglian |7,220 |7,430 |7,580 |7,810 |8,020 |8,420 |8,820 North West Thames |15,390 |15,590 |16,490 |16,830 |16,250 |16,850 |16,870 North East Thames |16,690 |16,490 |16,420 |18,550 |19,180 |19,210 |19,580 South East Thames |16,560 |17,090 |17,040 |17,530 |17,780 |17,770 |18,030 South West Thames |13,730 |13,990 |13,970 |13,650 |14,160 |14,160 |14,260 Wessex |11,080 |11,330 |11,250 |11,750 |12,140 |12,430 |12,810 Oxford |8,580 |9,000 |9,070 |9,160 |9,320 |9,870 |10,110 South Western |13,200 |14,110 |14,550 |14,450 |14,560 |14,680 |15,220 West Midlands |19,850 |20,790 |21,360 |21,970 |22,560 |23,020 |23,820 Mersey |11,860 |12,130 |12,120 |12,240 |12,540 |12,570 |12,930 North Western |18,140 |19,270 |19,440 |20,400 |21,010 |21,810 |22,470 SHAs |2,790 |2,930 |2,990 |3,300 |3,480 |3,200 |3,360 England |205,670|212,500|216,880|219,300|223,320|227,720|234,130
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Qualified nurses in each regional health authority September 1979 to 1992,
England: Whole-time equivalents (cont.)
Region |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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Northern |16,910 |17,280 |17,410 |17,260 |16,950 |16,880 |17,140
Yorkshire |18,060 |18,530 |18,700 |18,670 |18,540 |18,480 |18,160
Trent |21,830 |22,540 |22,840 |22,720 |23,090 |23,290 |23,610
East Anglian |8,970 |9,280 |9,550 |9,720 |9,760 |9,810 |9,820
North West Thames |16,740 |16,040 |16,060 |15,850 |15,590 |16,280 |15,770
North East Thames |19,560 |19,850 |20,000 |19,570 |19,800 |20,050 |20,020
South East Thames |18,430 |18,520 |18,880 |19,070 |18,740 |16,620 |17,360
South West Thames |14,060 |13,860 |14,090 |14,150 |13,760 |14,120 |14,960
Wessex |12,990 |13,190 |13,660 |13,660 |13,970 |14,130 |14,140
Oxford |10,250 |10,540 |10,690 |10,680 |11,030 |11,320 |11,620
South Western |15,460 |15,770 |15,730 |15,870 |16,320 |16,130 |16,770
West Midlands |24,380 |25,090 |24,770 |25,140 |25,460 |25,210 |26,470
Mersey |13,040 |12,910 |13,130 |13,260 |12,930 |12,620 |12,720
North Western |22,810 |22,770 |22,960 |23,160 |22,920 |23,230 |23,120
SHAs |3,310 |3,240 |3,450 |3,390 |3,390 |5,050 |4,850
England |236,770|239,360|241,920|242,190|242,340|243,250|246,570
Notes:
Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10 wte.
Figures exclude agency staff.
SHAs figures for 1991 and 1992 include the special hospital services authority.
Community Day Care Services
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to require local authorities to charge for community day care services.
Mr. Bowis : Local authorities already have discretion to charge for day and domiciliary services and there are no plans to change this.
Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the report prepared by Price Waterhouse to inform the London Implementation Group on the future of Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals.
Dr. Mawhinney : No work has been carried out by Price Waterhouse for the London Implementation Group on this subject.
Young People (Containment)
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what powers exist for her to impose a curfew, in selected and known areas, on young persons aged under 16 years after 10.30 pm ; and if she will make as statement ;
(2) what powers exist to contain, restrain or apprehend persons aged under 16 who are clearly not under parental control and who might be judged at risk or in need ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Bowis : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no such powers. If a young person needs to be apprehended this would be a matter for the police. Under the Children Act 1989 an emergency protection order can be sought from the court if it is satisfied there is reasonable cause to believe the child would suffer significant harm.
NHS Staff
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average annual cost of employing (a) a senior manager, (b) a consultant, (c) a senior house officer, (d) a qualified nurse, (e) an ambulance driver, (f) a porter, (g) a
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medical laboratory, scientific officer and (h) a cleaner in the national health service for each year since 1986-87 at (i) cash prices and (ii) 1986-87 prices.Dr. Mawhinney : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 23 June, at columns 181-82 . Final figures for 1992-93 are not yet available.
RHAs (Capital Assets)
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the total capital assets of the regional health authorities both in cash terms and in terms of development potential.
Dr. Mawhinney : The total capital assets of regional health authorities in England in cash terms were, at31 March 1993, £766,507, 176.
The 1992 revaluation of the national health service estate provided regional health authorities with estimates of the development potential of their land and buildings. These figures are not available centrally.
Health Service Reform
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what will happen to the realised and potential capital assets of the regional health authorities upon (a) a merger and (b) abolition.
Dr. Mawhinney : Proceeds from the sale of capital assets released through the merger or abolition of regional health authorities will be used for the benefit of patients.
Cars
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each year since 1990 the expenditure on cars for (a) regions, (b) districts and (c) trusts.
Mr. Sackville : The following information has been taken from the financial returns of regional health authorities, district health authorities and national health service trusts.
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Expenditure on staff cars-leased and contract hire charges
|1991-92 £ |1992-93 £
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Regional Health Authorities |3,966,651 |5,385,946
District Health Authorities |44,369,828 |41,069, 621
NHS Trusts |5,363,110 |24,010,267
|------- |-------
Total |53,699,589 |70,465,834
Notes:
1. Information for 1990-91 is not separately identifiable.
2. The data supplied for 1992-93 are provisional only.
3. The figures include the direct leasing/contract costs only.
Community Care
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to publish guidelines on charging for community care.
Mr. Bowis : Guidance was issued in December 1992 about residential care and nursing homes. Further guidance was issued in May this year and more will be issued shortly.
Repetitive Strain Injury
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the policy of her Department regarding the status of repetitive strain injury as a medically identifiable condition.
Mr. Sackville : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Stoke on Trent, Central(Mr. Fisher) on 4 November, at column 451.
NHS Managers
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior managers in the national health service there were on each spinal point 1 to 30 ; what was the flat salary on each point ; what was the annual cost of employment per whole-time equivalent on each point in each year since the introduction of these grades ; and what was the number of unit general managers in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the number of district general managers in groups 1, 2 and 3, the salary range in each group and the annual cost of employment per whole-time equivalent in each group in each year since the introduction of these grades.
Dr. Mawhinney : I refer the hon. Member to the reply the Under- Secretary of State--my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, West (Mr. Sackville)--gave him on 27 July at columns 835-39.
NHS Administration
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the administrative costs in each of the national health service regions in each year since 1987-88 in (a) cash prices, (b) 1987-88 prices and (c) as a percentage of total expenditure.
Dr. Mawhinney : This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the NHS budget was spent on administrative costs in each year since 1986.
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Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 3 December 1993] : The percentage of total revenue expenditure for the national health service in England spent on pay and pay-related costs of all staff at headquarters level, and their office costs and overheads, together with the total costs of the Dental Practice Board and the Prescription Pricing Authority is shown in the table.
Administration as a percentage of Total
Revenue Expenditure
for the National Health Service in England
|Per cent.
|expenditure on
|administration
---------------------------------------------
1986-87 |3.7
1987-88 |3.8
1988-89 |3.4
1989-90 |4.0
1990-91 |4.6
1991-92 |3.6
1992-93 |3.4
Source:
Summarised accounts of the district health
authorities, special health authorities,
regional health authorities, family health
services authorities, the Prescription
Pricing Authority and the Dental Practice
Board for England.
Notes:
1. The figures for 1992-93 do not include
the Prescription Pricing Authority or Dental
Practice Board as this information is not
available.
2. The figures for 1992-93 are provisional.
Hospital Beds
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will provide a table showing the number of hospital beds available by specialty in each region in each year since 1979-80.
Mr. Sackville : The available information has been published and copies of the national and regional summaries are available in the Library. The data for the years 1979 to 1986 are contained in the publication "Hospital Statistics--Form SH3", which records bed availability at individual specialty level. The data for the years 1987-88 to 1991-92 are contained in the "Summary of Bed Availability--Form KHO3". These data are classified by broad ward category, recognising the more flexible use of bed facilities. The summaries for 1992-93 are to be published shortly and copies will be placed in the Library.
Hospital Managers
Ms Lynne : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what bonuses are payable to hospital managers ; and whether the successful completion of a hospital closure is a matter for bonus payments.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 3 December 1993] : National health service general and senior managers are entitled to
performance-related pay linked to individual success in achieving their authorities' objectives. NHS trusts determine the remuneration of their executive directors.
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OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTFuel Poverty Assistance
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken by the Overseas Development Administration to provide fuel poverty assistance to states of the former Yugoslavia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Georgia and Iraq.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We provide humanitarian aid to all the countries mentioned, including Albania, in ways which take account of their overall needs and the responses of other donors. Our contributions specifically designed to help meet the energy requirements of refugees and other displaced people this winter are as follows :
?
£ million
[NL] |Bilateral
---------------------------------------------------------------
Former Yugoslavia |10.7 |n/a
Iraq |3 |3.1
Georgia |4.7
Azerbaijan |6.2
Armenia |6.6
|------- |-------
|13.7 |20.6
Structural Adjustment Programmes
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much bilateral aid money has been spent in support of structural adjustment programmes in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The information requested is set out in the table.
|£ million
------------------------------
1983 |43.1
1984 |32.3
1985 |45.8
1986 |60.3
1987-88 |101.3
1988-89 |118.3
1989-90 |155.9
1990-91 |145.7
1991-92 |114.7
1992-93 |133.1
The figures given for the first four years are on a calendar year basis. Thereafter, the amounts are presented for financial years.
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Nuclear Safety
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the EC's technical assistance in the Commonwealth independent states programme for nuclear safety ; and what is the United Kingdom's contribution.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : In the three years from the start of the TACIS programme in 1991, a total of 236 mecu--around £180 million--has been committed for work on nuclear safety in the former Soviet Union. The work has covered three main areas ; plant operational safety, design safety and support to the regulatory authorities.
For 1993, the total budget for nuclear safety is 103 mecu or £80 million--which is allocated as follows :
|Mecu |£ million
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Russia |48 |37
Ukraine |32 |25
Regional |8 |6
EBRD (contribution to Multi-lateral
fund) |15 |12
|-- |--
Total |103 |80
The regional programme will mainly cover Russia, Ukraine and Belarus with limited assistance being provided to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Comparable figures for earlier years are not readily available.
The UK currently contributes around 16.5 per cent. to the total cost of the assistance provided by TACIS.
Environment Conference (Addis Ababa)
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information the Overseas Development Administration has received on the outcome of the African ministerial conference on the environment, held in Addis Ababa, on 26 to 27 November, in regard to the effect of decisions upon aid programmes sponsored by his Department.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are seeking to obtain a report of the meeting and will consider its implications.
Dependencies (Aid)
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the annual aid allocated for each year since 1979 to (a) Anguilla, (b) Bermuda, (c) British Antarctic Territory, (d) British Virgin islands, (e) the Cayman islands, (f) Diego Garcia, (g) the Falklands Islands, (h) Gibraltar, (i) Hong Kong, (j) Montserrat, (k) Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno islands, (l) St. Helena, (m) St. Helena dependencies, (n) South Georgia and South Sandwich islands and (o) the Turks and Caicos islands ; what was the population of each dependency in 1979 ; and what it is today.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The information is as follows :
Total gross bilateral aid to British dependencies 1979-1992-93<1> <2>
£000
|1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93
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Anguilla |1,060 |991 |1,296 |1,059 |1,426 |1,026 |1,086 |1,589 |1,536 |1,550 |1,784 |1,728 |820 |2,225 |2,080
Bermuda |15 |28 |12 |- |33 |17 |17 |30 |68 |59 |32 |16 |17 |2 |12
British Virgin Islands |781 |1,232 |1,241 |1,471 |1,161 |718 |1,172 |831 |566 |2,489 |2,211 |4,399 |1,214 |1,857 |1,213
Cayman Islands |283 |443 |199 |34 |2 |- |470 |1,649 |- |309 |2,593 |1.126 |4,183 |1,774 |119
Falkland Islands<3> |915 |1.015 |1.058 |4,025 |9,053 |6,016 |10,700 |10,252 |8,165 |6,735 |3,389 |2,487 |1,430 |1,286 |58
Gibraltar |3,214 |4,948 |4,010 |1,898 |2,352 |8,163 |22,452 |14,299 |9,029 |6,932 |8,685 |343 |970 |1,078 |1,676
Hong Kong |185 |376 |245 |199 |203 |125 |312 |195 |217 |249 |216 |217 |312 |404 |359
Montserrat |528 |1,209 |1,127 |1,823 |1,041 |1,268 |1,223 |2,015 |1,309 |1,866 |2,164 |5,382 |4,139 |2,969 |3,271
Pitcairn Islands |- |47 |- |- |4 |41 |187 |137 |22 |106 |- |4 |52 |41 |56
St. Helena and Dep |3,935 |3,795 |4,062 |5,834 |6,533 |7,471 |9,354 |9,202 |12,241 |11,057 |20,524 |24,239 |11,759 |9,136 |9,060
Turks and Caicos Islands |1,015 |1,274 |3,362 |5,716 |4,217 |3,923 |3,588 |5,387 |5,356 |4,258 |5,647 |4,424 |4,981 |9,957 |8,009
<1> British Aid Statistics are complied by financial year from 1987-88 onwards.
<2> No aid was given to British Antarctic Territory and Diego Garcia.
<3> Includes South Georgia.
Estimated population of United Kingdom dependent territories
|1979 (000)|1991 (000)
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Anguilla |7 |9
Bermuda |54 |60
British Virgin Islands |11 |17
Cayman Islands |17 |27
Falklands Islands |2 |2
Gibraltar |26 |27
Hong Kong |4,930 |5,859
Montserrat |11 |12
St. Helena and dependencies |6 |6
Turks and Caicos |7 |13
Notes:
The populations of British Antarctic Territory, British
Indian Ocean Territory-Diego Garcia-and South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands are zero.
The population of the Pitcairn island group has been stable
since 1978 at between 50 and 60.
Sources:
Where possible national census figures and estimates have
been quoted. Where these are not available figures have been
taken from the UN Demographic Yearbook, the Caribbean
development bank and the Commonwealth Yearbook.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for which of the overseas dependency states of EU member states the Development Council has agreed to finance environmental projects.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Development Council does not discuss individual projects. No EC-financed projects concerned solely with the environment are currently under way in the EC overseas countries and territories programme, although a regional environmental project for British Caribbean dependent territories is under consideration.
World Bank
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the United Kingdom executive director of the World bank voted in favour of the document "Expanding Access to World Bank Information" when this matter was discussed by the executive directors of the World bank ; and if he will place a copy of the instructions to the executive director in the Library.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : I refer the hon. Member to the reply he received from the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Mr. Goodlad), on 1 December at column 576 .
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European Development Council
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what matters were discussed and what decisions taken at the European Development Council in Brussels on 2 December ; and what proposals were put forward by the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 3 December 1993] : My noble Friend Baroness Chalker of Wallasey attended the Development Council at which the main items were the mid-term review of the Lome convention ; follow-up to the 1992 resolution on development co-operation to the year 2000, including the adoption of a resolution on poverty alleviation ; and agreement on a resolution on rehabilitation in countries emerging from crisis. All this work forms part of a long-term agreed work programme to which we are making a prominent and positive contribution.
SCOTLAND
Health Service Administration
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has to reduce the management costs of health boards and NHS trusts.
Mr. Stewart : The NHS management executive monitors the management costs of health boards and NHS trusts and is finalising revised arrangements appropriate to the new roles of boards and trusts.
Forestry Commission
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received about the future of the Forestry Commission.
Sir Hector Munro : Around 3,000 individuals and 300 organisations have written to Ministers and to the Secretary and members of the Forestry Review Group, setting out their views on the work of the group.
NHS Trusts
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will issue guidelines to NHS trust hospitals concerning the practice of publicly advertising the private use of such hospitals on behalf of commercial organisations.
Mr. Stewart : No. It is for NHS trusts to decide how to make the best use of capacity over and above that required for NHS purposes. Income from non-NHS services is used to enhance benefits for all patients.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidelines he has issued to NHS trusts concerning the salaries of senior managers and others ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Stewart : On 12 November 1992 and 29 January 1993, chairmen of NHS trusts were informed that the increase in salaries of senior managers and other staff in 1992-93 should not exceed 1.5 per cent. Revised arrangements for the pay of general and senior managers have been commended to trusts in NHS circular MEL(1993)114 of 30 August 1993. I have deposited a copy of this circular in the Library.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how the start-up grant for each NHS trust is calculated ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 1 December 1993] : Grants of up to £175,000 have been set aside for new NHS trusts. These are intended for one off expenditure in the run-up to the trusts becoming operational. Additional funds have been specifically secured and earmarked for this purpose.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the turnover of each NHS trust.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 1 December 1993] : The information available for 1993-94 is as follows :
Trust |Forecast Income £000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aberdeen Royal Hospital |111,165 Caithness and Sutherland |13,549 Dundee Teaching Hospitals |102,346 Grampian Healthcare |130,375 Moray Health Services |21,595 Raigmore Hospital |49,102 West Lothian |61,915 Ayrshire and Arran Community |53,995 Monklands and Bellshill |50,471 North Ayrshire and Arran |68,449 Royal Alexandra Hospital |42,561 Royal Scottish National Hospital |19,777 South Ayr Hospital |43,512 Southern General Hospital |75,568 Stirling Royal Infirmary |38,155 Victoria Infirmary |53,484 Yorkhill |49,696
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what training chairmen and non-executive directors receive on corporate governance following their appointments to NHS trust boards.
Mr. Stewart : Chairmen and non-executive directors attend induction conferences that include corporate governance among the subjects covered. In consultation with boards and trusts, the NHS management executive is developing additional opportunities for training in this and other areas.
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Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the total accumulated receipts of NHS trusts that have achieved a 6 per cent. return on assets.
Mr. Stewart : Information is available only in respect of the two first-wave NHS trusts whose audited accounts have been published. The total receipts for these trusts in 1992-93 was £157,014,000. Both exceeded the 6 per cent. return on their assets.
NHS Staff
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to publish statistics for the numbers of whole-time equivalent staff in the NHS using the same breakdown as that adopted by the Greater Glasgow health board.
Mr. Stewart : Detailed statistics for staff employed by the NHS in Scotland are published each year in "Scottish Health Statistics". The 1993 edition is due for publication next month. The only extra feature of the data published in the 1991-92 annual report of Greater Glasgow health board is a breakdown into community and hospital categories. "Scottish Health Statistics" includes such a breakdown for nursing, medical and dental staff.
The classification of other staff in this way would require extra coding to be undertaken by the health authorities in order to provide the data centrally. A consultation exercise concluded earlier this month revealed that health boards, directly managed units and NHS trusts sought no increase in the level of data they are required to provide.
There are no plans to collect data splitting staff into the hospital and community categories at present.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he has issued to national health service employers concerning the payment of unsocial hours allowances for staff.
Mr. Stewart : For staff whose pay and conditions are determined nationally a variety of agreements has been reached for different staff groups as part of their overall pay and conditions of service package. Details of such agreements are contained in handbooks.
NHS Staff
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time NHS employees there were in each health board area in each of the past five years.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 1 December 1993] : The information requested is detailed in the table.
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|WT |PT |WT |PT |WT |PT |WT |PT |WT |PT
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Argyll and Clyde |5,856 |4,897 |5,662 |4,988 |5,655 |5,138 |5,525 |5,037 |5,479 |5,094
Ayrshire and Arran |4,391 |3,588 |4,388 |3,672 |4,574 |3,724 |4,494 |3,788 |4,428 |3,763
Borders |1,409 |1,063 |1,373 |1,068 |1,355 |1,103 |1,348 |1,137 |1,338 |1,140
Dumfries and Galloway |2,066 |2,030 |2,036 |2,095 |2,046 |2,149 |2,018 |2,209 |1,968 |2,217
Fife |4,469 |2,660 |4,410 |2,776 |4,315 |2,973 |4,123 |3,145 |3,930 |3,145
Forth Valley |4,244 |3,005 |4,296 |3,320 |4,199 |3,403 |4,124 |3,649 |4,111 |3,640
Grampian |8,272 |5,043 |8,006 |5,235 |7,961 |5,581 |7,958 |5,906 |7,825 |5,349
Greater Glasgow |21,833|10,991|20,256|11,090|19,592|11,030|18,844|11,087|18,361|11,016
Highland |3,141 |2,143 |3,150 |2,198 |3,251 |2,235 |3,170 |2,342 |3,072 |2,360
Lanarkshire |7,096 |4,513 |6,817 |4,835 |6,469 |4,735 |6,104 |4,739 |5,983 |4,766
Lothian |13,129|7,926 |12,343|8,004 |11,965|8,191 |11,709|8,472 |11,424|8,798
Orkney |228 |156 |236 |189 |230 |207 |236 |213 |237 |231
Shetland |290 |179 |305 |170 |315 |173 |259 |130 |265 |134
Tayside |8,549 |4,689 |8,560 |4,763 |8,330 |4,605 |8,152 |4,614 |7,790 |4,577
Western Isles |337 |353 |347 |419 |357 |414 |369 |408 |393 |431
Notes:
<1>Excludes general medical practitioners and general dental practitioners. Includes employees of
NHS trusts and health boards.
<2>At 31 March 1993 except medical and dental which are at 30 September 1992.
<3>Whole-time includes consultants with maximum part-time contracts. Part-time includes honorary
medical and dental appointments.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost in each of the past five years of salaries paid to NHS employees suspended on full pay.
Mr. Stewart : This information is not available centrally.
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