Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative) on Monday, 10 March 1997 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: How many NHS clerical, administrative and management staff there were in each year since 1989. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many NHS clerical, administrative and management staff there were in each year since 1989. [18896] Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information available is shown in the table. General and senior manager grades and administrative and clerical staff employed in the Scottish Health Services Whole time equivalent: at 30 September _________________________________________________________________________________________________. General and senior manager grades{1} Administrative and clerical{2} 1989 n/a 15,222.9 1990 n/a 15,923.8 1991 523.6 16,060.5 1992 800.5 16,839.0 1993 1,151.6 17,386.9 1994 1,720.0 17,754.4 1995 2,180.2 17,597.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: {1} The increase in numbers can be partially accounted for by the assimilation of nursing, professional and A&C staff to senior manager grades. {2} For the years prior to September 1991, management grades are included in A&C grades 1-10. n/a=not applicable. Source: National Manpower Statistics from payroll (NAMS), ISD (Scotland).

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