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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cleaners were employed (a) at hospitals in Northern Ireland and (b) elsewhere within the local NHS in (i) 1985 and (ii) 1995. [209166] Angela Smith: Not all Trusts were able to provide historic staffing figures for the time periods requested. Of those that were, the information is provided in the tables. Number of domestic cleaning staff employed in hospitals in Northern Ireland in 1985 and 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1985 1995 Hospital Headcount WTE Headcount WTE Banbridge Hospital n/a n/a 14 5.69 Belfast City Hospital n/a n/a 264 155.57 Causeway HSS Trust 42 31.48 65 38.46 Craigavon Area Hospital n/a n/a 102 60.00 Greenpark HSS Trust 239 175.50 124 78.34 Homefirst Community Trust n/a n/a 99 60.59 Lurgan Hospital n/a n/a 15 5.30 Muckamore Hospital n/a n/a 115 78.02 Royal Hospital n/a n/a 565 365.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Information not available. Source: NI HSS Trusts Number of domestic cleaning staff employed elsewhere within the local NHS in 1985 and 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1985 1995 Headcount WTE Headcount WTE Trust Causeway HSS Trust 21 13.35 25 13.22 Craigavon and Banbridge n/a n/a 23 15.88 Comm. HSS Trust Homefirst Community Trust n/a n/a 101 42.88 North and West Belfast Trust n/a n/a 90 47.24 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Information not available. Source: NI HSS Trusts

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

209166; 429 c975-6W;429 c979-80W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Hospitals NHS Northern Ireland Staff Cleaning services

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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