District Health Authorities

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the numbers employed by each district health authority from 1981–82 to 1984–85 and expected numbers employed in 1985–86 for each of the following categories (a) medical nursing, (b) paramedical and technical, (c) administrative and clerical, (d) ancillary and (e) others.

Staff employed by district health authorities (whole-time equivalents)^*
	Medical and dental	Nursing and midwifery	Paramedical and technical	Administrative and clerical	Ancillary	Others^‡
Clwyd
1981	268	3,427	416	705	1,383	404
1982	273	3,503	439	708	1,383	399
1983	283	3,498	441	651	1,350	395
1984	277	3,528	467	704	1,289	401
East Dyfed
1981	225	2,507	343	603	1,176	376
1982	173	1,966	265	470	917	292
1983	179	2,042	281	489	919	286
1984	186	2,106	304	501	849	291
Pembrokeshire^‡
1981	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	60	631	91	124	259	90
1983	71	615	100	145	243	93
1984	66	640	108	156	232	37
Gwent
1981	330	4,061	550	872	2,019	548
1982	338	4,141	571	887	1,978	563
1983	342	4,221	619	900	1,927	557
1984	340	4,312	649	936	1,790	553
Gwynedd
1981	147	1,918	247	450	795	323
1982	152	1,890	270	465	794	316
1983	151	1,862	278	469	775	331
1984	164	1,946	335	516	823	354
Mid Glamorgan
1981	373	4,834	574	1,007	2,255	648
1982	379	4,918	577	1,012	2,272	646
1983	379	4,904	595	1,014	2,241	639
1984	392	5,032	644	1,035	2,147	643
Powys
1981	34	1,014	81	172	412	167
1982	33	1,092	96	169	410	182
1983	35	1,149	98	178	418	182
1984	34	1,121	111	172	395	179
South Glamorgan
1981	634	4,523	1.166	1,429	2,285	560
1982	644	4,607	1.120	1,447	2,266	568
1983	660	4,490	1,244	1,469	2,244	560
1984	653	4,565	1,321	1,443	2,076	580
West Glamorgan
1981	297	3,078	472	681	1,496	328
1982	301	3,161	499	689	1,486	337
1983	304	3,200	505	702	1,444	333
1984	308	3,198	527	710	1,351	356
^* As at 30 September.
^† Ambulance, works and maintenance staff.
^‡ Pembrokeshire figures are included with East Dyfed for 1981.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the outturn revenue spending of each district health authority from 1981–82 to 1984–85 and the budgeted revenue spending for 1985–86.

The information relating to the period 1981–84 is given in the following table. Figures for 1985–86 have yet to be finalised.

The information requested is as follows:

Revenue expenditure by Welsh district health authorities
£000's
	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86 Budgeted
Clwyd	59,244	64,125	66,898	71,638	76,957
East Dyfed	48,307	39,698	43,003	46,076	48,006
Pembrokeshire	—	12,942	13,958	15,163	15,572
Gwent	73,047	79,565	84,567	89,279	94,064
Gwynedd	34,257	37,236	39,666	44,204	46,609
Mid Glamorgan	84,071	90,806	96,980	104,022	107,307
Powys	16,624	18,516	19,754	20,627	21,388
South Glamorgan	98,793	107,438	114,501	119,313	125,594
West Glamorgan	56,665	61,508	65,173	68,667	74,699
TOTAL	471,008	511,834	544,500	578,989	610,196

Notes:

1. The figures are for all revenue (i.e. current) expenditure excluding payments to doctors, dentists. pharmacists, opticians and others providing services under contracts with family practitioner committees.

2. The figures for 1981–82 to 1984–85 are derived from the accounts of health authorities submitted to the Department. Figures for 1984–85 are at this stage provisional.

3. Prior to 1982–83 the Dyfed area health authority covered the whole county.

4. The figures provided for 1985–86 reflect the latest notified revenue allocations. A further £8·08 million remains in centrally held reserves for the further development of the services provided by health authorities. It will be released during the remainder of the financial year.

5. The out-turn figures for 1981–82 to 1984–85 include the expenditure of income generated locally by health authorities and are therefore not fully comparable with the Department's allocations to districts for 1985–86. The amount of such income in 1984–85 is estimated at £1·5 million.

Volume 84: debated on Wednesday 30 October 1985