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Mr. Dubs
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff have been employed by the National Health Service in Wales for each year since 1979, expressed as whole-time equivalents as well as actual full-time and part-time numbers in the following categories: (a) nurses and midwives, (b) ancilliaries, (c) administrative and clerical and (d) professional and technical.
Mr. Mark Robinson
The required information, which relates to 30 September each year, is given in the tables:
| Numbers of Staff | |||
| Full-time | Part-time | Whole-time equivalents | |
| (a) Nursing and Midwifery Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA | |||
| 11979 | 16,275 | 11,228 | 23,031 |
| 1980 | 16,902 | 11,792 | 24,366 |
| 1981 | 17,946 | 11,785 | 25,362 |
| 1982 | 18,390 | 11,956 | 25,909 |
| 1983 | 18,583 | 11,745 | 25,981 |
| 1984 | 19,005 | 11,751 | 26,448 |
| 1985 | 19,486 | 11,965 | 27,014 |
| 1986 | 19,553 | 12,123 | 27,187 |
| (b) Ancillary Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA | |||
| 1979 | 7,602 | 7,307 | 11,879 |
| 1980 | 7,593 | 7,606 | 11,989 |
| 1981 | 7,381 | 7,728 | 11,839 |
| 1982 | 7,240 | 7,954 | 11,784 |
| 1983 | 7,045 | 7,897 | 11,559 |
| 1984 | 6,498 | 7,806 | 10,964 |
| 1985 | 6,212 | 8,009 | 10,757 |
| 1986 | 5,797 | 7,847 | 10,210 |
| (c) Administrative and Clerical Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA | |||
| 1979 | 5,259 | 1,584 | 6,221 |
| 1980 | 5,376 | 1,631 | 6,279 |
| 1981 | 5,409 | 1,676 | 6,390 |
| 1982 | 5,437 | 1,755 | 6,437 |
| 1983 | 5,481 | 1,779 | 6,481 |
| 1984 | 5,545 | 1,879 | 6,626 |
| 1985 | 5,589 | 2,067 | 6,787 |
| 1986 | 5,600 | 2,244 | 6,924 |
| (d) Professional and Technical Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA | |||
| 1979 | 3,197 | 963 | 3,621 |
| 1980 | 3,370 | 1,005 | 3,737 |
| 1981 | 3,448 | 1,059 | 3,849 |
| 1982 | 3,615 | 1,079 | 4,018 |
| 1983 | 3,786 | 1,078 | 4,161 |
| 1984 | 3,904 | 1,104 | 4,466 |
| 1985 | 4,070 | 1,152 | 4,649 |
| 1986 | 4,123 | 1,274 | 4,771 |
| 1 In 1979, standard contract hours for this staff group were 40 hours per week; this was reduced to 37·5 hours for 1980 and subsequent years. | |||