To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the numbers of managerial and administrative staff in the health service in Wales in 1973; and what is the present number.

The available information relates to staff included in the administrative and clerical group for pay purposes. The whole-time equivalent number of such staff in 1973 and 1990 is given in the following table:

	Whole time equivalent1	Percentage of total National Health Service staff
1973	4,574	11
19902	8,178	15
1 At 30 September.
2 Excludes staff in Dyfed FHSA, for which figures are not available.

The number of nursing and midwifery staff increased from 45 per cent. to 50 per cent. of the total national health service staff in the same period.