To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing the earnings of medical and dental house officers, senior house officers, consultants on all scales, senior hospital medical and dental officers, hospital practitioners, consultants in public health medicine and senior dental officers in real terms at January 1993 prices for each year since 1990–91; and if she will provide estimates for 1993–94 and 1994–95.
[holding answer 25 May 1993]: The information which is available is shown in the table. Estimates for 1993–94 and 1994–95 are not available. The total earnings of hospital practitioners are not available on a comparable basis to other doctors in the hospital sector as they also receive earnings as general practitioners.
| Average earnings1 of full-time staff at 1992–93 prices2 | |||
| 1990–91£ | 1991–92£ | 1992–93£ | |
| House officers | 15,890 | 16,920 | 19,550 |
| Senior house officers | 22,680 | 23,260 | 26,840 |
| Senior dental officers | 33,870 | 33,960 | 34,490 |
| Consultants3 | 45,060 | 47,780 | 49,820 |
| Consultants in Community Health Med. | 46,240 | 46,640 | 47,570 |
| 1 Earnings are basic pay plus allowances. | |||
| 2 Gross domestic product deflator is used to calculate earnings in real terms. | |||
| 3 Includes senior hospital medical and dental officers. | |||