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Nurses: Pay

Volume 457: debated on Wednesday 7 March 2007

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Mr. Malik

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on nurses between (a) 1987 and 1997 and (b) 1997 and 2007. (120918)

Ms Rosie Winterton

The following table, shows data for 14 years from 1991-92 to 2005-06 (the earliest and latest years for which this information is available).

Expenditure on Nurses for NHS trusts, health authorities, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities from 1991-92 to 2005-06

£000

Trust

DHA/HA

PCT

SHA

Total

1991-92

764,865

5,110,049

—

—

5,874,914

1992-93

2,091,859

4,139,133

—

—

6,230,992

1993-94

3,962,279

2,277,884

—

—

6,240,163

1994-95

5,907,734

409,133

—

—

6,316,867

1995-96

6,297,498

86,582

—

—

6,384,080

1996-97

6,475,855

10,027

—

—

6,485,882

1997-98

6,623,914

7,467

—

—

6,631,381

1998-99

6,974,053

8,037

—

—

6,982,090

1999-2000

7,681,445

10,484

—

—

7,691,929

2000-01

8,248,441

13,266

76,136

—

8,337,843

2001-02

8,546,046

19,099

814,552

—

9,379,697

2002-03

8,223,334

—

2,008,043

1,125

10,232,502

2003-04

8,735,051

—

2,159,738

1,333

10,896,122

2004-05

8,740,904

—

2,470,142

1,711

11,212,757

2005-06

8,793,091

—

2,727,585

1,373

11,522,049

Note:

Excludes NHS Foundation Trusts 2004-05 to 2005-06

Sources:

NHS Trusts Financial Returns 1991-92 to 2005-06

Health Authorities Financial Returns 1996-97 to 2001-02

Primary Care Trusts Financial Returns 2000-01 to 2005-06

Strategic Health Authorities Financial Returns 2002-03 to 2005-06

Regional and District Health Authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals Financial Returns 1991-92 to 1995-96

Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average pay is of a qualified nurse; and if she will make a statement. (125277)

Ms Rosie Winterton

[holding answer 6 March 2007]: The annual average earnings per head for a qualified nurse (full-time equivalent—FTE) in the national health service in 2005-06, which is the latest available year, is £29,010.

Notes:

Earnings per head (FTE) is derived using full-time equivalent staff numbers. Earnings figures include the on-costs of employment. Earnings are estimated using on-cost figures in financial returns (these are not broken down by staff group or grade).

Source:

Department of Health financial returns. We use the sum of the pay bill from each of these returns. We also add on the pay bill from foundations trusts which is taken for the foundation trusts annual report.