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Liam Byrne
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2006, Official Report, column 1841W, on the Review of Resourcing and Management of Immigration Final Report 2004, which of the 20 recommendations he considers to be no longer relevant.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2006, Official Report, column 1841W, on the Review of Resourcing and Management of Immigration Final Report 2004, which of the 20 recommendations he considers to be no longer relevant.
Asked by
Damian Green
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 September 2006
For answer on
18 September 2006
Answered on
2 October 2006
[holding answer 18 September 2006]: The report, ““The Review of Resourcing and Management of Immigration Enforcement””, made 20 recommendations.19 of the 20 recommendations have been actioned and one (no further change projects or reviews for at least one year) is no longer considered relevant.
Subjects
Administration; Immigration; Standards; Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Date
2 October 2006
Reference
91273; 449 c2618W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05.
Asked by
Alex Salmond
(Scottish National Party)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 December 2005
For answer on
7 December 2005
Answered on
4 September 2006
The total 2004-05 administration salary bill for the Department was £401 million, while total net 2004-05 administration costs came to £567 million. The Department does not monitor administrative costs by individual nation, or region or identify that incurred in London separately. The Department does however, monitor total identifiable expenditure on services, by function, country and region and this is set out in the 2006 Departmental Report (Cm 6818).
Subjects
Administration; Home Office; Pay
Date
4 September 2006
Reference
449 c1780W; 35872
House
House of Commons
We are engaged in a review of the immigration and nationality directorate as part of the wider reform agenda for the Home Office.
We are engaged in a review of the immigration and nationality directorate as part of the wider reform agenda for the Home Office.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Paul Rowen
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
What steps he is taking to improve the administration of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
Subjects
Administration; Standards; Reviews; Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Date
19 June 2006
Reference
447 c1064
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I hope that what I gave was something of an answer, rather than a question.
The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. I will be happy to look into it further with him.
I hope that what I gave was something of an answer, rather than a question.
The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. I will be happy to look into it further with him.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Paul Rowen
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
I thank the Minister for that question.
I ask him, however, to look at the deportation of husbands of arranged marriages. I know of several examples of women who are being harassed. They have given information to the Department. Even though their husbands’ appeals have failed, the IND has not taken steps to remove them.
Subjects
Administration; Standards; Reviews; Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Date
19 June 2006
Reference
447 c1064-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman talked about an amnesty. It is true that we have asked officials to look at quite a wide range of analysis as we prepare to reform the IND. However, the point that I made to the Home Affairs Committee was clear: we expect the enforcement and removal regime to be strengthened. Therefore, there are no plans for an amnesty, because that would cut against the position and direction of policy that we set out so clearly.
The hon. Gentleman talked about an amnesty. It is true that we have asked officials to look at quite a wide range of analysis as we prepare to reform the IND. However, the point that I made to the Home Affairs Committee was clear: we expect the enforcement and removal regime to be strengthened. Therefore, there are no plans for an amnesty, because that would cut against the position and direction of policy that we set out so clearly.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Damian Green
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
One suggestion that the Minister has already made to reduce the backlogs that plague his Department is an amnesty for all illegal immigrants. His predecessor rejected it because he could not give even a rough estimate of how many illegal immigrants there are in Britain. It would be highly irresponsible even to consider an amnesty without knowing the numbers that it would cover. I am sure that the Minister is not irresponsible, so can he give us that number?
Subjects
Administration; Standards; Reviews; Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Date
19 June 2006
Reference
447 c1065-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What steps he is taking to improve the administration of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
What steps he is taking to improve the administration of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
Asked by
Paul Rowen
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 June 2006
For answer on
19 June 2006
Answered on
19 June 2006
We are engaged in a review of the immigration and nationality directorate as part of the wider reform agenda for the Home Office.
Subjects
Administration; Standards; Reviews; Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Date
19 June 2006
Reference
447 c1064; 77881
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department issued to (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts between July and October 2005 on the differences between managerial or administrative changes and changes which impact on the planning, design and delivery of health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department issued to (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts between July and October 2005 on the differences between managerial or administrative changes and changes which impact on the planning, design and delivery of health services.
Asked by
John Baron
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2006
For answer on
13 February 2006
Answered on
10 March 2006
[holding answer 13 February 2006]: In September 2005, the office of strategic health authorities (SHAs) wrote to SHA chief executives with advice about the basis for consultation on primary care trust (PCT) and SHA reconfiguration. The letter made clear that this is not a consultation about services; and that, in so far as these administrative changes may lead to changes in the pattern of service provision, there will be subsequent and separate consultations about these.
Subjects
Administration; NHS
Date
10 March 2006
Reference
50824; 443 c1818W;443 c1818W
House
House of Commons
The obligations of everyone in the public sector to pay their bills on time is well set out. If there are instances of that not being observed which the hon. Gentleman wants to bring forward, I will happily look into them.
The obligations of everyone in the public sector to pay their bills on time is well set out. If there are instances of that not being observed which the hon. Gentleman wants to bring forward, I will happily look into them.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Stephen O'Brien
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Oral answers to questions
Without scapegoating strategic health authorities or the as yet non-operational NHS Business Services Authority, will the Minister give a guarantee that, in line with the Government's target, the Department will now stop the deliberate policy of long and damaging delays of due payments to suppliers to the NHS, such as PJ Care Ltd. in Milton Keynes and The Shred Safe Ltd. of St. Neots, which have waited more than 120 days to be paid? Is he not a little embarrassed that NHS trusts, by those unfair means, seek to mask their deficits, which were incurred as a direct result of implementing Government policy?
Subjects
Administration; NHS; NHS Business Services Authority
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
443 c710
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
One answer or two? As my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, North (Kelvin Hopkins) knows, about 50 per cent. of the Pensions Agency work is already outsourced and, under the terms of that contract, the winning contractor—out of the 33 organisations that bid—has first rights to bid on any expansion of that contract. That bid is under development now and our first assessment will need to be whether that bid is value for money, before it goes any further.
One answer or two? As my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, North (Kelvin Hopkins) knows, about 50 per cent. of the Pensions Agency work is already outsourced and, under the terms of that contract, the winning contractor—out of the 33 organisations that bid—has first rights to bid on any expansion of that contract. That bid is under development now and our first assessment will need to be whether that bid is value for money, before it goes any further.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Oral answers to questions
Apparently, PriceWaterhouseCoopers put out a report suggesting that the contracting out of the pension scheme administration would be challenging and pose a degree of business continuity risk. Is not this simply an attempt to privatise, driven by dogma?
Subjects
Administration; NHS; NHS Business Services Authority
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
443 c709
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Our priority is front-line care, where patients are served, and we are increasing resources at such a rate in the NHS that there is an obligation on us to use the money well. Plans for the BSA have brought together existing ideas for all four separate agencies and I hope to meet hon. Members soon to brief them. I know that my hon. Friend is concerned about one point in particular, and I wish to give him a word of reassurance. Where those plans will have an impact on working people, we will seek views from the Public and Commercial Services Union, Unison and others, because we recognise that they are working hard to protect their members' interests.
Our priority is front-line care, where patients are served, and we are increasing resources at such a rate in the NHS that there is an obligation on us to use the money well. Plans for the BSA have brought together existing ideas for all four separate agencies and I hope to meet hon. Members soon to brief them. I know that my hon. Friend is concerned about one point in particular, and I wish to give him a word of reassurance. Where those plans will have an impact on working people, we will seek views from the Public and Commercial Services Union, Unison and others, because we recognise that they are working hard to protect their members' interests.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
David Leslie Taylor
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Oral answers to questions
It is richly ironic for there to be no published business case for the creation of the Business Services Authority, which has been beset by undue haste, poor advice and wildly optimistic time scales. I extend my sympathies to my hon. Friend on inheriting that mess. Does he agree that the BSA has become an expensive parking bay for the five NHS agencies involved? Has he made any estimate of the cost of that sad and sorry saga so far?
Subjects
Administration; NHS; NHS Business Services Authority
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
443 c709
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Business Services Authority was established in October 2005. It will gain legal status on 1 April when the arm's length bodies that are merging into it are due to be abolished.
The Business Services Authority was established in October 2005. It will gain legal status on 1 April when the arm's length bodies that are merging into it are due to be abolished.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Administration; NHS; NHS Business Services Authority
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
443 c708
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If she will make a statement on progress with the establishment of the Business Services Authority. [56294]
If she will make a statement on progress with the establishment of the Business Services Authority. [56294]
Asked by
David Leslie Taylor
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 March 2006
For answer on
7 March 2006
Answered on
7 March 2006
The Business Services Authority was established in October 2005. It will gain legal status on 1 April when the arm's length bodies that are merging into it are due to be abolished.
Subjects
Administration; NHS; NHS Business Services Authority
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
443 c708; 56294
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I assure the hon. Gentleman that no final decisions have been taken, but as the business cases are finalised over the months to come, I can assure him also that if there are transfers of staff, we will observe best practice and ensure TUPE protection for any staff who are transferred. Furthermore, we will follow the joint statement of good practice that was agreed between Government, industry and unions in October last year, which sets out the standards on pay, conditions and service that we all expect to be observed.
I assure the hon. Gentleman that no final decisions have been taken, but as the business cases are finalised over the months to come, I can assure him also that if there are transfers of staff, we will observe best practice and ensure TUPE protection for any staff who are transferred. Furthermore, we will follow the joint statement of good practice that was agreed between Government, industry and unions in October last year, which sets out the standards on pay, conditions and service that we all expect to be observed.
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Asked by
Elfyn Llwyd
(Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Oral answers to questions
Will the Minister confirm that the BSA will underwrite all the costs of change and the redundancies inevitable in the transfer and outsourcing? If not, it will hide the true cost of the outsourcing and effectively shift the risk on to the public service, leaving the bidding contractors to cream off the maximum profit. Will he assure the House that that is not the case and will not happen?
Subjects
Administration; NHS; NHS Business Services Authority
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
443 c709
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) her Department, (b) Connecting for Health and (c) other NHS bodies have unfulfilled contractual minimum volume order obligations to local service providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) her Department, (b) Connecting for Health and (c) other NHS bodies have unfulfilled contractual minimum volume order obligations to local service providers.
Asked by
Richard Bacon
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 February 2006
For answer on
13 February 2006
Answered on
27 February 2006
The contracted minimum commitments to local service providers under the national programme for information technology in the national health service are expressed in terms of revenues rather than volumes. The minimum revenue commitments are spread across the 10-year term of the contracts, and, in the third year of a 10-year programme, have inevitably not yet been met.
Subjects
Contracts; Administration; Health services; NHS
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
51701; 443 c452W;443 c452W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the incremental funding available to the NHS since 1997 has been spent on (a) higher wages, (b) shorter working hours, (c) administrative costs including contractors, consultants and external legal expenses and (d) incremental medical services provided to patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the incremental funding available to the NHS since 1997 has been spent on (a) higher wages, (b) shorter working hours, (c) administrative costs including contractors, consultants and external legal expenses and (d) incremental medical services provided to patients.
Asked by
Lord Davies of Stamford
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 January 2006
For answer on
12 January 2006
Answered on
6 February 2006
The table gives details of the attribution of additional resources spent across the national health service since 1997.
| Cash accounting increase1997–98 to 2000–01 | Stage two resource accounting increase 2000–01 to 2004–05 | |
| Real increase in total NHS DEL (£ billion) | 7.6 | 20.0 |
| Apportionment of Increase: | ||
| Staff and pay (Percentage) | 47 | 53 |
| Of which: | ||
| Higher wages (Percentage) | 33 | 29 |
| Additional staff (Percentage) | 13 | 23 |
| Drugs (Percentage) | 17 | 13 |
| Others (Percentage) | 36 | 34 |
| Note: This analysis may not be directly comparable to previously published analyses due to revisions to forecasts, estimates and GDP deflators. | ||
| (43) Figures calculated in 2004–05 prices by applying Gross Domestic Product deflator. | ||
| (44) From 2003–04 onwards, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for the Department was increased by a switch from the exchequers annually managed expenditure spending to cover the increased costs of pensions. An addition of £1.6 billion was made to the NHS DEL to cover these costs from 2003–04 onwards. While this change affected the overall level of NHS Expenditure, they did not increase or decrease the spending power of the NHS. It is cost neutral. For purpose of comparability, the extra expenditure has been stripped out of pay and included in others. | ||
| (45) Pay has been estimated by combining NHS Accounts information, accounts data for foundation trusts from Monitor, and general medical practice data based on latest information on the new general practitioner contract. Increases in staff are based on census returns, the proportion of extra funds to new staff and pay is based annual comparison of growth in pay bill with growth in NHS staff numbers (weighted by pay). | ||
| (46) Examples of other incremental expenditure include: buildings, equipment, training, research and development, supplies of services. |
Subjects
Administration; Health services; Expenditure; NHS; Pay; Working hours
Date
6 February 2006
Reference
42187; 442 c983-5W;442 c983-5W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 849, if she will set out the figures for the proportion of the NHS budget spent in administrative costs since 1996.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 849, if she will set out the figures for the proportion of the NHS budget spent in administrative costs since 1996.
Asked by
Stephen Hesford
(Labour)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 December 2005
For answer on
12 December 2005
Answered on
6 February 2006
National health service administration costs as a percentage of total NHS expenditure have fallen since 1996–67. In 1996–97 NHS administration costs were 6.1 per cent. of the total NHS budget and in 2004–05 NHS administration costs were 4.9 per cent. of the total NHS Budget¹."¹ These figures are not directly comparable."
| Administration costs £ million | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | |
| Total administration costs in health authorities and primary care trusts and management costs in NHS trusts | 2,020 | 1,963 | 1,935 | 2,158 | 2,166 | 2,565 | n/a | 3,345 | 3,412 |
| NHS total expenditure (England) | 32,997 | 34,664 | 36,608 | 40,201 | 43,932 | 49,021 | 54,042 | 63,001 | 69,706 |
| As a percentage of total net NHS expenditure | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | n/a | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| n/a=Not available. Notes: 1. Health Authorities for 1996–97 to 2001–02. 2. Strategic Health Authorities 2003–04. 3. Primary Care Trusts 2000–01 to 2003–04. 4. NHS Trusts 1996–97 to 2003–04. 5. 2002–03 figures—contains significant, unmeasurable element of double counting of PCT costs in particular shared services. (See Background for PQ0774 for detail). 6. From 2004–05 NHS administration costs are calculated using admin and clerical figures from the administration and estates staff costs (cash terms). These figures are not directly comparable. 7. These figures do not contain NHS Foundation Trust counts, NHS Foundation Trusts report management costs separately to Monitor, the independent regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts, using DH management costs guidance as best practice. |
Subjects
Administration; Finance; Expenditure; NHS
Date
6 February 2006
Reference
37505; 442 c964W;442 c964W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her statement of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 849, on NHS finance, if she will provide details on how she calculates administrative costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her statement of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 849, on NHS finance, if she will provide details on how she calculates administrative costs.
Asked by
Lord Lansley
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 November 2005
For answer on
21 November 2005
Answered on
6 February 2006
National health service administration costs were collected centrally from annual accounts returns reported by the NHS. NHS administration cost expenditure was not collected prior to 1996–97 or post 2003–04 in this manner. From 2004–05, NHS administration costs are calculated using administrative and clerical figures from the administration and estates staff costs (cash terms). These figures are not directly comparable.These figures do not contain NHS foundation trusts (NHSFTs), who report management costs separately to Monitor, the independent regulator for NHSFTs, using the Department's management costs guidance as best practice.
Subjects
Administration; Costs; Finance; NHS
Date
6 February 2006
Reference
442 c981-2W;442 c981-2W; 31099
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health further to her statement of 15 November 22005, Official Report, column 849, on NHS finance, if she will publish the analysis from which her statement was derived, with the cost increase between 1999–2000 and 2004–05 broken down by (a) medical secretaries, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health further to her statement of 15 November 22005, Official Report, column 849, on NHS finance, if she will publish the analysis from which her statement was derived, with the cost increase between 1999–2000 and 2004–05 broken down by (a) medical secretaries, (b)...
Asked by
Lord Lansley
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 November 2005
For answer on
21 November 2005
Answered on
6 February 2006
Information on cost increases for the specific staff categories requested is not collected centrally.The analysis of administration as a proportion of the total national health service budget calculated to 2003–04 is shown in the table.
Administration spend includes administration costs in health authorities and primary care trusts and management costs in NHS trusts¹.NHS Administration Cost figures for 2004–5 are not directly comparable due to a change in collection methods²."Sources:"¹ Audited summarisation schedules of health authorities, strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and NHS trusts for 1999–2000 and 2003–04 as appropriate.
² Admin and Clerical figures from Admin and Estates Staffing Costs (cash terms).
| £000 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 2003–04 | |
| Administration spend | 2,158,000 | 3,345,000 |
| Total NHS spend | 40,201,000 | 63,001,000 |
| Administration as percentage of NHS spend | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2004–05 (£ million) | |
| Administration spend | 3,412 |
| Total NHS spend | 69,706 |
| Administration as percentage of NHS spend | 4.9 |
Subjects
Administration; Finance; Expenditure; NHS
Date
6 February 2006
Reference
442 c980-1W;442 c980-1W; 31098
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department has issued to (a) primary care trusts, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) other NHS organisations on their obligations under Section 11 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 in relation to (i) primary care trust mergers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department has issued to (a) primary care trusts, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) other NHS organisations on their obligations under Section 11 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 in relation to (i) primary care trust mergers...
Asked by
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2005
For answer on
2 November 2005
Answered on
9 January 2006
There is no duty to consult under section 11 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (the 2001 Act) because the strategic health authority (SHA), primary care trust (PCT) and ambulance trust reconfiguration proposals amount to managerial and administrative changes only. However, if there are any proposals to make changes to service provision put forward in the future by the newly reconfigured organisations, there will be a duty on those organisations to involve and consult patients and the public on those proposals under section 11 of the 2001 Act.The following regulations apply to the present consultation:"National Health Service Trusts (Consultation on Establishment and Dissolution) Regulations 1996 (Statutory Instrument (SI) 1996/657) (the 1996 Regulations)""Primary Care Trusts (Consultation on Establishment, Dissolution and Transfer of Staff) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2337) (the 1999 Regulations)""Strategic Health Authorities (Consultation on Changes) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1617) (the 2003 Regulations)."Consultation guidance has been issued to all SHAs. Further to this, we are making it clear to SHAs that when preparing their summaries of the consultation responses, all views generated as a result of the consultation must be taken into account, even where these views vary from the options set out in their consultation document.
Legislation
Health and Social Care Act 2001
Subjects
Administration; Health services; NHS; Public participation
Date
9 January 2006
Reference
24396; 441 c125W;441 c124-5W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the temporary staff costs were for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) other healthcare professionals, (d) managers and (e) administrative staff in each strategic health authority in England in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the temporary staff costs were for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) other healthcare professionals, (d) managers and (e) administrative staff in each strategic health authority in England in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Answered by
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 December 2005
For answer on
5 December 2005
Answered on
9 January 2006
The Department collects expenditure information on non national health service staff for local NHS organisations including strategic health authorities (SHAs). Non-NHS staff expenditure figures include all agency staff and any other staff not directly employed by these bodies. Information relating to spend for the relevant staff groups in each SHA in England from 2002–03, when these were established is shown in the tables. Information relating to the costs of temporary managers is not collected centrally.The rise in agency staff spend over the years covered in the tables has tracked the rise in established posts over the period. Data for 2004–05 has not yet been verified but it suggests that expenditure in agency staff in the NHS has dropped significantly.Reducing agency spend is part of the Department's contribution to the £6.5 billion Gershon efficiency target and the 10 human resource high impact changes as highlighted in, ““A workforce response to local delivery plans: a challenge for NHS Boards””.
| HFR 25B: Salaries and wages non NHS staff (agency, etc.)—expenditure (£)—England 2003–04 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non NHS staff (agency etc.) | |||||
| SHA code | SHA name | Medical | Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff | Administrativeand clerical |
| 151 | 153 | 154 | 160 | ||
| Q01 | Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76,571 |
| Q02 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA | — | — | — | 221,983 |
| Q03 | Essex Strategic HA | — | — | — | 187,248 |
| Q04 | North West London Strategic HA | — | — | — | 318,325 |
| Q05 | North Central London Strategic HA | — | 4,024 | — | 425,939 |
| Q06 | North East London Strategic HA | — | — | — | 614,906 |
| Q07 | South East London Strategic HA | 73,083 | — | — | 88,577 |
| Q08 | South West London Strategic HA | — | — | — | 49,899 |
| Q09 | Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic HA | — | — | — | 154,736 |
| Q10 | County Durham and Tees Valley SHA | — | — | — | 76,336 |
| Q11 | North and East Yorkshire and N Lincs SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,997 |
| Q12 | West Yorkshire Strategic HA | — | — | — | 60,269 |
| Q13 | Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic HA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108,334 |
| Q14 | Greater Manchester Strategic HA | — | — | — | 119,610 |
| Q15 | Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic HA | — | — | — | 53,300 |
| Q16 | Thames Valley Strategic HA | — | — | — | 119,316 |
| Q17 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic HA | — | — | — | 134,793 |
| Q18 | Kent and Medway Strategic HA | — | — | — | 146,107 |
| Q19 | Surrey and Sussex Strategic HA | — | — | — | 370,204 |
| Q20 | Avon, Gloucestershire And Wiltshire SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56,830 |
| Q21 | South West Peninsula Strategic HA | — | — | — | 172,476 |
| Q22 | Dorset and Somerset Strategic HA | — | — | — | 97,104 |
| Q23 | South Yorkshire Strategic HA | — | — | — | 52,797 |
| Q24 | Trent Strategic HA | — | — | — | 80,758 |
| Q25 | Leics, Northants and Rutland SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161,367 |
| Q26 | Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA | — | — | — | 76,685 |
| Q27 | Birmingham and the Black Country SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155,312 |
| Q28 | West Midlands South Strategic HA | — | — | — | 36,124 |
| England total | 73,083 | 4,024 | 0 | 4,245,903 | |
| Source: Annual Financial Returns of Strategic Health Authorities | |||||
| (43) Due to being host for Shared Business Services has resulted in £6 million expenditure for temporary staff. |
| HFR 25B: Salaries and wages non NHS staff (agency, etc.)—expenditure (£)—England 2002–03 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non NHS staff (agency etc.) | |||||
| SHA code | SHA name | Medical | Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff | Administrative and clerical |
| 151 | 153 | 154 | 160 | ||
| Q01 | Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA | — | — | 5,334 | 48,068 |
| Q02 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA | — | — | — | 99,105 |
| Q03 | Essex Strategic HA | 17,609 | — | — | 185,961 |
| Q04 | North West London Strategic HA | — | — | — | 246,788 |
| Q05 | North Central London Strategic HA | — | 20,391 | — | 276,659 |
| Q06 | North East London Strategic HA | 427 | — | — | 303,374 |
| Q07 | South East London Strategic HA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141,482 |
| Q08 | South West London Strategic HA | — | — | 2,668 | 243,574 |
| Q09 | Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 ,995 |
| Q10 | County Durham and Tees Valley SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198,649 |
| Q11 | North and East Yorkshire and N Lings SHA | — | — | — | 39,171 |
| Q12 | West Yorkshire Strategic HA | — | — | — | 158,511 |
| Q13 | Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic HA | 54,000 | 0 | 0 | 9,379 |
| Q14 | Greater Manchester Strategic HA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174,108 |
| Q15 | Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic HA | — | — | — | 68,361 |
| Q16 | Thames Valley Strategic HA | — | — | — | 114,647 |
| Q17 | Hampshire and Isle Of Wight Strategic HA | — | — | — | 272,340 |
| Q18 | Kent and Medway Strategic HA | — | — | — | 205,286 |
| Q19 | Surrey and Sussex Strategic HA | — | — | — | 922,225 |
| Q20 | Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q21 | South West Peninsula Strategic HA | — | — | — | 191,420 |
| Q22 | Dorset and Somerset Strategic HA | 1,557 | — | 723 | 53,831 |
| Q23 | South Yorkshire Strategic HA | — | — | — | 21,703 |
| Q24 | Trent Strategic HA | — | — | — | 111,248 |
| Q25 | Leics, Northants and Rutland SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 434,765 |
| Q26 | Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA | — | — | — | — |
| Q27 | Birmingham and the Black Country SHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120,547 |
| Q28 | Cov, Warks, Herefordshire and Worcs SHA | — | — | — | 28,883 |
| England total | 73,593 | 20,391 | 8,725 | 4,782,080 | |
| Source: Annual Financial Returns of Strategic Health Authorities |
Subjects
Administration; Costs; Agency nurses; Doctors; Expenditure; Health professions; NHS; Pay; Managers; Nurses; Temporary employment
Date
9 January 2006
Reference
35159; 441 c171-4W;441 c172-4W
House
House of Commons