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Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each year since 1981 the number of whole-time equivalent qualified midwives working in Northern Ireland (a) in hospital maternity units, (b) in special care baby units, (c) in education and (d) as community midwives.
Mr. Needham
[holding answer 26 April 1988]: The information requested is as follows:
| Whole-time equivalent (WTE) of qualified midwives | |||
| Year | Hospital1 | Education | Community2 |
| 1981 | 841·17 | 20·75 | 116·20 |
| 1982 | 850·71 | 22·42 | 127·95 |
| 1983 | 858·52 | 23·00 | 132·21 |
| 1984 | 915·23 | 23·50 | 141·51 |
| 1985 | 907·80 | 23·75 | 143·24 |
| 1986 | 861·07 | 24·50 | 152·82 |
| 1987 | 877·20 | 25·33 | 169·10 |
| 1 It is not possible to distinguish between midwives working in hospital maternity units and those working in special care baby | |||
units.
2 The WTE figure for community midwives includes 20 per cent. of the total WTE service provided by district/nurse midwives.