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Mr. Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of trained midwives in (a) England, (b) Leeds Eastern health authority and (c) Leeds Western health authority for each of the years 1983 to 1988.
Mr. Newton
The figures requested are shown in the table. Figures for 30 September 1986 are the latest available to this level of detail.
| NHS qualified midwives1at 30 September of each year | |||
| Whole-time equivalent2 | |||
| England | Leeds Eastern health authority | Leeds Western health authority | |
| 1983 | 17,316 | 135 | 114 |
| 1984 | 17,832 | 145 | 119 |
| 1985 | 18,431 | 157 | 120 |
| 1986 | 18,850 | 149 | 123 |
| 1 Excludes learners and agency staff. | |||
| 2 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent. | |||
Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.