To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the Leeds western health authority (a) what was the average increase in midwives' pay following the recent regrading, (b) how many midwives received increases of £2,000 or more and (c) how many midwives are employed on the F grade, E grade and D grade.

We hold no information centrally on average pay increases for groups of staff within an individual district health authority, or on the numbers of staff within a district who received increases of a given amount.The only information we hold here on the results of clinical regrading at district level relates to the assimilation at 1 April 1988 from old grades to new. This information has already been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to introduce an appeal procedure for student midwives; and if he will make a statement.

Midwifery students already have a right of appeal under a long-standing agreement between the management and trades union sides of the General Whitley council on procedures for settling differences over NHS employees' conditions of service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of home delivery training is given to trainee midwives in the Trent regional health authority ; and what is the percentage nationally.

We do not hold this infomation centrally. I suggest the hon. Member writes to the chairman of the Trent regional health authority for the information he seeks.