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Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent midwives were employed in the NHS in each of the last five years.
Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.
| Midwifery staff. England 1987–91 | |
| Whole-time equivalent | |
| 1987 | 19,130 |
| 1988 | 19,090 |
| 1989 | 19,110 |
| 1990 | 19,860 |
| 1991 | 19,640 |
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.