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Mr. Sims
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish details of the whole-time equivalent numbers of (a) agency and (b) bank nursing and midwifery staff employed in the NHS for each year from 1987 to 1992.
Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.
| Bank | Agency | |
| 1987 | 4,920 | 6,130 |
| 1988 | 5,830 | 6,240 |
| 1989 | 5,910 | 7,230 |
| 1990 | 6,230 | 6,710 |
| 1991 | 8,540 | 3,930 |
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalent.
Mr. Sims
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish details of the numbers of qualified NHS nurses and midwives, unqualified NHS nursing staff and nursing learners representing these as a percentage of the total
| National Health Service Nursing and Midwifery Staff (excluding agency) at 30 September, England (whole-time equivalents) | ||||||
| 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | ||||
| Whole time equivalent | Percentage of total | Whole time equivalent | Percentage of total | Whole lime equivalent | Percentage of total | |
| Total Nursing and Midwifery | 398,050 | 100·0 | 398,360 | 100·0 | 402,700 | 100·0 |
| Qualified | 242,190 | 60·8 | 242,340 | 60·8 | 243,250 | 60·4 |
| Unqualified | 90,880 | 22·8 | 90,450 | 22·7 | 90,550 | 22·5 |
| Traditional Learners | 63,310 | 15·9 | 58,840 | 14·8 | 47,340 | 11·8 |
| Project 2000 | — | 0·0 | 3,000 | 0·8 | 10,500 | 2·6 |
| Unknown | 1,680 | 0·4 | 3,730 | 0·9 | 11,050 | 2·7 |
Note:
Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalent.