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Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of midwifery staff whole-time equivalents in each of the last five years.
Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.
| Year | Midwifery staff |
| 1987 | 23,300 |
| 1988 | 23,310 |
| 1989 | 22,940 |
| 1990 | 23,770 |
| 1991 | 23,040 |
Notes:
Figures for England, as of 30 September and are quoted in whole-time equivalents.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Figures include hospital and community midwives, senior nurses/midwives and directors of nursing services working within midwifery, and student midwives.