To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what format data on NHS jobs at a local level (a) are being collected in 2006-07 and (b) were collected in 1997-98. (106663)

The NHS Jobs e-recruitment service went live in 2003. NHS employers manage the service on behalf of national health service organisations. The system provides up to date data on NHS jobs on request, which can be used locally, regionally and nationally.