To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new registrations of health visitors there were in each year from 1999 to 2004. (284464)

This information is not collected centrally; the Nursing and Midwifery Council maintains health visitor registrations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new entries were included on the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Register and annotated as qualified in the health visitor area of practice in each 12 month period from August 2004. (284582)

This information is not collected centrally; the Nursing and Midwifery Council maintains all nursing registrations.