Midwives: Manpower

Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwives were employed in the National Health Service in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. (291794)

The numbers of midwives employed in the national health service in York Hospitals NHS Trust, North Yorkshire Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts, and England in 2005-2008 are shown in the following table:

*NHS hospital and community health services: Midwives in England, Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority and North Yorkshire Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts*
Headcount as at 30 September each specified year
	2005	2006	2007	2008
England	24,808	24,469	25,093	25,664

Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority	2,539	2,445	2,449	2,472

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	62	65	70	71
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust	74	76	75	71
Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT	1	—	—	—
York Hospitals NHS Trust	129	125	131	130
Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce census.

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009