Community Nurses

Mr. Burnett
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the spending on community nurses in each health authority in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; [15659](2) if he will list the average spending on community nurses for English health authorities in each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15660](3) if he will list the spending on community nurses in England

(a) in cash terms and (b) at 1979 prices for each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15661]

Mr. Milburn
Information on spending on community health nursing can not be separated centrally from expenditure on all nursing staff. The table shows expenditure on community nursing services of which community nursing staff will form the major part. The information is not available for individual health authorities. ---------
|Year   |
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|1979–80|
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|1980–81|
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|1981–82|
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|1982–83|
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|1983–84|
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|1984–85|
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|South and West Devon                   |
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|Cornwall and Isles of Scilly           |
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|North and East Devon                   |
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|Average per health authority in England|
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