Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Monday, 4 April 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure in the NHS in England sourced (a) from NHS banks, (b) from nursing agencies and (c) by NHS Professionals was in each financial year since 1997-98 on temporary qualified nursing staff.

Answer: Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total expenditure in the NHS in England sourced (a) from NHS banks, (b) from nursing agencies and (c) by NHS professionals was in each financial year since 1997-98 on temporary qualified nursing staff. [224843] Mr. Hutton: The Department does not collect information from trusts according to the categories identified. Information is collected from trusts on their total spend on non-national health service nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff. For figures since 1997-98, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on 16 December 2004, Official Report, column 1329W. The figure provided for 2003-04 has now been audited and is correct.

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