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Welsh Office

Answer

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the hospital and community health services nurses who are (a) qualified, (b) unqualified, (c) midwives, (d) learner staff and (e) Project 2000 students, as whole-time equivalents, employed in each year since 1991. [18898] Mr. Gwilym Jones: The information is given in the information table. Details for midwifery staff are included in the figures and are not available separately. Nursing and midwifery staff{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Qualified{2} 17,633 17,763 17,650 16,565 16,647 Unqualified 7,019 7,355 7,222 6,616 6,636 Education staff 376 333 263 238 63 Not known{3} 22 104 288 1,802 1,382 Learners{4} 2,934 1,970 1,033 144 7 Project 2000 students{5} 100 1,078 1,871 1,969 1,951 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Whole-time equivalents as at 30 September. Staff on local pay scales for whom no details of grade are available centrally are included as grade not known--this may affect the comparability of figures for other groups over time. Figures for 1996 are not shown because of a substantial increase in the number of nurses for whom these details are not available centrally. {2} Grades C and above. {3} Staff on local pay scales for whom no details of grade are available centrally. {4} Pre-registration learners. Excludes Project 2000 students. {5} Numbers at April. Figures supplied by Education Purchasing Unit, WHCSA.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18898; 292 c40-2W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Hospitals Nurses Staff Midwives Training Wales Students Community nurses