HC Deb 12 January 1988 vol 125 c239W
20. Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses and midwives were working in Wessex(a) in May 1979 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

67. Mr. Butterfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses and midwives were working in Wessex(a) in 1979 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Newton

The number of nurses and midwives working in Wessex was 19,660 at 30 September 1979, and 23,060 at 30 September 1986.