§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the full year cost for 1989–90 of the nurses and midwifery staff pay award.
§ Mr. MellorWe estimate the cost of this year's pay award to nurses in the hospital and community health services in England will be £731 million. The extra £110 million my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State announced on 13 October together with the additional funding provided in April means we have met the cost of the award in full.