HC Deb 28 April 1994 vol 242 cc296-7W
Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the whole-time equivalent numbers of(a) agency and (b) bank nursing and midwifery staff employed in the NHS for each year since 1987.

Mr. Ancram

There are no agency nurses employed in the health and personal social services in Northern Ireland. Information on the number of bank nurses, whole-time equivalent, is only available from 1990 and is as follows:

Number
1990 40.38
1991 47.40
1992 42.46
1993 58.74

There are no bank midwifery staff.

Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many qualified NHS nurses and midwives, unqualified NHS nursing staff and nursing learners there were in each year since 1993; and what percentage each group was of the total NHS and midwifery staff in each year.

Mr. Ancram

The information, at December 1993, is as follows:

Whole time equivalent Percentage of all nurses Percentage of total NHS staff
Trained nursing 12,230.88 77.19 28.58
Student nursing 230.10 1.45 0.54
Other nursing 3,384.69 21.36 7.91

Note: Figures for Student Nursing represent traditional students and exclude 1694 Project 2000 students.

Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the numbers of whole-time equivalent NHS nursing and midwifery staff employed on each grade and pay point of the clinical grades, educational grades and senior nursing and midwifery pay spine in each year since 1990.

1991 1992 1993 1994
Senior Nursing Staff 74.11 65.00 66.00 56.00
Scale A 2,737.79 2,899.24 2,807.74 285.37
Scale B 226.68 342.47 430.92 522.21
Scale C 1,124.27 995.37 907.95 798.52
Scale D 3,448.58 3,798.34 3,818.30 4,097.26
Scale E 4,884.96 4,733.83 4,536.20 4,374.00
Scale F 430.92 419.23 438.31 422.27
Scale G 2,221.14 2,142.14 2,034.61 1,905.79
Scale H 183.40 223.40 241.59 238.59
Scale I 184.64 165.67 155.27 136.27
Educational Grades 284.73 288.80 282.09 274.87

Note: Information for 1990 and details of nurses on pay points is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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