§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and community psychiatric nurses expressed as whole-time equivalents at September 1988, September 1989, September 1990, September 1991 and September 1992.
§ Mr. AncramInformation on health visitors, district nurses and school nurses is available only on a comparative basis for the three years 1990 to 1992 and is set out in the table, expressed as whole-time equivalents at September of each year.
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1990 1991 1992 Health visitors 324.41 395.37 454.53 District nurses 619.06 639.12 719.30 School nurses 70.22 71.50 85.45 Information on community psychiatric nurses is available only for 1992 and is set out in the table, expressed as whole-time equivalents at September.
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Health visitors 540.61 538.61 537.61 1— 1— District nurses 842.95 842.95 842.95 1— 1— School nurses 110.43 110.43 110.43 1— 1— Community psychiatric nurses 371.01 384.51 384.51 1— 1— Planned secondments by Health and Personal Social Services employing authorities in each year are as follows: Health visitors students 6.00 8.00 6.00 6.00 1— District nurse students 20.00 18.00 17.00 17.00 1— 1 Information is not available centrally.