§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many whole-time equivalent(a) health visitors, (b) school nurses, (c) district nurses and (d) community psychiatric nurses were in training in each region in 297W September of each year since 1990 broken down by (i) gender and (ii) ethnic origin. [36724]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesReliable information is not available prior to 1993 and information on the number of school nurses in training is not collected centrally. Nor is information on the ethnic origin of students. The available information, which relates to the number whose courses are commissioned centrally, is given in the following table.
Numbers commencing training in September of each year 1993 1994 1995 Male Female Male Female Male Female Health visitors — 33 1 25 1 26 District nurses 1 31 1 29 — 35 Community Psychiatric nurses — 16 7 11 10 12 Source:
Education purchasing unit, Welsh Health Common Services Authority.