§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many whole time equivalent nurses were employed in Wales on 31 January. [71155]
Mr. Jon Owen JonesInformation on NHS staff is currently collected centrally on a quarterly basis. At 30 September 1998, the latest date for which information is available, there were 23,691 whole-time equivalent staff directly employed by the NHS in the nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff group.
Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.