§ Mr. RobathanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the average rates of pay for nurses employed(a) on NHS Direct and (b) in the rest of the NHS. [106784]
§ Mr. DenhamThe recently published results of the Department's August 1999 National Health Service Earning Survey, copies of which are available in the Library, show that the estimated average full-time equivalent salary for all qualified NHS nurses on national payscales was £19,300 after the pay awards for April 2000 are taken into account, and £22,200 if all other payments, e.g. allowances and overtime, are included. Information about the pay for nurses employed by NHS Direct cannot be separately identified from the pay of other qualified nurses.