HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 c644W
Adam Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on agency nursing staff in(a) the UK and (b) each component nation in the last year for which figures are available. [23979]

Mr. Hutton

The current provisional figure for expenditure on non-national health service staffing in England in 2000 –01, including the cost of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, is £447 million. It is not possible to identify separately, the cost of agency nursing staff with this total.

The figures for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are matters for the devolved Administrations.