§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the average cost of(a) a locum doctor and (b) an agency nurse for one day. [178478]
§ Mr. HuttonThis information is not held centrally. Although the Department collects data on overall expenditure on non-national health service staff by NHS trusts and primary care trusts, it does not collect separate information on the numbers of days worked by temporary staff, or on expenditure on agency staff.