HC Deb 12 June 1981 vol 6 cc229-30W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Emploment how many trained nurses are now registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 12 March, the latest date for which an occupational analysis of the numbers unemployed is available, there were 5,657 unemployed people registered at employment offices in the United Kingdom for employment as State registered nurses, State enrolled nurses or State certified midwives.