§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the amount spent by district health authorities on agency nurses in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. NewtonFollowing is the information derived from the annual accounts of district health authorities in England:—
Expenditure on Non–NHS Staff (Agency, etc.)—Nursing Year £ 1982–83 31,262,646 1983–84 27,685,596 1984–85 36,912,356 1985–86 46,965,803 1986–87 164,897,347 1 Provisional (ie as yet unaudited) figure.