§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing for Northern Ireland the numbers and percentages of nurses, midwives, health visitors and other staff affected by the nursing and midwifery staff negotiations, in each grade, for each health board in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
Numbers and percentages of all clinical staff assimilated to each of the new grades by health and social services boards Eastern Northern Southern Western A Percentage 18 16 20 17 Numbers 1,412 387 516 407 B Percentage 1 — — 1 Numbers 78 — — 24 C Percentage 8 18 15 13 Numbers 628 435 387 312 D Percentage 22 16 11 9 Numbers 1,726 387 284 216 E Percentage 32 26 32 37 Numbers 2,510 629 825 886 F Percentage 3 5 4 5 Numbers 236 122 103 120 G Percentage 14 15 15 15 Numbers 1,098 363 387 359 H Percentage 1 2 2 1 Numbers 78 48 51 24 I Percentage 1 2 1 2 Numbers 78 48 26 48 Staff in post (whole-time equivalents) 7,844 2,419 2,579 2,396