§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the percentage of agency nurses employed by the national health service at the present time.
§ Mr. DorrellThe latest available information relates to 30 September 1989 and shows that agency nursing and midwifery staff accounted for less than 2 per cent. of the total wholetime equivalent nursing and midwifery staff employed in the national health service in England.