§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the amount of spending in each regional health authority on agency nurses in 1989–90.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyInformation derived from the annual accounts of regional and district health authorities in England together with those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals is shown in the table.
Revenue expenditure on non-national health service (agency, etc.) nursing staff—1989–90 Region £'000 (cash) Northern 52 Yorkshire 2,527 Trent 1,872 East Anglian 3,073 North West Thames 27,681 North East Thames 32,911 South East Thames 20,336 South West Thames 17,255 Wessex 4,595 Oxford 2,624 South Western 2,820 West Midlands 6,668 Mersey 1,541 North Western 1,678 Regions total 125,633 Special health authorities 9,344 England 134,977