HC Deb 05 May 1993 vol 224 cc125-6W
Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many community midwives are employed by each health board in Northern Ireland.

Average equivalised disposable income and percentage shares by households type and by quintile groups of households ranked by equivalised disposable income
Using the McClements equivalence scale re-scaled so that a household of one adult = 1
£ per year
Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th Top All
1979
Households with children
Average 1,161 1,706 2,223 2,882 4,462 2,405
Percentage share of total income 2 6 10 10 9 37
Other households
Average 1,186 1,654 2,240 2,947 4,494 2,558
Percentage share of total income 7 7 8 13 27 63

Mr. Hanley

[holding answer 30 April 1993]: The number of community midwives employed by each health and social services board at 31 December 1992 was as follows:

Board Number Whole-time equivalent
Eastern 61 57.45
Northern 35 31.13
Southern 27 23.65
Western 42 41.75