§ Mr. SimsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish details of the numbers of qualified, unqualified and learner nursing staff who joined the NHS in each year since 1991.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information for 1993 is shown in the table. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave him on 21 June 1993,Official Report, columns 28–29 for information on previous years.
1993 Numbers Qualified 12,590 Unqualified n/a WTE (1993) Qualified 11,810 Unqualified n/a Pre-registration nursing Initial entries and re-entries Level 1 11992–93 Traditional 3,886 P20002 12,035 1 Year ending 31 March 1993. 2 Project 2000 learners are regarded as supernumerary and are not included in workforce numbers. Totals taken from ENB Annual Report 1992–93 (Table 5–2). Source: 1991 KM45 and KM46, 1992 onwards KM48.
n/a = not available.
All figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Figures for 1992 are based on returns from 12 regions. For 1993 numbers are based on returns from 11 regions and whole time equivalents on returns from 12.