§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to provide for the retraining and redeployment of nurse teachers who are displaced as a result of the proposed reduction in the number of nursing students.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 19 July 1994]: It is for health boards as employers of Colleges of Nursing and Midwifery teaching and other staff, to determine what action should be taken in relation to surplus staff, in the light of local circumstances.
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§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total cost of the changes in nurse education since 1989 which result from the introduction of Project 2000.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 19 July 1994]: The total cost to nurse education of the introduction in 1992 of Project 2000 is not separately identifiable. However, additional specific funding of approximately £57 million was made to health boards between 1990–91 and 1993–94. From 1994–5 onwards this additional funding is not identified separately in the health boards' allocations.