§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what monitoring takes place by his Department of the use of external consultants by non-departmental public bodies. [16748]
§ Mr. HagueThe use of external consultants by those non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department is subject to the same controls as apply to all their activities which are funded by public expenditure. These include operating within the parameters of management statements and financial memoranda agreed with the Treasury and the Department, audit scrutiny and a structured programme of corporate planning.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many student nurses have been accepted on courses under Project 2000 in each year since its commencement; how many student nurses have dropped out during their courses; and how many Project 2000 qualified nurses have not taken up employment as nurses in the national health service in Wales. [16769]
§ Mr. HagueThe information is as follows. Information on numbers who have not taken up employment in the national health service in Wales is not collected centrally.
P2000 nurse students Wales 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Starters 100 927 786 656 725 788 Leavers during course 12 216 174 114 79 52