HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 c1031W
Mr. Trickett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing staff were employed in the Wakefield district in(a) 1979 and (b) 1996. [20722]

Mr. Malone

The information requested is not available in the form requested. There were 2,690 whole-time equivalent nursing and midwifery staff employed by the national health service hospital and community health services in the Wakefield health authority area in 1979. Figures for 1996 are not yet available.