HC Deb 26 October 1998 vol 318 c69W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of(a) midwives and (b) health visitors have received accredited training in the teaching of breast feeding. [56019]

Mr. Milburn

All education programmes approved by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting leading to registration as a midwife or health visitor include the teaching of principles concerned with breast feeding and infant nutrition.