§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department plans to make available (i) in East Sussex and (ii) nationally to support the training of nurses. [79489]
§ Mr. DenhamThe Sussex Education Consortium, which covers East and west Sussex, plans to spend £16.5 million on the pre and post-registration education and training of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the 1999–2000 financial year. Consortia, nationally, plan to spend £513 million on nursing and midwifery training in 1999–2000.