HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 c601W
Mr. Swayne

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money his Department will spend in the current financial year on advertisements intended to encourage people to return to the nursing profession. [79389]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

The Welsh Office has spent £12,000 in the current financial year on its nurse recruitment campaign. As a result of a survey of individual Trusts' needs, advertisements will be placed in local newspapers in the new financial year to attract registered nurses back to the NHS in Wales. These additional costs are as yet unknown.

Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.