§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 4 March 2002,Official Report, column 141 W, on nursing staff, what his targets are for
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Partnerships and single-handed partnerships of unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1 in England by 2001 Health Authorities, 1997–2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Region name HA name HA code All partnerships of which which single-handed All parnterships of which single-handed All partnerships of which single- handed All partnerships of which single- handed All partnerships of which single- handed Northern & Yorkshire Bradford HA QDD 96 32 98 35 100 38 98 37 98 34 Calderdale & Kirklees HA QDT 113 46 111 41 112 39 110 39 111 38 County Durham Health commission QDE 86 20 88 26 87 23 85 22 86 22 East Riding HA QDF 102 33 100 32 98 33 97 34 97 32 Gateshead & South Tyneside HA QDG 62 20 62 19 59 18 60 16 62 17 Leeds Healthcare QDH 125 28 124 27 126 29 125 26 125 29 Newcastle & North Tyneside HA QDJ 75 11 74 10 73 9 70 7 69 6 North Cumbria HA QDK 56 12 56 11 55 9 55 10 55 11 North Yorkshire HA QDR 112 14 111 12 109 10 108 10 110 13 Northumberland HA QDM 51 9 53 9 53 10 53 11 52 10 Sunderland HA QDN 52 15 54 18 54 17 55 18 54 15 Tees HA QDP 84 19 88 24 84 18 81 15 81 12 Wakefield Health Care QDQ 45 8 45 7 44 8 44 8 44 7 Trent Barnsley HA QCG 43 15 41 12 41 14 43 16 43 16 Doncaster HA QCK 53 20 52 19 53 21 52 21 51 18 Leicestershire HA QCL 156 48 157 50 153 49 149 46 150 45 Lincolnshire HA QCM 105 20 104 21 108 23 106 23 106 23 North Derbyshire HA QCH 62 16 61 12 60 10 59 11 59 8 North Nottinghamshire HA QCN 60 17 63 19 63 19 62 17 63 18 Nottingham HA QCP 116 32 117 33 119 35 119 32 118 30 Rotherham HA QCQ 41 17 41 17 41 18 40 15 40 15 Sheffield HA QCR 107 24 99 14 98 13 97 13 95 10 South Humber HA QDL 64 28 62 26 61 26 58 25 58 25 Southern Derbyshire HA QCJ 86 16 84 13 80 13 81 10 80 12 Eastern Bedfordshire HA QA6 93 25 94 26 92 23 93 24 92 24 Cambridgeshire HA QER 106 10 105 9 103 10 109 15 110 18 Hertfordshire QEX 143 27 144 31 139 24 140 28 138 29 Norfolk HA QET 109 18 109 18 110 14 106 10 106 10 North Essex HA QAX 137 27 138 27 138 28 140 31 134 25 South Essex HA QAY 146 68 147 69 147 72 148 74 144 70 Suffolk HA QCF 92 13 93 13 92 12 92 13 93 16 London Barking & Havering HA QAP 99 57 96 51 97 53 97 50 98 54 Barnet, Enfield & Haringey HA QEW 203 86 206 91 206 94 207 95 209 93 Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich HA QEY 144 58 145 59 146 62 143 55 143 58 Brent & Harrow HA QAR 124 54 122 53 120 51 117 49 119 46 Camden & Islington HA QAT 102 49 106 56 98 46 98 46 97 44 Croydon HA QAD 69 24 70 23 70 25 68 24 67 27 filling modern matron posts; and what additional funding has been made available to help fill these posts. [42620]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 12 March 2002]: When launching guidance to the NHS in April 2001, we announced that there would be around 2,000 matrons throughout the NHS by 2004, and 500 in post by April 2002. Posts are funded from general allocations to Health Authorities.