HC Deb 06 November 2002 vol 392 cc448-9W
Mr. Lyons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing the use of bank staff within the NHS. [59185]

Mr. Hutton

[pursuant to his reply, 12 June 2002, c. 1315 W]: I regret my previous answer contained a numerical error.

The data on the overall the NHS workforce should read that it has "increased by 4.3 per cent. to 1,166,600.", and not, as my original answer suggested "1,1666,000".