§ Mr. John BaronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many closures of midwifery-led units since 1997 were due to a shortage of staff; and what the other reasons for closure were; [144658]
(2) whether consultant-led midwifery units have had higher vacancy rates than midwife-led maternity units in each of the last six years; and what the average difference was for each year. [144661]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answers 16 December 2003]: The information requested is not collected centrally.