§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many international nurse recruitment agencies have failed to adhere to the code of practice on ethical recruitment; and how many such agencies NHS organisations have been instructed not to deal with. [144314]
§ Mr. HuttonOf the agencies on the code of practice list, the Department has asked 17 agencies for further details of their recruitment activities to ensure that they are compliant with the code. To date, none has been removed from the list, as no breaches of the code have been identified.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a list of nursing agencies which comply with the code of practice on ethical nursing recruitment. [144315]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department has published a list of agencies which adhere to the code of practice on its website: www.doh.gov.uk/international-recruitment.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the(a) salary and (b) support costs of his Department's Director of International Recruitment for Health Services are in 2003—04. [144316]
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§ Mr. HuttonThe former Director of International Recruitment left the post on 30 April 2002, on completion of her secondment.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which countries have made written representations to his Department regarding recruitment of nurses; and if he will make a statement. [144317]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Government has nurse recruitment agreements with Spain, the Philippines, India and Indonesia. A Memorandum of Understanding has recently been signed with the Government of South Africa.