§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent(a) health visitors, (b) school nurses, (c) district nurses and (d) community psychiatric nurses were in training in each region in September of each year since 1997, broken down by (i) gender and (ii) ethnic origin. [172707]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the number of whole-time equivalent health visitors, school nurses, district nurses and community psychiatric nurses in training in each national health service region as constituted until 31 March 1998 is shown in Table 1, for each national health service region as constituted between 1 April 1998 and 31 March 2001 is shown in Table 2, and for each Government office region between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002 is shown in Table 3.
Information on the gender and ethnic origin of health visitors, school nurses, district nurses and community psychiatric nurses, in training is not available.
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Table 1: Student populations by regional office area, 1997–98 Whole-time equivalents School nurses District nurses Health visitors Community psychiatric nurses England 128 603 623 333 Northern and Yorkshire 35 120 115 51 Trent — 42 52 — Anglia and Oxford 8 75 73 71 North Thames 16 76 84 65 South Thames 34 119 117 73 South and West — 57 61 — West Midlands 35 62 53 43 North West — 53 69 31 Source: Finance and Workforce Information Returns.
Table 2: Student populations by regional office area Whole-time equivalents School nurses District nurses Health visitors Community psychiatric nurses 1998–99 England 119 542 580 250 Northern and Yorkshire 31 103 129 13 Trent 7 50 55 3 West Midlands 19 62 52 40 North West 14 64 76 37 Eastern 5 38 38 26 London 24 93 101 55 South East 19 96 89 64 South West 1 36 42 13 1999–2000 England 137 572 598 252 Northern and Yorkshire 27 127 142 38 Trent 9 43 53 3 West Midlands 18 67 52 34 North West 23 71 84 30 Eastern 10 46 53 38 London 24 101 99 43 South East 20 89 81 51 South West 7 28 34 16 2000–01 England 162 560 710 207 Northern and Yorkshire 18 80 190 6 Trent 14 49 59 — West Midlands 20 67 60 34 North West 23 71 84 30 Eastern 18 53 68 29 London 28 103 105 67 South East 21 96 101 34 South West 20 42 44 7 Source: Finance and Workforce Information Returns.
Table 3: Student populations by Government regional office area, 2001–02 Whole-time equivalents School nurses District nurses Health visitors Community psychiatric nurses England 147 520 622 160 North East 10 61 69 6 North West 31 84 96 21 Yorkshire and the Humber 25 102 99 — East Midlands 6 — 61 — West Midlands 24 68 64 41 East of England 4 14 18 12 London 28 100 113 57 South East 20 92 104 24 South West — — — — Source: Finance and Workforce Information Returns.