(c) Total agency costs forNHS boards as reported in the annualaccounts of NHS boards and trusts, is defined as the gross cost of all paymentsto employment agencies for the provision of agency staff of all disciplines.The figures are given in table 3 of parliamentaryquestion S3W-1907 – Total Agency costs for NHS boards 2001-02 – 2005-06’, acopy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre(Bib. number 43224); these figures willnot include nurse bank staff.All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website...