Expenditure on the seven pre-registration nursing education contracts in the last five years and the number of students in training is as follows. 1997-981998-991999-20002000-012001-02Contracts(£ million)31.333.534.235.840.2Students in training6,3696,5686,8497,6338,083Under the terms of the contract between the Scottish Executive Health Department and the individual higher education institutions (HEIs) that provide nurse education in Scotland...