Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will restore the role of state-enrolled nurses. [80561]

Anne Milton; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Enrolled nurses are now known as level two nurses and must be registered on part two of the nurses' part of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (MNC) register. The NMC no longer approves programmes for nurses on part two of the register.

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will order a review of the training of nurses. [80563]

Anne Milton: The standards of nurse education are set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. They have recently consulted on and reviewed nurse education and with the national health service and universities are in the process of implementing a new curriculum by September 2013.