§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many trained chiropodists are employed by each local authority; how many trained and untrained chiropodists, respectively, are employed on an agency basis within the area of each authority; and what numbers of full-time chiropodists each of these figures represents per 1,000 population over the age of 65 years.
§ Mr. FairgrieveChiropodists are employed not by local authorities but by health boards. The numbers employed at September 1978 are shown below; all are fully trained. Information is not available centrally about chiropodists providing services under agency arrangements.
Secretary of State for Education and Science, who has, I understand, received representations in favour of changes in provision which would require legislation.