§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what information he has as to how many adult speech therapists are employed per 1,000 of the population by each of the social services departments of local authorities in Wales;
(2) what information he has as to how many adult speech therapists able to carry out their work through the medium of Welsh are employed per 1,000 of the Welsh-speaking population in each of the social services departments of local authorities in Wales;
(3) what information he has as to how many adult speech therapists able to carry out their work through the medium of Welsh are employed per 1,000 of the Welsh-speaking population in each of the social services departments of local authorities in Wales:
(4) how many adult speech therapists in each local authority area in Wales are able to carry out their work through the medium of Welsh;
(5) what is the ratio of child speech therapists able to carry out their work through the medium of Welsh to Welsh-speaking pupils in (a) Wales and (b) each local education authority in Wales;
(6) what is the ratio of child speech therapists to school children in (a) Wales and (b) each local education authority area in Wales;
(7) how many child speech therapists able to carry out their work through the medium of Welsh there are in each local education authority area in Wales; and what proportion they represent of the total numbers of speech therapists in each authority area.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is not available centrally. However the table shows the number of speech therapists employed by district health authorities in Wales, whose work includes speech therapy in schools.
as at 30 September 1987 Health Authority Number Whole-time equivalent Clwyd 26 23.3 East Dyfed 14 13.3 Pembrokeshire 6 6.0 Gwent 17 14.9 Gwynedd 11 10.0 Mid Glamorgan 17 17.0 Powys 6 3.8 South Glamorgan 30 27.6 West Glamorgan 15 14.2 WALES 142 130.1