§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the grades of speech therapists in England, Wales and Scotland following the regrading under HSS(TC7)3188 broken down by area board, showing the percentage in each grade before regrading and the percentage after.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not have the information in the form requested, but the tables show the percentage of speech therapists in each grade in regional health authorities in England at 30 September 1989. The information relating to Wales and Scotland is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. The position by English region is as follows:
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Regional health authority Snr II Snr I Ch IV Ch III Dist CH II Dist CHI Dist Snr chief Wessex 46.47 27.99 4.90 13.21 4.45 2.97 0.00 Oxford 31.87 44.40 3.48 15.38 2.09 2.78 0.00 South Western 34.47 49.26 2.75 8.03 2.20 2.20 1.10 West Midlands 45.07 36.03 6.17 6.05 5.11 0.79 0.79 Mersey 41.53 34.48 0.88 13.58 6.88 2.65 0.00 North Western 44.98 37.75 4.05 6.76 5.60 0.43 0.43
Percentage speech therapy staff by grade as at 30 September 1988 Regional health authority Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D Grade E Northern 13.37 47.96 25.13 11.17 2.38 Yorkshire 7.11 49.83 33.68 5.98 3.40 Trent 10.72 56.83 26.79 2.38 3.28 East Anglian 9.40 59.77 21.78 6.49 2.56 North West Thames1 10.93 63.80 16.37 5.32 3.58 North East Thames 12.55 32.01 36.06 14.67 4.72 South East Thames 15.03 52.02 22.14 8.43 2.38 South West Thames 10.28 54.30 27.56 5.24 2.62 Wessex 5.23 61.72 24.10 5.23 3.73 Oxford 6.85 53.45 28.51 7.19 3.99 South Western2 — — — — — West Midlands 10.59 59.21 20.43 7.58 2.20 Mersey 13.30 48.23 29.79 6.03 2.66 North Western 14.81 39.98 36.60 4.30 4.30 1 North West Thames figures as at 31 March 1989. 2 South Western figures not available in comparable form.