§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the number of full and part-time physical measurement technicians in audiology employed by each health board currently and for each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list the number of qualified physical measurement technicians in audiology in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 21 May 1991]: The available information regarding the number of qualified physiological measurement technicians working in audiology in Scotland is shown in the following table.
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Audiological technicians by health board and whole-time 1 part-time at 30 September 1990 Whole-time Part-time Argyll and Clyde 6 2 Ayrshire 0 1 Borders 3 0 Dumfries 3 0 Fife 0 0 Forth Valley 4 3 Grampian 9 1 Greater Glasgow 18 8 Highland 0 0 Lanarkshire 0 0 Lothian 7 1 Orkney 0 0 Shetland 0 0 Tayside 10 1 Western Isles 0 0 Scotland 60 17 The breakdown of physiological measurement technicians into specialties was not available before 1990. It is for individual health boards to determine, after taking account of the needs of the population in their areas, the number of physiological measurement technicians in audiology they employ.