§ Mr. Stodartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons with the full qualifications recommended in the Tyler Report have been appointed to the posts of hospital engineer and group engineer, respectively, since the publication of that report; how many appointments have been made to these posts of persons 87W not carrying these qualifications; and how many vacancies for these posts exist at present.
§ Mr. RossAnswers to a special inquiry show that in Scotland from January, 1965, to January, 1966, two hospital engineers and three group engineers with the prescribed qualifications were appointed and no hospital engineers and two group engineers without. Only appointments of staff without such qualifications require departmental approval and of these six hospital engineers and two group engineers have been appointed since January, 1966. We have no central record of vacancies, but the inquiry showed that in January, 1966, three posts were vacant.