§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the annual number of qualified speech therapists completing their training for the years 1960 to 1969.
§ Miss BaconI have been asked to reply.
The figures for 1960–68 are as follows:
1960 … … … … 99 1961 … … … … 106 1962 … … … … 101 1963 … … … … 110 1964 … … … … 126 1965 … … … … 123 1966 … … … … 122 1967 … … … … 128 1968 … … … … 135
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services 141W what plans he has for improvement of wages and conditions of employment for qualified speech therapists in the National Health Service.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyPay and conditions of service of speech therapists in the National Health Service are a matter in the first instance for the Whitley Council. The last pay increase negotiated by the Council was effective from 1st January, 1969 and I understand that a new claim is in preparation.
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the ratios of qualified speech therapists in the National Health Service to population for the various regions of the country.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyAt 30th September, 1968, the number of hospital service speech therapists per million population of the areas listed was as follows:
(a) England and Wales 2.9 (b) England 3.0 (c) Wales 2.4 (d) English Regional Hospital areas: Newcastle 2.2 Leeds 2.8 Sheffield 1.9 East Anglian 1.3 Metropolitan Areas 4.5 Oxford 6.9 South Western 1.6 Birmingham 2.0 Manchester 1.3 Liverpool 2.9 Wessex 1.9 I am writing more fully to my hon. Friend.