HC Deb 13 May 1971 vol 817 c149W
28. Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the last report on automatic volume control for hearing aids was received from the Wernher Research Unit on Deafness; if she will now call for a further report from a research department specialising in audiology; and if she will make a statement.

Mrs. Thatcher

The Unit, now disbanded, was concerned in wider studies on hearing aids for the Medical Research Council's Electroacoustics Committee. This Committee reported on completion of its work in 1964. Responsibility for

Nursery £ Primary £ Secondary £
Teachers' salaries 75 61 105
Other salaries and wages 75 8 13
Loan charges 9 10 28
Other 43 18 40
Totals 202 97 186

For capital costs I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given in reply to her Question on 4th February.—[Vol. 810, c. 1898.9.]

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