§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh-speaking speech therapists are now employed in each county in Wales; and how many are undertaking training.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasFigures for the numbers of Welsh-speaking speech therapists are not readily available. The total numbers of speech therapists employed in each county by local education authorities and in the health service are as follows:
Whole Time Part Time Anglesey — 1 Breconshire — 2 Caernarvonshire 2 — Cardiganshire 2 — Carmarthenshire 1 2 Denbighshire 2 3 Flintshire 1 1 Glamorganshire 4 3 Merionethshire — 1 Monmouthshire 3 4 Montgomeryshire — 1 Pembrokeshire — 1 Radnorshire — 1 Cardiff 5 3 Merthyr 1 — Newport 1 2 Swansea 3 1 Total 25 26 A new course for speech therapists is in its first year at Llandaff College of Technology; three of the eight students and one of the staff of the course are Welsh speaking.