HC Deb 25 February 1976 vol 906 cc276-9W
Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the number of speech therapists who have qualified in each of the last five years.

Mr. Meacher

Full figures are not yet available in respect of 1975. The numbers qualifying in England and Wales from 1970–1974 were as follows:

1970 … … 163
1971 … … 152
1972 … … 176
1973 … … 189
1974 … … 214

Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many full-time speech therapist equivalents are working in each area health authority by regional health authority at the present time.

Mr. Meacher

The numbers employed at 30th September 1974, the latest date for which complete information is available, are set out below:

Northern Regional Health Authority
Cleveland … 1 9
Cumbria … 8.7
Durham … 10.9
Northumberland … 4.0
Gateshead … 4.0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne … 9.4
North Tyneside … 2.6
South Tyneside … 2.7
Sunderland … 3.6
Total 47.8
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Humberside … … 22.4
North Yorkshire … … 9.7
Bradford … … 16.8
Calderdale … … 2.2
Kirklees … … 6.6
Leeds … … 14.5
Wakefield … … 6.6
Total 78.8
Trent Regional Health Authority
Derbyshire … … 12.5
Leicestershire … … 27.8
Lincolnshire … … 11.0
Nottinghamshire … … 14.6
Barnsley … … 8.0
Doncaster … … 2.8
Rotherham … … 1.0
Sheffield … … 9.9
Total 87.6
East Anglia Regional Health Authority
Cambridgeshire … … 12.8
Norfolk … … 14.1
Suffolk … … 7.3
Total 34.2
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
Bedfordshire 12.8
Hertfordshire 27.9
Barnet 4.1
Brent/Harrow 15.1
Ealing / Hammersmith / Hounslow 24.1
Hillingdon 4.9
Kensington & Chelsea/ Westminster 7.7
Total 96.6
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
East Sussex 12.3
Kent 34.0
Greenwich/Bexley 12.2
Bromley 8.5
Lambeth / Southwark / Lewisham 4.8
Total 71.8
Wessex Regional Health Authority
Dorset … … … 8.2
Hampshire … … … 9.3
Wiltshire … … … 19.8
Isle of Wight … … … 2.1
Total 39.4
South Western Regional Health Authority
Avon … 22.0
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly … 5.9
Devon … 17.3
Gloucestershire … 19.2
Somerset … 9.7
Total 74.1
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Essex … 24.8
Barking/Havering … 2.5
Camden/Islington … 7.8
City & East London … 22.0
Enfield/ Haringey … 12.6
Redbridge/Waltham Forest … 12.7
Total 82.4
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
Surrey … 35.6
West Sussex … 17.6
Croydon … 10.1
Kingston/Richmond … 13.1
Merton / Sutton / Wandsworth … 23.8
Total 100.2
Oxford Regional Health Authority
Berkshire … … … 34.0
Buckinghamshire … … … 10.6
Northamptonshire … … … 11.1
Oxfordshire … … … 14.5
Total 70.2
Mersey Regional Health Authority
Cheshire … 11.6
Liverpool … 15.9
St. Helens with Knowsley … 0.2
Sefton … 4.3
Wirral … 5.1
TOTAL 37.1
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Hereford and Worcester … … 10.0
Salop … … 9.0
Staffordshire … … 12.5
Warwickshire … … 8.3
Birmingham … … 21.2
Coventry … … 4.7
Dudley … … 3.5
Sandwell … … 5.4
Solihull … … 3.1
Walsall … … 3.0
Wolverhampton … … 3.0
TOTAL 83.7
North Western Regional Health Authority
Lancashire … … … … 8.2
Bolton … … … … 1.5
Bury … … … … 3.6
Manchester … … … … 34.6
Oldham … … … … 3.6
Rochdale … … … … 0.8
Salford … … … … 2.3
Stockport … … … … 4.0
Tameside … … … … 4.8
Trafford … … … … 2.7
Wigan … … … … 1.6
TOTAL 67.7

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