HC Deb 11 May 1977 vol 931 cc542-5W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many speech therapists are employed by each area health authority in England; and what percentage in each authority work full-time in maintained schools.

Mr. Deakins

The numbers of speech therapists—whole-time equivalent—employed by area health authorities England at 30th September 1975 are out in the table below. The percentage requested is not available centrally, but it is estimated that nearly 70 per cent. speech therapy services are devoted treating pupils in maintained schools, children not vet of school age.

Northern Regional Health Authority
Cleveland 7
Cumbria 8
Durham 10
Northumberland 4
Gateshead 3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 8
North Tyneside 2.5
South Tyneside 0.5
Sunderland 4
Total 47

Trent Regional Health Authority
Derbyshire 13.5
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 6.5
Nottinghamshire 21.5
Barnsley 3
Doncaster 4.5
Rotherham 1
Sheffield 10
Total 83

North-West Thames Regional Health Authority
Bedfordshire 4
Hertfordshire 17
Barnet 6
Brent/Harrow 11.5
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow 6.5
Hillingdon 4.5
Kensington & Chelsea/Westminster 10.5
Total 60

South-East Thames Regional Health Authority
East Sussex 18.5
Kent 31
Greenwich/Bexley 17.5
Bromley 7.5
Lambeth/Lewisham/Southwark 5
Total 79.5

Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Humberside 14
North Yorkshire 16.5
Bradford 6.5
Calderdale 1
Kirklees 6.5
Leeds 18
Wakefield 3.5
Total 66

East Anglia Regional Health Authority
Cambridgeshire 10.5
Norfolk 9
Suffolk 5.5
Total 25

North-East Thames Regional Health Authority
Essex 32.5
Barking/Havering 4
Camden/Islington 17
City & East London 22.5
Enfield/Haringey 5.5
Redbridge/Waltham Forest 7.5
Total 89

South-West Thames Regional Health Authority
Surrey 21.5
West Sussex 11.5
Croydon 8
Kingston/Richmond 4.5
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth 19.5
Total 65

Wessex Regional Health Authority
Dorset 9
Hampshire 17
Wiltshire 7
Isle of Wight 1.5
Other 7.5
Total 42

South-Western Regional Health Authority
Avon 25
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 6
Devon 4
Gloucestershire 3
Somerset 6.5
Total 44.5

West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Hereford and Worcester 11.5
Salop 0
Staffordshire 14.5
Warwickshire 8
Birmingham 20
Coventry 6.5
Dudley 5.5
Sandwell 4.5
Solihull 4
Walsall 5
Wolverhampton 2
Total 81.5

Oxford Regional Health Authority
Berkshire 30
Buckinghamshire 13
Northamptonshire 12.5
Oxfordshire 17
Total 72.5

Mersey Regional Health Authority
Cheshire 19.5
Liverpool 12
St. Helens/Knowsley 1
Sefton 3.5
Wirral 6
Total 42

North-Western Regional Health Authority
Lancashire 11.5
Bolton 0.5
Bury 2
Manchester 24
Oldham 5
Rochdale 0.5
Salford 6
Stockport 5.5
Tameside 3.5
Trafford 3.5
Wigan 0
Total 61