§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many postgraduate medical centres in Wales based upon district general hospitals are fully funded by his Department; what is the average attendance at symposia, meetings and so on, arranged at these centres; and what is the annual cost of each centre to the Department over each of the past five-year periods that they have been in existence.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsNo hospital-based post-graduate medical education in Wales is fully funded by the Welsh Office. Facilities are however provided at district general hospitals by area health authorities and these are supported by the Welsh Office which makes annual contributions to the central organiser of such activities, the director and dean of post-graduate studies at the Welsh National School of Medicine. Records of expenditure at each centre are not available centrally but postgraduate medical education in Wales has been funded by the Welsh Office through the post-graduate dean to the following extent:
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Year Expenditure funded by Welsh Office 1977–78* 81,300 1978–79 100,991 1979–80 132,089 1980–81† 169,575 * The first year for which complete figures are available. † Provisional. In addition, general medical practitioners attending courses are reimbursed approved travelling and subsistence expenses by family practitioner committees. No attendance records are kept centrally.