§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers of hearing aid dispensers registered as trainers, the number of trainees and the number of trainees who passed the examination to become dispensers on the register of the Hearing Aid Council for each of the last five years.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimThe number of registered dispensers, of trainees and of trainees passing their216W examinations is shown in the following table. I do not know how many of the registered dispensers were actually supervising trainees.
Year Registered dispensers (at 31 December) Trainees (at 31 December) Trainees passing examinations during the year 1976 776 151 27 1977 695 132 20 1978 565 77 22 1979 573 61 13 1980 516 68 8 Source: Hearing Aid Council.