HC Deb 26 May 1982 vol 24 cc321-2W
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh-speaking speech therapists there

Redundancies reported as due to occur
SIC Order Industry Wolverhampton travel-to-work area West Midlands
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
I Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 69 58
II Mining and Quarrying 132 78 182
III Food, Drink and Tobacco 237 523 2,289 2,214
IV Coal and Petroleum Products 34 159
V Chemicals and Allied Industries 66 30 37 16 740 777
VI Metal Manufacture 2,123 2,636 674 3,866 8,097 6,866

are in each of the area health authorities in Wales; what were the corresponding figures for the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The number of Welsh-speaking speech therapists employed in Wales in 1978 and 1982 is set out in the following table. Information in respect of the intervening years is not available. These figures show an encouraging increase in the number of Welsh-speaking speech therapists.

Health Authority 1978 1982
Clwyd 0 3
East Dyfed Pembrokeshire 2 3
Gwent 1 0
Gwynedd 0 7
Mid Glamorgan 1 1
Powys 0 1
South Glamorgan 3 2
West Glamorgan 1 2
Wales Total 8 19

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