§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the numbers of (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) qualified nurses, (c) other nurses, (d)` clinical psychologists, (e)` speech therapists, (f)` physiotherapists and (g)` occupational therapists in mental handicap hospitals in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is contained in the following table and relates to 30 September in each year.
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Staff of mental handicap hospitals and units in Wales, 1972–1981 Whole-time equivalents Grade 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Consultant psychiatrists 8.0 8.0 8.6 7.4 9.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 8.0 9.0 Qualified nurses 421 422 424 471 475 491 519 543 561 595 Other nurses 647 602 647 825 838 922 993 969 1,029 1,114 Clinical psychologists 5.1 6.3 5.8 6.2 8.0 7.3 8.0 9.0 8.0 5.7 Speech therapsists 1.7 1.8 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.1 1.5 1.8 1.7 2.0 Qualified physiotherapists 3.0 1.4 1.6 0.8 1.7 3.0 3.9 4.4 5.2 6.5 Other physiotherapists — — 1.1 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.5 3.5 2.7 Qualified occupational therapists 8.0 7.3 5.2 7.3 7.1 5.9 6.1 10.7 13.1 16.6 Other occupational therapists 20.5 23.5 26.0 22.8 23.5 23.6 29.9 36.3 34.8 33.6
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the number of first admissions to mental handicap hospitals by age groups in each of the last 10 years in Wales.
First admissions to mental handicap hospitals and units, 1972–1981 Age group 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Under 2 1 7 — 3 — 2 2 2 3 — 2–4 9 5 8 7 7 4 3 2 2 8 5–9 18 9 10 21 12 13 8 8 14 7 10–15* 15 13 6 27 14 12 9 14 13 15 16–19† 12 19 7 16 10 12 16 11 11 18 20–24 15 11 12 7 5 5 11 3 9 17 25–34 12 9 3 11 9 9 7 6 8 8 35–44 14 11 2 7 9 6 8 10 7 11 45–54 9 9 9 8 11 5 10 6 3 9 55–;64 11 3 5 4 5 5 1 3 11 8 65–74 3 1 — 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 75 and over — 1 — 1 1 — — — 1 — All ages 119 98 62 113 86 74 76 68 83 102 Notes: * 10–14 for 1972–74. † 15–19 for 1972–74.