§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many Employment Medical Advisory Service doctors were employed in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerThe information requested is as follows:52W
Number of doctors employed by the Health and Safety Executive's Employment Medical Advisory Service on: 1 April 1978 2 April 1979 1 April 1980 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 Full-time doctors 68 67 65 70 56 Part-time doctors 31 31 30 26 28 Totals 99 98 95 96 84 The figures for 1 April 1982 were unusually low because of a number of vacancies for posts of full-time doctors. Some of these vacancies have now been filled and these, taken together with action being undertaken on the remaining vacancies, should result in the Health and Safety Executive employing 88 EMAS doctors (64 full-time and 24 part-time) within the next few months.