§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each county council in England and Wales the number of occupational therapists employed by social services departments in 1980 and in the most recent year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe available information is as follows:
Numbers of qualified occupational therapists (whole-time equivalents) employed by Social Services Departments As at 30 September Non-metropolitan counties— England 1980 1981 1982 1983 Avon 8.5 — — 17.1 Bedfordshire — — — — Berkshire 25.5 — — 31.9 Buckinghamshire — — — — Cambridgeshire NA — — 10.0 Cheshire 19.9 — — 23.4 Cleveland 1.0 — — — Cornwall 8.0 — — 14.0 Cumbria 4.7 — — — Derbyshire 17.1 — — 22.5 Devon 310 — — 55.4 Dorset 11.6 — — 11.1 Durham 6.5 — — 10.3 East Sussex 11.5 — — 12.5 Essex — 11.5 NA NA Gloucestershire 15.5 — — 20.2 Hampshire NA — — 34.0 Hereford and Worcester — — — — Hertfordshire 38.6 — — 46.6 Humberside 2.5 — — 3.0 Isle of Wight 2.0 — — 2.0 Kent 14.3 — — 15.5 Lancashire — — — — Leicestershire 12.3 NA NA NA Lincolnshire 3.9 — — 4.5 Norfolk 11.2 — — 15.6 Northamptonshire NA — — — Northumberland 1.8 — — 3.0 North Yorkshire 11.0 — — 9.0 Nottinghamshire NA — — 26.6 Oxfordshire 3.0 — — 3.2 Shropshire 3.0 — — 5.0 Somerset 10.4 — — 10.0 Staffordshire — NA NA NA Suffolk 8.2 — — 9.5 Surrey NA — 12.7 NA Warwickshire 11.0 — — 14.0 West Sussex — — — — Wiltshire 11.5 — — 12.6 Non-metropolitan counties— Wales Clwyd 4.3 — — 2.0 Dyfed 6.6 — — 3.2 Gwent 4.7 — — 6.5 Gwynedd — — — 6.5 Mid Glamorgan 3.0 — — 13.9 Powys — — — — South Glamorgan — — — 7.0 West Glamorgan 1.0 — — 1.0 — = Nil NA = Data not available
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each regional health authority in England and Wales the number of occupational therapists employed in 1980 and in the most recent year for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFigures for Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. The figures for England are as follows:
National Health Service Occupational Therapists in each Regional Health Authority in England at 30 September each year Whole time equivalent Regional Health Authority 1980 1983 Northern 103 132 Yorkshire 173 218 Trent 245 350 East Anglian 135 183 North West Thames 221 263 North East Thames 232 306 South East Thames 202 240 South West Thames 203 253 Wessex 173 216 Oxford 199 235 South Western 235 284 West Midlands 229 273 Mersey 129 160 North Western 184 257 Total of the 14 Regional Health Authorities* †2,664 †3,370 * This total is for the 14 regions only and does not include staff in the post-graduate special health authorities and so on. † Owing to rounding the sum of the component figures may not agree with the totals. Source: Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower (SR7)