§ Mr. Roweasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what information he has on the numbers of staff engaged in full or part-time teaching on courses leading to degrees in speech science, speech pathology or speech therapy and their places of employment;
(2) what information he has as to the number of students, and their place of study, sitting for examinations for degrees in speech science, speech pathology or speech therapy in 1983, 1984 and 1985 and the classification of honours awarded where appropriate;
(3) what information he has as to the numbers and location of courses at universities, polytechnics or other institution leading to degrees in speech science, speech pathology or speech therapy.
§ Mr. WaldenDetails of courses in speech science, speech pathology or speech therapy and numbers of graduates are as follows:
179WInformation for university graduates in 1984 and all graduates in 1985 is not yet available.
From October 1985 the City university London, commenced a four-year first degree course in clinical communication studies. Information in respect of university higher degree courses is not available while in 1984 higher degree courses were offered in speech therapy at the city of Birmingham polytechnic and speech pathology and therapy at Leicester polytechnic.
The numbers of staff engaged in teaching courses leading to degrees in speech science, speech pathology or speech therapy and their place of employment is not available.