§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what information his Department holds on the visits health visitors make to families following childbirth; and if he will specify the level of statistical disaggregation.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonInformation is collected from DHA's annually on the numbers of first home visits and on the total number of home visits made to children born during that year.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the health visitor to population ratio for (a) Wales and (b) each district health authority in Wales.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information for September 1985 is given in the following table:
Number of health visitors* per 10,000 population Number Clwyd 1.83 East Dyfed 2.29 Pembrokeshire 1.83 Gwent 1.79 Gwynedd 2.31 Mid Glamorgan 2.04 Powys 2.87 South Glamorgan 2.36 West Glamorgan 2.09 Wales 2.09 *Whole-time equivalents.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what information his Department holds on the percentage of health visitors' time spent on (a) clinical, (b) non-clinical duties and (c) travelling.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThis information is not available centrally.