§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the number of audiological consultants currently employed by the National Health Service, by region.
§ Mr. NewtonThe latest available information is set out in the table.
Table: Consultant staff in audiological medicine, England (NHS paid and honorary) as at 30 September 1986 Region Number Northern — Yorkshire — Trent 1 East Anglian — North West Thames 3 North East Thames 5 South East Thames 1 South West Thames 2 Wessex — Oxford — South Western — West Midlands — Mersey — North Western 1 SHAs for the London 2 postgraduate teaching hospitals