§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board for each of the past five years the number of community physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists employed for special needs education.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation is not held centrally at the level of detail requested. The table shows the number of physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists working mainly in the community employed by health boards in Scotland. The table relates to whole-time equivalent numbers employed at 30 September in each of the last five years for which information is available.
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Staff Group Scotland Total Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanark Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles Speech Therapist 1983 227.5 24.1 17.1 9.8 15.5 18.4 14.2 26.5 28.0 12.9 17.8 30.2 1.0 0.0 9.7 2.3 1984 228.1 24.2 17.4 9.9 14.5 17.5 13.7 28.2 29.6 13.1 16.0 30.0 1.6 0.0 10.1 2.3 1985 231.2 22.3 17.9 10.2 14.6 18.7 13.8 23.6 32.1 12.8 18.8 33.4 2.0 0.0 8.7 2.3 1986 242.0 23.8 19.3 10.3 15.5 19.3 13.4 29.2 33.2 13.8 18.3 31.7 1.2 0.0 9.7 3.3 1987 243.8 21.9 20.6 11.2 14.9 21.0 16.3 25.0 30.8 13.9 18.2 34.7 2.0 0.0 10.0 3.3 Occupational Therapist 1983 15.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.4 5.6 0.0 0.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1984 16.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.4 6.4 0.0 2.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1985 20.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 4.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 1986 26.2 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.8 1.0 5.6 0.0 5.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 0.0 1987 24.5 2.4 2.0 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 6.7 0.0 4.0 2.0 0.6 0.0 3.6 0.0