HC Deb 24 April 1989 vol 151 c393W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital consultants held(a) full-time contracts and (b) part-time contracts with the National Health Service in Wales in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1988.

Mr. Grist

Information for 1979 and for 1987 (the latest year available) is as follows:

Number of consultants1 1979 1987
holding full-time contracts 391 532
holding part-time contracts2 307 328
1 As at 30 September.
2 Includes consultants holding part-time, maximum part-time and honorary contracts.