HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 cc281-3W
Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individual health authorities employ medical physics technicians, codes F807–F814.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 25 January 1989]: At 30 September 1987, the latest date for which figures are available, 148 of the 191 district health authorities had medical physics technicians in post and five of the 14 regional health authorities had medical physics technicians in post.

Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individual variation orders have been issued to medical physics technicians over the last three years on a monthly basis.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 25 January 1989]: The number of variation orders issued in respect of staff employed in the medical physics technician grades in the last three years ending 31 December 1988 is as follows:

1986 1987 1988
January 1
February 1 1 2
March 1 1
April 1
May 1 1
June 1 2
July 1
August 1
September
1986 1987 1988
October
November 1 2
December