HC Deb 27 March 1990 vol 170 cc180-1W
Mr. Jack Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the medical specialties for which there is only one academic chair;

(2) if he will list the number of chairs in audiological medicine, giving the universities at which they are held and the date at which they were established;

(3) if he will list the number of chairs in ear, nose and throat pathology, giving the universities at which they are held and the date at which they were established;

(4) if he will list the number of chairs in otolaryngology, giving the universities at which they are held and the date at which they were established.

Mr. Jackson

This information is not collected centrally. In any case, professorial titles or occupancy of chairs do not provide a reliable guide to the teaching and research that institutions undertake.