§ Sir Trevor SkeetTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the numbers of married women who have savings of(a) under £3,000, (b) under £10,000 and (c) under £16,000.
§ Mr. Lilley[holding answer 21 May 1990]: Direct estimates of the savings held by married women are not available. Estimates based on a projection of levels of investment income reported in the 1987–88 survey of
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Professionally qualified staff in post as at 30 September 1989 (whole-time equivalents) Vacancies for professionally qualified staff (whole-time equivalents) as at 30 September 1988 Health authority Speech therapists Occupational therapists Physiotherapists1 Speech therapists Occupational therapists Physiotherapists1 Clwyd 24.3 35.7 81.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 East Dyfed 15.3 16.4 39.6 — 6.9 7.2 Gwent 15.4 48.0 80.8 9.3 16.1 3.6 Gwynedd 11.7 22.3 48.6 0.5 4.0 1.3 Mid Glamorgan 18.0 38.6 70.2 2.7 9.7 10.6 Pembrokeshire 5.0 7.5 19.3 — 3.2 2.9 Powys 8.9 11.1 28.2 1.5 9.0 — South Glamorgan 30.8 75.5 146.2 9.0 14.5 — West Glamorgan 20.9 33.3 70.8 2.5 12.4 9.9 1Includes remedial gymnasts. personal incomes and estimated rates of return are given in the following table. Estimates are subject to a large degree of uncertainty.
Savings of married women 1989–90 Savings Number of married women (millions) Under £3,0001 8½ £ 3,000 to £10,000 4 £10,000 to £16,000 ½ 1 Includes no reported savings.