§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the establishment figures for the current year, and for each of the last three years, for health visitor posts in each health board in Scotland; and what are the actual numbers.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information for establishment figures is available for the last two years only and is shown in the table:
Health Visitors Funded Establishment Health Board 11989 21990 Argyll and Clyde 118.1 121.7 Ayrshire and Arran 84.9 103.9 Borders 21.1 21.7 Dumfries and Galloway 28.8 28.0 Fife 110.2 96.1 Forth Valley 87.7 89.6 Grampian 167.0 167.0 Greater Glasgow n.a. n.a. Highland 53.0 51.7 Lanarkshire 161.4 n.a. Lothian 217.5 214.4 Orkney 7.0 6.0 Shetland 8.0 9.0 Tayside 95.2 100.6 Western Isles n.a. 11.0 SCOTLAND n.a. n.a. 1 At 30 September. 2 At 31 March. 288W
Health visitors in post at 30 September Health Board 1987 1988 1989 11990 Argyll and Clyde 111.8 119.2 118.1 119.5 Ayrshire and Arran 95.9 105.7 119.1 123.4 Borders 24.6 261 27.2 26.2 Dumfries and Galloway 29.0 37.3 32.6 31.4 Fife 113.8 112.4 110.2 109.3 Forth Valley 93.1 89.6 89.6 85.3 Grampian 162.9 161.3 165.0 161.4 Greater Glasgow 318.9 322.7 333.3 313.1 Highland 44.3 46.0 47.3 50.6 Lanarkshire 148.8 160.8 160.9 158.7
Health Board 1987 1988 1989 11990 Lothian 210.7 217.9 225.9 219.8 Orkney 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 Shetland 6.7 8.0 9.0 9.0 Tayside 99.7 90.9 104.3 104.0 Western Isles 12.0 11.0 10.0 10.0 Scotland 1,478.2 1,515.9 1,559.5 1,527.7 1 At 31 March.
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many students in the current year, and in each of the last three years, are training to become qualified health visitors; and, of these, how many are(a) seconded and (b) sponsored by health boards; and what are the numbers for each board.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is shown in the following table:
Student Health Visitors by Health Board as at 30 September Health Board 1987 1988 1989 11990 Argyll and Clyde 4.0 — 9.0 9.0 Ayrshire and Arran 11.6 9.0 7.0 7.0 Borders 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Dumfries and Galloway 4.0 3.0 2.0 3.10 Fife 7.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 Forth Valley 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Grampian 17.0 23.0 18.0 16.0 Greater Glasgow 22.0 26.0 21.0 22.0 Highland 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 Lanarkshire 12.0 11.0 12.0 11.0 Lothian 18.0 20.0 14.3 19.0 Orkney — — — — Shetland — — 1.0 2.0 Tayside 7.0 10.0 6.0 6.0 Western Isles — — — — SCOTLAND 110.6 115.0 103.3 109.0 1 As at 31 March 1990. Information on the secondment or sponsorship of these students by health boards is not available centrally.
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified health visitors in Scotland are presently(a) unemployed and (b) not employed as health visitors.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThis information is not available centrally.