HC Deb 31 January 1991 vol 184 cc609-10W
Mr. Geraint Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are employed by his Department in Cardiff and London; and what were the corresponding figures for the last 10 years.

Mr. David Hunt

The numbers of staff employed by the Welsh Office in Cardiff and London over the last 10 years can be fully disaggregated only at disproportionate cost. Setting aside those employed in the main offices outside these locations gives the following figures for 1 October of each year.

1 October Number
1990 1,931
1989 1,809
1988 1,739

Speech therapists in post as at 30 September
Whole-time equivalents
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Clwyd 12.4 12.1 12.7 12.7 14.4 17.6 17.4 23.3 24.7 24.3 29.4
East Dyfed 7.3 7.4 5.4 6.4 8.4 8.4 13.3 13.3 14.0 15.3 15.3
Pembrokeshire 2.0 2.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0
Gwent 7.1 10.0 11.9 12.7 12..8 15.9 16.9 14.9 12.1 15.4 16.1
Gwynedd 6.8 7.5 8.6 8.6 8.0 9.4 11.0 10.0 11.9 11.7 11.3
Mid Glamorgan 11.0 12. 5 12.1 13.6 17.6 14.6 12.6 17.0 19. 5 18.0 18.4
Powys 4.7 5.6 5.7 6.7 5.8 5.8 4.8 3.8 7.5 8.9 8.4
South Glamorgan 16.4 17.4 15.7 15.7 18.6 28.7 27.0 27.6 27.7 30.8 32.6
West Glamorgan 8.6 8.5 12.6 13.1 13.3 13.2 13.2 14.2 19.7 20.9 17.9

Expenditure on speech therapy in real terms
£ thousands
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Clwyd 164 162 168 191 187 199 233 252 297 353 402
East Dyfed 108 107 117 94 116 139 146 172 190 176 191
Pembrokeshire 35 38 42 45 65 54 61 57
Gwent 129 123 146 163 185 193 209 195 187 170 194
Gwynedd 34 81 111 126 131 139 145 160 162 211 193
Mid Glamorgan 133 157 166 235 186 214 174 192 232 258 248
Powys 49 62 66 78 87 88 87 75 92 135 146
South Glamorgan 192 220 228 221 273 281 392 436 403 453 492
West Glamorgan 105 123 149 169 164 193 178 193 221 255 261

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what amount of cash in real terms has been given in each year, from 1980 onwards, to speech therapy in the NHS and the local education authorities.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Responsibility for the financing and provision of speech therapy services was transferred to the NHS in 1974 at the time of the NHS reorganisation. The level of funding provided for these services is a matter

October Number
1987 1,817
1986 1,842
1985 1,835
1984 1,742
1983 1,690
1982 1,722
1981 1,781
1980 1,844

These include small numbers of staff in the Colwyn Bay office and some education division and CADW staff.