§ Mr. Geraint HowellsTo 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 HuntThe 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 JonesTo 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 BennettResponsibility 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
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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.