§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is her Department's target figure for training places for clinical psychologists; what assessment her Department has made of the projected demand from(a) the NHS and (b) local authorities for clinical psychologists; and if she will make a statement;
(2) what assessment she has made of the demand for clinical psychologists (a) currently and (h) in 1991; and what estimate she has made of the extent to which the demand was met in each of these periods.
§ Mr. YeoIt is for national health service employers to determine the work force they require and the training staff they need, in the light of the services they are contracted to provide. Regional health authorities, in consultation with employers, which include family health services authorities and local authority social services departments, calculate the overall demand for training and purchase the required number of training places from the educational and training institutions on behalf of the employers.
Regional health authorities purchased 178 training places for clinical psychologists in 1991 and have signed contracts to purchase 215 places in 1992.