§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of speech and language therapists at each grade from spine points 23 to 27 in each of the past five years. [28446]
§ Mr. RichardsReliable information for the particular spine points requested is not available. However, the total whole-time equivalent numbers of speech and language therapists directly employed by the NHS in Wales is given in the following table. Data for 1994 and 1995 may exclude a small number of staff paid on local pay scales for whom no details of occupation are available centrally.
Staff in post at 30 September (whole-time equivalent numbers)
- 1991: 153
- 1992: 168
- 1993: 177
- 1994: 180
- 1995: 199