§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultant posts were vacant in the Northern and Yorkshire regions in each specialty according to the medical and dental work force census in September 1994, 1995 and 1996. [17486]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation on hospital medical and dental consultant vacant posts by region and by speciality for 1994 and 1995 is available in "Hospital Medical Staff—England and Wales: Consultant, Staff Grade, Senior Registrars and Senior House officers—Regional Whole Time Equivalent and Vacant Posts, Table R5", copies of which are available in the Library. Data for 1996 will be available later this year.