§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the numbers employed for the period September 1990 to 1995 inclusive expressed as whole-time equivalents and numbers, by gender and by ethnic status for the staff groups; (1) chiropodists, (2) footcare assistants, (3) dietitians, (4) occupational therapists, (5) occupational therapy helpers, (6) orthoptists, (7) physiotherapists, (8) physiotherapy helpers, (9) diagnostic radiographers, (10) therapeutic radiographers, (11) radiographer helpers, (12) technical instructors in professions allied to medicine, (13) other professions allied to medicine, (14) optometrists, (15) pharmacists, (16) speech and language therapists, (17) assistant speech and language therapists, (18) whole-time chaplains, (19) assistant chaplains, (20) clinical scientists, (21) clinical psychologists, (22) clinical psychotherapists, (23) dental auxiliaries, (24) medical laboratory scientific officers, (25) laboratory support grades, (26) medical technical officers and assistants, (27) other professional and technical staff, excluding works staff, (28) administrative and clerical, (29) general managers, (30) senior managers, (31) maintenance, (32) health care assistants and (33) nursery nurses. [13235]
§ Mr. MaloneThis information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Available information about employees of the national health service hospital and community health services working in these staff groups can be found in various editions of the following Department of Health publications
Hospital and Personal Social Services Statistics for England";NHS Workforce in England";Statistical Bulletin NHS hospital and community health services non-medical staff in England"; andNHS hospital and community health services non-medical workforce census; England as at September 1994: ethnic group tablesCopies of these publications are available in the Library. Information about people employed in these areas of work outside of the NHS HCHS is not available centrally.