§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many occupational therapists are employed by each Scottish local authority; and what is the figure per head of population in each authority area. [8284]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 15 July 1997]: The information is set out in the table below:
Number of full-time equivalent staff employed as occupational therapists/aides as at 31 December 1996 Local authority Population of authority Total full-time equivalent occupational therapists/aides Total full-time equivalent occupational therapists/aides per 100,000 population Scotland 5,128,000 533.5 10.4 Aberdeen City 217,260 27.6 12.7 Aberdeenshire 227,430 0.0 0.0 Angus 110,780 19.1 17.3 Argyll and Bute 90,840 13.0 14.3 Clackmannanshire 48,810 2.5 5.1 Dumfries and Galloway 147,600 15.2 10.3 Dundee City 150,250 11.5 7.7 East Ayrshire 122,350 16.8 13.7 East Dunbartonshire 110,750 11.0 9.9 East Lothian 88,140 8.3 9.4 East Renfrewshire 88,080 8.0 9.1 Edinburgh, City of 448,850 49.1 10.9 Falkirk 143,040 21.0 14.7 Fife 349,300 40.0 11.5 Glasgow City 616,430 81.4 13.2 Highland 208,700 11.5 5.5 Inverclyde 87,100 14.4 16.5 Midlothian 80,040 5.0 6.2 Moray 86,510 10.0 11.5 North Ayrshire 139,520 16.1 11.5 North Lanarkshire 325,940 39.9 12.2 Orkney Islands 19,800 4.6 23.2 Perth and Kinross 132,570 13.0 9.8 Renfrewshire 178,550 20.4 11.4 Scottish Borders 106,100 16.7 15.7 Shetland Islands 23,020 0.0 0.0 South Ayrshire 114,630 10.0 8.7 South Lanarkshire 307,450 18.5 6.0 Stirling 82,750 0.0 0.0 West Dunbartonshire 95,760 15.0 15.7 West Lothian 150,770 14.0 9.3 Western Isles 28,880 0.0 0.0 Source:
Full-time equivalent number of occupational therapists/aides as reported by authorities' to the December 1996 Annual staffing survey.