HC Deb 12 November 1998 vol 319 c305W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many associate specialist posts have been created in each hospital trust area in each of the last five years. [58283]

Mr. Milburn

Information about the number of associate specialist posts created each year is not collected centrally. Copies of tables showing the whole-time equivalent number of associate specialists in post in each hospital trust on 30 September 1997 and 1996 will be placed in the Library. Data prior to 1996 are not available.