Speech/Language Therapy

HC Deb 11 November 2003 vol 413 cc273-4W

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many initial contacts there were between patients and speech and language therapy staff in the NHS in London in each year since 1992. [134856]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the table.

Speech and Language therapy initial contacts, London, 1992–93 to 2002–03
Thousand
	Initial contacts
1992–93	45
1993–94	45
1994–95	52
1995–96	51
1996–97	55
1997–98	57
1998–99	54
1999–2000	54
2000–01	55
2001–02	55
2002–03	59

Source:

Department of Health Statistics Division 3G KT29.