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Mr. MacGregor : There are 58 staff on secondment to the Universities Funding Council in the following grades :
|Staff
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Grade 3 |1
Grade 5 |1
Grade 6 |1
Grade 7 |6
HEO |13
EO |10
AO |10
AA |2
Secretaries |5
Typing manager |1
Typists |4
Support staff |4
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TOTAL |58
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many staff, at what grades, and what proportion of the total, have resigned or are intending to resign from the employment of the Universities Funding Council in consequence of (a) its move to Bristol and (b) for other reasons.
Mr. MacGregor : None. All staff directly employed by the council are prepared to move to Bristol. Those on secondment at EO level and above who will be under age 57 at the time of relocation will be asked whether they wish to become employees of the council and move to Bristol. All staff aged 57 and over and those at AO level and below will return to their employers.
Teacher Training (Bursaries)
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in respect of initial teacher training in subjects for which bursaries have been made available, he will list for each subject and each year for which a bursary scheme has operated, the number of applicants, the number of acceptances, the target for the subject, the amount of bursary and its total cost, and the proportion of students accepted for each course who completed their qualification, and the proportion who obtained employment in a maintained school, with aggregate totals for each year.
Mr. MacGregor : An evaluation commissioned from Bath university showed that in 1988, 83 per cent. of bursary holders went on to teach in maintained secondary schools, a higher proportion than the generality of ITT students. This finding is corroborated by evidence from a DES survey of bursary holders. It is not possible to disaggregate bursary holders from the total of students completing initial teacher training qualifications.
Table 1 shows the number of applications, recruitment targets, recruitment figures and total expenditure by subject and year. Table 2 shows the amount of bursary by subject and year.
|c|Table 1|c|
|c|Initial teacher training in the shortage subjects 1986 to 1990|c|
For entry in |Applications|Recruitment |Targets |Total cost
year |(£)
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Mathematics
1986-87 |1,299 |901 |1,275 |541,000
1987-88 |1,801 |1,194 |1,383 |1,287,000
1988-89 |1,594 |1,143 |1,572 |1,489,000
1989-90 |1,809 |1,139 |1,549 |1,483,000
CDT
1986-87 |643 |551 |756 |441,000
1987-88 |1,044 |743 |867 |944,000
1988-89 |976 |764 |978 |1,114,000
1989-90 |1,554 |775 |1,020 |1,155,000
Physics
1986-87 |594 |365 |522 |219,000
1987-88 |962 |545 |552 |560,000
1988-89 |823 |456 |595 |637,000
1989-90 |748 |322 |611 |506,000
Chemistry
1989-90 |675 |400 |584 |380,000
Since its institution, the bursary and the subjects covered have developed as follows :
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|c|Table 2|c|
Subjects eligible |Year |Level
|£
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Maths, Physics, CDT |1986 |1,200
Maths, Physics, CDT, Technology |1987 |1,250
Maths, Physics, CDT, Technology |1988 |<1>1,300
Maths, Physics, CDT, Technology |1989 |<1>1,300
Chemistry
<1> + £200 CDT Equipment.
"Technology" was added on legal advice so as to include courses entitled "Technology" which prepare students to teach other bursary subjects up to GCSE standard.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what measures he has taken to monitor the effectiveness of the bursary schemes to attract student teachers to train in shortage subjects and to enter employment in the maintained sector ; and what are the conclusions of such measures.
Mr. MacGregor : Research commissioned by my Department from the University of Bath school of education concluded that the bursary scheme had made an important contribution to attracting good quality students into shortage subject courses. At the time of the survey 83 per cent. of bursary holders had gone on to teach in maintained secondary schools, a higher proportion than the generality of newly trained teachers, Others were teaching in the independent sector or working in other posts connected with education. An increasing proportion of students had said that they could not have taken the course without a bursary, which helps to demonstrate the value of the scheme in attracting mature entrants to teaching.
Assisted Places
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average tuition fee charged by schools within the assisted places scheme.
Mr. MacGregor : The average tuition fee charged by schools in England within the assisted places scheme in academic year 1988-89, the latest year for which final figures are available, was £2,591.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated total expenditure on assisted places in 1990-91, and in respect of how many pupils.
Mr. MacGregor : It is estimated that total expenditure on assisted places in England in the financial year 1990-91 will be £61,926,000. Thirty three thousand, two hundred and eighty eight assisted places will be available in England in the academic year 1990-91.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which school within the assisted places scheme charges the highest tuition fees ; and what is the amount of that fee.
Mr. MacGregor : Charterhouse school, Godalming, where the academic year 1989-90 annual tuition fee is £6,975.
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Pre-primary Education
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimate of the number of children currently receiving nursery and other forms of pre-primary education.
Mrs. Rumbold : A total of 548,000 under-fives were attending maintained nursery and primary schools in England in January 1989. This was an increase of 15,000 over the previous year and an increase of 119,000 since 1980. During the decade the age participation rate increased from 39 to 45 per cent. A further 42,000 (3 per cent. of the age group) were attending nursery units in independent schools. The Department does not collect information on other forms of pre-primary education.
School Closures
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update the table in the answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn, of 29 June 1989, Official Report, columns 535-36, on school closures, to give information for the calendar year 1989, and the latest information available for 1990.
Mr. MacGregor : The information is in the following updated table :
Calendar |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of
year |proposals |places to be|proposals |surplus
|decided |taken out |in column 2 |places to be
|of use by |approved |taken out
|proposals |of use as a
|in column 2 |result of
|approved
|proposals
(1) |(2) |(3) |(4) |(5)
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1983 |366 |104,174 |330 |85,606
1984 |292 |85,862 |270 |77,590
1985 |205 |101,097 |185 |88,218
1986 |172 |81,663 |147 |62,828
1987 |159 |55,116 |134 |45,326
1988 |145 |64,256 |116 |27,170
1989 |140 |59,527 |114 |41,831
<1>1990 |12 |2,467 |7 |2,380
<1> 1 January to 28 February 1990.
Further Education (Liverpool)
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met the assistant director for further education in Liverpool ; what subjects were discussed ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Jackson : Officials of the Department met the senior assistant director (further education) of Liverpool local authority, together with the assistant city solicitor, on 21 March. His purpose in requesting the meeting was, in accordance with a resolution of Liverpool city council, to advise the Department of the council's decision to recommend to its education committee that the management of its further education provision be restructured by 1 April 1991 to a single college model on various sites throughout the city.
Student Loans
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the repayment terms of top-up for students on longer courses.
Mr. MacGregor : I am now able to announce that the Government intend that the repayment period for students on courses that are longer than four years should be initially seven years. The standard repayment period for other students will be initially five years. This will ensure that repayments are manageable for students on courses longer than four years, who will build up larger liabilities during their courses. As the scheme develops and loans increase in real terms the standard repayment period will be extended : the repayment period for those on longer courses will similarly be extended.
Access Funds
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will review the provision for access funds ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. MacGregor : I am now able to announce that following parliamentary discussion during the various stages of the Education (Student Loans) Bill in both Houses, the Government have decided to increase to £20 million the access funds available for higher education. This will give the higher education institutions greater scope for extending discretionary assistance on a flexible basis to their students, notably those facing relatively high accommodation. The necessary supplementary estimates approval for the additional expenditure of £10 million in 1990-91 will be sought in due course.
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Pensions
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the average pension paid to head teachers who retired in 1989 ; and what was the average pension received by head teachers who retired in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(2) what is the value at current prices of the average pension received by lecturers in higher education on their retirement in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(3) what is the value at current prices of the average pension received by lecturers in further education on their retirement in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(4) what is the value at current prices of the average pension received by teachers on their retirement in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(5) what is the value at current prices of the average pension received by head teachers on their retirement in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(6) what was the average pension paid for lecturers in higher education who retired in 1989 ; and what is the average pension currently received by lecturers in higher education in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(7) what was the average pension paid to lecturers in further education who retired in 1989 ; and what is the average pension received by lecturers in further education who retired in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969 ;
(8) what was the average pension paid to teachers who retired in 1989 ; and what is the average pension currently received by teachers who retired in (a) 1979 and (b) 1969.
Mr. Alan Howarth [holding answer 20 March 1990] : Information in respect of 1989 is being assembled and will be made available shortly ; information relating to lecturers in higher education and further education is only held as a combined total. Figures for 1969 and 1979 are as follows :
|c|Average pension at time of
payment|c|
|1969 |1979
|£ |£
--------------------------------
Teachers |695 |2,270
Head teachers |1,080|3,560
Lecturers |985 |2,770
|c|Average pension at current
values|c|
|1969<1>|1979<1>
|£ |£
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Teachers |4,450 |4,380
Head teachers |6,910 |6,860
Lecturers |6,300 |5,340
<1> Retirement.
In 1969, teachers generally required 30 years service before being eligible for a pension ; the average length of service on which pensions were based in 1969 was 33 years. The present qualifying period for a pension is two years and the average length of service on which pensions are currently based is 26 years.
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SCOTLAND
Footpaths and Bridleways
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for each of the years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, the number of temporary traffic regulation orders made by local authorities under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to restrict or prohibit the use of footpaths or bridleways for which he gave consent under section 15(2) of that Act for an extension of the period for which the order was in force.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Temporary traffic orders affecting footpaths and bridleways are not separately identified from those affecting road traffic and the information could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Cash Limits
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to make further changes to the cash limits for 1989-90 within his responsibility.
Mr. Rifkind : Yes. I intend to make changes to four of the cash limits within my responsibility.
As a result of savings on various grant schemes the cash limit for class XVI, vote 2, agriculture services and fisheries, Scotland, will be decreased by £1,000,000 from £80,024,000 to £79,024,000. The cash limit on class XVI, vote 3, regional and general industrial support, Scotland will be reduced by £750,000 from £144, 249,000 to £143,499,000. This reflects a reduction to the Scottish Development Agency's grant in aid associated with additional receipts arising from property sales by the agency.
The cash limit on class XVI, vote 6, roads, transport and environmental services, Scotland, will be decreased by £1,500,000 from £212,942,000 to £211,442,000 as a result of savings on trunk road maintenance expenditure.
The non-voted cash limit SO/LA2, which covers housing capital expenditure by local authorities and new towns, will be reduced by £3,037,000 from £344,286,000 to £341,249,000 reflecting savings on expenditure by the new towns.
Training Schemes
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list private companies involved with provision of youth training schemes and employment training in Scotland by regional area ; and how expenditure of public money by them is monitored.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 7 March 1990] : Financial checks on all training providers in YTS and employment training are carried out by the Training Agency's professional accountant in Scotland. All organisations operating YTS must have approved training organisation status, and all organisations operating employment training must achieve approved training organisation status by 5 September 1990 or two years after the start of their contract. One of the criteria for this is financial viability. Organisations must demonstrate that they have the financial resources to fulfil their contracted obligations, operate effective financial systems and controls and maintain up-to-date and accurate administrative records.
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It is not possible to provide a comprehensive list of private companies involved with the provision of the youth training scheme and employment training in Scotland.Birds of Prey
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number, species and cause of death of birds of prey discovered in each of the last three years.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 12 March 1990] : The information obtained through the wildlife incident investigation scheme of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland on numbers of birds of prey discovered dead is set out in the table. I understand that the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds also keeps records, but these cannot be compared directly because they are compiled on a different basis. The RSPB totals for the relevant years were 37, 25 and 38.
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Species |Poisoned |Shot |Trauma |Disease |Starvation|Unknown |Total
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1987
Barn Owl |- |- |1 |- |- |2 |3
Buzzard |9 |- |5 |2 |- |2 |18
Golden Eagle |1 |- |- |- |- |3 |4
Kestrel |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1
Osprey |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1
Sparrowhawk |- |- |5 |- |- |2 |7
Tawny Owl |- |- |- |- |- |3 |3
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10 |- |11 |2 |- |14 |37
1988
Barn Owl |- |- |1 |- |- |2 |3
Buzzard |7 |1 |6 |1 |- |1 |16
Golden Eagle |4 |1 |1 |- |- |2 |8
Hen Harrier |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |2
Kestrel |- |- |2 |2 |- |- |4
Merlin |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1
Short Eared Owl |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Sparrowhawk |- |- |4 |- |- |1 |5
Tawny Owl |2 |- |2 |- |- |- |4
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |14 |2 |18 |4 |- |6 |44
1989
Barn Owl |- |- |4 |- |- |2 |6
Buzzard |11 |1 |2 |1 |1 |9 |25
Golden Eagle |1 |1 |2 |- |- |2 |6
Hen Harrier |- |1 |- |- |- |- |1
Kestrel |- |- |3 |1 |- |2 |6
Merlin |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |2
Osprey |- |- |- |- |- |2 |2
Peregrine |3 |2 |1 |- |- |3 |9
Red Kite |1 |- |- |- |- |- |1
Sparrowhawk |<1>2 |- |3 |3 |- |2 |10
Tawny Owl |- |- |2 |- |- |1 |3
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |18 |6 |18 |5 |1 |23 |71
<1> Pesticide poisonings, not deliberate abuse.
Speech Therapists
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy on cover for maternity leave taken by speech therapists ; and what is the average waiting time for children with speech difficulties in the Greater Glasgow health board area.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 19 March 1990] : The information requested is not available.
Hospitals (Self-governing Status)
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report those hospitals which have declared an interest in applying for self-governing status.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 20 March 1990] : Expressions of interest have been made public by the hospitals at Forfar, the Royal Scottish National hospital
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at Larbert and the unit at the Foresterhill site in Aberdeen comprising the royal infirmary, maternity hospital and children's hospital.Prime Minister's Visit (Security)
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total cost to public funds of providing security during the visit to Scotland of the Prime Minister on 8, 9 and 10 March.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 20 March 1990] : The level of security required to protect the Prime Minister, or any other public figure, is an operational matter for the chief constable concerned and it is not the practice to give information of the kind requested.
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HEALTH
Residential Homes, Easington
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by name and address the nursing and residential homes in the Easington constituency and the cost per patient per home borne by the Department of Social Security.
Mr. Freeman : Information about nursing homes and residential care homes is not collected centrally in this form. Details of nursing homes and residential care homes registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 are kept by district health authorities and local social services authorities respectively. Benefit levels and the payments made to individual residents are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Care in the Community
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what extra resources are to be made available to statutory authorities to provide care in the community within the Easington constituency.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : New burdens on local authorities as a result of the community care policy will be taken into account when determining their grant entitlement for 1991-92. The extra resources will be distributed to individual authorities through the standard spending assessment for personal social services. The formula is being reconsidered in the light of the new policies and discussions with local authorities. Final decisions on resource issues will be taken in the course of the current public expenditure discussions. Additional resources for health care from April 1991, including care in the community, will also be considered as
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part of the current public expenditure survey. It is for the health authorities to decide on levels of expenditure in each part of their programme having regard to local plans and circumstances.Dental Service
Mr. Sean Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimated proportion of the costs of the general dental service will come from patients' charges assuming that continuing care payments are in place under the proposed new dental contract.
Mr. Freeman : The 1990-91 estimates laid before Parliament show income from patient charges for general dental services in England as £388 million--38 per cent. of the estimated cost.
Mr. Sean Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total cost of the general dental service in the United Kingdom in terms of both current and constant prices over the last five financial years ; and what are the best estimates for the costs of the service at current prices in 1989-90 and 1990-91.
Mr. Freeman : The gross cost of the general dental services in England in cash and at 1989-90 prices over the last five complete financial years is given in the table. The estimated outturn for 1989-90 is £970 million. The estimated gross cost of the general dental service in England in 1990-91, as shown in the main estimates, is £1,019.4 million. Information on the general dental services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Northern Ireland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.
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|1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89
|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million
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Cash |640.4 |660.0 |741.7 |819.6 |949.7
At 1989-90 prices<1> |838.6 |820.3 |891.6 |935.1 |1,011.4
<1> Revalued to 1989-90 prices using the gross domestic product deflator.
Mr. Sean Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the costs of the general dental care service came from patients' charges in the period of the last five years.
Mr. Freeman : The proportion of the gross costs of the general dental services in England recovered from patients' charges in the last five complete financial years is given in the table.
|Per cent.
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1984-85 |27
1985-86 |30
1986-87 |30
1987-88 |29
1988-89 |31
Self-governing Hospitals
Mr. Tom Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the hospitals applying for self-governing status within the north-west region.
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Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Formal applications for NHS trust status will not be made until Parliament has given approval to the necessary legislation. Only at this stage will units decide whether or not to submit a firm application. However, the following units in the North Western regional health authority have expressed an interest in trust status :
Christie hospital
Central Manchester hospital and community services
Royal Preston hospital
South Manchester health authority community unit
Stepping Hill hospital and Stockport infirmary
Wrightington hospital
Hampshire Constituencies
Sir David Price : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in the Official Report the size of the electorate of each parliamentary constituency in Hampshire and the extent to which each such constituency differs from the electoral quota for England, expressed both in numbers and in percentage.
Mr. Freeman : The information requested is given in the table.
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Parliamentary Electors 1989 register
constituency |on 1990
|register
Electors Above electoral
quota by
|Number |Per cent.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aldershot |83,356 |82,750 |13,217 |19.0
Basingstoke |83,111 |81,557 |12,024 |17.3
East Hampshire |91,512 |91,737 |22,204 |31.9
Eastleigh |91,259 |90,119 |20,586 |29.6
Fareham |81,399 |80,864 |11,331 |16.3
Gosport |70,903 |70,478 |945 |1.4
Havant |77,158 |77,426 |7,893 |11.4
New Forest |76,278 |76,647 |7,114 |10.2
North West Hampshire |72,637 |72,156 |2,623 |3.8
Portsmouth North |81,523 |81,453 |11,920 |17.1
Portsmouth South |77,127 |76,521 |6,988 |10.0
Romsey and Waterside |83,302 |82,910 |13,377 |19.2
Southampton, Itchen |73,223 |72,658 |3,125 |4.5
Southampton, Test |74,703 |74,334 |4,801 |6.9
Winchester |79,226 |79,373 |9,840 |14.2
Note: The 1989 electoral quota for England was 69,533. The 1990 quota cannot be calculated
until the electorates for all constituencies in England are available centrally in about two
months time.
Infant Mortality (Greenwich)
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what targets Greenwich health authority has set to reduce its infant mortality rate ; and what level of resources have been allocated to this task.
Mr. Freeman : This information is not held centrally but the hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of Greenwich health authority for the details she seeks.
Health Authority Chairmen
Mr. McWilliam : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the chairmen of regional and district health authorities in England and Wales by authority, indicating (i) their age if over 60 years, (ii) their political affiliation if known and (iii) whether or not they are resident in the area covered by the health authority.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Health authority chairmen's appointments in England as at 1 April 1990 are listed in the tables which have been placed in the Library. Eight regional chairmen and 88 district chairmen are aged over 60 years. Dates of birth of individual chairmen are held in confidence. We do not seek details of their political affiliations. Chairmen who are resident within the district they serve are marked with an "R" in the tables. Those who do not live within their region or district usually have some other connection with it, for example they work or have a second home there.
Speech Therapists
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health by how much the average salary of a speech therapist has increased since 1979 in real and percentage terms and what has been the percentage increases in (a) average doctor's pay, (b) average nurse's pay, (c) the salary of skilled workers and (d) the cost of living.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Between 1979-80 and 1988-89 (1 August--31 July) settlements for doctors and dentists were worth 149.5 per cent., nurses 184.8 per cent., speech
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therapists 138.7 per cent. and the retail prices index rose by 98.9 per cent. The real-terms increase over this period for speech therapists was 20 per cent. Information is not readily available about overall pay on a comparable basis and there is no precise category of skilled workers.Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have started training in speech therapy in each of the last 10 years.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Information is not collected centrally on the numbers entering speech therapy training. I understand from information supplied by the College of Speech Therapists that the total number of people starting training in speech therapy at the 16 training establishments in the United Kingdom for the years 1982 to 1988 was as follows :
|Number
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1982 |380
1983 |374
1984 |395
1985 |376
1986 |389
1987 |394
1988 |409
Figures for earlier years are not available. The provisional figure for 1989 is 450.
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many schools for the deaf have a speech therapist provided by the health authority ; and how many schools requiring one have not had their needs met by the health authority.
Mr. Freeman : The information is not available centrally. It is for individual health authorities to determine the speech therapy services that can be made available to hearing impaired children, in the light of local circumstances, their assessment of priorities, and the available resources.
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many speech therapists are estimated to have permanently left the profession in each of the last 10 years.
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