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services. A representative of one organisation had discussions with the Department of Health's ambulance policy advisory group earlier this year. The advisory group has agreed a code of practice for prospective purchasers and providers setting out minimum standards for non-national health service patient transport services.

Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts in each regional health authority in England and Wales presently have one or more contracts with private operators for ambulance or patient transport services.


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Mr. Sackville : This information is not available centrally.

Midwives

Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwives were employed (a) full time and (b) part time in each region in each year since 1988.

Mr. Sackville : The information is given in the table.


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National Health Service qualified midwives employed full-time and part-time by                 

region-September 1988 to 1991                                                                  

Whole-time                1988                          1989                                   

equivalents                                                                                    

                         |Full-time|Part-time|Total    |Full-time|Part-time|Total              

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Northern                 |960      |370      |1,320    |920      |370      |1,290              

Yorkshire                |1,240    |360      |1,610    |1,240    |380      |1,630              

Trent                    |1,380    |440      |1,820    |1,410    |440      |1,850              

East Anglia              |670      |160      |830      |630      |180      |820                

North West Thames        |960      |220      |1,180    |970      |230      |1,200              

North East Thames        |1,300    |270      |1,580    |1,300    |270      |1,570              

South East Thames        |880      |160      |1,040    |660      |120      |780                

South West Thames        |780      |240      |1,030    |780      |270      |1,040              

Wessex                   |880      |270      |1,150    |860      |300      |1,150              

Oxford                   |720      |240      |960      |750      |230      |980                

South Western            |810      |210      |1,020    |940      |260      |1,200              

West Midlands            |1,670    |540      |2,210    |1,700    |550      |2,250              

Mersey                   |750      |270      |1,020    |780      |310      |1,090              

North Western            |1,690    |480      |2,170    |1,580    |530      |2,110              

Special Health Authority |140      |10       |150      |140      |10       |150                

                         |-------  |-------  |-------  |-------  |-------  |-------            

  Total                  |14,840   |4,250    |19,080   |14,660   |4,460    |19,110             


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Whole-time                1990                          1991                                   

equivalents                                                                                    

                         |Full-time|Part-time|Total    |Full-time|Part-time|Total              

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Northern                 |920      |370      |1,280    |910      |400      |1,310              

Yorkshire                |1,270    |370      |1,640    |1,210                                  

1,620                                                                                          

Trent                    |1,410    |470      |1,880    |1,390    |490      |1,880              

East Anglia              |640      |170      |810      |610      |180      |780                

North West Thames        |980      |230      |1,210    |880      |250      |1,130              

North East Thames        |1,340    |270      |1,610    |1,280    |310      |1,600              

South East Thames        |1,150    |250      |1,400    |990      |320      |1,310              

South West Thames        |740      |240      |980      |780      |260      |1,040              

Wessex                   |820      |310      |1,130    |790      |350      |1,140              

Oxford                   |760      |250      |1,010    |730      |300      |1,030              

South Western            |950      |280      |1,230    |10       |1,180    |1,180              

West Midlands            |1,750    |570      |2,320    |1,650    |570      |2,220              

Mersey                   |800      |320      |1,120    |770      |340      |1,110              

North Western            |1,580    |570      |2,150    |1,580    |620      |2,190              

Special Health Authority |80       |0        |80       |90       |0        |90                 

                         |-------  |-------  |-------  |-------  |-------  |-------            

  Total                  |15,200   |4,660    |19,860   |13,670   |5,980    |19,640             

Source: HAP(STATS)B Non-Medical Workforce Census.                                              

Notes:                                                                                         

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.                                                      

2. Figures exclude student and pupil midwives.                                                 

3. Figures exclude Senior Midwives (Midwives in administration).                               

4. Totals may not sum due to rounding.                                                         

EDUCATION

Examinations

Ms Gordon : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 13 July, Official Report, column 824, when he expects to be in a position to give the cost of examiners used to invigilate and/or mark tests for English and technical studies in spring 1993 to


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replace teaching staff who refused to administer the tests ; and whether he will list those costs by authority which incurred them.

Mr. Robin Squire : This information is not collected by the Department.

Speech Therapy

Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the ratio of schoolchildren aged between three and 19 years old to speech therapists in each local education authority in England.


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Mr. Forth : The figures requested are not held centrally.

Grant-maintained Schools

Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list those schools by local education authority that have achieved grant- maintained status.

Mr. Robin Squire : The schools which have been approved for self- governing status as of 20 July, or which my right hon. Friend is minded to approve, are as follows.

Avon

Oldfield School

Beechen Cliff School

Barnet

Queen Elizabeth's GM School For Boys

Mill Hill Grant-Maintained High School

St. Mary's CE High School

Hendon School

Bedfordshire

Lea Manor High School and Community College

Crawley Green Grant Maintained Infant School

Holywell School

Thomas Whitehead CE School

Ashcroft High School

Quensbury School

Ashton St. Peters (VA) Lower School

Sharnbrook Upper School

Icknield High School

Manshead School

Stopsley High School and Community College

Wootton Upper School

Lincroft Middle School (Grant Maintained)

Berkshire

Herschel Grammar School

Slough Grammar School (Formerly Upton Grammar)

The Downs School

Denefield School

Priory School

Cippenham Middle School (Grant Maintained)

Reading School

Whitelocke Infant and Nursery School

Langley Grammar School

Desborough Comprehensive School

Holy Family RC School

Castleview Combined School

St. Bartholomew's School

Westgate School

Southlands School

Bexley

St. Columba's RC Boys School

St. Catherine's RC School for Girls

Bexley Erith Technical High School for Boys

St. Mary and St. Joseph's Grant-Maintained School

Barnehurst Infant Grant-Maintained School

Barnehurst Junior Grant-Maintained School

Birmingham

Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

King Edward VI Handsworth School

Ninestiles School

King Edward VI Aston School

Hall Green School

Baverstock Grant-Maintained School

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

Small Heath School

Great Barr Grant-Maintained School

The Fairfax School

Deanery Junior School

Deanery Infant School

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys

King Edward VI Five Ways School

Bolton

George Tomlinson School


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St. James' CE School

Canon Slade School

Crompton Fold Primary School

Bradford

Oakbank School

Bingley Grammar School

Laisterdyke Grant-Maintained Middle School

Thornton School

Hanson Grant-Maintained School

Killinghall School

Brent

Claremont High School (Grant-Maintained)

Kingsbury High School

Convent of Jesus and Mary GM High School

Queens Park Community School (GM)

Copland Community School and Technology Centre

Bromley

Beaverwood School for Girls

Crofton Junior School

Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Primary School

Newstead Wood School for Girls (GM)

Bullers Wood School for Girls

Hayes School

Charles Darwin School

St. John Rigby School

Ravens Wood School for Boys

Langley Park School for Boys

Coopers School

Kelsey Park School

St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School

Buckinghamshire

Castlefield Combined School

Hamilton Combined School

Bridgewater Hall School, Stantonbury Campus

Beaconsfield High School

Overstone Grant-Maintained Combined School

Brindley Hall School

Wycombe Royal Grammar School

Lord Grey School

Wing School

Beechview Middle School (Grant-Maintained)

The Chalfonts Community College (GM)

The Radcliffe School

Brookmead School

Brushwood Middle School

Bury

Peel Brow County Primary School

Calderdale

Rastrick High School

Salterlee Primary School

The North Halifax Grammar School

Holy Trinity CE Senior School (GM)

The Crossley Heath School

Cambridgeshire

Jack Hunt School, Peterborough

Deacon's School

The King's School (Peterborough Cathedral Sc)

Sawston Village College

Sawtry Village College GM School

St. John Fisher RC Comprehensive School

St. Peter's School

Longsands Community College

The Village College, Comberton

Gamlingay (Grant-Maintained) Village College

Bassingbourn GM Village College

Stanground College (Grant-Maintained)

Orton Wistow Primary School

Wheatfields Junior School

The Queen's School

St. Helen's Primary School

Crosshall Junior School

Ailwyn Community School

The Park Lane Primary School

Crosshall Infant School


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