asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of wholly unoccupied consultant posts, consultant posts occupied by locums, consultant posts wholly unoccupied and not occupied by a permanent holder for 12 months or more and consultant posts occupied by locums and not occupied by a permanent holder for 12 months or more in the National Health Service, which were recorded by his Department on 30 September 1984, were in the west midlands region.

The information requested is as follows: