To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many speech therapy posts are established in the Greater Glasgow health board area; how many are vacant; and for how long they have been vacant.

[holding answer 16 March 1990]: Greater Glasgow health board employs 66·1 whole-time equivalent speech therapists. Sixteen vacancies were identified last October and five have since been filled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many speech therapy posts are vacant in Scotland.

[holding answer 16 March 1990]: Speech therapists are employed almost exclusively by health boards and information about current vacancies is not held centrally.