To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are employed by his Department in Cardiff and London; and what were the corresponding figures for the last 10 years.
The numbers of staff employed by the Welsh Office in Cardiff and London over the last 10 years can be fully disaggregated only at disproportionate cost. Setting aside those employed in the main offices outside these locations gives the following figures for 1 October of each year.
| 1 October | Number |
| 1990 | 1,931 |
| 1989 | 1,809 |
| 1988 | 1,739 |
| Speech therapists in post as at 30 September | |||||||||||
| Whole-time equivalents | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| Clwyd | 12·4 | 12·1 | 12·7 | 12·7 | 14·4 | 17·6 | 17·4 | 23·3 | 24·7 | 24·3 | 29·4 |
| East Dyfed | 7·3 | 7·4 | 5·4 | 6·4 | 8·4 | 8·4 | 13·3 | 13·3 | 14·0 | 15·3 | 15·3 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2·0 | 2·5 | 4·0 | 4·0 | 4·0 | 6·0 | 6·0 | 5·0 | 5·0 | ||
| Gwent | 7·1 | 10·0 | 11·9 | 12·7 | 12··8 | 15·9 | 16·9 | 14·9 | 12·1 | 15·4 | 16·1 |
| Gwynedd | 6·8 | 7·5 | 8·6 | 8·6 | 8·0 | 9·4 | 11·0 | 10·0 | 11·9 | 11·7 | 11·3 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 11·0 | 12· 5 | 12·1 | 13·6 | 17·6 | 14·6 | 12·6 | 17·0 | 19· 5 | 18·0 | 18·4 |
| Powys | 4·7 | 5·6 | 5·7 | 6·7 | 5·8 | 5·8 | 4·8 | 3·8 | 7·5 | 8·9 | 8·4 |
| South Glamorgan | 16·4 | 17·4 | 15·7 | 15·7 | 18·6 | 28·7 | 27·0 | 27·6 | 27·7 | 30·8 | 32·6 |
| West Glamorgan | 8·6 | 8·5 | 12·6 | 13·1 | 13·3 | 13·2 | 13·2 | 14·2 | 19·7 | 20·9 | 17·9 |
| Expenditure on speech therapy in real terms | |||||||||||
| £ thousands | |||||||||||
| 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | |
| Clwyd | 164 | 162 | 168 | 191 | 187 | 199 | 233 | 252 | 297 | 353 | 402 |
| East Dyfed | 108 | 107 | 117 | 94 | 116 | 139 | 146 | 172 | 190 | 176 | 191 |
| Pembrokeshire | 35 | 38 | 42 | 45 | 65 | 54 | 61 | 57 | |||
| Gwent | 129 | 123 | 146 | 163 | 185 | 193 | 209 | 195 | 187 | 170 | 194 |
| Gwynedd | 34 | 81 | 111 | 126 | 131 | 139 | 145 | 160 | 162 | 211 | 193 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 133 | 157 | 166 | 235 | 186 | 214 | 174 | 192 | 232 | 258 | 248 |
| Powys | 49 | 62 | 66 | 78 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 75 | 92 | 135 | 146 |
| South Glamorgan | 192 | 220 | 228 | 221 | 273 | 281 | 392 | 436 | 403 | 453 | 492 |
| West Glamorgan | 105 | 123 | 149 | 169 | 164 | 193 | 178 | 193 | 221 | 255 | 261 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what amount of cash in real terms has been given in each year, from 1980 onwards, to speech therapy in the NHS and the local education authorities.
Responsibility for the financing and provision of speech therapy services was transferred to the NHS in 1974 at the time of the NHS reorganisation. The level of funding provided for these services is a matter
October
| Number
|
| 1987 | 1,817 |
| 1986 | 1,842 |
| 1985 | 1,835 |
| 1984 | 1,742 |
| 1983 | 1,690 |
| 1982 | 1,722 |
| 1981 | 1,781 |
| 1980 | 1,844 |
These include small numbers of staff in the Colwyn Bay office and some education division and CADW staff.