To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many additional training places for radiographers have been created in each of the last six years; [110382](2) how many radiographers have completed training in each of the last six years. [110381]

Information on the number of training places for radiographers in the last six years is shown in the table.

Radiographer training commissions
Year	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
				Revised
Source	BS	A/R	A/R	QMR Q4	QMR Q4	QMR Q4
All radiographers	593	582	646	685	761	948
Diagnostic	452	447	507	541	597	730
Therapeutic	141	135	139	141	164	218

BS = Balance sheetA/R = NMET Accountability ReportQMR = NMET Quarerly Monitoring ReportsInformation on the number of radiographers completing training is not collected centrally. The Health Professions Council holds information on the numbers of radiographers on its register, a prerequisite for employment in the United Kingdom. This information can be obtained through Claire Harkin at clair.harkin@pc.uk.org.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacant NHS posts for therapeutic and diagnostic radiographers there were in March in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each NHS trust. [110383]

Information on the number of therapeutic and diagnostic radiographer posts that have been vacant for three months or more is collected in the National Health Service workforce vacancy survey. The information available for March 2002 has been placed in the Library.