Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Monday, 15 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 April 2002. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Monday, 22 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average waiting time between a child being referred by his school to an educational psychologist and the first consultation taking place has been in the last 12 months; how many educational psychologists are employed (a) by each local education authority in England and Wales and (b) in total; what the equivalent figures were for the last five years; and if she will make a statement; if she will make a statement about the recruitment and retention of educational psychologists; what estimate she has made of the number of posts for educational psychologists in local education authorities in England and Wales that are unfilled. - Inc table. (Holding answer 18 April 2002).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 384 c78-84W; 51053;51055;51056;51057
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Administrative delays Recruitment Staff Waiting lists Vacancies Educational psychology
Contains statistics: Yes
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