The Liberal Democrats' Baroness Walmsley asked schools minister Lord Adonis how many speech and language professionals were in place in children's centres and how many have advanced plans to have them.
Lord Adonis said there was 'no breakdown of the figures by location', but with plans to increase the number of children's centres to 2,500 in 2008 and to 3,500 by 2010, he said, 'we would expect to see steadily more speech and language therapists employed therein'.
He added, 'It is the responsibility of local children's trusts, which bring together the local authority, the education service and the local NHS, to plan that provision locality by locality.'
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