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Mr. Peter Walker : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
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Valleys Enterprise Loan Scheme
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will make a statement on the valleys enterprise loan scheme ; (2) what has been the number of (a) applications and (b) acceptances under the valleys enterprise loan scheme ; and what was (i) their value, (ii) the name and location of the companies and (iii) the number of new jobs created in each case.
Mr. Peter Walker : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Community Enterprise
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the community enterprise scheme.
Mr. Peter Walker : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Welsh Technology Development Fund
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will make a statement on the Welsh technology development fund ; (2) what has been the number of (a) applications and (b) acceptances under the Welsh technology development fund ; and what was (i) their value, (ii) the name and location of the companies and (iii) the number of new jobs created in each case.
Mr. Peter Walker : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Woodlands
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what revenue has accrued to the Forestry Commission from the sale of woodlands in Wales for each of the last seven years.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information is shown in the following table :
3 |c|Receipts from sale of forest land|c| Year to 31 March |£000 --------------------------------------------------- 1982 |105 1983 |376 1984 |1,767 1985 |2,406 1986 |2,193 1987 |1,576 1988 |871
These receipts are surrendered by the Forestry Commission to the Consolidated Fund.
Authority to Hunt"
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library the Forestry Commission's Wales Conservancy's "Authority to Hunt" document.
Mr. Peter Walker : A copy of the form of authority used in the Forestry Commission's Wales Conservancy is being placed in the Library of the House.
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Housing Benefit
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what was the number of applications for housing benefit for each year since 1979 ; and what was the number accepted for each district council ;
(2) what was the value of housing benefit distributed in Wales for each year since 1979 at constant prices ;
(3) what was the value of housing benefit distributed in Wales by district council for each year since 1979 at constant prices.
Mr. Grist : Housing benefit was introduced for some supplementary benefit claimants from November 1982 with full implemenation for all claimants following from April 1983. The information given in the following tables shows the payments and the numbers of recipients from 1983-84 onwards at 1987-88 prices. Figures for the numbers of rate rebates, rent rebates and rent allowances have been provided separately, as there is a significant overlap ; most households getting assistance with rent will also be in receipt of a rate rebate. Data prior to 1983-84 are not held on a consistent basis. Information on the number of applications is not held centrally.
Number of recipients
1983-84
|Rent rebates |Rent allowances|Rate rebates
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Alyn and Deeside |4,237 |621 |8,200
Colwyn |2,421 |1,435 |9,673
Delyn |5,212 |703 |10,305
Glyndwr |2,414 |327 |4,078
Rhuddlan |2,165 |1,783 |8,926
Wrexham Maelor |9,996 |932 |17,140
Carmarthen |2,347 |581 |4,291
Ceredigion |1,930 |1,122 |4,755
Dinefwr |1,793 |331 |3,495
Llanelli |5,642 |660 |10,025
Preseli Pembs |4,336 |668 |6,704
South Pembroke |2,301 |673 |3,912
Blaenau Gwent |8,153 |562 |11,460
Islwyn |4,876 |793 |8,310
Monmouth |3,695 |644 |6,563
Newport |10,880 |2,410 |9,400
Torfaen |5,538 |705 |14,211
Aberconwy |2,250 |1,206 |6,586
Arfon |3,913 |1,200 |6,690
Dwyfor |1,158 |546 |3,351
Meirionnydd |1,716 |492 |4,127
Ynys Mon |4,373 |810 |8,377
Cynon Valley |4,202 |1,010 |9,526
Merthyr Tydfil |5,379 |854 |8,437
Ogwr |8,223 |1,323 |15,617
Rhondda |4,217 |1,161 |11,616
Rhymney Valley |8,887 |1,249 |15,288
Taff Ely |6,103 |936 |10,008
Brecknock |2,051 |461 |3,582
Montgomeryshire |1,955 |690 |3,410
Radnor |923 |529 |1,761
Cardiff |15,066 |10,537 |32,486
Vale of Glamorgan |5,074 |1,950 |11,377
Port Talbot |4,988 |413 |7,975
Lliw Valley |3,831 |391 |7,228
Neath |4,622 |647 |9,049
Swansea |13,787 |3,009 |27,853
|---- |---- |----
Total Wales |180,654 |44,364 |345,792
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|c|Number of recipients 1984-85|c|
|Rent rebates |Rent allowances|Rate rebates
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Alyn and Deeside |4,077 |668 |8,114
Colwyn |2,560 |1,447 |9,050
Delyn |4,984 |863 |10,016
Glyndwr |2,160 |460 |4,050
Rhuddlan |2,106 |2,026 |9,000
Wrexham Maelor |9,728 |971 |15,040
Carmarthen |2,397 |730 |3,991
Ceredigion |2,490 |1,519 |6,872
Dinefwr |1,957 |384 |3,900
Llanelli |5,433 |637 |10,668
Preseli Pembs |4,358 |758 |7,624
South Pembroke |2,265 |815 |4,117
Blaenau Gwent |7,979 |627 |11,687
Islwyn |4,868 |830 |8,317
Monmouth |3,843 |722 |7,175
Newport |10,903 |2,547 |10,000
Torfaen |6,199 |553 |14,081
Aberconwy |2,385 |1,369 |7,140
Arfon |3,891 |1,702 |5,301
Dwyfor |1,160 |601 |2,817
Meirionnydd |1,628 |505 |3,924
Ynys Mon |4,430 |1,161 |8,088
Cynon Valley |4,625 |1,409 |10,505
Merthyr Tydfil |5,444 |972 |9,037
Ogwr |8,255 |1,362 |16,038
Rhondda |4,236 |947 |10,078
Rhymney Valley |8,577 |1,442 |16,960
Taff Ely |6,172 |940 |10,087
Brecknock |2,013 |479 |3,428
Montgomeryshire |2,114 |764 |4,201
Radnor |882 |565 |1,804
Cardiff |17,133 |11,581 |36,248
Vale of Glamorgan |5,112 |1,990 |10,712
Port Talbot |4,776 |336 |7,816
Lliw Valley |4,002 |400 |7,894
Neath |4,550 |715 |9,152
Swansea |13,768 |3,349 |28,404
|------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |183,460 |49,146 |353,336
|c|Number of Recipients 1985-86|c|
|Rent Rebates |Rent Allowances|Rate Rebates
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Alyn and Deeside |4,059 |693 |7,591
Colwyn |2,662 |1,772 |13,672
Delyn |5,021 |892 |8,702
Glyndwr |2,183 |464 |3,512
Rhuddlan |2,100 |2,133 |9,092
Wrexham Maelor |9,884 |941 |14,224
Carmarthen |2,379 |812 |4,051
Ceredigion |2,777 |4,211 |7,816
Dinefwr |3,014 |518 |5,344
Llanelli |5,440 |851 |9,646
Preseli Pembs |4,418 |940 |7,934
South Pembroke |2,276 |787 |4,169
Blaenau Gwent |8,065 |601 |10,411
Islwyn |4,872 |1,008 |8,457
Monmouth |3,573 |993 |5,326
Newport |10,950 |2,665 |23,265
Torfaen |10,203 |613 |9,869
Aberconwy |2,349 |1,346 |6,949
Arfon |3,930 |1,395 |6,619
Dwyfor |1,104 |638 |3,179
Meirionnydd |1,612 |549 |4,865
Ynys Mon |4,499 |1,110 |7,539
Cynon Valley |4,268 |1,158 |9,146
Merthyr Tydfil |5,498 |1,214 |9,522
Ogwr |8,321 |1,376 |16,518
Rhondda |4,199 |1,216 |11,131
Rhymney Valley |8,664 |1,380 |15,848
Taff Ely |6,204 |1,245 |10,029
Brecknock |2,015 |532 |3,403
Montgomeryshire |2,734 |862 |4,142
Radnor |829 |572 |1,665
Cardiff |17,156 |10,828 |34,357
Vale of Glamorgan |5,025 |2,266 |10,381
Port Talbot |4,143 |448 |7,384
Lliw Valley |4,527 |716 |7,737
Neath |4,760 |338 |8,814
Swansea |13,585 |3,272 |27,831
Total Wales |189,298 |53,355 |360,140
Number of recipients
1986-87
|Rent rebates |Rent allowances|Rate rebates
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Alyn and Deeside |4,310 |669 |7,653
Colwyn |2,330 |2,277 |8,019
Delyn |3,857 |557 |7,236
Glyndwr |2,110 |580 |3,100
Rhuddlan |2,026 |2,159 |8,648
Wrexham Maelor |9,915 |1,023 |14,143
Carmarthen |2,391 |980 |4,293
Ceredigion |2,320 |2,639 |6,310
Dinefwr |3,232 |917 |6,072
Llanelli |5,432 |914 |9,375
Preseli Pembs |4,218 |848 |6,866
South Pembroke |2,323 |870 |4,355
Blaenau Gwent |8,018 |707 |10,541
Islwyn |4,704 |875 |8,227
Monmouth |3,415 |739 |5,330
Newport |11,000 |2,900 |22,250
Torfaen |10,055 |647 |13,456
Aberconwy |2,260 |1,451 |7,248
Arfon |4,265 |1,868 |8,195
Dwyfor |1,128 |863 |3,014
Meirionnydd |1,580 |571 |4,909
Ynys Mon |4,605 |1,414 |7,665
Cynon Valley |4,211 |1,192 |8,687
Merthyr Tydfil |5,940 |1,168 |8,810
Ogwr |8,279 |1,392 |15,738
Rhondda |4,298 |1,077 |10,309
Rhymney Valley |8,621 |1,435 |15,457
Taff Ely |6,175 |1,854 |10,747
Brecknock |2,009 |534 |3,444
Montgomeryshire |2,033 |820 |4,170
Radnor |769 |597 |1,767
Cardiff |17,322 |12,815 |36,876
Vale of Glamorgan |4,933 |2,486 |10,513
Port Talbot |4,557 |383 |7,023
Lliw Valley |3,799 |556 |7,206
Neath |4,417 |980 |8,524
Swansea |13,708 |4,362 |26,830
|---- |---- |----
Total Wales |186,565 |58,119 |353,006
|c|Number of recipients 1987-88|c|
|Rent rebates |Rent allowances|Rate rebates
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Alyn and Deeside |3,897 |702 |7,102
Colwyn |2,450 |2,460 |8,472
Delyn |3,703 |532 |6,943
Glyndwr |2,265 |608 |3,675
Rhuddlan |2,053 |2,075 |8,214
Wrexham Maelor |9,593 |1,067 |13,554
Carmarthen |2,369 |872 |4,197
Ceredigion |2,257 |2,318 |6,264
Dinefwr |3,947 |930 |7,496
Llanelli |5,323 |785 |9,526
Preseli Pembs |4,387 |1,027 |7,635
South Pembroke |2,261 |953 |4,184
Blaenau Gwent |7,841 |760 |10,362
Islwyn |4,477 |786 |7,595
Monmouth |3,404 |819 |5,304
Newport |10,400 |3,500 |20,400
Torfaen |9,750 |623 |23,185
Aberconwy |2,220 |1,500 |6,092
Arfon |4,300 |1,900 |8,325
Dwyfor |1,115 |730 |2,896
Meirionnydd |1,505 |545 |3,997
Ynys Mon |4,462 |1,132 |7,715
Cynon Valley |4,226 |1,211 |8,847
Merthyr Tydfil |5,843 |1,195 |9,890
Ogwr |8,017 |1,367 |14,918
Rhondda |4,220 |1,083 |10,360
Rhymney Valley |8,237 |1,412 |15,438
Taff Ely |6,034 |1,797 |10,582
Brecknock |2,017 |545 |3,562
Montgomeryshire |1,964 |775 |4,031
Radnor |720 |615 |1,700
Cardiff |16,217 |11,438 |37,608
Vale of Glamorgan |4,776 |2,555 |10,342
Port Talbot |4,357 |423 |6,993
Lliw Valley |3,804 |457 |6,537
Neath |4,518 |1,004 |7,950
Swansea |13,681 |4,419 |30,511
|------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |182,610 |56,920 |362,402
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|c|1983-84|c|
|c|Amounts granted|c|
£ thousands
|Rent rebates at 1987-88 |Rent allowance at 1987-88|Rate rebates at 1987-88 |Total at 1987-88 prices
|prices |prices |prices
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Alyn and Deeside |2,159 |345 |1,315 |3,819
Colwyn |1,646 |1,090 |1,153 |3,889
Delyn |3,213 |293 |1,442 |4,947
Glyndwr |1,396 |245 |516 |2,156
Rhuddlan |1,209 |1,297 |1,419 |3,926
Wrexham Maelor |4,499 |516 |2,219 |7,234
Carmarthen |1,672 |252 |419 |2,343
Ceredigion |1,665 |835 |519 |3,019
Dinefwr |1,062 |176 |337 |1,576
Llanelli |3,873 |394 |1,159 |5,426
Preseli Pembs |2,891 |466 |805 |4,162
South Pembroke |1,752 |595 |490 |2,837
Blaenau Gwent |6,433 |277 |1,371 |8,081
Islwyn |3,037 |426 |846 |4,309
Monmouth |2,430 |499 |831 |3,760
Newport |8,491 |1,650 |3,443 |13,584
Torfaen |4,568 |326 |1,921 |6,816
Aberconwy |1,725 |689 |922 |3,336
Arfon |2,743 |740 |764 |4,246
Dwyfor |719 |282 |323 |1,324
Meirionnydd |1,199 |272 |525 |1,996
Ynys Mon |3,087 |611 |1,070 |4,768
Cynon Valley |2,874 |431 |942 |4,247
Merthyr Tydfil |3,770 |561 |1,202 |5,534
Ogwr |6,386 |853 |2,151 |9,390
Rhondda |3,169 |345 |1,032 |4,546
Rhymney Valley |6,783 |638 |1,960 |9,382
Taff Ely |4,228 |410 |1,259 |5,897
Brecknock |1,277 |322 |326 |1,925
Montgomeryshire |1,438 |385 |491 |2,315
Radnor |652 |335 |194 |1,181
Cardiff |13,736 |6,747 |5,989 |26,473
Vale of Glamorgan |4,060 |1,387 |1,619 |7,065
Port Talbot |2,725 |276 |1,213 |4,214
Lliw Valley |2,625 |222 |981 |3,827
Neath |2,913 |351 |1,218 |4,481
Swansea |9,086 |1,888 |4,720 |15,694
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |127,192 |27,424 |49,104 |203,720
|c|1984-85|c|
|c|Amounts granted (£ thousands)|c|
|Rent rebates at 1987-88 |Rent allowance at 1987-88|Rate rebates at 1987-88 |Total at 1987-88 prices
|prices |prices |prices
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Alyn and Deeside |2,065 |429 |1,392 |3,886
Colwyn |1,550 |1,402 |1,233 |4,185
Delyn |3,056 |335 |1,532 |4,922
Glyndwr |1,334 |334 |532 |2,199
Rhuddlan |1,198 |1,524 |1,640 |4,362
Wrexham Maelor |4,480 |604 |2,340 |7,424
Carmarthen |1,695 |427 |469 |2,590
Ceredigion |1,665 |1,143 |579 |3,387
Dinefwr |1,159 |260 |406 |1,825
Llanelli |3,815 |447 |1,314 |5,576
Preseli Pembrokeshire |2,924 |635 |686 |4,245
South Pembroke |1,715 |785 |549 |3,050
Blaenau Gwent |7,023 |409 |1,410 |8,843
Islwyn |3,238 |704 |949 |4,891
Monmouth |2,284 |609 |798 |3,691
Newport |8,539 |1,978 |3,438 |13,954
Torfaen |5,116 |414 |2,066 |7,596
Aberconwy |1,699 |866 |1,039 |3,604
Arfon |2,777 |986 |824 |4,588
Dwyfor |671 |338 |330 |1,339
Meirionnydd |1,142 |334 |518 |1,994
Ynys Mon |3,163 |798 |1,163 |5,124
Cynon Valley |3,364 |670 |1,284 |5,318
Merthyr Tydfil |4,144 |793 |1,421 |6,358
Ogwr |7,521 |503 |2,463 |10,487
Rhondda |3,364 |480 |1,225 |5,069
Rhymney Valley |7,240 |893 |2,494 |10,627
Taff Ely |4,635 |588 |1,781 |7,003
Brecknock |1,368 |335 |404 |2,106
Montgomeryshire |1,382 |420 |604 |2,406
Radnor |639 |383 |203 |1,225
Cardiff |14,218 |8,461 |6,059 |28,737
Vale of Glamorgan |3,998 |1,551 |1,668 |7,218
Port Talbot |2,731 |271 |1,199 |4,201
Lliw Valley |2,821 |277 |1,069 |4,167
Neath |2,900 |494 |1,283 |4,677
Swansea |9,471 |2,258 |4,887 |16,615
|---- |---- |---- |----
Total Wales |132,101 |34,141 |53,249 |219,492
|c|1985-86|c|
|c|Amounts granted|c|
£ thousands
|Rent rebates at 1987-88|Rent allowance at |Rate rebates at 1987-88|Total at 1987-88 prices
|prices |1987-88prices |prices
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Alyn and Deeside |2,205 |482 |1,415 |4,102
Colwyn |1,676 |1,667 |1,321 |4,664
Delyn |3,028 |385 |1,553 |4,966
Glyndwr |1,403 |399 |554 |2,356
Rhuddlan |1,261 |1,892 |1,601 |4,754
Wrexham Maelor |4,838 |759 |2,351 |7,948
Carmarthen |1,765 |626 |554 |2,944
Ceredigion |1,720 |1,388 |738 |3,846
Dinefwr |1,179 |244 |423 |1,846
Llanelli |3,748 |577 |1,457 |5,781
Preseli Pembs |3,001 |759 |982 |4,743
South Pembroke |1,858 |917 |695 |3,470
Blaenau Gwent |7,179 |738 |1,270 |9,186
Islwyn |3,413 |909 |833 |5,155
Monmouth |2,750 |1,078 |891 |4,719
Newport |9,554 |3,150 |3,424 |16,128
Torfaen |7,921 |810 |2,057 |10,788
Aberconwy |1,817 |1,003 |1,061 |3,880
Arfon |2,956 |1,217 |845 |5,018
Dwyfor |671 |430 |338 |1,439
Meirionnydd |1,199 |391 |521 |2,110
Ynys Mon |3,291 |1,050 |1,206 |5,547
Cynon Valley |3,254 |671 |1,109 |5,304
Merthyr Tydfil |4,330 |946 |1,373 |6,649
Ogwr |7,555 |1,147 |2,465 |11,167
Rhondda |3,533 |565 |1,226 |5,324
Rhymney Valley |7,293 |938 |2,263 |10,494
Taff Ely |4,936 |741 |1,729 |7,405
Brecknock |1,324 |394 |431 |2,149
Montgomeryshire |1,953 |606 |604 |3,162
Radnor |604 |454 |231 |1,288
Cardiff |15,466 |10,655 |6,523 |32,644
Vale of Glamorgan |3,944 |1,862 |1,848 |7,654
Port Talbot |2,826 |367 |1,138 |4,331
Lliw Valley |2,966 |570 |1,000 |4,535
Neath |3,046 |297 |1,193 |4,536
Swansea |10,008 |2,764 |4,898 |17,670
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |141,470 |43,847 |54,120 |239,437
|c|1986-87|c|
|c|Amounts granted|c|
£ thousands
|Rent rebates at 1987-88 |Rent allowance at 1987-88|Rate rebates at 1987-88 |Total at 1987-88 prices
|prices |prices |prices
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Alyn and Deeside |2,259 |553 |1,501 |4,313
Colwyn |1,735 |1,890 |1,433 |5,057
Delyn |2,947 |401 |1,663 |5,011
Glyndwr |1,418 |543 |591 |2,552
Rhuddlan |1,285 |2,173 |1,727 |5,185
Wrexham Maelor |4,840 |71 |2,587 |7,497
Carmarthen |1,720 |810 |646 |3,176
Ceredigion |1,730 |1,559 |841 |4,130
Dinefwr |1,204 |256 |501 |1,961
Llanelli |3,757 |531 |1,649 |5,937
Preseli Pembs |2,921 |812 |1,158 |4,891
South Pembroke |1,851 |1,000 |787 |3,638
Blaenau Gwent |7,225 |477 |1,518 |9,220
Islwyn |3,509 |647 |976 |5,132
Monmouth |2,784 |646 |1,040 |4,470
Newport |8,917 |2,825 |3,889 |15,630
Torfaen |7,784 |556 |2,352 |10,692
Aberconwy |1,852 |1,138 |1,176 |4,166
Arfon |2,766 |1,414 |932 |5,111
Dwyfor |640 |480 |380 |1,500
Meirionnydd |1,144 |418 |556 |2,118
Ynys Mon |3,344 |1,246 |1,369 |5,959
Cynon Valley |3,431 |781 |1,193 |5,405
Merthyr Tydfil |4,278 |954 |1,468 |6,700
Ogwr |7,633 |1,170 |2,718 |11,520
Rhondda |3,839 |669 |1,373 |5,881
Rhymney Valley |7,650 |973 |2,450 |11,073
Taff Ely |4,863 |1,074 |1,933 |7,869
Brecknock |1,321 |430 |502 |2,253
Montgomeryshire |1,416 |618 |697 |2,731
Radnor |558 |486 |265 |1,310
Cardiff |15,547 |11,168 |8,072 |34,786
Vale of Glamorgan |3,696 |2,126 |2,230 |8,052
Port Talbot |2,944 |304 |1,145 |4,393
Lliw Valley |2,916 |370 |1,048 |4,333
Neath |2,896 |691 |1,249 |4,835
Swansea |10,027 |3,448 |5,136 |18,611
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |140,649 |45,706 |60,750 |247,105
|c|1987-88|c|
|c|Amounts granted|c|
£ thousands
|Rent rebates |Rent allowance|Rate rebates |Total
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Alyn and Deeside |2,141 |538 |1,454 |4,133
Colwyn |1,644 |2,136 |1,394 |5,174
Delyn |2,415 |418 |1,819 |4,652
Glyndwr |1,298 |485 |584 |2,367
Rhuddlan |1,293 |2,206 |1,660 |5,159
Wrexham Maelor |4,569 |857 |2,518 |7,944
Carmarthen |1,704 |820 |670 |3,194
Ceredigion |1,718 |1,833 |870 |4,421
Dinefwr |1,177 |246 |543 |1,966
Llanelli |3,797 |533 |1,674 |6,004
Preseli Pembs |2,773 |1,020 |1,138 |4,931
South Pembroke |1,810 |1,061 |798 |3,669
Blaenau Gwent |6,880 |569 |1,581 |9,030
Islwyn |3,278 |651 |1,008 |4,937
Monmouth |2,839 |610 |1,057 |4,506
Newport |8,244 |2,849 |4,093 |15,186
Torfaen |7,153 |542 |2,325 |10,020
Aberconwy |1,686 |1,213 |1,194 |4,093
Arfon |2,914 |1,479 |965 |5,358
Dwyfor |610 |503 |397 |1,510
Meirionnydd |1,068 |416 |555 |2,039
Ynys Mon |3,272 |1,283 |1,383 |5,938
Cynon Valley |3,397 |944 |1,203 |5,544
Merthyr Tydfil |4,131 |1,008 |1,446 |6,585
Ogwr |7,582 |1,251 |2,655 |11,488
Rhondda |3,765 |751 |1,348 |5,864
Rhymney Valley |7,350 |1,051 |2,396 |10,797
Taff Ely |4,691 |944 |1,928 |7,563
Brecknock |1,342 |418 |522 |2,282
Montgomeryshire |1,378 |574 |690 |2,642
Radnor |484 |483 |252 |1,219
Cardiff |14,057 |11,008 |8,084 |33,149
Vale of Glamorgan |3,370 |2,217 |2,157 |7,744
Port Talbot |2,837 |339 |1,189 |4,365
Lliw Valley |2,918 |361 |1,133 |4,412
Neath |2,851 |698 |1,329 |4,878
Swansea |10,051 |3,587 |5,684 |19,322
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |134,487 |47,902 |61,696 |244,085
Public Expenditure
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he plans to publish a separate commentary on Welsh Office public expenditure.
Mr. Peter Walker : I am pleased to say that the first Welsh Office public expenditure commentary is being published today. The commentary, which has been produced bilingually, expands upon the information already published in the Wales chapter of the 1989 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 617), and will be a valuable source document for anyone wanting to know more about the Government's expenditure plans for Wales.
I have arranged for copies of the commentary to be made available through the Vote Office.
Housing Enveloping Schemes
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many housing enveloping schemes have been carried out in each south Wales valley district council area in each
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year since 1986 ; how many are planned for 1989, 1990 and 1991 ; how many houses were involved in each scheme ; how much each scheme cost ; and from what budget or funds each scheme was funded.Mr. Grist [holding answer 8 March 1989] : Since 1986, nine local authorities in the south Wales valleys have undertaken a total of 38 enveloping schemes incorporating some 4,000 homes at a cost of over £29 million. Details of the projects are given in the following table. The projects have been funded both from local authorities' main housing allocations and from additional resources we have made available.
Local authorities throughout Wales have been invited to submit bids for 1989-90 by 1 April 1989. I am confident these will include substantial new schemes in the valleys area which will enable them to make even greater progress in tackling the problems of the older housing stock.
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Local authority and |Number of houses |Scheme cost £ million|Date of approval
scheme
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Blaenau Gwent
Six Bells, Abertillery |262 |2.4 |September 1986
Marine Street, CWM |230 |1.4 |September 1987
Cynon Valley
Rheola Street, Penrhiwceiber |75 |0.6 |September 1986
Park View Terrace Abercwmboi |105 |0.8 |September 1986
Wyndham Crescent, Aberaman |114 |1.0 |June 1988
John Street, Abercwmboi |71 |0.6 |June 1988
Glanlay Street, Penriwceiber |82 |0.6 |May 1988
Carnetown, Abercynon |191 |1.4 |March 1989
Kings Street-Queen Street, Cwmdare |88 |0.6 |March 1989
Dinefwr
Victoria Street, Llandovery |24 |0.2 |June 1987
Llandeilo |26 |0.2 |May 1988
Orchard Street, Llandovery |28 |0.3 |October 1988
Islwyn
Cwmfelin Fach |326 |1.6 |July 1986
Woodside Terrace, Crumlin |20 |0.1 |January 1987
West End, Abercarn |242 |2.0 |September 1988
Wattsville |73 |0.7 |December 1988
Viaduct Terrace, Crumlin |49 |0.5 |February 1989
Llanelli
Silver Terrace, Bury Port |20 |0.1 |May 1987
Cross Hands, Llanelli |25 |0.2 |February 1989
Neath
Canalside |29 |0.2 |June 1988
Rhondda
Cwmparc |164 |1.0 |March 1986
Maerdy Phase II |192 |1.3 |March 1986
Ynyswen |127 |0.9 |May 1987
Tylorstown |72 |0.5 |June 1987
Penyrenglyn |140 |1.0 |July 1987
Maerdy Phase III |132 |0.8 |April 1988
Cymmer |131 |0.9 |June 1988
Maerdy Phase IV |92 |0.7 |June 1988
Ynsfeio |101 |0.7 |July 1988
Ystrad and Clydach Vale |116 |0.9 |July 1988
Rhymney
Jubilee Road, New Tredegar II |84 |0.5 |July 1986
Brithdir Phase I |125 |0.9 |April 1987
Brithdir Phase II |185 |1.5 |April 1988
Torfaen
Plas Y Coed, Phase I |71 |0.5 |January 1987
Plas Y Coed, Phase II |25 |0.2 |August 1987
Hanbury Road,Pontypool,Phase I |26 |0.2 |May 1988
Hanbury Road, Phase II |55 |0.4 |May 1988
Hanbury Road, Phase III |73 |0.6 |June 1988
Housing Allocations
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital allocations to housing associations Housing for Wales will make for (a) new building and (b) renovation in 1989 ; and what capital allocations are planned for 1990 and 1991.
Mr. Grist [holding answer 8 March 1989] : It will not be possible to say how much of the £72 million available to Housing for Wales will be allocated to associations until the value of projected schemes is known. However, Housing for Wales plans to allocate funds in 1989-90 for 1,600 new build and 800 rehabilitation projects. No decisions have yet been made about the ratio of new build to rehabilitation for 1990- 91.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital allocations were made by the House Corporation to housing associations in the valleys for : (a) new building and (b) renovation in each year since 1979.
Mr. Grist [holding answer 8 March 1989] : This information for the financial years prior to 1984-85 is not held centrally. Allocations in the approved development programme from 1984-85 for new projects were as follows :
£000 Year |New build |Rehabilitation ------------------------------------------------------------ 1984-85 |3,500 |10,300 1985-86 |4,655 |7,350 1986-87 |7,409 |6,729 1987-88 |8,448 |9,360 1988-89 |19,240 |10,536
Mrs. Clywd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital allocations have been made in each year since their inception to the Welsh priority estates ; how much is planned for 1989, 1990 and 1991 ; and from which budget or funds these allocations have been made.
Mr. Grist [holding answer 8 March 1989] : The capital allocations which have been made for Welsh priority estates projects since the inception of the programme are as follows :
Year |£ million ------------------------------ 1984-85 |1.3 1985-86 |1.2 1986-87 |2.8 1987-88 |5.2 1988-89 |7.6 1989-90 |8.0
Decisions on the level of PEP allocations for 1990-91 have not yet been taken.
PEP capital allocations, as with all other capital allocations for local authority housing services, form part of the overall capital resource made available to local authorities in Wales. Decisions on the level and distribution for 1989-90 were announced by my right hon. Friend on 23 November 1988 at column 6.
NHS Hospitals (Trust Status)
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospitals he expects will have National Health Service hospital trust status in 1991 ; and how many hospitals he expects will eventually achieve that status.
Mr. Grist [holding answer 8 March 1989] : It will be possible by the early 1990s for a major acute hospital that so desires to become self-governing, provided that it shows clearly that it will have the capacity to provide efficiently and effectively an adequate range and depth of services to the population it serves. It is too soon to say how many hospitals will initially or eventually request and secure trust status.
HEALTH
Records
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department keeps any records of business conducted by health authorities.
Mr. Mellor : A wide variety of financial, statistical and other information relating to their business is sent by health authorities to this Department.
Health Authority Meetings
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of (a) full, (b) public and (c) private meetings of regional health authorities, held for the last five years.
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Mr. Mellor : This is a local matter.
Cigarette Advertisements
Mr. Sims : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will increase the protection for children from exposure to cigarette advertisements in the agreement which he is currently negotiating with the tobacco industry on advertising and health warnings.
Mr. Mellor : The Government will be seeking to renegotiate the voluntary agreement on tobacco products' advertising and promotion, and health warnings, but these negotiations are not yet under way. The current agreements already incorporate measures to protect children from exposure to advertisements, but this matter is among those which we intend to address.
Working for Patients"
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount of Government funds was spent on producing the National Health Service pamphlet "Working for Patients, the Health Service, Caring for the 1990s" ; how many of these pamphlets have been printed ; and what was the cost of distribution to post offices, as a separate figure.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The cost of printing 3.1 million copies of the pamphlet "Working for Patients" was £117,000.
The Post Office makes a single annual charge for the display of my Department's leaflets and posters. The charge covers distribution to individual Post Offices and changes to the leaflets and posters on display at regular intervals. It is not possible to separate out the costs of the pamphlet "Working for Patients".
Counterfeit Products
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Taunton, Official Report, 10 January, column 604, what representations he has received about alleged breaches of the requirements listed in that answer ; and what action he has taken.
Mr. Mellor : We have records of one complaint which is currently under investigation.
Dioxins
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date he intends to publish his report on the investigations that he has carried out within his areas of responsibility into chlorine-bleached packaging, dioxins and food.
Mr. Freeman : A report on dioxins is to be published by the Department of the Environment and I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment. The Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has been asked to consider the possible hazards to human health from dioxins. The committee's advice will form part of this statement.
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Nottingham Health Authority
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he is yet in a position to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Nottingham, North regarding consultation on closures and transfers by the Nottingham health authority.
Mr. Freeman : I wrote to the hon. Member on Wednesday 8 March.
Food Safety
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the delay in answering the question on food safety put down for answer on 15 December 1988 by the right hon. Member for Stoke-on- Trent, South (Mr. Ashley), eventually answered on 15 February 1989, giving details of each stage in the processing of question and answer.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : I have already apologised to the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) for the delay in answering his question at column 864 during the debate on 21 February 1989, but I am happy to repeat that apology.
The reply which I gave him on 15 February 1989 answered only the first part of his question. The delay arose because officials were attempting to collect information on staffing levels and costs over the past five years, but eventually had to conclude that this could be achieved only at disproportionate cost. As soon as that decision was taken, the answer was processed without delay.
Registered Homes Tribunals
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if registered homes tribunals have a right to impose additional categories of registration in addition to those which relate to the number of residents and their age, sex or category.
Mr. Mellor : In a recent case (Warwickshire county council v Valerie McSweeney (1988)) the High Court held that a registered homes tribunal's power to impose conditions in respect of a registration for a residential care home is limited to those cases set out in section 5(3) of the Registered Homes Act 1984--that is, as to the total number of residents and their age, sex or category. Decisions of the High Court arising from an appeal on a point of law are binding on subsequent registered homes tribunals.
Residential and Nursing Homes
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his policy on encouraging a diversity of ownership of private residential and nursing homes.
Mr. Mellor : We welcome a broad-based service developed in response to public demand. The extent to which individuals, companies or charitable bodies own private residential care or nursing homes is a matter for their commercial judgment.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many establishments which were formerly used as local authority homes or National Health Service hospitals are now used for private residential or nursing care ;
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(2) how many former poor law institutions are currently still used for (a) local authority residential care, (b) National Health Service in-patient care, (c) private residential care and (d) private nursing care.Mr. Mellor : We do not hold the information requested centrally.
Nursing Home Fees
Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the National Health Service accepts responsibility for providing in -patient nursing care for patients needing such care, whose financial resources, including pension entitlements and income support, where applicable, are insufficient to cover nursing home fees.
Mr. Mellor : The NHS has a responsibility to provide in-patient nursing care for those patients, whatever their financial circumstances, who have been identified as needing it. It is a matter for health authorities to decide the level and pattern of services in the light of local circumstances and available resources. This might include the potential contribution of private or voluntary facilities.
Home Life"
Mr Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if it is his policy to encourage registration authorities to implement recommendations contained in the publication "Home Life", which are not incorporated in the Registered Homes Act.
Mr. Mellor : The Secretaries of State for Social Services and Wales endorsed "Home Life" as an excellent guide to good practice and asked local authorities to regard it in the same light as the general guidance issued from time to time under section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970. In local authority circular (84)15 we said authorities should draw up local guidelines in the light of the Registered Homes Act 1984 and associated regulations, the guidance issued with that Circular and the recommendations in "Home Life". Copies of these documents are in the Library.
NHS Assets
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health at what level he expects to set the interest element of the capital charge on National Health Service assets.
Mr. Freeman : The interest element of capital charges will be set at a level which is consistent with the cost of capital used for other public sector capital assets. The rate of interest will be announced in due course.
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors will determine the interest element of the capital charge on National Health Service assets.
Mr. Freeman : The rate of interest element of the capital charges for National Health Service assets will be consistent with the cost of capital used for other public sector capital matters.
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the valuations of National Health Service land and buildings referred to in paragraph 2.7 of the capital charges working paper.
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Mr. Freeman : I have placed in the Library a summary of the valuation of the NHS estate as at June 1987. There will be a new valuation of the NHS estate before capital charging is inroduced, and the figures will be available next year.
Hampshire (Electoral Rolls)
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the predicted (a) total population and (b) number of people on the electoral roll of each local government district of Hampshire in 1995.
Mr. Freeman : The information requested is not available. The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys does not make projections of either total population or the number of people on the electoral roll for local government districts.
NHS (Charges)
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about National Health Service charges and spectacle vouchers.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : I will shortly be laying before the House regulations for increases in prescription charges in the National Health Service in England and Wales to come into effect on 1 April 1989. The prescription charge will increase by 20p from £2.60 to £2.80. This increase of 7.7 per cent. reflects the higher costs of the pharmaceutical services and will provide an extra £10 million in income helping us to increase the total resources available to the Health Service in England and Wales by the equivalent of over £2 billion next year. The new charge will continue to represent less than half the cost of an average prescription to the NHS. Under existing exemption arrangements over three quarters of prescriptions are provided free of charge, and these arrangements will continue. The new charges are therefore only likely to be levied on less than a quarter of all prescriptions.
The four-monthly and annual prepayment certificate fees will increase from £13.50 and £37.50 to £14.50 and £40.00 respectively. The charges for elastic stockings and tights, wigs and fabric supports supplied through the hospital service will also be increased from 1 April, as shown in table A.
From the same date, we will be making regulations under the powers now available to us in the Health and Medicines Act to extend the system of fully proportional charges for dental treatment to include dentures and bridges, which are currently on a fixed scale of charges. This means that all charges for dental treatment, including dentures and bridges, in the general dental service, and dentures and bridges in the hospital service, will be on a uniform charging basis as a fixed proportion of cost.
Also from 1 April, the values of spectacle vouchers will increase by around 4.5 per cent. but vouchers for those with the poorest sight and who need the most expensive glasses are to increase by 10 per cent. Voucher values for the hospital eye service will rise by the same amount with the exception of the voucher for contact lenses which remains unchanged. The NHS charge for contact lenses prescribed through the hospital eye service will rise from 1 April to equal the voucher value of £26.50. The revised voucher values are shown at table B.
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|c|Table A|c| |c|New hospital service charges from 1 April 1989 (Present charges in|c| |c|brackets):|c| Elastic stockings and tights, wigs and fabric supports |£ |£ Each elastic stocking |2.80 |(2.60) Tights supplied through the hospital service |5.60 a pair |(5.20 a pair) Stock modacrylic wig |24.00 |(22.00) Partial human hair wig |62.00 |(58.00) Full bespoke human hair wig |97.00 |(90.00) Surgical brassiere |12.00 |(11.00) Spinal or Abdominal support |16.00 |(15.00)
|c|Table B|c|
|c|NHS spectacle voucher values from 1 April 1989 (present values in|c|
|c|brackets)|c|
Voucher |£ |£
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A |17.00 |(16.25)
B |28.00 |(27.00)
C |46.00 |(44.00)
D |32.75 |(31.00)
E |58.00 |(52.50)
F |98.00 |(89.00)
G Hospital } |98.00 |(89.00)
H eye service} |26.50 per lens |(26.50)
Complex } |3.25 |(3.00)
lenses |18.00 |(17.00)
Prisms per lens |3.75 single vision|(3.50)
|4.75 bifocal |(4.50)
Tints both lenses |3.80 single vision|(3.50)
|4.80 bifocal |(4.50)
Photochromic |3.80 single vision|(3.50)
both lenses |4.80 bifocal |(4.50)
(Hospital eye service)
Small frame supplement |33.00 |(31.50)
Supplement for special
facial characteristics |33.00 |(31.50)
(Hospital eye service)
Health Service Indicators
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the next set of Health Service indicators will be issued.
Mr. Freeman : The timetable for issuing the new set of Health Service indicators based on data for 1987-88 and, for the first time, using the Ko"rner minimum data sets is as follows : each regional health authority will be sent the indicator values for its own districts at the end of March to be validated. This is being done at the request of the regions because the indicator definitions are new and untried with the new data. This process of validation will take up to three months. Once the values have been checked the full package of indicators will be brought together and published in July. The aim is to publish the set of the indicators based on 1988-89 data in January 1990.
Hampshire (Electoral Rolls)
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been (a) the total population and (b) the number of people on the electoral roll of each local government district of Hampshire in each year since 1979.
Mr. Freeman : The information requested is given in the table.
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|c|Total population|c|
Mid year
|1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987
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Basingstoke and Deane |127,300|129,000|131,000|132,100|134,000|136,300|137,600|137,891|138,418
East Hants |87,800 |89,600 |91,600 |91,700 |93,600 |95,000 |97,000 |97,760 |100,210
Eastleigh |89,200 |91,200 |93,000 |94,000 |96,000 |97,600 |99,000 |99,523 |99,882
Fareham |87,000 |88,000 |89,000 |88,200 |90,800 |92,600 |94,200 |95,705 |98,154
Gosport |77,400 |78,300 |77,800 |77,200 |77,100 |77,200 |77,800 |77,513 |77,402
Hart |73,900 |76,000 |76,300 |76,800 |77,200 |79,000 |80,200 |81,283 |83,294
Havant |115,200|115,300|115,700|115,700|116,600|117,400|118,500|118,918|118,789
New Forest |142,300|144,100|145,500|146,200|149,000|151,800|155,600|159,000|161,250
Portsmouth |191,900|190,200|191,400|191,000|191,600|188,600|187,900|186,884|186,822
Rushmoor |79,700 |79,800 |80,600 |80,400 |79,400 |80,600 |81,400 |79,145 |77,671
Southampton |211,300|209,900|209,900|207,400|206,300|203,900|202,300|200,501|199,071
Test Valley |91,500 |92,100 |93,700 |94,100 |95,500 |97,100 |98,700 |99,335 |100,399
Winchester |90,600 |91,800 |93,000 |92,800 |92,300 |92,400 |93,700 |94,208 |95,612
|c|Local government electorate<1>|c|
|1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988
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Basingstoke and Deane |88,897 |90,810 |92,905 |95,287 |97,494 |99,964 |102,286|103,724|104,967|106,299
East Hampshire |63,104 |64,452 |65,884 |67,644 |69,034 |70,942 |72,087 |73,579 |74,463 |76,592
Eastleigh |65,269 |67,598 |69,280 |71,126 |72,546 |74,481 |75,579 |76,716 |77,827 |78,277
Fareham |62,441 |63,911 |64,989 |66,633 |67,977 |69,328 |70,900 |71,958 |73,706 |75,542
Gosport |52,057 |53,464 |54,619 |55,088 |55,955 |56,930 |57,881 |57,947 |57,936 |58,828
Hart |50,675 |52,038 |53,130 |54,406 |55,568 |56,652 |57,755 |58,935 |60,260 |62,187
Havant |83,333 |84,485 |85,752 |86,847 |87,821 |89,541 |90,483 |91,737 |92,845 |93,233
New Forest |108,466|110,989|113,148|114,752|116,803|119,673|121,457|124,119|126,690|127,965
Portsmouth |137,589|137,298|138,565|139,794|140,428|141,096|142,068|142,641|142,665|142,974
Rushmoor |48,634 |49,219 |50,135 |51,769 |52,586 |52,935 |53,215 |53,537 |53,425 |53,401
Southampton |159,914|159,250|159,464|160,722|159,639|159,722|159,299|159,131|158,894|158,956
Test Valley |63,255 |64,528 |66,111 |67,263 |68,198 |69,527 |70,928 |72,617 |74,253 |75,713
Winchester |66,350 |67,270 |68,583 |69,808 |70,557 |71,001 |71,618 |72,760 |73,603 |74,738
Note: 1979-85 total populations are in rounded figures.
Source: OPCS EL Monitors and OPCS mid year estimates.
<1> The electorate figures relate to registers which came into effect in February of each year, based on
qualification in October of the preceding year.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Benefits
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants have been transferred from unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit to invalidity benefit for each of the last five years.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I regret the information is not available in the form requested. The following table gives the number of incapacity spells where invalidity benefit commenced in each year and the number of these spells which relate to previous unemployment.
Year |All commencement of |Claimant unemployed at|Claim links with
|invalidity benefit |start of spell |unemployment benefit
|claim
|(i) |(ii) |(iii)
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1987-88<1> |278 |126 |89
1986-87 |284 |120 |82
1985-86 |285 |106 |68
1984-85 |272 |103 |67
1983-84 |278 |101 |77
<1> Provisional.
Notes:
1. All figures are in thousands.
2. A spell of incapacity following unemployment may begin with immediate entitlement to invalidity benefit,
because there is a link to an earlier spell of incapacity. Where there is no such link, a spell of incapacity
following unemployment will begin with entitlement to sickness benefit. The information in columns (ii) and (iii)
relates to the situation at the start of the spell of incapacity, where this begins with sickness benefit or
invalidity benefit.
3. Many of the cases included in column (iii) will also be in column (ii), but they are not necessarily the same.
This is because someone can be unemployed at the start of the incapacity spell, but if they have not registered
there is no link with an unemployment benefit claim. Conversely, someone who goes back to work after an
unemployment benefit claim but then goes sick within eight weeks has a link with that unemployment benefit claim
but is not recorded as unemployed at the start of the incapacity spell.
4. Information is not available to distinguish in columns (ii) and (iii) whether, during the preceding
unemployment, the benefit paid was unemployment benefit, supplementary benefit, or a combination of the two.
Child Benefit
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what is the percentage take-up of child benefit ;
(2) whether the take-up of child benefit has changed since the abolition of universal maternity grants.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The available estimates show that the take-up of child benefit has remained substantially the same (around 98 per cent.) since its introduction in 1977.
Maternity Benefits
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what arrangements have been made by his Department following the abolition of universal maternity benefit to ensure that newly nursing mothers get child benefit claim forms.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Claim forms for child benefit are available, on request, from the Department's local offices. Requests for the forms may be made by post, telephone or
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personal call to any local office--it does not have to be the one covering the claimant's home area. In addition, leaflet FB8 "Babies and Benefits", which is available from health centres, ante natal and child health clinics and maternity hospitals as well as social security offices, includes a cut-out coupon which can be used to obtain the appropriate claim form.Plastic National Insurance Cards
Mr. Favell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Stockport dated 6 March, whether plastic national insurance cards are capable of being adapted for use in cash dispensing machines.
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