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Mr. Wyn Roberts : The list of names and current salaries is given in the table. Expenses are paid in accordance with Treasury guidelines on payments to members of public bodies.
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(a) Land authority for Wales
Membership |Salaries £
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Chairman: |Mr. G. D. Inkin |<1>24,008
Deputy Chairman: |Mr. J. D. Allen CBE |<2>6,816
Members: |Mr. R. P. V. Rees |<3>4,790
|Mr. G. Jones
|Mr. R. F. Watkiss CBE
|Mr. W. Rhys Webb
|Mr. R. G. Owen
|Mr. A. Edmunds
<1> Based on 2.5 days per week.
<2> Based on 1 day per week.
<3> Based on 3 days per month.
(b) Housing for Wales
Membership |Salaries £
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Chairman: |Mr. J. Allen CBE |<1>22,135
Deputy Chairman: |Mr. J. Evans |<2>6,851
Members: |Mr. G. Lloyd |<3>3,000
|Professor P. Williams
|Mr. J. Proctor
|Mrs. A. Mainwaring
|Mr. A. E. Peat |<4>-
<1> Based on 2.5 days per week.
<2> Based on 1 day per week.
<3> Based on 2 days per month.
<4> Salary paid as Chief Executive.
(c) Welsh Development Agency
Members |Salaries £
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Chairman: |Dr. Gwyn Jones |<1>32,990
Deputy Chairman: |Sir Donald Walters |<2>17,046
Members: |Mr. David Waterstone |<4>-
|Cllr. E. Glyn Davies |<5>-
|Mr. Idwal Symonds JP }
|Mr. Colin Ivor Cooke }
|Mr. Ralph Phillip }
| Vinon Rees }
|Mr. David Griffiths }
| Roberts OBE }|<3>4,825
|Mr. David Claude }
| Neville Cole CBE }
|Mr. B. Hugh R. Hudson-}
| Davies }
|Mr. John Foley MBE }
<1> Based on 2.5 days per week.
<2> Based on 2 days per week.
<3> Based on 2 days per month.
<4> Salary paid as Chief Executive of Agency.
<5> As Chairman of Development Board of Rural Wales receives no emoluments in his capacity as
an ex officio board member of the Agency.
(d) Cardiff Bay Development Corporation
Members |Salaries £
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Chairman: |Geoffrey Inkin OBE |<1>24,290
Deputy Chairman: |Cllr. Lord Brooks of |<2>13,702
|Tremorfa
Members: |Mrs. Mair Barnes |<3>3,866
|Mrs. Honor Chapman
|Cllor. Percy Chappel
|Mr. Alan Cox CBE
|Sir Alex Gordon
|Mr. B. Hugh R. Hudson-
| Davies
|Cllr. Paddy Kitson
|Mr. Patrick de Pelet
|Cllr. John Reynolds
|Cllr. Ron Watkiss
<1> Based on 2.5 days per week.
<2> Based on 2 days per week.
<3> Based on 0.5 day per week.
Cefn Coed Hospital (Psychiatric Unit)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when a medium-secure psychiatic unit at Cefn Coed hospital, Swansea will be established in the light of the undertaking given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary on 25 April 1988, Official Report, column 1.
Mr. Grist : The provision of a medium secure psychiatric service for south-west Wales is under consideration by the Welsh Office in the light of the comments of the three health authorities most concerned.
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Housing for Wales
Mr. Murphy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has appointed any members of Housing for Wales who possess a local government background.
Computer Consultants
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount spent by his Department in
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1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases ; and if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.Mr. Wyn Roberts : The total amount spent on management and computer consultancies in 1988 was £195,280. Details of those consultancies awarded in that year are as follows :
Firm |Subject of assignment
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BIS Ltd. |To assist with the performance of the
| Department's mainframe computer.
HMSO |To review the layout of the Department's
| reprographic unit.
Ernst and Whinney Ltd. |To advise on the implementation of the
| Department's computerised financial
| systems.
Frank Griffiths |Review of purchasing
Associates
Touche Ross |Review of the NHS directorate
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount spent by the Welsh Development Agency in 1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases ; and if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by the Welsh Development Agency in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The Welsh Development Agency has spent £99,000 on the following consultancy contracts :
Company |Assignment
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Grant Thornton |Evaluation and testing of new computer
| systems
Ernst Whinney |Documentation for users of new com-
| puter systems and advice on implement-
| ing new systems
P. Sullivan |Development of integrated data bases
| from existing computer systems
Touche Ross |Corporate planning advice
Numbers Research Ltd. |Monitoring effectiveness of agency mar
Henry Zarb of Holder |keting campaign outside of Wales
& Co.
Beaufort Research Ltd. |Monitoring effectiveness of agency mar
|keting campaign within Wales
Taylor Nelson Research |Monitoring effectiveness of agency food
| initiative marketing campaign
Tree Preservation Orders
Mr. Brazier : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many tree preservation orders have been made in each county of Wales (a) for individual trees and (b) for groups of trees or woods ; and what area is covered by the latter case.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : Local planning authorities are responsible for making and confirming tree preservation orders and the information requested is not held centrally.
All-Wales Strategy
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the number and designation of staff employed through all-Wales strategy funding in Clwyd since the inception of the strategy, on a year-by-year basis ;
(2) how much all-Wales strategy funding Clwyd county council has allocated to its education service.
Mr. Grist : The responsibility for planning and developing services under the all-Wales mental handicap strategy lies with county joint planning teams. These teams consist of representatives of local and health authorities, voluntary organisations and representatives of service users in each county, and are co-ordinated by local authority social services departments. In addition to the resources of the local and health authorities, special Welsh Office grants are made available to counties to assist in the development of new patterns of services. Detailed information on individual services, including staffing, in Clwyd is available from the county council.
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what voluntary sector initiatives are funded by the all-Wales strategy county by county ; and what percentage of the counties allocations this represents on a year-by-year basis.
Mr. Grist : The allocation of funds under the all-Wales mental handicap strategy for the voluntary sector within each county is primarily a matter for the social services and health authorities, and detailed information is not held centrally. The Department funds directly a limited number of voluntary bodies for them to provide or pilot services relevant to more than one county area. Information in respect of these is as follows :
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|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89
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(a) Welsh Office direct funding of
voluntary organisations |231,043 |413,938 |601,796 |465,335 |260,110 |140,231
(b) Total Welsh Office payment under the
mental handicap strategy |0.75 million |2.41 million |4.02 million |6.88 million |10.06 million |<1>13.80 million
Proportion of (a) to (b) |28.4 per cent. |17.2 per cent. |15.0 per cent. |6.8 per cent. |2.6 per cent. |1.0 per cent.
<1> Provisional.
The declining proportion of direct central funding reflects the development of effective county planning, which provides the basis for the social services and health authorities to support directly relevant voluntary sector activity.
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Local Authority Housing
Mr. Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what, at the latest available date, was the average selling price before discount of a local authority unit of accommodation ; and what is the average cost of building a new local authority unit of accommodation.
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Mr. Grist : The average selling price before discount of local authority dwellings sold during 1988 was £20,115. The average cost of building a new local authority unit of accommodation during the same period is estimated to have been £35,450.
Water Standards
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will provide details of the Welsh water authority's funding allocated to improvements in standards of (a) drinking water quality, (b) sewage treatment and disposal and (c) bathing water quality through its existing capital programme for each of the next 10 years ; (2) what percentage of the projected necessary funding for improvements in standards of (a) drinking water quality, (b) sewage treatment and disposal and (c) bathing water quality is contained within the existing capital programme of the Welsh water authority.
Mr. Grist : The information requested by the hon. Gentleman is not available.
ENERGY
Nuclear Power (Report)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply of 13 February, Official Report, column 40, what analysis has been made of the report, "Greenhouse Warming : A Rationale for Nuclear Power" ; what action he proposes to take as a result ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Spicer : The paper "Greenhouse Warming : Comparative Analysis of Two Abatement Strategies" has been examined by my Department. The paper is United States oriented. The scope for cost-effective energy efficiency measures and the means by which they might be implemented are not sufficiently addressed.
Nuclear power has a positive role to play in helping to curtail future CO2 emissions, but is not going to solve the threat of global warming on its own. Cost-effective energy efficiency measures will also have an important role and the Energy Efficiency Office will continue to promote them vigorously.
Computer Consultants
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases ; and if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Parkinson : My Department spent £217,000 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases, in the financial year 1988-89.
Contracts placed with private sector firms and companies for management or computer consultancies during 1988 were :
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Consultants |Subject
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Price Waterhouse |Offshore supplies office: computerisation
| project
Dataserv |Computerisation of petroleum licence
| records
BIS |Cabling design for new HQ building
Price Waterhouse |Feasibility Study of computerisation of
| offshore drilling applications and
| approvals
IML |Assistance in setting up computer system
| for technical investigation into Piper
| Alpha disaster
Price Waterhouse |Reporting instructions for United
| Kingdom oil and gas production
| statistics
Data Solve Ltd. |Computer training
Stuart McKechnie Ltd. |Management training
Training and |Advice on management training and
Development |appraisal
| Approaches Ltd.
Kleinwort Benson |Financial advice including computer
| modelling
Russell Reynolds |Recruitment consultants for chairman of
| North Eastern electricity board
Security Firms
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his policy towards his Department's involvement with private security firms.
Mr. Peter Morrison : The policy of my Department is to use the services of private security firms where it is to the public advantage to do so, within the limits set by Government policy and after consulting other Departments as appropriate.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Parent Governors
10. Mr. Hind : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have set up governing bodies containing elected parent governors ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : A recent survey for the Department suggests that about 99 per cent. of parent-governor places at county and maintained special schools have been filled, almost all of these through election or nomination. This is a tremendous achievement.
Student Loans
16. Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate at what date the Government will recover its spending outlay on the student loans scheme proposed in the White Paper "Top-up Loans for Students".
Mr. Jackson : On the basis of the assumptions outlined in annex E of the White Paper and measured in terms of the cumulative net PSBR effect, the spending outlay will be recovered by 2013. If the cost of the access funds are included, the outlay will be recovered by 2015.
25. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the number of representations he has received for and against the Government's students loan plans.
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Mr. Jackson : I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend on 22 March 1989 to the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) at column 605.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what effect his proposals laid down in "Top-Up Loans for Students" (Cm. 520) will have in relation to (a) nursing students pursuing degree courses in nursing in colleges of higher education and (b) nursing students pursuing nursing education courses under the Project 2000 proposals, in receipt of a bursary ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : The precise arrangements for bursaries for student nurses have not yet been decided.
Education Statistics
17. Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what analysis he has carried out of the 10 local education authorities with the lowest record of (i) examination results and (ii) expenditure per pupil.
Mrs. Rumbold : Three of the 10 highest spending authorities in 1986- 87 were among the 10 authorities with the lowest proportions of school leavers achieving five or more higher grades. None of the 10 lowest spending authorities were in this category.
Drugs
18. Mr. Rathbone : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has for Government funding of drugs education co- ordinators.
Mr. Butcher : Drugs education co-ordinators are employed by local education authorities ; they have been funded jointly by LEAs and the DES since 1986 under the education support grants programme. Consideration is currently being given to the nature of the ESG programme in 1990-91. A decision on this will be announced shortly.
Japanese Language Training
19. Mr. Cran : To ask the Secretary of state for Education and Science what progress is being made in expanding the demand for the network of language export training centres' Japanese services ; and what other steps he is taking to enhance Japanese language training for exporters.
Mr. Jackson : The network of language export centres is planning to produce an audio briefing package which will enhance its Japanese services. The package will include Japanese language training as well as advice on business practice in Japan. It will be aimed at businesses wishing to penetrate the Japanese market and should be available from all the centres in the early summer.
Classroom Behaviour
20. Mr. David Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps his Department is taking to assist schools in securing a more orderly atmosphere in the classroom.
Mr. Butcher : My Department is currently taking action on a number of key recommendations made in the recent report from the committee of inquiry into discipline in
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schools. This includes measures to improve teacher training ; financial support for projects to tackle the problems of difficult pupils and truancy ; and close monitoring of the procedures for excluding pupils from school. Fuller details were given to the House on 13 March by my right hon. Friend.Grant Maintained Schools
21. Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of schools which have so far applied for grant- maintained status ; and what action he intends to take to encourage further applications.
Mrs. Rumbold : A total of 22 schools have so far published statutory proposals to become grant-maintained ; many more are on the way. My right hon. Friend will continue to do all he can to encourage the development of a healthy grant-maintained sector and greater choice for parents.
Schools Outreach Programme
22. Mr. Nicholas Baker : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the funding of the schools outreach programme.
Mr. Butcher : My right hon. Friend has offered funding for a three- year pilot project to be conducted by schools outreach. This is dependent upon funding also being provided by a local education authority. In the long term, funding for schools outreach must be a matter for local determination.
Student Loans
23. Mr. John Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has received any representations from banking institutions in the last month in regard to the proposed introduction of student loans ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : Yes. Constructive discussions are being held with a range of financial institutions about their possible participation in the administration of top-up loans.
Parent Governors
24. Mr. Sumberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the latest figures for the number of parents who have become school governors.
Mrs. Rumbold : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Lancashire, West (Mr. Hind).
Essex Education Committee
26. Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met the chairman of Essex county council education committee ; and what matters were discussed.
Mr. Butcher : My right hon. Friend last met the chairman of the Essex county council education committee on official business at the golden jubilee celebrations of St. Helena school on 28 January 1988.
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Engineering (A-level Syllabus)
27. Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to how many examination boards provide an A-level examination syllabus for engineering.
Mrs. Rumbold : I understand that seven of the eight GCE examining boards offer A-level syllabuses in engineering subjects.
Capital Allocations
28. Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local education authorities have made
representations to his Department since the 1989-90 capital allocations were announced.
Mr. Butcher : A total of 17 local education authorities have made representations about their 1989-90 capital allocations. Four of these relate to the allocations for voluntary aided and special agreement schools only.
Lecturers (Dispute)
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what provisions are being made for Liverpool students whose exams are in danger because of the Association of University Teachers' dispute.
Mr. Jackson : That is a matter for the authorities at the university.
Lecturers (Pay and Conditions)
Mr. David Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about university lecturers' pay and conditions ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : My right hon. Friend has received representations from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the Association of University Teachers seeking additional funding for pay increases for university staff. He has also had many letters both about salary levels in universities and in criticism of the boycott of examination work by lecturers.
Student Maintenance
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give figures for total Government spending on student maintenance for each of the last 10 years in (a) cash terms and (b) in real terms, indexed so that 1979-80=100.
Mr. Jackson : Expenditure on the maintenance element of mandatory awards has been as follows :
|(a) |(b)
Academic year |Expenditure in cash terms|Expenditure in real terms
|£m |£m (1979-80 prices)
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1979-80 |332 |332
1980-81 |398 |349
1981-82 |443 |355
1982-83 |472 |359
1983-84 |502 |362
1984-85 |480 |332
1985-86 |458 |302
1986-87 |480 |302
1987-88<1> |497 |295
1988-89<1> |523 |292
<1> Estimated.
Polytechnics and Colleges
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1), pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Oxford, East, Official Report, 15 March, column 219 , if he will list the separate figures for the total capital allocations from the advanced further education pool and capital expenditure by local authorities on polytechnics and colleges in each year since 1979-80 (a) in cash terms and (b) indexed in real terms with 1979-80=100 ;
(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Oxford East, Official Report, 15 March, column 220 , if he will list capital expenditure (a) funded by the University Grants Committee, and (b) the same figures for capital expenditure on polytechnics and other colleges for each of the last 10 years in cash terms, as well as indexed in real terms with 1979-80 = 100.
Mr. Jackson : The following information takes account of the gross domestic product deflator updated as at 15 March and also corrects an error in the earlier answer, for which I apologise, in the index for polytechnics and colleges in 1987-88.
Capital ExpUniversities (Great Polytechnics and other
Financial yBritain) Colleges (England)
|£ million|Index |£ million|Index
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1979-80 |87.8 |100 |78.0 |100
1980-81 |97.9 |94 |100.7 |109
1981-82 |103.1 |90 |99.9 |98
1982-83 |106.8 |87 |125.5 |115
1983-84 |103.1 |81 |125.5 |110
1984-85 |106.7 |79 |137.4 |115
1985-86 |118.2 |83 |145.5 |116
1986-87 |130.2 |89 |159.5 |123
1987-88 |128.8 |84 |<1>124.9 |<1>91
1988-89 |140.1 |85 |n/a |n/a
<1> Estimated.
n/a Not available.
The figures for polytechnics and colleges are gross capital expenditure on all further and higher education by local authorities as returned by them together with capital grants to voluntary and direct grant colleges. The advanced further education pool is for recurrent expenditure only. There is a separate pool for elements of capital-related expenditure on AFE as laid down by regulations.
Teacher Conversion Courses
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science for what reasons the allocation of funds to the University Grants Committee and National Advisory Board for teacher conversion courses has been discontinued.
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Mrs. Rumbold : The allocation of funds has not been discontinued.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many places were allocated for teacher conversion courses in 1987-88 and 1988-89 ; and how many of these places were taken up.
Mrs. Rumbold : This information is not available.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he or Ministers in his Department have held a meeting of the trustees of the grant-maintained schools trust.
Mrs. Rumbold : Neither I nor my Ministerial colleagues have held any such meeting. From time to time my right hon. Friend and I have had discussions with the chairman and director of the
grant-maintained schools trust.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he first learnt that the grant-maintained schools trust had described itself in its literature as a registered charity ; and if his Department took any action to point out the error.
Mrs. Rumbold : The point was brought to my right hon. Friend's attention some weeks after the issue of the document, when he was also informed that the grant-maintained schools trust was itself taking steps to correct the error.
Information Technology
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will seek to amend the education support grant guidelines governing information technology in schools to permit local education authorities freedom to purchase information technology equipment of their choice without restriction on the country of origin of the manufacturers.
Mr. Butcher : The guidelines contain no such restriction.
Badgers
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research his Department is currently funding into the development of a vaccine against bovine tuberculosis in badgers.
Mr. Jackson : This Department is not currently funding any such research.
Child Sexual Abuse
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what Government-funded research by the Economic and Social Research Council into the sexual abuse of children (a) has taken place since 1979, (b) is currently taking place and (c) is under consideration, giving the cost of each project listed.
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Mr. Jackson : Since 1979 the Economic and Social Research Council has provided funds from its grant-in-aid in support of the following research projects relating to child sexual abuse :
1 January 1982 to 31 December 1983 : £23,130 for a project entitled "The Social Sensitivity of Abused Children and Their Mothers", under the direction of Dr. C. E. Davies and Miss R. M. Calam, department of psychology, Manchester university.
1 April 1985 to 31 March 1987 : £11,620 for a project entitled "A Social Anthropological Study of Cases of Child Sex Abuse in Britain", under the direction of Professor J. S. La fontaine, institute of child health, London university.
1 December 1988 to 30 November 1990 : £49,490 for a project entitled "Child Sex Abuse", under the direction of Dr. N. G. Fielding and Ms. J. Tunstall, department of sociology, university of Surrey. [In progress].
1 January 1989 to 31 December 1990 : £44,842 for a project entitled "The Effect of Social Worker/Family Relationships on Child Abuse Case Outcomes", under the direction of Dr. T. K. Pitcairn, department of social policy and social work, Edinburgh university. [In progress]. A further grant of £43,000 has recently been awarded to Dr. L. Kelly, polytechnic of north London, for a 20-month project to begin later this year, entitled "The Prevalence of Child Abuse in the UK". The council is giving consideration to the possibility of a new research initiative in this area.
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