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Head Teachers
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland over each of the 10 years from 1978 to 1988 how many (a) male and (b) female head teachers of schools in Northern Ireland have left for the following reasons (a) normal retirement, (b) early retirement, specifying the various reasons for this, (c) death in service, and (d) death within five years of retirement ; and how many in each category were from (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) special schools and (iv) other schools.
Dr. Mawhinney : Information on deaths within five years of retirement for the 10-year period, and on retirements for the years before 1987, is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Available information for 1987 and 1988 is set out in the table.
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|Primary |Secondary |Special |Other (Nursery)|Total
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1987
Age retirements |Male |1 |3 |- |- |4
|Female |4 |- |- |- |4
Early retirements
Redundancy |Male |1 |- |- |- |1
|Female |- |- |- |- |-
Efficient discharge |Male |2 |1 |- |- |3
|Female |- |2 |- |- |2
Ill health |Male |3 |- |- |- |3
|Female |- |- |- |- |-
Death in service |Male |1 |- |- |- |1
|Female |- |- |- |- |-
1988
Age retirements |Male |17 |7 |- |- |24
|Female |11 |2 |- |1 |14
Early retirements
Redundancy |Male |4 |5 |- |- |9
|Female |1 |1 |- |- |2
Efficient discharge |Male |9 |5 |- |- |14
|Female |3 |- |- |2 |5
Ill health |Male |1 |- |- |- |1
|Female |- |1 |- |- |1
Death in service |Male |1 |- |- |- |1
|Female |- |- |- |- |-
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the present obstetrics and gynaecological facilities available in the Eastern health board area carried out in accordance with other than Roman Catholic teachings ; and what are his future proposals for these services in the Eastern health and social services board area.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 4 April 1989] : The information requested is as follows.
Available beds for obstetrics and gynaecology in the Eastern health and social services board are :
|Gynaecology|Obstetrics
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Ulster hospital |37 |45
Mater hospital |15 |24
Royal Victoria hospital |32 |-
Royal Maternity hospital |- |95
Belfast City hospital |38 |68
Downe/Down Maternity |14 |24
Lagan Valley hospital |29 |45
Bangor hospital |16 |-
Ards hospital |26 |26
Under the terms of the lease by which the Mater hospital is leased by the trustees to the Department of Health and Social Services the teaching and practice of medicine, the provision of specialist services and nursing are to be carried out in accordance with Roman Catholic moral and ethical principles.
The Eastern board is currently considering recommendations relating to the provision of obstetric and gynaecological services in the Belfast area, which arose from the recent complementarity study. When the board reaches conclusions, I shall wish to discuss their implications with the chairman of the board before any final decisions are taken.
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WALES
Deeside Waterfront Scheme
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the Deeside waterfront scheme ; if he will visit and meet Alyn and Deeside district council to discuss the waterfront project ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : I shall reply to the hon. gentleman as soon as possible.
Civil Service Relocation (Clwyd)
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will visit the St. David's business park, Ewloe, and Warren Hall business park, Broughton, to observe construction work and landscaping ; if he will meet Alyn and Deeside district council at its Hawarden headquarters to discuss the suitability of the two business parks for the relocation of Whitehall Departments ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : I have regular discussions with the hon. Gentleman and met representatives of Alyn and Deeside district council as recently as 20 March. In addition, I have made numerous visits to north- east Wales. I therefore know the constituency well--and its attractions-- and he can be assured that the council would be contacted immediately if any Government Department expressed a particular interest in relocating to Alyn and Deeside. Under the relocation guidelines, it is for individual departmental Ministers to decide whether to proceed with relocation and, if so, to where.
Elderly People
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to provide additional services in Wales for the benefit of the elderly.
Mr. Grist : The provision of services for the elderly is for local and health authorities to decide in the light of their own local circumstances.
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Nonetheless in recognition of the rise in the elderly population and changes in the pattern of services for the elderly the local authority capital allocation for social services in 1989- 90 has been increased by 15 per cent. over that for the previous year. In addition central funding continues under the elderly initiative, urban programme and health/local authority joint finance.Roads
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to invest further sums in the roads systems of Wales additional to that outlined in his White Paper, "Roads in Wales" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : "Roads in Wales 1989" sets out the intentions for road improvements for the future.
Provision for implementing the programme has been set out in the Welsh commentary on the public expenditure White Paper.
Public Transport
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to direct investment to public transport systems in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : Investment in public transport systems is a matter for public transport operators, in association where appropriate with local authorities.
Industrial Investment
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to improve investment in the industrial infrastructure of Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : Over the last two years I have secured a substantial increase of over 50 per cent. in new resources for my industry programme, and planned net spending in this sector over the next two financial years will contribute a further £410 million to the industrial regeneration of Wales. This figures rises to over £530 million when account is taken of the gross spend planned for the development agencies in Cm 617. My industry resources are complemented directly by the £152 million to be invested this year alone on the key motorway and trunk road network as described in "Roads in Wales 1989". Future years' provision for all my programmes will be reviewed periodically in the normal way.
Railway Electrification
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he proposes to meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss any proposals for the electrification of the Crewe-Holyhead, Swansea-Paddington railway ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : Regular meetings are held with the Chairman to discuss a range of issues ; the electrification of these lines is a matter for British Rail.
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Health Service
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to allocate additional cash to improve the Health Service in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : I announced on the 21 December 1988 that, subject to parliamentary approval I proposed to allocate £1,315 million in 1989-90 to central Government health and personal social services in Wales. On the 27 January 1989 I announced the current and capital allocations to health authorities in Wales, and gave details of allocations for centrally funded developments. Further details of proposed expenditure were given in the 1989-90 supply estimates, presented to Parliament by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 14 March 1989 (HC 231-XVII).
In addition to these record allocations, I propose to make a special allocation of £10 million in 1989-90 to the health service in Wales, towards the costs of the review body awards which were announced on 16 February 1989.
We are now spending £36 per week per household on the Health Service compared with £11 per week per household in 1978-79, when the hon. Gentleman was a Minister in the Welsh Office.
Schools
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to provide extra money for the schools service in Wales so as to improve the educational service ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : Public expenditure White Papers show that provision for the education service in Wales has increased since this Government came to office. The increase in provision for current expenditure is particularly significant because in this period pupil numbers have fallen by over 13 per cent. The increase in capital provision in recent years has provided local education authorities with the opportunity to rationalise their schools provision to obtain the financial and educational benefits offered by falling schools rolls.
Credit Boom
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the consequences for the Welsh economy of the credit boom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : The Welsh economy is sound and confidence in its capacity to develop further remains high.
Wales has experienced double the increase in the growth in output for the United Kingdom overall. United Kingdom production and construction grew by 4.2 per cent. between the third quarters of 1987 and 1988 ; the comparable figure for Wales was 8.4 per cent.
Regional Policy
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to make the implementation of regional policy in Wales more effective ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : I have at my disposal a wide range of policy mechanisms to stimulate and sustain economic
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activity in Wales, principally regional industrial assistance, the activities of the Welsh Development Agency and Mid Wales Development and support for urban aid. The fact that seasonally adjusted unemployment has fallen for 34 consecutive months, factory lettings are at record levels and that Wales continues to attract significant inward investment testifies to the success of the commitment which the Government have to economic regeneration in the Principality.Column 670
Head Teachers
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales over each of the 10 years from 1978 to 1988 how many (a) male and (b) female head teachers of schools in Wales have left for the following reasons (a) normal retirement, (b) early retirement, specifying the various reasons for this, (c) death in service, and (d) death within five years of retirement ; and how many in each category were from (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) special schools and (iv) other schools.
Mr. Butcher : I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is provided in the following tables.
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|c|Table providing numbers of head teacher retirements/deaths in respect of Welsh primary schools, between 1978 and 1988|c|
Normal Early retirements: Deaths in Deaths within
|retirements |Infirmity |Premature |service |5 years of retirement
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1978-79
Male |46 |5 |4 |5 |13
Female |11 |1 |2 |0 |1
1979-80
Male |38 |3 |23 |2 |13
Female |12 |3 |14 |0 |0
1980-81
Male |39 |6 |34 |5 |16
Female |17 |1 |20 |0 |1
1981-82
Male |33 |2 |66 |3 |12
Female |20 |3 |36 |0 |3
1982-83
Male |21 |8 |69 |4 |6
Female |10 |5 |45 |0 |2
1983-84
Male |25 |5 |58 |1 |8
Female |11 |9 |38 |2 |1
1984-85
Male |21 |5 |73 |2 |2
Female |9 |4 |40 |1 |2
1985-86
Male |15 |6 |51 |1 |0
Female |7 |6 |33 |2 |2
1986-87
Male |10 |11 |34 |3 |1
Female |6 |5 |23 |0 |1
1987-88
Male |17 |7 |21 |1 |0
Female |5 |4 |31 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals
Male |265 |58 |433 |27 |71
Female |108 |41 |282 |5 |13
|c|Table providing numbers of head teacher retirements/deaths in respect of
Welsh secondary schools, between 1978 and 1988.|c|
Normal retiEarly retirements: Deaths in sDeaths within 5 years
|Infirmity |Premature |retirement
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1978-79
Male |14 |0 |1 |3 |4
Female |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
1979-80
Male |8 |1 |5 |1 |4
Female |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
1980-81
Male |3 |0 |9 |2 |2
Female |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
1981-82
Male |10 |0 |5 |0 |3
Female |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
1982-83
Male |2 |0 |11 |0 |2
Female |0 |0 |3 |0 |0
1983-84
Male |1 |0 |14 |1 |2
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
1984-85
Male |5 |0 |6 |3 |0
Female |1 |0 |0 |0 |0
1985-86
Male |0 |0 |17 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
1986-87
Male |1 |2 |4 |1 |0
Female |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
1987-88
Male |0 |1 |8 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals
Male |44 |4 |80 |11 |17
Female |1 |0 |8 |0 |0
|c|Table providing numbers of head teacher retirements/deaths in respect of Welsh special schools, between 1978 and 1988|c|
Normal Early retirements: Deaths in Deaths within
|retirements |Infirmity |Premature |service |5 years of retirement
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1978-79
Male |0 |1 |0 |0 |0
Female |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
1979-80
Male |2 |0 |0 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
1980-81
Male |1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Female |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
1981-82
Male |2 |0 |1 |0 |0
Female |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
1982-83
Male |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
Female |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
1983-84
Male |2 |1 |1 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
1984-85
Male |1 |0 |2 |0 |0
Female |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
1985-86
Male |1 |0 |3 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
1986-87
Male |1 |0 |4 |0 |0
Female |0 |1 |0 |0 |0
1987-88
Male |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals
Male |10 |2 |13 |0 |0
Female |5 |1 |8 |0 |0
|c|Table providing numbers of head teacher retirements/deaths in respect of Welsh other schools, between 1978 and 1988|c|
Normal Early retirements: Deaths in Deaths within
|retirements |Infirmity |Premature |service |5 years of retirement
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1978-79
Male |5 |0 |1 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
1979-80
Male |1 |0 |1 |1 |1
Female |0 |1 |1 |0 |0
1980-81
Male |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
1981-82
Male |0 |0 |2 |1 |0
Female |1 |0 |5 |0 |0
1982-83
Male |1 |0 |3 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |3 |1 |0
1983-84
Male |1 |0 |0 |1 |0
Female |0 |1 |4 |0 |0
1984-85
Male |4 |0 |3 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
1985-86
Male |5 |2 |7 |0 |0
Female |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
1986-87
Male |1 |0 |2 |0 |0
Female |1 |0 |7 |0 |0
1987-88
Male |3 |0 |3 |0 |0
Female |0 |3 |1 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals
Male |22 |2 |23 |3 |1
Female |2 |5 |26 |1 |0
Valleys Initiative
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what additional allocations he made to the Housing Corporation in Wales to implement the objectives of the valleys initiative ; and whether he instructed them to allocate this sum specifically to valley housing association initiatives.
Mr. Grist : An additional £4.5 million was allocated to the Housing Corporation in Wales in 1988-89 and £8.6 million to Housing for Wales (Tai Cymru) for 1989-90 for
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the provision of housing under the programme for the valleys. The sums are being targeted specifically on the programme area.Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what requests he has received to address a conference of the 15 valleys initiative local authorities in south Wales on the subject of regional policy and investment in the infrastructure ; what response he has made ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Peter Walker : I have received no request to address this specific conference. Welsh Office officials are of course in regular touch with valleys local authorities on many aspects of the valleys programme.
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Newport,
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West on 21 March, Official Report, column 502, he will define the areas included in his calculations and the percentage of the population covered by the valleys programme that is included in the total.Mr. Peter Walker [holding answer 11 April 1989] : The area used to calculate the unemployment figures for the hon. Gentleman's question of 21 March 1989 is shown in the following tables :
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d District |Wards |District |Wards ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blaenau Gwent |Nos. 1-18 |Ogwr |Nos. 3-11, 17 Torfaen |Nos. 1, 7-11 |Lliw Valley |Nos. 1, 4-8 Islwyn |Nos. 1-10, 12 |Neath |Nos. 4, 5, 7-16 Rhymney Valley |Nos. 3-20 |Port Talbot |Nos. 5, 9-11 Merthyr Tydfil |Nos. 1-9 |Brecknock |Nos. 29-33 Cynon Valley |Nos. 1-12, 14 |Llanelli |Nos. 7, 8, 11 Rhondda |All wards |Dinefwr |Nos. 2-6, 9, 14, 15 Taff Ely |Nos. 1-7, 10-13
The latest available total resident population covered by the valleys programme area on the above basis is 696,720 according to the 1981 census of population. Official estimates of population for more recent years are not available at a Ward level.
The figure of 35,675 unemployed in May 1988 quoted in the previous answer if 5.1 per cent. of that number, but the two figures are obviously not on a comparable basis either in terms of the period or population covered.
SCOTLAND
Employee Share Ownership
Mr. Ian Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions have taken place as to the feasibily of introducing an employee share ownership scheme in any future privatisation that his Department may sponsor.
Mr. Lang : In relation to the flotation of the successor companies to the Scottish electricity boards, we shall be discussing with the boards measures to encourage the participation of employees in the share offer. Proposals already submitted by the trade unions will be taken into account in these discussions.
The Scottish Bus Group is to be sold in a number of units and it will be for prospective purchasers to determine the share ownership structure of their bids. My right hon. and learned Friend has, however, indicated that bids involving a high level of employee participation will be given preference.
Agricultural Income
Mr. Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest available estimate of the income per agriculture holding in Scotland (a) including non-agricultural income and (b) excluding such income.
Information about non-agricultural income is available only from a 1 per cent. sample of the tax records of individuals registered as having a self- employment income from agriculture and horticulture. For the 1985-86 assessment year, the latest available, the average total income per farmer was £11,845, and the average agricultural and horticultural income was £6,368.
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Holiday Cottages
Mr. Steel : To ask the secretary of state for Scotland if he will make a statement about the effect on any local authority finances of choosing to levy the poll tax on holiday cottages at a multiplier of one instead of two.
Mr. Rifkind : The effect would be to halve that authority's potential income from dwellings which are subject to the standard charge. A lower multiplier might still, for some authorities, yield as much income from such properties as did domestic rates. Each local authority is free to take such a decision in the light of its assessment of all the circumstances.
Schizophrenia
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of those imprisoned in Scotland in 1988 have been admitted to National Health Service mental illness hospitals and units with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not readily available in the form requested. In 1987, the latest year for which figures are available, 62 inmates in Scottish penal establishments were treated for psychoses.
Licensing Law
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) when he expects to complete his current review of licensing law in Scotland ;
(2) what consultations he proposes to undertake after the review of licensing law in Scotland is completed ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The review of the licensing law in Scotland has revealed a large measure of support for a number of the reforms canvassed in the consultation paper issued in 1986. I hope soon to announce the Government's intentions, once we have reached conclusions on these matters.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he expects to publish the evidence as well as conclusions submitted to the current review of licensing law in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas Hamilton : No. The comments received in response to the consultation document on the
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review of the licensing law have, except where respondents have requested confidentiality, been placed on public file which is open to inspection by appointment at St. Andrew's house.Nuclear Accidents and the Farmer"
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will distribute copies of the Ministry of Agriculture leaflet "Nuclear Accidents and the Farmer", together with its technical supplement to all farmers within a 25-mile radius of all nuclear installations in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement on the availability of these documents.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : These documents are at present being recast slightly to reflect Scottish circumstances. They will be distributed as soon as possible to all farms in Scotland in the vicinity of major nuclear installations, as was done in England.
Rating Reform
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that any private landlord who collects the poll tax from his tenants keeps an accurate record of payments made by each tenant ; and how the money will be recovered if any such landlord fails to pay in these sums in full by the date of enforcement action for recovery taking place.
Mr. Lang : Payment of the personal community charge is, as its name implies, a personal responsibility and individuals are not required to make payments to private landlords but directly to the levying authority. Contributions to the collective community charge may, however, be collected by private landlords from people who at any time have their sole of main residence in premises, which have been designated by a community charge registration officer as subject to the collective community charge. Under sections 11(13) and (14) of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987, as amended, landlords are required to issue receipts in respect of any such contributions made to them, showing the amounts paid and the days to which the contributions relate. They are also required to keep a record of all persons who have been solely or mainly resident in the premises, the period during which they were so resident and the amounts paid in contributions. The landlords themselves are liable to pay to the local authority the collective community charge determined in respect of their premises. Any shortfall in the amount due may be recovered by the levying authority by diligence as provided for in the 1987 Act.
Animal Disease
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each of the last three years the number of confirmed cases of animal disease the incidence of which is notifiable.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information requested is as follows :
Disease |1986 |1987 |1988 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Anthrax |2 |2 |Nil Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |Nil |Nil |49 Paramyxovirus in Pigeons |8 |67 |10 Sheep Scab |Nil |1 |1
National Health Service (Consumer Attitudes)
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the full report of the survey of consumer attitudes to the National Health Service in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Yes. The report of survey findings is published today, and copies are available in the House of Commons Library. This report, by Research Surveys of Great Britain Ltd., contains more comprehensive and detailed results than were published in the summary report on 7 March 1989.
The report shows that the Health Service is generally highly regarded by its patients and by the public at large and that patients have a particularly high regard for the medical and nursing care which they receive.
The report identifies a number of areas where improvements were wanted and of these the most frequently mentioned were reduced waiting time--for admission and treatment, hospital food, transport arrangements, reluctance of doctors to make home visits and information from health personnel about the patient's condition. Two interesting consumer views were (a) that many of the services which required attendance at hospital out-patients departments could be more conveniently provided at local health clinics and (b) that three in 10 hospital in-patients would be willing to travel to a hospital further away (one in six over 50 miles) if this would reduce the waiting time for admission.
By obtaining the views of recent patients and other members of the public the Government is seeking to take full account of consumer views when considering future Health Service priorities. The report of the survey will be sent to all health board general managers and the main messages contained in it will be discussed with them in order to secure action in response to the expressed views of consumers.
Bathing Waters
Sir Hector Monro : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will announce the results for 1988 of monitoring Scottish bathing waters in accordance with the European Council bathing waters directive ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My Department's assessment of the results of the monitoring undertaken by the river purification boards in 1988 is set out in the table following, based on the standards for coliforms.
The results are disappointing compared with those in 1987, the first year in which waters were identified in terms of the EC directive. However, the monitoring in 1988 was more intensive, the minimum number of samples analysed for each water having been increased from 12 in 1987 to 20 in 1988. This is in consequence of the European Commission's strict interpretation of the directive : that unless at least 20 samples are taken in the season, a member state cannot establish the 95 per cent. necessary to discount a single failure.
The Government is aware of public concern about the quality of bathing waters and is determined that they should comply with the directive's standards as quickly as possible. To this end, my right hon. and learned Friend announced last November an additional allocation of £5.5
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million for water and sewerage in the last financial year and has increased the allocation for this year by some 14 per cent. over planned expenditure. This should allow the sewerage authorities to make faster progress towards compliance with the directive. I have also had discussions with Fife, Lothian and Strathclyde regional councils and some district councils about the quality of waters in their areas.I have placed in the Library a paper which summarises the 1988 results and sets out the plans to improve the quality of those waters which do not comply with the directive. We shall also be sending the results to the European Commission.
|Result
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Nairn (East Beach) |Fail
Cullen |Pass
Fraserburgh |Fail
Aberdeen |Pass
Montrose |Pass
Arbroath |Fail
Carnoustie |Pass
St. Andrew's (West Sands) |Pass
Kinghorn (Pettycur) |Pass
Aberdour (Silversands) |Pass
Gullane |Pass
North Berwick (Milsey Bay) |Fail
Yellowcraigs |Pass
Dunbar (Belhaven) |Pass
Pease Bay |Pass
Sandyhills |Pass
Girvan |Fail
Turnberry |Fail
Ayr (South Beach) |Fail
Prestwick |Fail
Troon (South Beach) |Fail
Irvine-Gailes (New Town) |Fail
Salcoats/Ardrossan (South Beach) |Fail
EMPLOYMENT
Health and Safety
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of work places inspected by the health and safety inspectorate in the Greater London area during the year 1988.
Mr. Nicholls : The information requested is not readily available. I will write to the hon. Member in due course.
Training Managers
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the private sector firms who are acting as employment training training managers, naming the number of places they have each been allocated, how many filled placed each has and what percentage the latter is of the former.
Mr. Nicholls : Due to the unusual length of the reply, I am sending the hon. Member the available information, which has also been placed in the Library. Employment training is a locally planned and delivered programme. Information on contracted and filled places for particular training managers is not therefore held centrally, and may only be obtained at disproportionate costs.
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Disabled People
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled people have been placed in employment through the sheltered placement scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : As at 28 February 1989, 4,821 people with severe disabilities were being supported in employment through the sheltered placement scheme. I am pleased to say that the number of jobs supported in this way is set to rise to 6,900 by the end of March 1990. Since the scheme was introduced in April 1985, it is estimated that around 5,870 people with severe disabilities have been placed in sheltered placements. The scheme succeeded the sheltered industrial groups scheme which was already supporting 1,049 jobs.
YTS
Dr. Reid : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the obligations of companies within the YTS scheme to provide holiday pay for YTS trainees.
Mr. Cope : YTS managing agents must ensure that non-employed YTS trainees are granted paid holidays at a minimum rate of one and a half days per completed month of training. Such trainees are also entitled to bank and public holidays or days off in lieu with due payment of training allowance. Employed trainees receive holiday pay in accordance with their contract of employment.
Television and Film Making (Report)
Mr. Jacques Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when the report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on labour practices in television and film making is to be published ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Fowler : The MMC report, made under section 79 of the Fair Trading Act 1973, is published today and has been laid before the House. Copies are available in the Vote Office. The Government welcome the evidence of changes for the better in employment and working practices that have occurred in the industry during the course of the commission's investigations. These are attributed to increased competition, advances in technology and changes in employment law. The commission expects further change to continue as a result of current or intended negotiations, or management decisions, though they record their concern about whether change will be sufficiently radical or rapid. The Government will be examining ways of monitoring the necessary further progress in consultation with the major parties concerned in the industry. We note and agree with the commission's concern about the problem of repeat fees and performers' rights regarding consent to repeats of original performances. We are considering the possibility of further study of these issues. We also note the commission's findings and conclusions regarding the union membership agreements with Equity and the Musicians Union. These do not conflict with the Government's case, set out in the Green Paper "Removing Barriers to Employment", for giving individuals the right to complain that they have been refused a job because they are not union members.
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