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NHS staff in post in England at 30 September
Whole-time equivalents<1>
|Administrative and
|clerical<2><3>
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1979 |103,000
1987 |114,600
1988<4> |116,300
<1> Figures are rounded to nearest one hundred (100)
whole-time equivalents.
<2> Includes general managers.
<3> Figures for 1987 and 1988 include some "Other
Statutory Authorities" staff not included in previous
years (some 700 WTE in 1987).
<4> 1988 figure is provisional.
Source: Department of Health annual census of NHS
non-medical manpower.
Hospital Waiting Lists
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each regional health authority and for England as a whole the total in-patient waiting list recorded in each hospital waiting list return since 1 January 1974.
Mr. Mellor : The total in-patient waiting list for each regional health authority and for England in each year since 1974 is given in the table.
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In-patient waiting list<1>, by Regional Health Authority, England, 1974-1988
Region |31 December 1974 |30 September 1975|30 September 1976|30 September 1977|30 September 1978|30 September 1979|30 September 1980|30 September 1981|30 September 1982|30 September 1983|30 September 1984|30 September 1985|30 September 1986|30 September 1987|30 September 1988
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Northern |29,178 |32,435 |34,364 |33,659 |35,677 |42,288 |35,538 |33,105 |49,958 |44,478 |38,798 |36,154 |36,880 |34,898 |36,044
Yorkshire |31,468 |32,877 |34,689 |37,165 |39,903 |47,223 |40,982 |37,701 |53,033 |49,363 |47,026 |45,763 |46,597 |47,689 |51,279
Trent |44,717 |46,867 |50,885 |52,154 |58,516 |66,498 |57,895 |56,851 |73,509 |69,156 |65,324 |62,190 |60,842 |54,442 |55,076
East Anglian |19,390 |18,106 |22,031 |22,408 |25,636 |27,971 |25,772 |25,596 |32,935 |33,080 |31,148 |27,388 |27,860 |30,960 |33,417
North West Thames |37,939 |38,563 |43,421 |41,640 |42,870 |43,595 |42,476 |41,587 |40,785 |41,015 |40,022 |40,265 |43,710 |40,273 |44,770
North East Thames |37,622 |35,570 |41,077 |43,543 |46,045 |53,146 |49,032 |48,515 |58,207 |58,911 |63,563 |66,406 |74,926 |71,812 |79,384
South East Thames |39,286 |38,793 |45,797 |43,798 |47,398 |49,920 |45,484 |45,559 |51,820 |51,627 |51,642 |50,087 |56,768 |56,794 |55,619
South West Thames |25,767 |25,093 |30,295 |30,579 |33,538 |37,244 |34,540 |33,923 |36,456 |37,470 |35,389 |36,752 |36,073 |34,185 |41,005
Wessex |29,148 |29,669 |32,591 |32,533 |35,809 |40,222 |38,173 |40,275 |45,317 |46,879 |45,227 |42,003 |42,726 |42,217 |41,607
Oxford |28,913 |25,972 |31,606 |31,480 |36,065 |36,180 |33,900 |32,562 |35,734 |36,082 |35,339 |33,309 |33,249 |31,343 |32,996
South Western |40,842 |42,718 |44,389 |46,177 |45,175 |45,876 |43,691 |42,821 |47,142 |47,534 |46,562 |43,639 |43,686 |40,094 |43,411
West Midlands |60,766 |63,351 |72,536 |74,662 |79,397 |87,693 |80,937 |79,952 |86,544 |83,598 |83,119 |80,974 |79,261 |74,965 |72,461
Mersey |24,813 |25,344 |30,221 |28,803 |31,165 |38,572 |34,060 |33,105 |37,674 |34,274 |31,400 |30,141 |30,126 |30,245 |32,121
North Western |60,236 |58,168 |66,893 |64,560 |63,123 |71,948 |65,513 |60,252 |69,697 |62,525 |59,417 |58,465 |61,143 |62,099 |63,839
Special health authorities |7,339 |6,026 |7,469 |7,935 |8,044 |7,350 |7,888 |7,589 |7,054 |7,763 |8,623 |7,713 |8,054 |9,145 |8,044
|---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |----
England |517,424 |519,552 |588,264 |591,096 |628,361 |695,726 |635,881 |619,393 |725,865 |703,755 |682,599 |661,249 |681,901 |661,161 |691,073
Nurses
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for the latest available date and for each district health authority and regional health authority the total number of nursing posts, the number of vacant nursing posts and the latter as a percentage of the former ; and the number of nursing posts for qualified nurses, the number of vacant posts for qualified nurses and the latter as a percentage of the former.
Mr. Mellor : The information requested is not collected centrally.
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Hospital Closures
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list for each health region the complete hospital closures since January 1979 giving, in each case (a) the name and address of the hospital, (b) the area health authority or district health authority, (c) the number of beds, (d) the type of hospital and (e) the date of closure ;
(2) if he will list for each health region the partial hospital closures since January 1979 giving, in each case (a) the name and address of the hospital, (b) the area
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health authority or district health authority, (c) the number of beds, (d) the type of hospital and (e) the date of closure.Mr. Freeman : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) on 11 May at column 497 which refers to lists, placed in the Library of all hospitals/units approved for full or partial closure, by region and district and in year order, since 1979. The further information requested is not available centrally.
Prescriptions
Sir Neil Macfarlane : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of prescriptions dispensed and the total net ingredient cost for England and Wales, for the years 1977 to 1988.
Mr. Mellor : The number of prescriptions dispensed in England during the period together with the net ingredient cost before discounts and excluding dispensing fees are :
|Prescriptions |Net ingredient cost
|millions |£ million
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1977 |311.1 |456.3
1978 |323.6 |544.7
1979 |321.3 |623.4
1980 |320.4 |754.6
1981 |317.3 |880.3
1982 |329.5 |1,031.8
1983 |333.9 |1,157.6
1984 |340.6 |1,252.1
1985 |339.9 |1,329.0
1986 |344.4 |1,453.1
1987 |358.5 |1,636.1
1988 |371.0 |1,852.2
The information relating to Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Medical Records
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received concerning the right of access of patients to medical records ; what replies he has made ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : There have been a number of representations over the years. The number increased after the Access to Personal Files Act became law. During its passage through the House medical records were excluded from its provisions but the Government undertook to have talks with the medical profession about a voluntary code of practice on access to medical records. These talks have resulted in a draft code, on which the Department is consulting interested parties such as doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, health visitors, patient interest groups and NHS management. As soon after that consultation as is practicable the Department will issue the code. A copy of the draft code is in the Library.
Disabled People
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been during each of the last three years (a) the total assistance and grants given by his Department to help disablement organisations and (b) grants given in each of these years to the British Council of organisations of disabled people ; and if he will review his adequacy of
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support being given to those organisations which involve disabled people directly, in the policy development and decision taking affecting the well-being of disabled people.Mr. Freeman : With regard to grants to help disablement organisations, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood), on 18 April 1989 at columns 133- 34. Grants to the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People have been as follows :
Year |£ ---------------------- 1986-87 |10,000 1987-88 |4,500 1988-89 |10,000
We do support the work of many organisations which involve disabled people directly and expect to do so increasingly in the future as new bodies become established.
Eye Tests
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will extend his Department's definition of a near relative of glaucoma sufferers in his criteria for free eye tests to include nephews and nieces.
Mr. Mellor : The criteria that free NHS sight tests should be available to parents, brothers, sisters or children aged 40 years or over of diagnosed glaucoma sufferers was reached after advice from doctors and full consultation with other interested parties. We have no plans to change or extend this definition to include nephews, nieces, any other relative or age group.
Cook-Chill Food
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has carried out into the health effects of nutrient depletion on long stay patients in hospitals whose diet is mainly cook- chill meals.
Mr. Freeman : The recent review of cook-chill and cook-freeze guidelines by an expert group took into account relevant scientific papers and drew upon its expert knowledge. The expert group concluded that, providing the guidelines are followed, food produced by the cook-chill system is as good nutritionally as food from conventional catering.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he intends to introduce the temperature regulations recommended in the Social Services Select Committee report on listeria in respect of cook-chill retailed food and cook-chill catered food.
Mr. Freeman : Draft regulations which embody new storage temperature requirements were issued for consultation on 4 July 1989. We intend to make new regulations later this year.
Dental Charges (Refunds)
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applicants for a refund of their dental charges have been turned down since the introduction of charges on the grounds that they did not claim within one month of the original payment ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Feeeman : I regret that the information requested is not available.
Blood
Mr. John Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the profit made by the blood transfusion service on each 1,000 pints of donated blood bought by private sector health institutions ; what method is used to determine the price at which blood will be sold to the private sector ; how much blood was sold in total for each of the last 10 years to the private sector for all blood groups and the rarest blood groups ; what was this as a percentage of total blood donations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : No profit is made on any blood or blood components supplied to non-NHS hospitals by the national blood transfusion service. Since 1 April 1984 charges have been made to the private sector to recover the cost to the NHS of collection, processing, handling and transport. No charge is made for the blood itself. Information about the groups supplied is not held centrally. Blood issued to non-NHS hospitals is shown in the table.
National Blood Transfusion Service: England and Wales<1>.
Year |Total blood donations |Units of blood issued to|Units of blood issued as
|non-NHS hospitals |a percentage of total
|donations
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1979 |2,020,919 |n/a |n/a
1980 |2,094,177 |n/a |n/a
1981 |2,127,432 |n/a |n/a
1982 |1,942,997 |31,437 |1.6
1983 |2,017,018 |40,786 |2.0
1984 |2,038,937 |49,232 |2.4
1985 |2,007,931 |54,327 |2.7
1986 |2,023,841 |64,040 |3.2
1987 |1,989,779 |84,361 |4.2
<2>1988 |2,033,005 |75,961 |3.7
<1>The figures relate to Wales and 12 regions in England as information is not available for Oxford region.
<2> Provisional.
Mr. John Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether blood donation shortages have been reported to his Department in any of the last 10 years by any public body for use by National Health Service institutions ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : I regret that systematic information about representations received over the last 10 years could not be supplied except at disproportionate cost. Up to 1 October 1988 the day-to-day responsibility for maintaining blood supplies rested with regional transfusion centres (RTCs) and the Department would not necessarily have been informed of any local shortages. The national directorate of the blood transfusion service was established from 1 October 1988, and arranges the transfer of blood to RTCs experiencing temporary shortages.
Eggs
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many consignments of imported eggs have been impounded on the grounds of poor quality since 1 December 1988 ;
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(2) how many consignments of imported eggs have been condemned by officials of his Department since 1 December 1988.Mr. Mellor : It is not practicable for port health authorities to impound or condemn any imported egg consignments because of the time needed by public health laboratories to produce confirmation test results.
The arrangements are that any positive findings are reported to the Department and the relevant producer country is then advised so that action can be taken to deal with the contamination at source.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those public health laboratories which participate in testing consignments of imported eggs.
Mr. Mellor : Reports on tests on samples of imported eggs have so far been received from public health laboratories at Ashford, Hull, Ipswich and Norwich.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements he has agreed with port authorities for the testing of samples of imported eggs at public health laboratories.
Mr. Mellor : Since 4 April 1989 port health authorities have agreed to check as many consignments of imported eggs as practicable and to notify the Department where public health laboratory reports of contaminated eggs are received.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources he has made available to public health laboratories specifically to enable them to conduct tests on samples of consignments of imported eggs.
Mr. Mellor : Funding for public health laboratories involved with the testing of imported egg samples is contained within their overall resource allocation.
Children Bill
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate for the costs of staff training arising from the provisions of the Children Bill.
Mr. Mellor : One off costs of staff training arising from the Children Bill are estimated at £4.6 million at 1988-89 levels for local authority staff. The estimates have been dicussed with the local authority associations and will be reviewed when the level of central Government support for local authority expenditure is determined. There will also be costs of training judicial and court staff which are a mater for my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor and my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary.
Community Care
Mr. Allen McKay : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will outline the procedure he will be establishing for inspecting and monitoring the quality of community care services provided by the private and voluntary sectors ;
(2) under the new arrangements, which agency will have primary responsibility for people who are mentally ill and are also either elderly or have a physical handicap ;
(3) what safetguards will be established to protect consumer should services provided by private or voluntary organisations for community care go out of business or fail to meet national quality standards.
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Mr. Mellor : The Government have been considering the future organisations and management of community care services following Sir Roy Griffiths report "Community Care : Agenda for Action" and the many views received in response to it. Its deliberations are now complete and we hope to make a statement this week.
Mr. Allen McKay : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for ring fencing National Health Service resources to ensure funding released by the closure of wards and hospitals will be directed towards community care.
Mr. Mellor : Health authorities must remain responsible for determining their own expenditure priorities in the light of their knowledge of local needs and circumstances.
OPCS
Mr. McLoughlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will announce the result of his review of the future location of the work of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
Mr. Freeman : Yes. The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) has three main sites in London, Titchfield and Southport where there are about 660, 840 and 600 staff respectively. The number of staff at the Southport site is expected to fall by about 250 during 1991 as a result of the computerisation of the NHS central register. I have concluded that most of the division which oversees the registration of births, marriages and deaths, now based largely in London, should move to Southport. It is having great difficulty in recruiting and retaining administrative staff in London, and the effectiveness and efficiency of its operation is being jeopardised. about 170 posts from London and about 80 posts from Titchfield will move to Southport. Some other services at present based in London, mainly in central support areas, will move to Titchfield when accommodation becomes available there. The moves will be co-ordinated with the planned run-down of other Southport work and will probably be completed by mid 1992.
Both the public search room and the OPCS library, which are used regularly by the public, will remain in London. The professional statistical work of OPCS, covering population and medical statistics, the census and social surveys, will also remain in London because of the importance of day to day links with customers in Government Departments, which have been strengthened in accordance with the machinery of Government review in 1986.
ENERGY
British Petroleum
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will use his departmental shareholding in British Petroleum to put pressure on British Petroleum to stop its destruction of parts of the Jamari rain forest in Brazil.
Mr. Norman Lamont : I have been asked to reply.
No. The Government now hold only about 2 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of British Petroleum plc. Even when their shareholding was much larger, the Government did not use their rights as a shareholder to intervene in the commercial decisions of the company.
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Research and Development
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will list Government expenditure on research and development in the area of energy efficiency for the years 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989 ;
(2) if he will list the proposed funding for research and development in the area of energy efficiency for the years 1990-91 and 1991-92 ;
(3) what amount of funding is being allocated to research and development in the area of energy efficiency in the current financial year.
Mr. Peter Morrison : The information requested is as follows :
Expenditure on energy efficiency research, development and demonstration<1><2> Year |£'000s ---------------------- 1980-81 |2,015 1982-83 |6,841 1984-85 |6,564 1986-87 |8,197 1988-89 |9,077 1989-90 |8,850 <1>For the year 1989-90 the figure is the estimate provision. Prior years are outturn. <2>All figures exclude expenditure on the monitoring and targeting programme.
Figures for future years will be published shortly in the 1989 Annual Review of Government-Funded R & D.
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give a breakdown of his Department's spending on research and development in the following sources of energy for 1988, its plans for 1989 and its plans for future years (a) nuclear fission in thermal reactors, (b) nuclear fission in fast breeder reactors, (c) nuclear fusion, (d) renewable energy sources as a whole, (e) tidal power, (f) solar, (g) windpower, (h) wave power, (i) biofuels, (j) wet rock geothermal, (k) dry rock geothermal, (l) other renewable sources, (m) conventional fossil fuel sources and (h) any other sources of energy ; and whether he will give comparable figures for other European Economic Community countries.
Mr. Michael Spicer : The figures requested are as follows :
Expenditure in £ million
|1988-89|1989-90
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Thermal reactors (safety research only) |19.53 |17.27
Fast breeder reactor |104.55 |98.58
Fusion |26.21 |26.60
All renewables |15.01 |16.80
Tidal |1.18 |1.00
Solar |1.42 |1.90
Wind |3.91 |5.00
Wave |0.14 |0.20
Biomass |1.48 |2.00
Wet rock geothermal |0.06 |0.15
Dry rock geothermal |3.50 |2.90
Other renewable |3.32 |3.65
Fossil fuels |0.72 |2.56
Other sources of energy |- |-
Figures for future years will be published shortly in the 1989 Annual Review of Government Funded Research and Development, in the usual format for that publication.
Figures for other European Community countries can be found in the annual review published by the
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International Energy Agency "Energy Policies and Programmes of IEA Countries", the most recent of which was produced in 1988. Expenditure figures and forecasts for other countries may not be on the same basis as for the United Kingdom.Nuclear Generating Stations
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the estimated value of the nuclear generating sectors of the Central Electricity Generating Board and the South of Scotland Electricity Board.
Mr. Michael Spicer : I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Fife, North-East (Mr. Campbell) on 19 October 1988 at column 859.
Nuclear Power Stations
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the estimated operating lifespans of the United Kingdom's remaining nuclear power stations in commission.
Mr. Michael Spicer : This is an operating matter for the utilities concerned. I have asked the chairmen of the CEGB and SSEB to reply to the hon. Member.
Electricity Privatisation
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he intends proceeding with his plan to include the nuclear power plants within electricity privatisation ; whether he intends transferring the ownership of physical assets of nuclear power plants currently owned by the Central Electricity Generating Board to the private sector ; what is his latest estimate of the costs of decommissioning nuclear power stations and disposing and reprocessing of nuclear waste ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Parkinson : The Government's plans for privatising the electricity industry were set out in the White Paper, "Privatising Electricity" (Cm. 322) and in the Electricity Bill, and were debated at length during the passage of the Bill. These remain the Government's policy.
The CEGB estimates that the average cost of decommissioning each of its existing nuclear power stations, in current prices and assuming a delay of around 100 years before the final stage of decommissioning, will be about £300 million, including the costs of disposal of waste arising. The costs of reprocessing spent fuel will depend on the commercial negotiations between the CEGB and BNFL which are currently underway.
Electrical Appliances (Efficiency)
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has any plans (a) to introduce legislation to ensure that electrical appliances are labelled to give details of their energy use so that consumers may choose the most energy efficient brand of any given type of appliance and (b) to press the European Communities to regulate to ensure labelling of electrical appliances.
Mr. Peter Morrison : I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Truro (Mr. Taylor) on 16 May 1988 at column 299 and to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) on 20 February 1989 at columns 470-71.
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Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has any plans to press the European Communities to regulate the energy efficiencies of electrical appliances to ensure that they achieve minimum efficiency standards that would be set by the EC and updated along with technological developments.
Mr. Elliot Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether his Department has evaluated claims that use of electricity could be reduced by 70 per cent. without reducing the present level of electricial services if the most energy efficient electrical appliances currently available were used throughout the country, and if other conservation measures including combined heat and power/district heating schemes, prohibiting wasteful energy systems, tightening building regulations' were introduced.
Mr. Peter Morrison : My Energy Efficiency Office is in the process of commissioning a study on the energy efficiency of electrical appliances. However, improvements in efficiency in domestic appliances, as with improvements in industrial processes, and construction and use of combined heat and power systems, do not necessarily lead to a reduction in the use of electricity. The increased efficiency may be taken as increased warmth or increased production, and increased energy efficiency may mean changing from another fuel to electricity.
Environmental Damage
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out the conclusions of his Department's evaluation of the environmentally damaging aspects of (a) nuclear power, (b) coal-fired power plants, (c) oil -fired power plants, (d) gas-fired power plants, (e) large scale inland hydropower, (f) low-head hydropower, (g) estuarial power generating tidal barrages, (h) wind power, (i) solar water heating, (j) photoelectric solar power, (k) pump-storage power schemes, (l) off-shore wave power, (m) on- shore wave power, (n) ocean thermal electric power, (o) geothermal power, (p) refuse fuelled power plants, (q) biomass fuelled power plants and (r) combined heat and power pebble-bed/fluidised bed plants ; and if he will make a statement on the benefits of each type of plant in regard to mitigation of greenhouse global warming.
Mr. Michael Spicer : The latest comprehensive and systematic evaluation of the full range of energy supply technologies undertaken for my Department was reported in Energy Paper 54 and its complementary "background papers" volume ETSU-R-43. Both of these publications are available in the Library of the House. Thy describe in general terms the principal environmental impacts of each technology. Environmental considerations form an integral part of many of the Department's R & D projects.
As part of the study leading to Energy Paper 54, consideration was given to the additional benefits of these technologies if restrictions on CO emissions were necessary. However, the results were not quantified. The current United Kingdom work in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group on "Response Strategies" should improve our analysis of the cost and benefits in regard to climate change for many of the technologies listed.
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Fusion
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his latest estimate of the likely cost of electricity produced from fusion sources.
Mr. Michael Spicer : At present, work on fusion is still at the stage of establishing whether fusion is a scientifically feasible source of power. It is too soon to make any reliable estimate of the likely cost of electricity from fusion sources.
Offshore Wind Generation
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether his Department has any plans to fund the setting up of a pilot programme of offshore wind generation.
Mr. Michael Spicer : The chairman of the CEGB announced in 1988 the proposal to build an offshore wind turbine generator as part of a joint programme with the Department. Following withdrawal of the prospective industrial partner from wind turbine manufacture, alternatives are now being considered.
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Non-fossil Fuel Sources
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the amount of public sector support given directly or indirectly since 1979 to each non-fossil fuel source of power including all forms of renewable energy.
Mr. Parkinson : Expenditure since 1979 by the Department of Energy on its renewables programme and payments made to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in support of its nuclear energy programme are set out in the tables. Other public sector contributions towards the renewables programmes in which the Department is involved are mainly from the Central Electricity Generating Board, together with other parts of the electricity supply industry, the Science and Engineering Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council. Other public sector contributions to the UKAEA's nuclear energy programme are from the Department of the Environment, British Nuclear Fuels, the electricity supply industry and NIREX. Figures for these other public sector contributions are not readily available over the period and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
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Department of Energy research, development and design expenditure on renewable energy (£ million)
|1979-80|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
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Wind |0.6 |0.8 |0.9 |2.5 |2.5 |4.8 |5.4 |3.7 |4.0 |3.9
Wave |3.0 |3.3 |4.4 |3.1 |1.0 |0.4 |0.4 |0.1 |0.2 |0.1
Geothermal aquifers |1.3 |1.7 |2.6 |1.5 |1.8 |1.1 |0.3 |0.1 |0 |0.1
Geothermal hot dry
rocks |0 |0.6 |5.6 |3.0 |2.9 |4.6 |3.5 |3.5 |3.6 |3.5
Solar |1.2 |0.9 |0.7 |1.4 |0.9 |0.5 |0.7 |0.9 |1.1 |1.4
Biomass<1> |0.1 |0.4 |0.4 |1.2 |0.7 |1.1 |0.8 |1.3 |2.2 |1.5
Tide |0.6 |1.4 |0.4 |0 |0 |0.3 |0.1 |0.1 |1.4 |1.2
Hydro/General studies |0.8 |0.8
Technology transfer and
promotion |0.7 |1.0
ETSU services |1.4 |2.2 |2.3 |2.0 |1.9 |2.1 |2.0 |2.3 |2.3 |2.5
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
|8.2 |11.3 |17.3 |14.7 |11.7 |14.9 |13.2 |12.0 |16.3 |16.0
<1> Includes expenditure on "waste as a fuel" projects under the Energy Efficiency Office demonstration scheme.
Note: Up to 1986-87 total for research and development also includes expenditure on low head hydro and general
studies. These are separately identified for 1987-88 onwards. For 1987-88 onwards general studies includes work
by the chief scientist's group.
Department of Energy expenditure on nuclear programmes (£ million)
|Fast reactor |Fusion |Thermal reactor|Other |Total
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1979-80 |76.4 |13.0 |17.2 |38.9 |145.5
1980-81 |90.8 |14.8 |22.8 |57.8 |186.2
1981-82 |98.2 |22.5 |35.7 |49.0 |205.4
1982-83 |96.4 |21.6 |36.0 |60.8 |214.8
1983-84 |114.9 |22.1 |30.5 |36.3 |203.8
1984-85 |102.5 |25.6 |25.6 |32.4 |186.1
1985-86 |102.0 |21.1 |29.1 |37.4 |189.6
1986-87 |99.4 |18.9 |15.6 |50.0 |183.9
1987-88 |75.8 |20.8 |16.7 |59.0 |172.3
1988-89 |<1>82.5 |24.9 |17.4 |132.0 |<1>256.8
<1> Excludes restructuring costs.
Note: All figures are in cash of the day.
Safety Inspectors
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the number of safety inspectors employed by his Department to look after offshore oil safety.
Mr. Parkinson : The number of safety inspectors employed by the Department of Energy to look after offshore oil safety was 41 at 1 July 1989.
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Magnox
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if the timetable for closing the Central Electricity Generating Board's magnox nuclear power stations will alter as a result of privatisation.
Mr. Parkinson : This is a matter for the CEGB.
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