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Abortion Bill
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received regarding the RU486 abortion pill ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : In the past 12 months we have received some 30 representations about the drug RU486 expressing views for and against its introduction.
Cot Deaths
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been done into the possible link between artifically softened water and cot deaths ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : We are aware of no such research. As we indicated in the Government's reply to the Social Services Committee report on perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality (Cm 741), the Medical Research Council is currently undertaking a major review of literature on research into the causes of sudden infant death. I will arrange for this question to be brought to its attention.
Community Care
Mr. Boyes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date he expects the report on the development of community care services under section 11 of the Disabled Persons Act to be laid before Parliament.
Mr. Freeman : The first report will be laid before Parliament before the end of this year.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Parliamentary Pension Fund Mr. Allen : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will take steps to ensure that all parliamentary contributory pension fund moneys are invested in ethically acceptable investments and that investments in South African companies are disposed of.
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Sir Geoffrey Howe : Determination of the investment policy relating to parliamentary contributory pension fund moneys is a matter for the trustees of that fund. I understand that they have laid down broad investment policy guidelines which are designed to preserve the asset base of the fund and to ensure that the liabilities of present and future pensioners are met.AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Zoonoses Order
Mrs. Gorman : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will repeal the Zoonoses Order.
Mr. Maclean : I have no plans to repeal the Zoonoses Order 1989.
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Animal Diseases
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether any decisions have been taken by the Council of Ministers in the post-1992 control of foot and mouth disease, classical and African swine fever and rabies ; and if he will list the incidence of each of these diseases in each member state.
Mr. Maclean : Community measures, agreed by the Council, are already in place for the control or eradication of these diseases but no decisions have been taken on measures to apply after 1992. The number of outbreaks reported in member states in the last five years are as follows :
|1985 |1986 |1987 |1988
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foot and Mouth Disease
Federal Republic of Germany |-1- |2 |4 |-
Italy |131150 |167 |7 |74
Spain |- |1 |- |-
Classical Swine Fever
Belgium |67 |80 |83 |2
France |2 |20 |5 |15
Federal Republic of Germany |351 |46 |41 |3162
United Kingdom |- |10 |1 |-
Greece |1 |- |- |-
Italy |26 |29 |13 |12
Luxembourg |- |- |1 |-
Netherlands |36 |1 |1 |-
Spain |1 |- |- |-
African Swine Fever
Belgium |- |- |- |-
Italy |33 |21 |22 |20
Netherlands |- |2 |- |-
Portugal |51 |672 |645 |698
Spain |390 |393 |793 |618
Rabies ( number of cases in domestic and wild animals )
Belgium |446 |342 |242 |514
Denmark |10 |105 |48 |-
France |2,013 |2,465 |2,068 |2,223
Federal Republic of Germany |6,865 |5,259 |3,791 |2,628
Greece |1 |- |1 |-
Italy |122 |29 |- |21
Luxembourg |67 |137 |23 |4
Netherlands |16 |1 |86 |52
Spain (Mainland) |- |- |2 |-1
<1> Part year only.
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how many veterinary investigation officers have been checked to see if they are carriers of salmonella ; and what were the results ;
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(2) whether veterinary investigation officers who are used to investigate salmonella outbreaks in poultry flocks are required to be confirmed non-carriers of salmonella.Mr. Maclean : My veterinary officers, who carry out investigations into cases of possible salmonella infection in poultry flocks, are not routinely checked to see if they are carriers of the disease nor are they required to be confirmed non-carriers of salmonella. Strict measures are taken to ensure proper hygiene and disinfection when veterinary officers visit farms.
North Sea (Industrial Waste)
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what applications have been made by Her Majesty's Government for any derogation from the terms of the North sea conference agreement of 1987 prohibiting the deposit of industrial waste in the North sea
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after 31 December ; and if he will state the quantities of material concerned, the amount of toxic content, and the periods for which application has been made.Mr. Gummer : The ministerial declaration from the 1987 North sea conference provides for a country to show to the competent international organisation that a waste to be disposed of causes no harm in the marine environment. It has been agreed that the Oslo commission is the competent international organisation for this purpose, and the Oslo commission has agreed an appropriate procedure to be followed. Submissions have been made to the Oslo commission in respect of three wastes comprising an annual volume of 51,000 tonnes. Under the conditions of disposal the wastes are not toxic in the marine environment. The Oslo commission procedure requires that licences be reviewed every three years.
EC Sugar Regime
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will meet representatives of United Kingdom industrial sugar associations before deciding upon his attitude to the reform of the European Community sugar regime ;
(2) when he expects the Commission to publish its proposals for the reform of the European Community sugar regime.
Mr. Gummer : Consultations with organisations interested in the review of the sugar regime are already under way. I will take all views put to me into account when deciding upon my approach to the review.
EC Food
Mr. Madden : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make urgent arrangements to ensure European Community meats and butter are distributed in future by Bradford council ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : Bradford council did not register an interest in operating this scheme and consequently I was, and am, unable to make any allocation of produce to the council under the current arrangements.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what reports he has received from Bradford about inconvenience experienced by pensioners and others eligible to receive European Community butter and meats when collecting such butter and meats.
Mr. Gummer : We have received two letters enclosing some press cuttings concerning the inconvenience of queuing experienced by those seeking to obtain butter and beef in the Bradford area under the EC surplus food scheme.
Mrs. Maureen Hicks : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out the precise guidelines on the administrative arrangements for the distribution of surplus EEC butter and in particular who should collect the 5p for each pack and the intended use of the money so collected.
Mr. Gummer : The administration arrangements for the application of the surplus food scheme are set out in the intervention board's leaflet LP 39, a copy of which is being
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sent to my hon. Friend. To cover their administrative costs, designated organisations may levy a charge upon recipients of the food not exceeding 20p per kilogramme.Wastes
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 11 December to the hon. Member for South Shields, which countries he is in touch with in connection with the relevant wastes ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : Comments on our submissions have now been received from Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany and Norway.
National Fruit Collection
Mr. Speed : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the future of the national fruit collection and further changes at Agricultural Development and Advisory Service centres.
Mr. Maclean : The national fruit collection, originally established at Wisley and currently situated at Brogdale experimental horticulture station in Kent, is a unique and internationally renowned source of genetic material and part of the nation's heritage. We have consistently made clear that we shall continue to provide financial support for the collection so as to safeguard its long-term future, although we would not necessarily retain it at the Brogdale site. After very careful consideration we have concluded that Wye college, part of the university of London, should become the collection's permanent home since this offers the best prospects for its future security and stability.
We announced in March that we propose to close Brogdale EHS unless alternative industry funding was forthcoming. Extensive inquiries have failed to identify sufficient industry support to sustain its R and D programme which is intended primarily for commercial growers. In the circumstances we have decided that Brogdale EHS should close as an ADAS experimental station on 31 March 1990.
Against this background we examined carefully the options for the future management of the collection. We would have liked the collection to have remained at Brogdale, but this was, unfortunately, not possible. In particular we were concerned that it would have been isolated there from wider horticultural, academic and scientific expertise and that in the long run the additional overhead inherent in a small, separate unit would have proved too great. We were attracted by Swale borough council's offer to take on the management of the collection at the Brogdale site. But we had to conclude that a borough council could not offer the perpetuity of commitment or scientific strength which is needed for the collection. This led us to the view that it was not in the best interests of the collection to stay at Brogdale after its closure as an ADAS station. Two organisations --Wye college and the East Malling Trust--offered to manage the collection on their own sites. We carefully studied the detailed information they provided and concluded that there was a clear case in favour of Wye college. As part of the university of London, Wye college will be able to ensure the collection's long-term security and continued independence from other fruit research and breeding activites, in particular for
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plant variety rights (PVR) testing, a point to which much importance is attached internationally. Moreover, the college is well placed to develop the collection's use for scientific and educational purposes. We naturally gave very careful consideration to the impressive bid put forward by the East Malling Trust. We were, however, forced to the conclusion that it would be preferable to continue to keep the national fruit collection separate from other Government and industry funded activities on the East Malling site. It is in keeping with the collection's health status and current usage that it remains independent from the research and breeding at East Malling.We have therefore decided that the collection should be transferred to Wye college. The transition will take about five years, during which the integrity of the genetic material will be properly safeguarded. In particular, the existing trees will not be removed until we are satisfied that transfer to the new site has been fully and satisfactorily accomplished.
Finally, as a further step towards the rationalisation of ADAS R and D facilities, Trawsgoed experimental husbandry farm, near Aberystwyth, Dyfed, will cease to operate as an ADAS experimental centre as from 31 March 1991. An announcement today by the Agricultural and Food Research Council outlines the council's future plans for grassland and environmental research, and makes reference to the Trawsgoed farm facilities and the part of the regional laboratory complex now surplus to ADAS reqirements. The latter was foreshadowed in the answer of my right hon. Friend the then Minister of Agriculture of 21 March and represents a successful outcome to the search of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales for alternative uses for the laboratory. Negotiations are in train to transfer to AFRC the farm and laboratory facilities which the council will require in order to implement its plans.
The Pwllpeiran site of the present combined Trawsgoed/Pwllpeiran EHF will not itself be affected by the changes at Trawsgoed. However, discussions on its future are taking place, in order to complete the programme of rationalisation in ADAS following the Government's withdrawal from funding of near-market R and D.
Conservation of Flora
Mr. Boswell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on his Department's responsibilities for the genetic conservation of flora.
Mr. Gummer [holding answer 12 December 1989] : My Department makes a grant in aid to the royal botanic gardens for the purposes set out in the National Heritage Act 1983 which includes the keeping of its national reference collections. In addition my Department provides funding for the collection of vegetables at the Institute of Horticultural Research, Wellesbourne and maintains the national fruit collection at its experimental horticultural station at Brogdale. As I announced today in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Mr. Speed), we are safeguarding the collection's future by transferring it to Wye college, part of the university of London.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether there are any plans to update the guidance given in the "Handbook for Delegated Medical Practitioners" as it relates to myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Mr. Scott : I understand that there are no plans to update the section of the handbook for delegated medical practitioners relating to myalgic encephalomyelitis. This handbook is prepared by the Attendance Allowance Board which is independent of the Department and Ministers.
Disabled People
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if people currently eligible for rate relief under the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 will be eligible for equivalent rebates under the poll tax when it is introduced in England.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Relief under the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978, which is designed to avoid imposing higher rates on disabled people if they have to make alterations to their home, will no longer be required when domestic rates are abolished and the community charge introduced. Disabled people on lower incomes will be entitled to community charge benefit, which will reduce their bill : they will receive higher amounts of benefit than other people on a similar income whose personal circumstances are otherwise the same.
Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he intends to increase publicity for the vaccine damage payments scheme ;
(2) in what ways the existence of the vaccine damage payments scheme has been made known to parents since the inception of the scheme.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The Department of Health and Social Security issued health notice HN(79)7 and local authority social services letter LASSL(79)1 in January 1979 informing heath and local authorities of the introduction of the scheme and asking them to bring it to the notice of staff and others working with possible beneficiaries. The notice and letter are still current. The Department tries to ensure that its leaflet on the scheme is widely available in places where potential claimants are likely to seek help, including social services departments, citizens advice bureaux and voluntary organisations. There is general information on the scheme in our leaflet for sick or disabled people which is freely available in the Department's local offices and post offices. We have no plans at present for further publicity.
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he plans to allow children damaged by the mumps, measles and rubella vaccine to receive payments from the vaccine damage payments scheme.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The list of diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act applies includes measles and rubella. We are considering whether to add mumps to the list and I shall let the right hon. Member have our decision as soon as possible.
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Pensioners
Mr. Churchill : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what specific addition to the retirement pension has been or is to be made to ensure that pensioners not qualifying for income support do not suffer any reduction in living standard as a result of the introduction of the community charge ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The community charge will be included in the retail prices index which is used to calculate increases to the state retirement pension.
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Income Support
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give, for each client group, a table for rates of income support showing (i) the illustrative figures in the technical annex to the 1985 White Paper, (ii) the illustrative figures uprated by the retail prices index since then, (iii) the illustrative figures uprated by the Rossi index, (iv) the amounts provided to compensate for the 20 per cent. rates or poll tax contribution and (v) the proposed income support rates for April 1990.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard [pursuant to her reply, 13 December 1989, c. 669-70] : I regret that the information given for disabled pensioners aged 60 or over was incorrect. The corrected information is in the table.
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Income Support Client GroTechnical Annex Uprated by Compensation for Proposed rates from
|to the 1985 |20 per cent. |April 1990
|White Paper |Community Charge
|Contribution<3>
|RPI<1> |ROSSI<2>
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Pensioners
Age 80+ single |42.85 |52.49 |50.19 |1.30 |53.75
Age 80+ couple |65.45 |80.18 |76.65 |2.30 |81.85
Age 75-79 single |40.60 |49.73 |47.55 |1.30 |51.10
Age 75-79 couple |63.25 |77.48 |74.07 |2.30 |79.20
Age 60+ disabled single |42.85 |52.49 |50.19 |1.30 |53.75
Age 60+ disabled couple |65.45 |80.18 |76.65 |2.30 |81.85
Age 60-74 single |40.60 |49.73 |47.55 |1.30 |48.50
Age 60-74 couple |63.25 |77.48 |74.07 |2.30 |75.55
Sick and Disabled<4>
Age 18-24 single |36.25 |44.41 |42.46 |1.15 |44.20
Age 25+ single |42.85 |52.49 |50.19 |1.30 |52.10
Age 25+ couple |65.45 |80.18 |76.65 |2.30 |79.70
Lone Parent
With 2 children<5> |65.00 |79.62 |76.12 |1.30 |78.75
Unemployed
Age 18-24 single |24.00 |29.40 |28.11 |1.15 |28.80
Age 25+ single |30.60 |37.48 |35.84 |1.30 |36.70
Couple no children |48.00 |58.80 |56.21 |2.30 |57.60
Couple 2 children<5> |78.95 |96.71 |92.45 |2.30 |95.55
<1> Based on movement in the index of Retail Prices between November 1985 and October 1989 (the latest for which the index is
available).
<2> Based on movement in the index of Retail Prices (less housing) between November 1985 and October 1989.
<3> Amounts included in benefit levels from April 1989. These amounts, which replaced those previously included from April
1988 to compensate for the 20 per cent. rates contribution, now form part of the overall benefit levels to be uprated from
April 1990.
<4> In receipt of disability premium.
<5> Assumes one child under age 11 and one child aged 11-15.
SCOTLAND
Fisheries
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the netting stations, whether or not in current use, to which district boards have granted exemptions from fishery assessments.
Mr. Lang : A district salmon fishery board has power to impose a fishery assessment in its district at such uniform rate or rates as it determines. There is no power for district boards to grant exemptions from the fishery assessment.
Tobacco and Alcohol
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prosecutions have taken place in respect of illegal sales to children of (a) tobacco and (b)
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alcohol in each of the past five years for which figures are available ; and what steps he proposes to improve enforcement of the law.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The available information is set out in the table. It is not possible to identify offences of selling tobacco to children separately in the Scottish Home and Health Department's classification of crimes and offences.
Measures are under consideration to facilitate law enforcement on the sale of alcohol to children and to improve controls on off-sales, but it is not yet possible to say what form any relevant provision will take. The problem of access by children to tobacco products is also under consideration, but I am not yet in a position to say what may be the outcome.
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Persons proceeded against for sale of drink to persons aged under 18 ---------------- 1984 |194 1985 |175 1986 |212 1987 |231 1988<1> |270 <1> Provisional.
Unemployment
Mr. Riddick : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the present rate of unemployment is in Scotland ; and what the European average is.
Mr. Lang : In November 1989 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Scotland was 8.6 per cent. of the work force
The latest available estimate of the seasonally adjusted standardised European Community unemployment rate was 9.1 per cent. of the labour force in September 1989.
National Heritage
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department consulted the Forestry Commission prior to publication of the consultation paper on Scotland's national heritage.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : No.
Nature Conservancy Council
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council consulted him over the Nature Conservancy Council's own proposals for a federal structure prior to his announcement of 11 July.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council wrote to my right hon. and learned Friend in December 1988 to advise him that a study into a federal model was being conducted by NCC.
Health Service
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each year since 1959 (a) the total amount spent on health and (b) the capital expenditure, giving the figures at constant prices.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Information is readily available only from 1974-75 and this is set out in the following tables :
(b) Total Capital Expenditure on the National
Health Service in
Scotland
|£ million |Adjusted by
cash |the GDP
|deflator to
|1988-89
|prices
------------------------------------------------
1974-75 |33 |130
1975-76 |42 |132
1976-77 |41 |114
1977-78 |42 |102
1978-79 |52 |114
1979-80 |64 |121
1980-81 |69 |110
1981-82 |89 |129
1982-83 |103 |139
1983-84 |108 |140
1984-85 |118 |145
1985-86 |132 |154
1986-87 |116 |131
1987-88 |120 |129
1988-89 |131 |131
(b) Total Capital Expenditure on the National
Health Service in
Scotland
|£ million |Adjusted by
cash |the GDP
|deflator to
|1988-89
|prices
------------------------------------------------
1974-75 |33 |130
1975-76 |42 |132
1976-77 |41 |114
1977-78 |42 |102
1978-79 |52 |114
1979-80 |64 |121
1980-81 |69 |110
1981-82 |89 |129
1982-83 |103 |139
1983-84 |108 |140
1984-85 |118 |145
1985-86 |132 |154
1986-87 |116 |131
1987-88 |120 |129
1988-89 |131 |131
Teachers
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland by how much he expects the level of vacancies for teachers to rise in the next 10 years.
Mr. Lang : I refer the hon. Member to table 15 of the Scottish Education Department's statistical bulletin No. 12/B7/1989 entitled "Teachers--Key Statistics on Demand and Supply", a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. Action to respond to the increased demand for teachers by increasing the intake of colleges of education is already well in hand.
School Boards and Children's Panels
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the level of recruitment of new children's panel members that has been achieved, with particular reference to the Strathclyde, Lothian and Central regions.
Mr. Lang : Recruitment of members of children's panels is a matter for each regional and island authority. Information is still being gathered centrally about the level of recruitment this year. Normally there are more applicants than vacancies. There is always a problem attracting sufficient suitable male applicants, and Lothian and Strathclyde regions are undertaking a second local recruiting exercise with a view to attracting more men. Central Region has, I understand, been able to meet its requirements this year from the applications received following the initial campaign.
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Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make a statement on the respective sums spent upon the recruitment of school board and children's panel members ; (2) what sum has been spent over the last year on the recruitment of members for school boards.Mr. Lang : School board members are elected. The organisation of school board elections is a matter for education authorities. Figures on expenditure by central Government on information about school boards were set out in my reply of 27 October to the hon. Member for Fife, Central (Mr. McLeish).
On the question of expenditure on recruitment for children's panel members, I refer the hon. Member to my separate reply today.
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what sum was spent on advertising for the recruitment of new children's panel members in Scotland in the current autumn.
Mr. Lang : The costs incurred centrally in the recent national advertising campaign for applicants to be considered for membership of children's panels amounted to £45,000. It is understood some regions have undertaken further local advertising, but details of these costs are not available centrally.
Secondary Schools
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his Department's new staffing formula for secondary schools, giving explanations for the multiplier of 0.059 and the additional factor of 10.24 which is applied to school rolls in that formula.
Mr. Lang : I will write to the hon. Member to provide him with information about the conclusions of the staffing review.
Education Expenditure
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much money will be spent on student loans in Scotland in 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93 ;
(2) how much money will be spent on student grants in Scotland in 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93 ;
(3) by how much his education budget will increase in cash and percentage terms in the years 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93, excluding the costs of student maintenance.
Mr. Rifkind : My detailed expenditure plans within the totals I announced on 6 December ( Official Report, columns 328-33) will be set out in the Scottish Commentary on Public Expenditure to 1992-93, which will be published in the new year.
Training Schemes
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases have been found by the Training Agency of agencies or managers claiming money for trainees who did not attend their schemes.
Mr. Lang : The Training Agency's investigations have not revealed cases in Scotland where false claims were made in respect of trainees who did not participate in Employment Training, nor has it been offered substantive evidence of such cases.
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Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many inspectors the Training Agency has for employment training schemes in Scotland.
Mr. Lang : The Training Agency has 115 staff in Scotland monitoring training agents and training managers, and six training standards inspectors. Financial checks on all employment training providers are carried out by the Training Agency's professional accountant. The Training Agency also employs independent consultants to undertake a range of quality development tasks.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many experts have been dispensed with since employment training schemes started.
Mr. Lang : Since employment training started the Training Agency in Scotland has not found it necessary to dispense with the services of any training agent for employment training.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many training managers have been dispensed with since employment schemes started.
Mr. Lang : In Scotland the contract of one training manager for employment training has been terminated since employment training first started.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much will be spent in Scotland on the employment training scheme in 1989-90 and 1990-91.
Mr. Lang : The total planned expenditure on employment training in Great Britain in 1989-90 is £1,271 million. No separate detailed figure is provided for Scotland. However, the Scottish share is estimated at approximately £153 million. An equivalent figure for 1990-91 is not yet available.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what action has been taken by the Training Agency to ensure that the traineeships offered by training agencies and training managers match Scotland's employment needs ;
(2) what analysis has taken place of the skill deficiencies which employment training is remedying.
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