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Mr. Freeman : I have placed the information derived from the 1988-89 annual accounts of each regional and district health authority in England together with those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals in the Library.
Health authorities' spending is monitored and controlled on a regional basis by means of a cash limit applied to their receipts and payments. Within the limits of financial prudence they may incur either a deficit or a surplus on the accrued income and expenditure recorded in their accounts. For 1988-89 health authorities collectively remained within cash limits and as shown in the table their accounts in aggregate record a small overall surplus. Information about the in-year financial position of individual health authorities is not collected centrally.
Consultants
Mr. Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list (a) by district and (b) by region all medical consultants employed, whole and part time, together with their specialty.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The information is not held centrally in the form required. Contracts for consultants in non-teaching district health authorities are held by the regional health authorities. Information at district level is therefore available only for consultants employed by teaching districts. This is given in the table which has been placed in the Library. The regional totals in the table include staff in all districts, teaching and non-teaching.
Additives (Medicines)
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what controls exist over the use of additives in medicines ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : All ingredients of medicines are controlled under the Medicines Act 1968 and
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appropriate directives of the European Community (EC). In particular, colouring matters which may be added to medicinal products are listed in Council directive 78/25/EEC, amended by directive 81/464/EEC. Copies of the directives are in the Library. Current proposals by the EC Commission for an amending directive on medicines labels and leaflets provide for fuller information about excipients (ingredients included for formulation reasons and not intended to be active).Store Losses
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many items of store losses occurred in Norwich health authority in 1981-82 and in each subsequent year for which figures are available ; and what was (a) the overall value in each year, (b) the number of cases reported to the police and (c) the number of prosecutions that followed.
Mr. Freeman : Norwich health authority was established on 1 April 1982 following the abolition of area health authorities, therefore 1982-83 is the first year for which information is available. The information given in the table has been extracted from the authority's statement of losses which is incorporated in its annual accounts. The table records losses of equipment and property in stores and in use from all causes including incidents of the service (as a result of fire, flood etc.) theft, fraud or arson and discrepancies and unexplained issues.
Information on the number of cases reported to the police or on the number of prosecutions is not collected centrally.
Incidents of the serviceOther stores losses
|Number of |Total value|Number of |Total value
|cases |£ |cases |£
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1982-83 |183 |31,226 |89 |32,322
1983-84 |165 |26,101 |112 |51,215
1984-85 |256 |58,235 |70 |6,504
1985-86 |329 |55,473 |95 |22,392
1986-87 |423 |36,550 |55 |9,982
1987-88 |159 |35,716 |36 |8,092
1988-89 |134 |40,688 |38 |130,351
Note: Authorities are advised to aggregate and treat as one case the
total net losses revealed at any one store or institution within each
year. A loss relating to an incident of the service is treated as a
separate case.
Ambulance Workers
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members of the ambulance service have been killed and injured in emergency situations in each of the past five years.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : This information is not available centrally.
Arthritis Treatment, Yorkshire
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what alternative centres for the treatment of arthritis will be available in Yorkshire if the Royal Bath hospital, Harrogate, is closed.
Mr. Freeman : The Royal Bath hospital provides rheumatology services for a number of district health
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authorities, including some for Huddersfield. Arrangements for future provision of rheumatology services for Huddersfield's population is a matter for the local health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of Huddersfield health authority for further information.Dentures
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will next meet the Association for Denture Prosthesis to discuss changes in the Dentists Act 1984.
Mr. Freeman : There are no current plans to meet the Association for Denture Prosthesis.
Milk Token Scheme
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received in support of the changes in the milk token scheme laid before Parliament on 5 January.
Mr. Freeman : As yet no representations in favour of the revised pricing structure, which will save the taxpayer some £8 million per annum, have been received.
Paternity Leave
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what paternity leave is allowed to staff in his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : At present paternity leave is not available to civil servants. The Treasury is, however, finalising arrangements for the introduction of an entitlement to two days' paid paternity leave.
NATO Exercises
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution his Department will make to the NATO exercises due to be held in Norway during March.
Registered Voters
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing for each parliamentary constituency the number of registered voters on the register for (a) 1988 and (b) 1989.
Mr. Freeman : Table 1.4 of the OPCS reference volume "Electoral Statistics 1989" (Series EL No.16) contains the information requested. A copy of this publication is available in the Library.
Operations (Costs)
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to variations in the cost of identical operations in different health districts ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : This information is not held centrally.
Bronchitis and Emphysema
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 9 February, Official Report, column 805, if he will arrange for the Medical Research
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Council to undertake research concerning the relationship between the development of chronic bronchitis or emphysema and exposure to substances associated with the processing , smelting, working or production of steel.Mr. Freeman : The Department of Health has no plans to ask the Medical Research Council to undertake such research at present.
Ambulance Dispute
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total of sums paid or liabilities entered into by the London ambulance service in respect of support and services supplied by the Metropolitan police, the Army and other organisations, respectively, from the start of the ambulance dispute until 31 December 1989 and 31 January 1990.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The sums paid or liabilities entered into by the London ambulance service in respect of support and services supplied by the organisations listed is as follows :
Period up to
|December |January 1990
|1989
|£ |£
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Private ambulances/car hire |125,084 |260,338
Metropolitan Police |4,206,356 |6,514,872
St. John Ambulance |115,669 |176,551
Red Cross |125,155 |191,950
Emergency supplies |932 |39,462
|---- |----
Total |4,573,196 |7,183,173
The share of the cost of military support which falls to the London ambulance service is not yet known.
Figures for the St. John Ambulance (December 1989/January 1990) and the Red Cross (January 1990) are estimates but are not considered to vary considerably.
General Practitioners
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial assistance will be available from his Department for general practitioner budget holders ; and what is the estimated total cost.
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Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary legislation, practices which volunteer to join the practice funding scheme will be able to claim an annual management allowance of up to £32,000 to meet expenses legitimately incurred in running a fund. In 1990-91 an allowance of half that level will be available in recognition of the preparatory work which practices will need to undertake before entering the scheme. The total cost will depend on the number of fund holders.
Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool
Mr. Terry Fields : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken by his Department to encourage the recruitment of staff to the Alexandra wing of Broadgreen hospital, Liverpool, in speech therapy discipline ; how many applications have been submitted for this post ; how many patients, listed by age and medical condition, are awaiting treatment in this unit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Management of speech therapy services at Broadgreen hospital and the recruitment of staff are matters for Liverpool health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of the authority for details.
NHS Spending
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing the expenditure allocation per head in each NHS region in each year since 1983, including those allocations for 1990-91, and express this expenditure in both current and standard prices.
Mr. Freeman [holding answer 30 January 1990] : Figures of total revenue expenditure per head of population by region for the years 1983-84 to 1988-89 (the latest available) are shown in the table. I should point out that in meeting their expenditure health authorities have the use of some resources (local income and working balances) in addition to their allocations and consequently figures based on expenditure or solely on allocations are not directly comparable.
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Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) Revenue Expenditure Per Head of Population
1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89
Region |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
(cash) |(at 1988-89|(cash) |(at 1988-89|(cash) |(at 1988-89|(cash) |(at 1988-89|(cash) |(at 1988-89|(cash)
|prices) |prices) |prices) |prices) |prices)
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Northern |179 |231 |190 |234 |201 |235 |215 |243 |236 |253 |261
Yorkshire |172 |222 |183 |225 |194 |226 |207 |234 |226 |242 |248
Trent |161 |208 |172 |212 |182 |212 |197 |222 |217 |233 |240
East Anglian |163 |209 |173 |213 |182 |212 |195 |220 |214 |230 |239
N W Thames |193 |249 |202 |248 |209 |244 |222 |251 |238 |255 |272
N E Thames |225 |291 |236 |290 |244 |285 |259 |292 |278 |298 |312
S E Thames |206 |266 |215 |264 |224 |261 |236 |267 |255 |273 |284
S W Thames |190 |245 |198 |244 |205 |239 |219 |247 |251 |269 |280
Wessex |160 |207 |171 |210 |178 |208 |190 |215 |206 |221 |229
Oxford |148 |191 |159 |196 |165 |193 |175 |198 |191 |205 |212
South Western |174 |225 |183 |225 |191 |223 |204 |230 |221 |237 |243
West Midlands |166 |214 |178 |219 |187 |218 |202 |228 |221 |237 |243
Mersey |188 |243 |199 |245 |209 |244 |224 |253 |244 |262 |269
North Western |192 |248 |204 |251 |215 |251 |231 |261 |251 |269 |276
|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |--
All Regions |181 |234 |191 |235 |200 |233 |214 |242 |238 |255 |264
Sources:
(a) 1983-84 to 1988-89 annual accounts of regional and district health authorities;
(b) Mid-year estimates of resident populations-1983 to 1988 (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys).
Notes:
1. The figures for the earlier years have been expressed at 1988-89 prices by the use of the gross domestic product deflator.
2. HCHS includes hospital, community health, patient transport (i.e. ambulance), blood transfusion and other services.
3. Capital expenditure and expenditure on family practitioner services (FPS) is excluded. The latter expenditure is accounted for by family practitioner
committees (FPCs) and cannot strictly be attributed to particular regions. However, prior to 1 April 1985 some 90 district health authorities in England each
had an associated FPC and their expenditure figures for 1983-84 and 1984-85 included small elements relating to FPCs' administrative expenses which are not
separately identifiable.
4. Expenditure incurred by the special health authorities (SHAs) for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals and other SHAs providing central services to
the National Health Service and expenditure met centrally by the Department is excluded.
5. The population figures used make no allowance for people resident in one region who receive treatment in another for the differences in morbidity and
age/sex structure of particular populations.
6. The figures for the Thames regions are influenced by additional costs such as London weighting allowances and also by the fact that from 1987-88 the South West Thames regional health authority (RHA) accounted for the total cost of the London ambulance service which in earlier years was shared by all four London RHAs.
Births
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his replies of 15 January, Official Report, column 84, to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley), whether he expects to be able to give information about induction, instrumental delivery and caesarean section rates among women delivering in England in 1989, 1990 and 1991.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley [holding answer 7 February 1990] : Yes. The special additional information collected about deliveries and births as part of the new hospital episode statistics system includes this information. It is hoped that collated information for the whole of England for 1989-90 will be available around the end of 1990.
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Illegal Poisoning
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Caerphilly, Official Report, 29 January, column 50, on what dates illegally poisoned birds or baits were found in the Tayside region.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The additional information is as set out in the table. The precise dates of finding are not always reported to the Scottish Office. Baits are sometimes found but cannot be positively linked in all cases to the death of a particular bird.
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Bird |Location |Date found
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Crow |Eradynate Estate |May 1987
Rook |Monzie Estate |May 1987
Gulls |Monzie Estate |May 1987
Buzzard |Ballyorkan, near Pitlochry |28 August 1987
Buzzard |Poloskie Scraloch, near Blairgowrie |January 1988
Rooks |Dron Wood, Longforgan Parish, near Dundee|24 March 1988
Eagle |Caenlochan National Nature Reserve |April 1988
Gulls |Strathallian Castle Estate |April 1988
Buzzard |Monzie Estate |21 May 1988
Buzzard |Monzie Estate |2 March 1989
Crow |Scone Estate |April 1989
Crow |Glen Isla Estate |21 April 1989
Crow |Strathmore Estate |8 June 1989
Employment Training
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of action plans for employment training completed for each month since September 1988 in the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.
Mr. Lang : The number of action plans for employment training completed for each month since September 1988 in the areas requested is set out in the table :
Number of Action Plans completed-September
1988 to January
1990
September 1988
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |339
Lothian and Borders |604
Lanarkshire |301
Highlands and Islands |158
Grampian and Tayside |937
Glasgow City |828
Central and Fife |429
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |550
|---
Scotland |4,146
October 1988
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |397
Lothian and Borders |766
Lanarkshire |649
Highlands and Islands |207
Grampian and Tayside |817
Glasgow City |958
Central and Fife |459
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |706
|---
Scotland |4,959
November 1988
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |607
Lothian and Borders |1,269
Lanarkshire |710
Highlands and Islands |301
Grampian and Tayside |825
Glasgow City |1,263
Central and Fife |710
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |895
|---
Scotland |6,580
December 1988
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |725
Lothian and Borders |806
Lanarkshire |575
Highlands and Islands |351
Grampian and Tayside |794
Glasgow City |1,242
Central and Fife |642
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |994
|---
Scotland |6,129
January 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |851
Lothian and Borders |862
Lanarkshire |763
Highlands and Islands |398
Grampian and Tayside |967
Glasgow City |1,348
Central and Fife |741
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |958
|---
Scotland |6,888
February 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |1,176
Lothian and Borders |939
Lanarkshire |986
Highlands and Islands |400
Grampian and Tayside |1,096
Glasgow City |1,719
Central and Fife |977
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |1,229
|---
Scotland |8,522
March 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |1,351
Lothian and Borders |1,049
Lanarkshire |1,023
Highlands and Islands |308
Grampian and Tayside |1,371
Glasgow City |2,279
Central and Fife |730
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |1,018
|---
Scotland |9,129
April 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |1,010
Lothian and Borders |626
Lanarkshire |766
Highlands and Islands |237
Grampian and Tayside |830
Glasgow City |1,649
Central and Fife |536
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |801
|---
Scotland |6,455
May 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |886
Lothian and Borders |713
Lanarkshire |677
Highlands and Islands |212
Grampian and Tayside |856
Glasgow City |1,387
Central and Fife |568
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |817
|---
Scotland |6,116
June 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |987
Lothians and Borders |804
Lanarkshire |840
Highlands and Islands |238
Grampian and Tayside |1,055
Glasgow City |1,601
Central and Fife |693
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |889
|---
Scotland |7,107
July 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |779
Lothians and Borders |574
Lanarkshire |727
Highlands and Islands |240
Grampian and Tayside |685
Glasgow City |1,158
Central and Fife |388
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |627
|---
Scotland |5,178
August 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |1,066
Lothians and Borders |589
Lanarkshire |821
Highlands and Islands |230
Grampian and Tayside |799
Glasgow City |1,492
Central and Fife |644
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |801
|---
Scotland |6,442
September 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |997
Lothian and Borders |792
Lanarkshire |781
Highlands and Islands |262
Grampian and Tayside |1,091
Glasgow City |1,697
Central and Fife |887
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |1,122
|----
Scotland |7,629
October 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |984
Lothian and Borders |731
Lanarkshire |780
Highlands and Islands |184
Grampian and Tayside |847
Glasgow City |1,707
Central and Fife |647
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |986
|----
Scotland |6,866
November 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |1,170
Lothian and Borders |848
Lanarkshire |651
Highlands and Islands |259
Grampian and Tayside |896
Glasgow City |1,650
Central and Fife |681
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |925
|----
Scotland |7,080
December 1989
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |633
Lothians and Borders |708
Lanarkshire |486
Highlands and Islands |322
Grampian and Tayside |673
Glasgow City |1,031
Central and Fife |559
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |714
|---
Scotland |5,126
January 1990
|Number
----------------------------------------------
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |767
Lothians and Borders |572
Lanarkshire |513
Highlands and Islands |226
Grampian and Tayside |684
Glasgow City |1,382
Central and Fife |585
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |809
|---
Scotland |5,538
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of employment trainees on project placements for each month since September 1988 in the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.
Mr. Lang : Information about the numbers of trainees on project placements is collected quarterly but returns are
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incomplete so accurate numerical estimates and assessments at an area office level are not possible. For Scotland as a whole it has been estimated that the proportion of project placements in each quarter was as follows :Project placements as a proportion of total placements Quarter to |Per cent. ------------------------------------- December 1988 |69.1 March 1989 |62.3 June 1989 |60.5 September 1989 |65.0 December 1989 |64.0
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of employment trainees on work placements for each month since September 1988 in the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.
Mr. Lang : Information about the numbers of trainees on work placements is collected quarterly but returns are incomplete so accurate numerical estimates and assessments at an area office level are not possible. For Scotland as a whole it has been estimated that the proportion of work placements in each quarter was as follows :
Work placements as a proportion of total placements Quarter to |Per cent. ------------------------------------- December 1988 |18.2 March 1989 |20.7 June 1989 |24.0 September 1989 |21.0 December 1989 |22.0
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training agents in employment training who have achieved stage 1 approved training manager status within the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.
Mr. Lang : There are 23 training agents for employment training in Scotland. Of these, the 18 listed below by area have already achieved stage 1 of approved training organisation status.
Area and training agent
(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll--Strathkelvin Enterprise Trust (b) Lothian and Borders--Greater Edinburgh Training Association ; Borders Regional Council
(c) Lanarkshire--Lanarkshire Training Agent Ltd.
(d) Highlands and Islands--Caithness District Council ; Support Training, Highland Training and Development ; Community Industry, Orkney Islands Council
(e) Grampian and Tayside--Grampian Regional Council ; Workstart Ltd.
(f) Glasgow City--Employment Training Scotland Ltd. ; Queen's College Glasgow Enterprise Ltd.
(g) Central and Fife--Central Training, Fife Regional Council (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway--Workstart Ltd. ; Wigtown District Council ; Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council Education Department
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the training agents in employment training
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who have achieved approved training manager status within the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.(2) if he will list the training agents in employment training who have achieved approved training agent status within the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost of employment training advertising in the Scottish press in the period 21 February to 28 February.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 15 February 1990] : It is estimated that the cost of employment training advertising in the Scottish press during the period 21 to 28 February 1990 will be £18,760. This sum does not include the cost of employment training advertising in national newspapers which have a Scottish circulation or that placed by the Training Agency on behalf of training agents or training managers.
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the voluntary sector training managers for Scotland ; and the number of training, places currently contracted with the Training Agency within the (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Training Agency areas.
Mr. Lang : Following is a list of voluntary sector training managers for employment training in each local area :
Area and voluntary section training manager
(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll--Strathclyde Training Agency (
(b) Lothian and Borders--Wester Hailes Management Agency ; Scottish Wildlife Trust ; Community and Business Training Limited ; Scottish Association for Mental Health ; Craigmillar Festival Society ; Scottish Council for Spastics ; APEX Scotland
(c) Lanarkshire--Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare Training Limited ; Scottish National Council for YMCAs
(d) Highlands and Islands--Nil
(e) Grampian and Tayside--Dundee Cyrenians Wishart Centre Heat Development (Dundee) Limited ; Voluntary Service Aberdeen Adult Community Training (Dundee) Limited ; Dundee Survival Group George Inn Lane Centre
(f) Glasgow City--Epilepsy Association of Scotland ; Glasgow Zoo ; Poldrait Community Development ; Centre for Training and Employment ; Workwise ; Scottish Society for Mentally Handicapped
(g) Central and Fife--Training Craft Limited
(h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway--Nil
Information about the number of employment training places contracted in each local area on 29 September 1989 is set out in the table :
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Area |Total number of
|training places
|contracted
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(a) |Renfrew Dumbarton and Argyll |4,695
(b) |Lothian and Borders |3,619
(c) |Lanarkshire |3,585
(d) |Highlands and Islands |1,249
(e) |Grampian and Tayside |3,754
(f) |Glasgow City |7,010
(g) |Central and Fife |3,124
(h) |Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway|4,200
Deaths on Arrival
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the number of deaths on arrival in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee hospitals, by month, for the years 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : These figures are not held centrally.
Children (Employment)
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what survey he has recently conducted of the extent to which children are missing their education, either through working in paid employment during school hours or through tiredness due to hours worked outwith school hours.
Mr. Lang : No such survey has been undertaken.
Registration
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he intends to introduce legislation to reform the system for registering births, marriages and deaths in Scotland, along the lines proposed for England and Wales in the White Paper "Registration : Proposals for Change".
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Scotland's registration law is mainly contained in the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 and the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, and is thus rather more recent than the comparable legislation in force in England and Wales. A number of the improvements now proposed south of the border have similarities with what is already Scottish practice. While we have therefore no immediate plans for fresh Scottish legislation in this field, my right hon. and learned Friend will be keeping the position under review in the light of experience.
Farm Woodland Scheme
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will introduce legislation to allow crofter access to the farm woodland scheme through planting on common grazings.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 15 February 1990] : My right hon. and learned Friend has indicated that he shares the views of all the crofting interests that it is desirable for necessary enabling powers to be available to allow crofters to participate in the planting of commercial woodlands on common grazings. It is not, however, possible to say when there might be an opportunity to make the necessary legislative change.
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by region, the take-up to date in the
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less favoured areas of the £30 grant available under the farm woodland scheme to those planting on permanent pasture and rough grazings.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 15 February 1990] : The uptake to date of approved planting under the farm woodland scheme, on permanent pasture and rough grazing in the LFAs, which qualifies for payments of £30 per hectare per annum, is as follows :
DAFS area office Areas |Hectares ------------------------------------------ Highland |113.4 Borders |12.6 Grampian and North East |51.1 Perth and Kinross |21.7 Lothians and Fife |8.7 Clyde and South Western |42.9 Southern |23.7 Angus |3.8
ENERGY
Crude Oil (Discharge Certificates)
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement about the possibility of insisting on discharge certificates for crude oil exports as recommended by the United Nations General Assembly and the Commonwealth experts study group.
Mr. Wakeham : I have nothing to add to my previous answers to the hon. Member of 11 January 1990 (cols. 693-94 ).
Electricity Privatisation
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy by what process he chose the 12 estate agents who are advising him on the sale of the electricity supply industry.
Mr. Wakeham : The Department's adviser was chosen as a result of a competitive tender. Firms of surveyors for the 12 area boards, the National Grid Company, PowerGen and National Power were jointly appointed by the Department and the company concerned.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what considerations underlie his decision to seek the advice of 12 estate agents on the sale of the electricity supply industry.
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