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University Research
Mr. Hoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Eduction and Science what is the effect on university research and the conditions of employment of university technicians and support staff of the consultation paper prepared by his Department ; what funding will be made available for these purposes ; and if the loss of funding to the Universities Funding Council will be replaced.
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Mr. Jackson : The Department is considering the responses to the consultative paper. The precise form of any new arrangements resulting from the consultation has yet to be decided. Whatever the decision, there will be no reduction in the total public funding of the dual support system.
HEALTH
Mental Health Tribunals
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mental health review tribunals have been held since the Mental Health Act 1983 came into force, up to the latest available date ; and how much they have cost.
Mr. Freeman : The information is not available in precisely the form requested. Between 1 January 1984 and 31 December 1989 17,192 cases were considered by mental health review tribunals. The total cost of the service in the financial year 1989-90, during which period 3,894 cases were considered, was approximately £2,335,000.
Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations he has received regarding the privatisation of the centre for applied microbiology and research, Porton Down, Wiltshire ;
(2) what consultations he has carried out with the staff of the centre for applied microbiology and research, Porton Down, Wiltshire, regarding the proposal to privatise it.
Mr. Freeman : I met representatives of the staff side when I visited the centre for applied microbiology and research (CAMR) on 22 January, and I subsequently met representatives of the Manufacturing Science and Finance union in London on 21 February. I have also seen the results of a ballot of staff on the question of privatisation.
Children's Spectacle Frames
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will take steps to ensure that information regarding free and low-price children's spectacle frames is made more generally available.
(2) if opticians selling spectacles are under any form of obligation to (a) stock and (b) display free and low-price children's frames.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The sale of spectacles, including children's spectacles, is a private transaction and as a result no requirement is placed on opticians to stock, display or promote information on any particular brand of spectacle frame. In line with normal retail practice it is up to individual opticians to use their commercial judgment and provide a sufficiently wide range of products to meet all needs. Equally, individual patients can shop around for spectacles at the most competitive price which matches their optical prescription. All children under 16 are entitled to an optical voucher to help towards the cost of their spectacles. The voucher value varies depending upon the strength of the optical prescription.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department monitors what proportion of the cost of
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children's spectacle frames goes towards meeting the copyright dues for commercial logos which are featured on them.Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : No. The sale of spectacles, including children's spectacles, is a private commercial transaction. The Department of Health does not therefore collect this type of information. All children under 16 are entitled to an optical voucher to help towards the cost of their spectacles. The voucher value varies depending upon the strength of the optical prescription.
Hospital Food
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Wakefield of 26 April, Official Report, column 295, he will take steps to require health authorities to record the levels of food wastage within hospitals.
Mr. Freeman : No. Food wastage in hospitals is a matter for health authorities.
Housing (Special Needs)
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if, in the light of the recent High Court ruling in the case of C and G Homes v. Bath district health authority, he intends to issue guidance to health authorities and local authorities regarding the future use of private housing for the accommodation of mentally ill and mentally handicapped people ;
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(2) if, in the light of the recent High Court ruling in the case of C and G Homes v. Bath district health authority, he will introduce legislation to prevent discrimination against the mentally handicapped and mentally ill.Mr. Freeman : We have noted the High Court's ruling, but it would be premature to come to any conclusion about its general effect before the health authority has decided whether or not to appeal.
Public Relations Advisor
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to appoint a public relations advisor.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : No. I shall continue to consult widely about health policy and its presentation.
Health Service Funding
Mr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the (i) capital, (ii) revenue and (iii) total allocation made to the health authorities in England in each of the last five years and the last financial year.
Mr. Freeman : The table shows end-of-year permissible spends for health authorities in England from 1985-86 to 1989-90. These exclude revenue and capital receipts, including land sales.
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£000s
|1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90
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HCHS Capital |810,559 |826,339 |829,075 |823,718 |1,051,067
HCHS Revenue |9,477,389 |10,165,358|11,235,675|12,440,491|13,294,668
HCHS Total |10,287,948|10,991,697|12,064,750|13,264,209|14,345,735
Mr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the (i) capital, (ii) revenue and (iii) total expenditure on the National Health Service in England in each of the last five years and the last financial year.
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Mr. Freeman : Expenditure information is available only for financial years ; figures as requested for the past five years are set out in the table.
£ million
|1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |<1>1989-90
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NHS Capital |928 |1,007 |1,042 |1,130 |1,259
NHS Revenue |13,957 |15,001 |16,574 |18,429 |19,951
NHS Total |14,885 |16,018 |17,616 |19,559 |21,210
<1>Estimated outturn.
Product Licences
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what manner applications for product licences to the Medicine Control Agency submitted before the recent changes and regulations will be treated.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley [holding answer 5 March 1990] : The level of fees for product licence applications are determined by the date of receipt of an application at the Medicines Control Agency. Any application, therefore, which was received before 5 March 1990 (the operative date of the Medicines (Fees Relating to Medicinal Products for Human Use) Amendment Regulations 1990 SI 1990 No. 210) would attract the rate of fee previously applicable.
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Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps were taken to advise applicants to the Medicine Control Agency for product licences of the recent changes in regulations.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley [holding answer 5 March 1990] : Licence holders are notified of changes in regulations by means of Medicines Act information letters (MAIL). The latest issue MAIL 62 was issued in March 1990 and gives details of the changes brought about by the Medicines (Fees Relating to Medicinal Products for Human Use) Amendment Regulations 1990 SI 1990 No. 210. Copies have been placed in the Library.
Companies are also notified of changes via their trade associations.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Sectarianism
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the impact of the constitutional imperative of the Irish Government to work for a united Ireland on sectarianism in Northern Ireland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Brooke : The achievement of a united Ireland has been an acknowledged objective of successive Irish Governments. Article 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement formally records, however, the acceptance by the Irish Government that such unity would be achieved only with the consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland. That position has not been affected by the Irish
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Supreme Court's judgment in the McGimpsey case. Sectarianism remains as unacceptable after the judgment as before it.Employment and Training Schemes
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all the Government employment and training measures previously operated through the DED for young and long-term unemployed, the budget for each of the last three years, and the numbers who were helped each year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : Details of the Government employment and training measures previously operated through the DED for young and long-term unemployed are as follows :
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Measure Budget (£m) Numbers helped
|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90
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Measures for the Young Unemployed
Get Ready for Business Programme |0.046 |0.042 |0.050 |64 |43 |39
Graduate Attachment Programme |0.120 |0.125 |0.155 |55 |30 |59
Graduate Enterprise Programme |0.108 |0.112 |0.118 |18 |17 |17
Industrial Scholarship Scheme |0.167 |0.179 |0.182 |68 |68 |66
Junior Management Development Programme |0.351 |0.378 |0.408 |108 |111 |126
New Workers Scheme |0.532 |0.240 |- |682 |307 |-
Skills Training Scheme |1.211 |1.625 |0.994 |1,073 |1,406 |1,842
Training Centre Courses |7.215 |7.286 |7.531 |3,967 |4,276 |4,420
Youth Training Programme |49.989 |54.091 |56.062 |11,938 |12,303 |13,416
Measures for the Long Term Unemployed
Action for Community Employment |28.840 |41.064 |50.688 |6,200 |8,600 |10,019
Attachment Training Scheme |1.977 |1.289 |0.493 |1,049 |658 |102
Bridge Programme |0.053 |0.064 |0.066 |78 |78 |81
Enterprise Allowance Scheme |4.947 |4.346 |2.548 |2,262 |1,942 |1,161
Enterprise Ulster |8.202 |8.584 |6.913 |1,383 |1,346 |1,028
Jobclubs |0.046 |0.060 |0.225 |767 |1,603 |3,250
Jobstart Allowance |0.262 |0.164 |0.169 |648 |381 |361
Job Training Programme |0.253 |1.530 |6.418 |400 |2,165 |7,574
Management Retraining Course |0.017 |0.018 |0.017 |12 |10 |9
Management Extension Programme |0.030 |0.076 |0.073 |9 |20 |21
New Enterprise Programme (full-time) |0.039 |0.070 |0.054 |11 |12 |12
New Enterprise Programme (part-time) |0.024 |0.051 |0.029 |24 |25 |28
Overseas Marketing Programmes |0.087 |0.198 |0.289 |14 |27 |41
Restart Programme |0.167 |0.107 |0.053 |89,072 |83,614 |81,794
Sheltered Employment for Disabled People |0.605 |0.730 |0.666 |100 |100 |100
Sheltered Placement for Disabled People |0.316 |0.648 |0.821 |150 |227 |301
Training Centre Courses |2.994 |2.681 |1.882 |5,008 |3,267 |2,472
Vocational Training for Disabled People |0.289 |0.223 |0.278 |29 |38 |37
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the average wage paid to action for community employment participants, excluding supervisors ; and what is the average allowance paid to jobs training programme participants.
Mr. Needham : Participants in the action for community employment scheme are paid the accepted rate for the job in the area where the work is carried out. Information on the average wage paid is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Peat
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will ban all use of peat by his Department ; whether he will formulate a national peatlands conservation policy ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : I have been asked for the use of peat by Northern Ireland Government Departments to be
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reduced or for some purposes even eliminated. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland has a policy of declaring as areas of special scientific interest (ASSI) or of acquiring as nature reserves those peatland areas which are of highest nature conservation interest. To date, six raised bogs have been declared as ASSIs. A composite declaration including three further bogs will be made soon. Five sites are managed as national nature reserves. In Northern Ireland peat is used by domestic consumers, particularly in low-income rural areas, as a cheap fuel source. I shall promote research into alternative sources of material to fulfil some or all of the purposes to which irreplaceable peat is put.Criminal Evidence
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration was given to the progress of the trial of John McCann, Finbarr Cullen and
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Martina Shanahan when deciding to lay the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order before the House on 20 October 1988.Mr. Brooke : Ministers decided in the early autumn of 1988 that the law in Northern Ireland relating to the so-called right of silence be urgently amended and that the draft order to which the hon. Member refers should be laid before Parliament as soon as possible after the House of Commons returned from the summer recess. The House returned on Wednesday 19 October 1988 and the draft order was laid on 20 October. At that time it was not appreciated that the three defendants in the trial at Winchester had chosen to exercise their right of silence. It was not intended that the timing of the laying of the draft order before Parliament should be relevant to anything other than the timely introduction of that order into the law in Northern Ireland.
SCOTLAND
Skye Bridge
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what planning procedures he intends to adopt in respect of the proposed Skye bridge.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : As indicated in "New Roads by New Means" (Cmnd. 698), it is proposed to introduce new procedures for the authorisation of privately financed roads which would, if adopted, amend and supplement the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. These proposals have been adjusted in the light of comments on the Green Paper which have been received from the private sector and from a wide range of organisations concerned with roads and transport. The adjustments are set out in the Government's response to the consultation. The new procedures will safeguard the environment and uphold the rights of individuals and local councils affected by such privately funded infrastructure developments.
Legal Aid
Mr. Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends bringing into force part V of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have at present no plans to do so.
Nature Conservation
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the 15 national nature reserves in Scotland currently owned by the Nature Conservancy Council are to be owned by the proposed Scottish Natural Heritage Agency on behalf of the Crown ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Yes. The proposed natural heritage agency will take over responsibility for all national nature reserves in Scotland whether managed by or under an agreement with the Nature Conservancy Council.
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Nature Conservancy Council has
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estimated the proportion of land in the flow country of Sutherland and Caithness which is likely to meet the criterion for notification as a site of special scientific interest ; what consideration has been given to limiting the area of land to be notified as a site of special scientific interest ; and if he will make a statement.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : There is no precise definition of the flow country but the Nature Conservancy Council has estimated that up to 40 per cent. of Sutherland and Caithness might meet one or more of the criteria for notification as a site of special scientific interest. This estimate includes land already notified. The council is now carrying out detailed ground surveys to identify precise boundaries for peatland sites. The framework for this programme of work is provided by the Highland regional council working party report on forestry in Caithness and Sutherland. The report was agreed by all members of the working party and endorsed by the Secretary of State on 21 March 1989.
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last designated an area under the Ramsar convention on the conservation of wetlands of international importance ; if he will indicate the area which is next to be designated and when he expects to designate it ; how many sites meet the criteria for designation and protection under the European Community directive on the conservation of wild birds and how many sites are so designated ; and what is the name of the site next to be designated and the date he expects to designate it.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given in another place by my noble Friend the Minister of State on 25 April announcing the designation of four sites under the Ramsar convention. One other site has been proposed for designation by NCC : the Upper Solway flats and marshes site of special scientific interest. Further consultations are taking place about this site and no date for possible designation can be given at present. The NCC has identified 129 sites which potentially meet the criteria for designation as special protection areas under the European Community wild birds directive (79/409/EEC). Eighteen SPAs have been designated. Further consultations are taking place about our proposed SPAs, including the Upper Solway site also proposed as a Ramsar site. It is not possible to say which will be dealt with first or to give a date for possible designation.
Prison Staff (Medical Qualifications)
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what different types of medical qualification exists for prison staff involved in the medical care of prisoners ; and what is the minimum level of such personnel available at all times in each prison.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The vast majority of nursing staff in the Scottish prison service hold one or more of the following nursing qualifications : state enrolled nurse (SEN), registered mental nurse (RMN), registered general nurse (RGN), or the Scottish Council of Midwives (SCM). Prison medical officers all hold recognised degrees. The table sets out the staff complements as regards medical-nursing staff at each establishment.
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Complements Complements
(Medical Officers) (Nurses)
Establishment |Senior |Medical |P/T |Governor |Principal |Senior |Officer
|Medical |Officers |Medical |Officer |Officer
|Officer |Officers
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Aberdeen |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |2
Barlinnie |1 |3 |4 |1 |3 |6 |28
Castle Huntly |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Cornton Vale |- |- |2 |- |1 |2 |4
Dumfries |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |2
Dungavel |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Edinburgh |- |1 |2 |- |1 |1 |12
Friarton |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Glenochil |- |- |2 |- |1 |1 |8
Greenock |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |3
Inverness |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |2
Longriggend |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |3
Low Moss |<1> |<1> |<1> |- |1 |- |2
Noranside |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Penninghame |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Perth |- |2 |- |- |1 |1 |8
Peterhead |- |- |1 |- |1 |1 |6
Polmont |- |- |1 |- |1 |2 |4
Shotts |- |- |1 |- |1 |1 |7
|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |--
Total |1 |6 |23 |1 |11 |20 |96
<1>Covered by Barlinnie.
Sports Grounds
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now give details of the rates concessions for Scottish sports grounds.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. and learned Friend has been informed by the Scottish Assessors Association that as result of the simultaneous revaluations which took effect on 1 April the rateable values of sports grounds in Scotland and in England and Wales have been brought into line with each other. I understand that differences still exist in the methods employed in valuing these subjects north and south of the border and we are considering whether, in order to ensure a common method of valuation in future, subordinate legislation is required.
Benefit Claimants
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many claimants in Scotland who have not paid their poll tax (i) have had their benefit deducted or (ii) are currently subject to procedures designed to reclaim poll tax arrears ; and if he will provide whatever information is available to him for a breakdown by their (a) income level, (b) category of claimant and (c) amount of deduction of benefit.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The latest figure available of the number of claimants in Scotland who have had deductions made from their income support as a contribution towards their community charge arrears is 760. The maximum deduction which can be made is 5 per cent. of the personal allowance for either a single person or a couple. The other information requested is not held centrally.
Hospital Advisory Service Reports
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to make the reports of the Scottish hospital advisory service more widely available.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : Scottish hospital advisory service (SHAS) reports, in order to be effective, have always received wide circulation within health boards. Following a recent review of the role and operation of SHAS, undertaken in consultation with the director of SHAS, health boards and the chief executive, NHS, I have decided that SHAS reports should henceforth be available from SHAS as for sale publications as well as continuing to be made widely available to all health board staff with a direct interest in them.
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make a statement on Scottish Office funding for designated places under the provisions of section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 ;
(2) how many designated places have been created in Scotland since the passing of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 ; and where these are located ;
(3) if he will make a statement on future plans for the number of designated places under section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 in (a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland ;
(4) what funding will be available from the Scottish Office for the establishment of designated places under section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 in Strathclyde in 1990-91 and 1991-92.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 1 May 1990] : One designated place, at Aberdeen, is currently in operation. This received a grant from the Scottish Office under section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. Grant has also been approved for a designated place at Inverness on which construction is expected to start shortly, and was offered for another, at Dundee, which did not proceed because of local opposition.
The provision of designated places is a matter for local statutory bodies and voluntary organisations. I understand that initiatives are in preparation in Strathclyde
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and elsewhere in Scotland. Scottish Office financial assistance depends on the nature of the applications received and on other demands on available resources.Victim Support
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what Government funding is currently available to Victim Support in Strathclyde ; and whether he has any plans to increase funding.
Mr. Lang [holding answer Tuesday 1 May 1990] : The Scottish Office has assisted the Scottish Association of Victim Support Schemes for the past five years through a grant under section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. Scottish Office funding for the victim support movement is in line with the Goverment's policy to improve services to victims of crime generally. Funding has risen from £600 in 1984-85 to £339,000 in 1990-91. In Strathclyde 10 co-ordinator posts in local schemes have been funded by this means. Apart from a special grant of £13,000 in March 1989 to meet a specific financial difficulty, no central Government grant has been paid to the Strathclyde Association, a regional body representing local schemes in Strathclyde. Strathclyde regional council provides significant funding to the Strathclyde Association and actively supports the objectives of the Scottish association.
EMPLOYMENT
Youth Training
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details for Great Britain and for the west midlands region, for each year from April 1986 to the most recent date, of the number of YTS trainees with employed status (a) in total and (b) with disabilities.
Mr. Nicholls : Details for Great Britain and for the west midlands region, for each year from April 1986 to the most recent date, of the number of YTS trainees with employed status (a) in total and (b) with disabilities are as follows :
Great Britain West Midlands
|Trainees |Disabled |Trainees |Disabled
|with |trainees |with |trainees
|employed |with |employed |with
|status |employed |status |employed
|status |status
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At 31 March 1987 |<1>49,200 |<2>310 |<1>4,400 |30
At 31 March 1988 |<1>95,300 |<2>720 |<1>9,500 |70
At 31 March 1989 |<1>118,500|<2>930 |<1>13,400 |90
At 31 March 1990 |<1>117,300|<2>720 |<1>13,700 |80
<1>Rounded to nearest 100.
<2>Rounded to nearest 10.
Figures for 31 March 1990 are provisional and subject to adjustment.
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people over the age of 18 years on YTS with special training needs endorsements there are in the Easington constituency attending Peterlee development and training association training centre.
Mr. Nicholls : On 31 March 1990 there were two young people over the age of 18 with special needs endorsements
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undertaking YTS at Peterlee development and training association training centre from the Easington constituency.Textile and Footwear Industries
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in the textile and footwear industries, giving the figure by month, since 31 January 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : The number of employees in employment in Great Britain were as follows :
|c|Thousands (unadjusted for seasonal
variations)|c|
|Textile |Footwear
|SIC |SIC
|class 43 |group 451
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January 1990 |213.2 |44.9
February 1990 |209.9 |45.1
Employment Service Special Bonus Scheme
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the estimated total maximum expenditure for the employment service's special bonus scheme in 1990-91 ;
(2) if he will make a statement on the categories (a) exceptional achievements, (b) the maintenance of operational effectiveness in exceptionally difficult circumstances and (c) particularly meritorious enterprise or intiative, as used in the employment service special bonus scheme ;
(3) if he will give (a) the total number of employees who received an employment service special bonus scheme award, (b) the numbers by category and (c) the total expenditure involved for Great Britain and each standard region in the period 1989-90.
Mr. Eggar : The employment service became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the Employment Service Agency's chief executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Gentleman.
Employment Training
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the names of those employment training agents and managers that have been given approved status since the inception of employment training.
Mr. Nicholls : The names of those training managers awarded approved training organisation status by the Employment Department Training Agency at 30 April 1990 are :
Birmingham Churches Managing Agency
Borough of High Peak
HPW Training Ltd. (Barnsley)
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects to grant approved training status to all employment training agents and managers.
Mr. Nicholls : Decisions on approved training organisation status for employment training, training agents and training managers are the responsibility of the Employment Department Training Agency, and where these are established, training and enterprise councils.
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Those training agents and training managers who started employment training in September 1988 are due to achieve approved training organisation status by September 1990.Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the existing employment training expenditure levels are running within the 1990 -91 budget and volume requirements.
Mr. Nicholls : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie (Mr. Worthington) on 26 April, Official Report, column 318.
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