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Mr. Grist : I am advised by the National Rivers Authority that it has not detected the presence of any potentially toxic algae in the Liverpool bay area.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has of illnesses and viral infections in Wales following swimming in the Irish sea ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : This information is not collected centrally.
Education
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was capital spending on Wales local education authority schools for each of the years from 1980 and county by county.
Mr. Roberts : The information requested is shown in the following table :
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|c|Gross capital expenditure on schools<1>|c|
£000
|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
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Clwyd |4,236 |4,179 |4,002 |3,659 |4,071 |4,830 |5,603 |6,664 |5,959
Dyfed |2,461 |2,672 |3,635 |4,093 |3,268 |2,569 |3,557 |5,365 |5,315
Gwent |4,682 |3,029 |4,155 |4,932 |4,735 |4,937 |5,020 |5,888 |6,896
Gwynedd |2,060 |1,648 |1,220 |1,179 |1,301 |1,801 |1,709 |2,238 |2,299
Mid Glamorgan |4,465 |5,831 |5,567 |5,737 |5,370 |3,096 |4,395 |6,255 |6,260
Powys |1,164 |1,388 |1,693 |2,241 |1,619 |1,090 |2,720 |2,452 |1,699
South Glamorgan |2,142 |1,469 |2,557 |1,849 |1,967 |1,384 |2,138 |1,920 |3,980
West Glamorgan |4,589 |3,759 |4,241 |3,292 |2,331 |3,230 |3,907 |5,059 |5,160
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total counties |22,254 |23,976 |27,068 |26,982 |24,662 |22,937 |29,049 |35,841 |37,568
<1> Includes nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was current spending on (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Wales local education authorities for each of the years from 1980, inclusive and county by county.
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Mr. Roberts : The information requested is given in the table :
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|c|Current Expenditure on Primary and Secondary Schools in Wales (£000)|c|
|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
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Nursery and Primary
Clwyd |22,129 |24,803 |25,844 |26,943 |27,320 |29,337 |31,664 |34,562 |38,208
Dyfed |20,276 |22,057 |22,650 |23,205 |23,962 |25,282 |28,228 |32,512 |36,264
Gwent |25,342 |27,700 |29,382 |30,614 |30,373 |32,136 |35,893 |39,531 |45,729
Gwynedd |12,763 |14,520 |15,545 |14,750 |15,892 |16,362 |18,066 |20,034 |22,010
Mid Glamorgan |34,815 |36,907 |39,836 |42,707 |43,684 |46,888 |50,355 |56,677 |63,068
Powys |7,711 |8,454 |8,920 |9,450 |9,760 |10,044 |10,845 |12,026 |14,356
South Glamorgan |19,234 |20,941 |21,868 |22,986 |23,421 |24,948 |29,263 |32,274 |35,960
West Glamorgan |22,601 |24,810 |25,769 |26,964 |26,453 |28,786 |32,455 |35,590 |39,802
Total Wales |164,961|180,192|189,816|197,617|200,867|213,782|236,769|263,205|295,397
Secondary
Clwyd |25,969 |29,785 |32,099 |34,284 |35,435 |37,216 |40,265 |43,711 |47,445
Dyfed |22,610 |25,548 |27,109 |28,380 |29,333 |30,898 |33,668 |37,339 |39,276
Gwent |32,438 |36,440 |38,879 |40,987 |41,904 |42,731 |46,506 |49,767 |53,221
Gwynedd |15,211 |17,270 |18,527 |19,947 |20,979 |21,839 |23,982 |25,796 |27,168
Mid Glamorgan |38,527 |41,701 |44,773 |48,514 |49,960 |52,193 |56,422 |59,642 |63,307
Powys |8,164 |8,987 |9,477 |10,235 |10,676 |11,209 |11,945 |13,057 |15,057
South Glamorgan |25,372 |27,526 |29,703 |30,790 |31,260 |32,155 |36,377 |37,686 |40,469
West Glamorgan |26,933 |30,804 |32,505 |34,331 |33,650 |35,183 |39,238 |42,734 |46,216
Total Wales |195,224|218,061|233,072|247,457|253,207|263,424|288,404|309,733|332,159
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were pupil numbers in (a) primary and (b) secondary local education authority schools in Wales and in each county including the percentage change, year on year, for each of the years since 1980 inclusive.
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Mr. Roberts : The information as at January of each year is given in the tables :
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|c|Primary|c|
|Clwyd |Dyfed |Gwent |Gwynedd |Mid Glamorgan |Powys |South Glamorgan|West Glamorgan |Wales
|Glamorgan |Glamorgan |Glamorgan
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1980
Pupil numbers |42,415 |32,881 |46,398 |24,316 |61,371 |11,198 |37,659 |38,989 |295,227
1981
Pupil numbers |40,857 |31,771 |44,280 |23,398 |58,655 |10,822 |36,247 |37,505 |283,435
Percentage change |-3.7 |-3.4 |-4.6 |-4.2 |-4.4 |-3.4 |-3.7 |-3.8 |-4.0
1982
Pupil numbers |39,012 |30,816 |42,438 |22,482 |56,291 |10,534 |35,075 |36,554 |273,202
Percentage change |-4.5 |-3.0 |-4.2 |-3.5 |-4.0 |-2.7 |-3.2 |-2.5 |-3.6
1983
Pupil numbers |37,793 |29,909 |40,268 |21,545 |53,757 |10,262 |33,649 |35,386 |262,569
Percentage change |-3.1 |-2.9 |-5.1 |-4.2 |-4.5 |-2.6 |-4.1 |-3.2 |-3.9
1984
Pupil numbers |37,141 |29,469 |39,642 |20,989 |52,669 |10,154 |33,496 |35,082 |258,642
Percentage change |-1.7 |-1.5 |-1.6 |-2.6 |-2.0 |-1.1 |-0.5 |-0.9 |-1.5
1985
Pupil numbers |37,265 |29,313 |39,642 |20,377 |52,242 |10,073 |33,522 |34,861 |257,295
Percentage change |+0.3 |-0.5 |0 |-2.9 |-0.8 |-0.8 |+0.1 |-0.6 |-0.5
1986
Pupil numbers |37,174 |29,435 |39,623 |19,972 |52,139 |9,807 |33,886 |34,762 |256,798
Percentage change |-0.2 |+0.4 |0 |-2.0 |-0.2 |-2.6 |+1.1 |-0.3 |-0.2
1987
Pupil numbers |37,225 |29,989 |39,818 |19,718 |52,113 |9,786 |34,375 |34,975 |257,999
Percentage change |+0.1 |+1.9 |+0.5 |-1.3 |-0.1 |-0.2 |+1.4 |+0.6 |+0.5
1988
Pupil numbers |37,581 |30,671 |40,400 |19,710 |52,859 |9,932 |35,141 |35,407 |261,701
Percentage change |+1.0 |+2.3 |+1.5 |0 |+1.4 |+1.5 |+2.2 |+1.2 |+1.4
1989
Pupil numbers |38,680 |31,895 |41,428 |19,991 |54,118 |10,198 |35,980 |36,198 |268,488
Percentage change |+2.9 |+4.0 |+2.5 |+1.4 |+2.4 |+2.7 |+2.4 |+2.2 |+2.6
|c|Secondary|c|
|Clwyd |Dyfed |Gwent |Gwynedd |Mid Glamorgan |Powys |South Glamorgan|West Glamorgan |Wales
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1980
Pupil numbers |32,987 |27,414 |39,586 |19,038 |47,857 |9,173 |33,437 |31,279 |240,771
1981
Pupil numbers |33,310 |27,360 |39,321 |19,182 |47,650 |9,162 |33,007 |30,649 |239,641
Percentage change |1.0 |-0.2 |-0.7 |0.8 |-0.4 |-0.1 |-1.3 |-2.0 |-0.5
1982
Pupil numbers |33,178 |27,258 |38,557 |19,428 |47,210 |9,009 |32,517 |29,999 |237,156
Percentage change |-0.4 |-0.4 |-1.9 |1.3 |-0.9 |-1.7 |-1.5 |-2.1 |-1.0
1983
Pupil numbers |33,261 |27,215 |37,722 |19,896 |46,962 |9,036 |32,375 |29,158 |235,625
Percentage change |0.3 |-0.2 |-2.2 |2.4 |-0.5 |0.3 |-0.4 |-2.8 |-0.6
1984
Pupil numbers |32,874 |26,779 |36,823 |19,725 |46,316 |9,003 |31,634 |28,358 |231,512
Percentage change |-1.2 |-1.6 |-2.4 |-0.9 |-1.4 |-0.4 |-2.3 |-2.7 |-1.7
1985
Pupil numbers |32,400 |26,386 |35,445 |19,642 |45,407 |8,976 |30,618 |27,572 |226,446
Percentage change |-1.4 |-1.5 |-3.7 |-0.4 |-2.0 |-0.3 |-3.2 |-2.8 |-2.2
1986
Pupil numbers |31,330 |25,654 |33,864 |19,045 |43,889 |8,738 |29,646 |26,212 |218,378
Percentage change |-3.3 |-2.8 |-4.5 |-3.0 |-3.3 |-2.7 |-3.2 |-4.9 |-3.6
1987
Pupil numbers |30.121 |24,787 |32,406 |18,335 |42,129 |8,537 |28,457 |25,137 |209,909
Percentage change |-3.9 |-3.4 |-4.3 |-3.7 |-4.0 |-2.3 |-4.0 |-4.1 |-3.9
1988
Pupil numbers |28,647 |23,924 |30,509 |17,268 |39,419 |8,217 |27,279 |24,016 |199,279
Percentage change |-4.9 |-3.5 |-5.9 |-5.8 |-6.4 |-3.7 |-4.1 |-4.5 |-5.1
1989
Pupil numbers |27,367 |23,682 |29,227 |16,357 |37,539 |7,986 |26,627 |23,214 |191,999
Percentage change |-4.5 |-1.0 |-4.2 |-5.3 |-4.8 |-2.8 |-2.4 |-3.3 |-3.7
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been expenditure per pupil in real terms for each year from 1980 inclusive, in Wales and by county, in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
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Mr. Roberts : The information requested is shown in the table :
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|c|Total expenditure per pupil in primary and secondary schools: 1988-89 prices<1> (£ per
pupil)|c|
|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
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Primary
Clwyd |963 |1,021 |1,021 |1,033 |1,007 |1,030 |1,093 |1,142 |1,143
Dyfed |1,084 |1,127 |1,106 |1,090 |1,052 |1,051 |1,150 |1,244 |1,229
Gwent |965 |985 |1,058 |1,083 |1,028 |1,031 |1,129 |1,195 |1,284
Gwynedd |943 |972 |1,023 |971 |1,010 |1,002 |1,075 |1,139 |1,169
Mid Glamorgan |982 |995 |1,047 |1,111 |1,102 |1,106 |1,144 |1,228 |1,230
Powys |1,204 |1,180 |1,272 |1,363 |1,317 |1,288 |1,342 |1,404 |1,505
South Glamorgan |919 |911 |940 |935 |915 |919 |1,043 |1,068 |1,106
West Glamorgan |1,073 |1,083 |1,064 |1,093 |1,033 |1,035 |1,123 |1,202 |1,243
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Wales |997 |1,018 |1,047 |1,067 |1,039 |1,042 |1,121 |1,188 |1,217
Secondary
Clwyd |1,340 |1,392 |1,390 |1,421 |1,425 |1,487 |1,620 |1,753 |1,819
Dyfed |1,391 |1,415 |1,450 |1,499 |1,485 |1,480 |1,609 |1,796 |1,787
Gwent |1,451 |1,452 |1,483 |1,528 |1,550 |1,571 |1,676 |1,777 |1,848
Gwynedd |1,364 |1,391 |1,317 |1,344 |1,365 |1,421 |1,556 |1,701 |1,734
Mid Glamorgan |1,388 |1,403 |1,395 |1,436 |1,430 |1,422 |1,558 |1,707 |1,780
Powys |1,538 |1,645 |1,560 |1,608 |1,545 |1,540 |1,822 |1,892 |1,976
South Glamorgan |1,255 |1,254 |1,298 |1,294 |1,296 |1,278 |1,465 |1,491 |1,566
West Glamorgan |1,562 |1,611 |1,681 |1,678 |1,564 |1,632 |1,852 |2,062 |2,117
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Wales |1,400 |1,425 |1,437 |1,465 |1,452 |1,472 |1,624 |1,755 |1,812
<1> Adjusted to a constant price basis using the GDP deflator.
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Employment Training
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the amount of cash in real terms for employment training in Wales for each of the years from 1980 including the current year and the proposed amounts for 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Roberts : Employment training commenced on 5 September 1988. The budgets for 1988-89 and 1989-90 were £13.671 million and £32.741 million respectively. For 1990-91 the budget is £30.279 million. This is a reflection of the overall decline in unemployment.
Deeside High School
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will visit Deeside high school, Queensferry, and meet members of staff ;
(2) if he will visit Deeside high school and meet the parent-teachers association and school governors to discuss with them school closure plans.
Mr. Roberts : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on Thursday 8 February 1990.
Cancer Patients
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to make a decision on his report concerning treatment for cancer sufferers in north Wales.
Mr. Grist : Responses to recent consultation on the comprehensive review of cancer treatment services to north Wales patients are presently being studied. I will make an announcement when these have been considered.
Health Boards
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are his criteria for appointments to health boards in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : Members will be appointed on the strength of the skills and experience they can bring to an authority's work.
Beaches
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the beaches in Wales that meet the blue flag award standards, and those which do not.
Mr. Grist : One beach in Wales, Cefn Sidan, has been awarded a 1990 blue flag.
Ophthalmic Clinics
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures for new out-patient attendances at ophthalmic clinics in (a) South Glamorgan and (b) Wales for the quarter ended December 1989 and the quarter ended March 1990.
Mr. Grist : The number of new ophthalmology out-patients recorded in NHS hospitals during the quarter ending December 1989 is given in the table. Information for the quarter ending March 1990 is not yet available.
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|South Glamorgan|Wales
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New out-patient attendances |1,952 |11,415
Welsh Water
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the individuals in respect of whom Welsh Water, in the 12 months prior to the sale of shares, paid for overseas travel together with the capacity in which they were engaged, the purposes of each visit and the cost involved.
Mr. Grist : This was a matter for the Welsh water authority prior to 1 September 1989 and subsequently for Welsh Water plc.
Diabetes and Glaucoma
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were suffering from diabetes and glaucoma in (a) Wales and (b) each county in Wales during 1988-89 and 1989-90, respectively.
Mr. Grist : The information requested is not available centrally.
Insulation
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of loft insulation jobs completed so far in the current year and completed in the equivalent periods of 1987, 1988 and 1989 ; and what were the full-year figures for 1987, 1988 and 1989 for Wales.
Mr. Grist : Information on the number of dwellings for which home insulation grants were given in the periods requested is shown in the table :
|c|Home insulation
grants-Wales<1>|c|
|Number of
|dwellings
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1987 1st quarter |7,087
1988 1st quarter |5,667
1989 1st quarter |3,184
1990 1st quarter |1,326
1987 |19,990
1988 |14,016
1989 |7,180
<1> Includes grants given for loft
insulation. Data on specific
insulation works are not collected
separately.
Railway Service, Maesteg
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will ensure that British Rail implements fully the scheme approved by the Welsh Office in November 1989 to reopen a passenger service to Maesteg.
Mr. Roberts : I met the chairman of British Rail recently and he is aware of the importance of the Maesteg project to the economic regeneration of south Wales. The provision of rolling stock for the line is for resolution between British Rail and Mid Glamorgan county council.
History Committee for Wales
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has received the final report of the history committee for Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. David Hunt : I am publishing the report of the national curriculum history committee for Wales today. Copies of the report have been placed in the Library.I am very grateful to the members of the committee, and to its chairman Professor Rees Davies, for the hard work they have undertaken in completing their task, and for the comprehensive report they have produced.
The report sets out their recommendations for the history course for pupils from age five to 16 in the schools of Wales, and has been prepared in the light of the final report of the history working group which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science published on 3 April.
The report is being distributed to local education authorities and maintained schools in Wales, and to other interested bodies. I shall publish later my proposals for attainment targets and programmes of study for history within the national curriculum in the schools of Wales. These will be subject to statutory consultation as required by the Education Reform Act 1988.
HIV
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each health authority in Wales, the number of persons infected with HIV ; and if he will separately distinguish these numbers by age.
Mr. Grist [holding answer 7 June 1990] : To safeguard confidentiality and in line with reporting procedure under the AIDS (Control) Act, actual numbers between one and
nine--inclusive--diagnosed in individual health authorities are not published. Distribution by age is therefore shown for all Wales.
|c|Table 2: Age
Distribution of
Reported HIV
Infections|c|
|c|Cumulative to 31
March 1990|c|
|Number
------------------------
0-14<1> |<2>
15-24 |38
25-34 |57
35-44 |34
45 |18
Not known |<2>
Total |157
<1>Age group as at when
first tested positive.
<2>Less than 10.
|c|Table 2: Age
Distribution of
Reported HIV
Infections|c|
|c|Cumulative to 31
March 1990|c|
|Number
------------------------
0-14<1> |<2>
15-24 |38
25-34 |57
35-44 |34
45 |18
Not known |<2>
Total |157
<1>Age group as at when
first tested positive.
<2>Less than 10.
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Opencast Mine, Buckley
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will meet Alyn and Deeside council and Buckley town council to hear their views concerning the opencast executive's proposals for mining coal in the Buckley area.
Mr. David Hunt : In view of my statutory planning role it would not be appropriate for me to do so.
PRIME MINISTER
Environmental Co-operation
Q35. Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister whether she will raise with President Gorbachev technical co-operation between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom on environmental problems, including cellulose- related pollution of Lake Baikal.
The Prime Minister : I was not able to raise environmental questions in any great detail with President Gorbachev in the time available. We are of course aware that the environmental problems of the Soviet Union are serious and we are at present considering what role we might best play in the ecological research centre that it is proposing to establish at Lake Baikal.
Housing (London)
38. Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Prime Minister what further representations she has had calling for the alleviation of the housing crises in London.
The Prime Minister : The Government receive many representations about the housing situation in London.
Nuclear Material
Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the policy of Her Majesty's Government concerning the transfer of nuclear materials, and in particular enriched uranium, to countries which have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
The Prime Minister : The transfer of nuclear materials, including enriched uranium, is authorised in accordance with the policy set out in 1976 by the then Foreign Secretary, the right hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth, Mr. Callaghan ; that is to say : "When considering the export of nuclear equipment, material, or technology, we shall study each case on its merits. Our first consideration will always be the provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Euratom Treaty, and whether or not the prospective customer has concluded a Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Our detailed requirements will include the application of IAEA safeguards or comparable safeguards which are verified by the IAEA to exported nuclear equipment and material ; an assurance that whatever we export will not be used to manufacture nuclear explosives for any purpose ; an assurance that our exports will be adequately protected against the possibility of theft or sabotage ; and assurances that if the equipment or material that we export is re-exported, then the new purchaser will be required to give the same assurances of safeguards, non-explosive use and physical protection as were given by the original customer."
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Management Consultants
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the studies conducted inside the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister's offices by management consultants over the last 10 years, naming the consultancy, the cost, the subject and the outcome in each instance.
The Prime Minister : There has been no expenditure on management consultants by my office over the last 10 years. Until 1988-89 financial information about management consultancies engaged by the Cabinet Office was not identified separately from other types of consultancy. Expenditure on management consultants in that year and in 1989-90 was as follows :
|£
----------------------
1988-89 |70,608
1989-90 |51,500
Information on individual consultancies is available only from 1985 onwards. The management consultants employed by the Cabinet Office and the nature of their assignments are as follows :
Firm and Assignment
Chinal Management Services Ltd.
Specialised training.
Communication Audit
Review of written guidance to promotion boards.
Coopers and Lybrand Associates
(i) Management/Staff communications
(ii) Policy work and the financial management initiative. Diane Bailey Associates
(i) Training material on staff appraisal : training workshops (
(ii) Trainers' resource pack on equal opportunities
(iii) Specialised training.
Hay-MSL Management Consultants
(i) Evaluation of performance bonus experiment
(ii) Means of assessing the potential and management development needs of staff at junior levels.
Business Research Unit
Evaluation of staff attitudes to the new staff appraisal system. Keith Robertson
Consultancy for the Managing Absence' project.
Diane Bailey Associates
Survey on presentation of Occupation Welfare Service to management and staff in the Civil Service.
Institute of Manpower Studies
Advice on manpower planning and computers in personnel. John Rowley
Production of guidelines for managers and trade unionists on job satisfaction projects and a summary of the guidelines for staff. W. O'Keefe
Study of purchasing and stores activities.
Hay Management Consultants
A study of the feasibility of short service assignments in the Science Group.
Purchasing Index (UK) Ltd
Development of the Central Unit of Purchasing Database. Frank Griffiths Associates
Advice in connection with the Institute of Civil Engineers' review of conditions of contract.
R. W. White
Review of arrangements for Purchasing and Supply Function in Government.
E. R. Farnbridge and C. Evans
Review of Supply and Service Agreements between departments and the Central Purchasing Agencies.
D. F. Collins
Advice on Written Guidance.
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Training Development Approaches LtdDesign of manual in support of the Young People Programme. Industrial Training Service Ltd
Production of a guide on conducting training needs analyses. WRM Ltd
Training information and communications study.
PA Personnel Services
Analysis of Executive Officer and fast stream recruitments. Imitax Ltd.
Workshops on job satisfaction employee involvement.
Imitax Ltd.
Local Office network conference.
Inbucon Management Consultants Ltd.
Case study on personnel and financial management.
Industrial Training Services Ltd.
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