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Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he has taken to advertise in the press in Wales
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the method of transitional relief operational in Wales for poll tax payers, and to counteract the incorrect impression given by advertisements placed in English newspapers, relating to the different transitional relief system operational only in England.Mr. David Hunt : No Government advertisements have conveyed an incorrect impression of the Welsh transitional relief scheme. In Wales transitional relief does not have to be claimed. The appropriate reductions have been made by the local authorities concerned.
School Meals
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many and what percentage of children took school meals in 1989 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what is the number and percentage of free school meals provided ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Roberts : In September 1988, the latest year for which information is available, the number and percentage of pupils provided with school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in Wales were as follows :
|Pupils
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Number of pupils provided with free school meals |59,802
as a percentage of all pupils on roll |14.6
Total number of pupils taking school meals |213,341
as a percentage of all pupils on roll |52.0
Local education authorities are empowered to provide at their discretion refreshment and facilities for the consumption of refreshments in the middle of the day for pupils in schools maintained by them. The Social Security Act 1986 requires that pupils whose parents are or who themselves are in receipt of income support should receive such provision free of charge.
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average price of a school meal ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Roberts : The average price of school meals in primary schools in September 1989 was 68p. It is not possible to give a figure for secondary schools as most operate a cash cafeteria system.
Coed Mawr Site, Bangor
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether proceeds from the sale of the Coed Mawr offices site at Bangor are included in the former financial plans of Gwynedd health authority.
Arthritis
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of arthritis sufferers in Wales.
Mr. Grist : The information requested is not available centrally.
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Rheumatologists
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many rheumatologists are employed by each of the health authorities in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Grist : The information which relates to consultants with a main specialty of rheumatology is given in the table :
|c|Numbers of consultants in post|c|
Health Authority |Whole time
|equivalent
---------------------------------------------------
Clwyd |0.9
East Dyfed |0.1
Gwent |-
Gwynedd |-
Mid Glamorgan |2.0
Pembrokeshire |-
Powys |-
South Glamorgan |2.5
West Glamorgan |2.0
|-------
Wales |<1>7.5
<1>Provisional figures for September 1989.
The level of staff and resources for rheumatology services in Wales is an operational matter for the district health authorities to determine.
Job Creation, Fishguard
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what special measures he intends taking to create jobs in the Fishguard, Pembrokeshire area ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : There already exists a range of measures which are helping to reduce unemployment and create jobs in the Fishguard area. The fact that unemployment in the Fishguard travel-to-work area fell by 122-- two percentage points--in the year to April 1990 is evidence that this policy is working.
Bypasses
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many bypasses in Wales are currently under construction ; how many further ones are planned before the year 2000 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Roberts : Seven are under construction and 25 planned schemes are included in "Roads in Wales : Progress and Plans for the 1990s". Bypass schemes identified as a result of route studies are likely to be added to the forward programme.
Beach Pollution
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities in Wales have the resources to maintain up-to-date information on pollution levels on beaches in Wales.
Mr. Grist : Provision is made for local government's environmental protection responsibilities in the annual local authority revenue settlements and is thus reflected in standard spending assessments for revenue support grant purposes.
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Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to arrange the display of information on beaches in Wales to show accurately the level of pollution recorded for such beaches.Mr. Grist : Although it is for local authorities to determine whether and how to display information on bathing waters, we shall be encouraging them to make the information more readily accessible.
Ophthalmic Clinics
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many attendances at ophthalmic clinics were recorded in the last quarter of 1989 in each district health authority area in Wales.
Mr. Grist : The total ophthalmology out-patient attendances recorded in NHS hospitals is given in the table :
|c|Total attendances during quarter ended December 1989|c| Health authority |Number --------------------------------------------------- Clwyd |7,565 East Dyfed |5,072 Gwent |6,111 Gwynedd |4,564 Mid Glamorgan |7,483 Pembrokeshire |1,685 Powys |690 South Glamorgan |7,710 West Glamorgan |6,556
Eye Tests
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children aged under 16 years received free eye tests in Wales (a) in each quarter in 1988-89 and (b) in each quarter in 1989-90.
Mr. Grist : The data requested were not collected centrally prior to 1 April 1989, since when they have been collected on a six-monthly basis.
The available information is given in the table.
. |c|Estimated<1> number of sight tests paid for by|c| |c|family practitioner committees|c| Six months |Children aged ending: |under 16 ---------------------------------------------- 30 September 1989 |36,680 31 March 1990 |41,950 <1> Estimates based upon a 2 per cent. sample of all such sight tests.
Teachers
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his parliamentary answer of 5 June, Official Report, column 454, regarding teacher wastage, if he will provide, in a form similar to table 1, information on wastage among teachers of Welsh.
Mr. Roberts : Information on teacher wastage by subject taught is not available.
Youth Training
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list those managing organisations of youth training schemes in Wales which submitted proposals for the future development of youth training in response to the request last year by the Training Agency in Wales.
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Mr. Roberts [holding answer 8 June 1990] : The following organisations submitted proposals to the Training Agency for schemes under the new youth training arrangements.
South Glamorgan
Glamorgan Counties GTA
Focal Development
Post Office Counters
Resource UK
Atlantic College
Royal Mail Letters
Neway
Vale of Glamorgan Training Agency
TDS
Link (Wales) Ltd.
Howells
Cardiff ITEC
AMS
Albertos
Cardiff Inner City Initiative
JHP Training
Metcon
HCTB
South Glamorgan Area Health Authority
Cardiff City Council
South Glamorgan County Council
Beacon Training
Bros. Constantinou
CITS
ACE
Cardiff Group Training Consort
West Wales
Neath Borough CTA
Neath College
Link Wales
Kenyons Ltd.
Ford Motor Company
Link Services
Neath ITEC
Work Skills Training
Port Talbot YOC
British Steel Corporation
West Glamorgan CC
Indent
Swansea City Council
STACS
Swansea ITEC
BEVIS
ACO
David Evans
Post Office
Neath Borough CTA (Initial Training)
Swansea City Council (Initial Training)
Cardiff GTA (Initial Training)
Glamorgan Counties GTA
WDA
Llynfi Training Workshop
DVLA
Llanelli TA
British Steel (Tinplate)
Acclaim
East Dyfed ITEC
St Teilo
Dinefwr Borough Council
European Profiles Ltd.
Focal
HCTB
Preseli District Council
Nayland Training Initiative
Dyfed County Council
Carmarthenshire and Wales Game Farm
Mainport
West Dyfed ITEC
LTA (Initial Training)
Nacro (Aberystwyth) Initial Training
Community Industry
Nayland Training Initiative (Initial Training)
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