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Mr. Eggar : The information is not available in the form requested. Figures showing public expenditure on labour market programmes as a percentage of GDP and which separately identify labour market training for adults and young people, are published in "Labour Market Policies for the 1990s"--OECD 1990. This OECD publication also draws attention to the methodological difficulties in attempting to arrive at internationally comparable data, the principal one stemming from the different institutional arrangements in individual countries, and it advises caution in interpreting the figures.
Tourism
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects his Department's review on tourism to be completed ; and if he will consider publishing its full contents.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 4 July 1990] : I refer the hon. Member to the reply by my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir N. Fowler) to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley, (Mr. Bevan) on 28 November 1989, Official Report, column 212. There are no plans to publish the consultant's report that informed the review.
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Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from the London tourist board on his Department's review of tourism.Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 4 July 1990] : None.
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received over modifications to the Development of Tourism Act 1969 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 4 July 1990] : I have received no such representations. Within the framework of the Act, the recent review of tourism has concentrated on refocusing the Government's support for tourism.
ENERGY
Renewable Energy Projects
Mr. Rost : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will classify the number of renewable energy projects submitted to his Department for approval in the first tranche of renewable energy, according to which renewable technology and the total electrical capacity proposed for each category of renewables.
Mr. Peter Morrison : By the beginning of 1990 sponsors of some 350 projects, totalling around 2 GW of nominal capacity, had informed the precursors to the public electricity suppliers of their interest in contracting for renewables within the initial non-fossil fuel obligation.
This total included a certain amount of double-counting, since some projects were regarded by their sponsors as alternatives while others were competing projects from different sponsors. Other projects have not, in the event, been ready to contract within the initial order. Subject to those qualifications, the main categories of projects submitted were : landfill gas (80 projects, 110 MW nominal) ; waste incineration (60 projects, 800 MW nominal) ; and wind (130 projects, 500 MW nominal). Other projects submitted were for hydro, biogas, and tidal schemes.
My right hon. Friend plans to make an order setting the initial level of the non-fossil fuel obligation in respect of
renewables-sourced electricity generation in the late summer. Projects that are not ready to contract under that order will have the opportunity to do so under subsequent orders.
Nuclear Power Stations
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will update the information given in his answer of 3 November 1989, Official Report , column 374, to the hon. Member for Gordon, (Mr. Bruce) to give the annual load factor achieved by (a) the Central Electricity Generating Board, and (b) the South of Scotland electricity board nuclear power stations for each month from April 1989 to March 1990, inclusive ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : I have nothing further to add to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 11 June 1990, Official Report, column 7.
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Sizewell B
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what effect the decision of Nuclear Electric to charge £199 million on costs associated with Sizewell B to revenue will have on the level of the non- fossil fuel levy.
Mr. Wakeham : None. The size of the levy depends largely on the price charged by Nuclear Electric in its contract with the 12 regional electricity companies. This is not affected by changes in Nuclear Electric's accounting policies.
HEALTH
Kidney Disease
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of renal units in England and Wales.
Mr. Dorrell : According to information provided by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, there are currently 84 renal and kidney transplant units in England and Wales.
Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list all the meetings involving his Department and Porton International Ltd., and the attendance at each ;
(2) if he will list the dates and attendance list of meetings between the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research and Porton International Ltd.
Mr. Dorrell : A list of the liaison meetings between officers of the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research (CAMR), the public health laboratory service (PHLS) and Porton Products Ltd. (PP), a member of the Porton International group, is at table A ; and a list of meetings of the CAMR committee, a sub-committee of the PHLS board including representatives from the Department of Health and PP, is at table B. In addition, there have been a number of other meetings between the Department and Porton International since 1983. Table A Liaison meetings between the centre for applied microbiology and research and Porton international/Porton products 4 November 1985
18 December 1985
13 January 1986
3 March 1986
21 April 1986
10 June 1986
14 July 1986
4 September 1986
17 November 1986
15 December 1986
16 February 1987
25 March 1987
8 May 1987
13 July 1987
22 September 1987
6 November 1987
15 January 1988
21 March 1988
29 April 1988
23 June 1988
22 July 1988
22 September 1988
9 November 1988
9 December 1988
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23 January 198927 February 1989
12 May 1989
4 September 1989
16 October 1989
29 November 1989
17 January 1990
21 March 1990
23 April 1990
5 June 1990
Table B Meetings of the CAMR sub-committee of the public health laboratory service board
29 April 1987
9 July 1987
9 September 1987
12 November 1987
4 February 1988
12 May 1988
28 July 1988
3 November 1988
1 February 1989
10 May 1989
3 August 1989
2 November 1989
31 January 1990
16 May 1990
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a valuation has been carried out of the cancer cell culture collection at the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research.
Mr. Dorrell : No separate valuation has been carried out of the European collection of animal cell cultures.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the internal and external audit responsibilities are exercised at the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research ; and who has the responsibility for carrying out these audits.
Mr. Dorrell : The Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research is part of the public health laboratory service (PHLS). The external audit of the PHLS' annual accounts is the responsibility of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The advances and receipts of the PHLS also form part of the Department's appropriation account for the hospital and community health service, the family practitioner service and other services, England --class XIV, vote I. Internal audit arrangements are the responsibility of the PHLS board.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the agreement between his Department and Porton International Ltd involving the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research terminates.
Mr. Dorrell : There are no agreements between the Department and Porton International plc but there are various agreements between the public health laboratory service board and companies in the Porton International group concerning the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research. The agreement concerning distributorship and marketing of certain products may be terminated on or after 13 October 1998.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the date on which the agreement was made between his Department and Porton International Ltd. giving that company exclusive rights over the commercial work of the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research.
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Mr. Dorrell : No such agreement exists. However, an agreement between the public health laboratory service board and Porton Products Ltd., a company in the Porton International group, concerning the distributorship and marketing of certain products of the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research was signed on 22 March 1985.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the patents and exclusive licences held by the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research.
Mr. Dorrell : The public health laboratory board holds some 57 current licences and patents on behalf of the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research. Details are commercially sensitive.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any (a) internal review or (b) value-for-money evaluation of the agreement between his Department and Porton International Ltd. involving the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research has been carried out.
Mr. Dorrell : The operation of the agreements between companies in the Porton International group and the public health laboratory service board, involving the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, is kept under continuous review by the board.
Operations
Mr. Burns : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of coronary artery bypass grafting operations carried out in 1979 and in the latest year for which figures are available in each of the 14 health regions.
Mr. Dorrell : Information is not available in the precise form requested. The only figures on the number of coronary artery bypass grafts performed in 1979 are those for the United Kingdom collected annually by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. According to the society's returns, the number of grafts carried out in 1979 was 3,538 ; in 1987, the latest year for which comprehensive figures are available, the number was 12,820. This represents a rise of 262 per cent. over the period.
Mr. Burns : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of operations for chronic renal failure carried out in 1979 and in the latest year for which figures are available in each of the 14 health regions.
Mr. Dorrell : According to information from the United Kingdom transplant service the number of cadaveric kidney transplants carried out in the 14 regional health authorities in 1989 was as follows :
Region |Cadaveric
|kidney
|transplants
---------------------------------------------------------
Northern |97
Yorkshire |104
Trent |131
East Anglian |60
North West Thames |93
North East Thames |165
South East and South West Thames |191
Wessex |90
Oxford |83
South Western |96
West Midlands |146
Mersey |61
North Western |138
|------
Total |1,455
Regional figures are not available for 1979.
Information on any other operations for chronic renal failure is not collected centrally.
AIDS
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what reports he has received from the chief medical officer about the possible spread of HIV and AIDS via dentistry practice ; whether any consideration has been given to the use, on one occasion only, of disposable drills ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Current evidence supports the view that there is little risk of transmitting infectious diseases, including HIV and AIDS, during dental treatment provided that recommended cross-infection control procedures are practised during the treatment of all patients. The chief dental officer of the Department of Health issued advice, explaining that infection with HIV was less easily transmitted than the hepatitis B virus and reminded practitioners of the recommendations of the expert group on hepatitis in dentistry--1979 HMSO--on the need for proper precautions. The chief dental officer reiterated his advice in May 1988. A copy has been placed in the Library.
Most dental drills--burs--are made of carbon steel, tungsten carbide or diamond and are not suitable for single use. They can most conveniently be sterilised by saturated steam in an autoclave.
Residential Homes
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to ensure that persons with criminal convictions do not run residential homes for the elderly and disabled.
Dame Jill Knight : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he now intends to take to ensure that persons with a criminal record are not knowingly engaged in supervising and managing old persons' homes.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The Government have decided, with the agreement of the Association of Chief Police Officers, to make arrangements for registration authorities to be able to obtain from the police details of any conviction recorded against a potential owner or manager of a residential care or nursing home. The arrangements will be similar to those already operating for the protection of children. They will cover both local authority and registered homes ; and will apply to small homes once those homes are brought under regulatory control. Our aim is to bring the scheme into operation by 1 April 1991.
In addition, regulations will be made under the Registered Homes Act so that applicants for registration will be required by law to disclose any previous conviction. Where checks are made the individuals concerned will be notified if police records differ from the information supplied by them.
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Free Milk
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his reply of 16 May, Official Report, column 417, of those 90, 000 registered to receive free milk for children under five, how many are (a) child minders, (b) playgroups and (c) day nurseries.
Mr. Dorrell : Information is not available in the format requested.
Ward Closures, Camberwell
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the proposed closures of wards and beds by Camberwell health authority require his consent.
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