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NORTHERN IRELAND
Cattle Carcases
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what facilities there are for the disposal of carcases of dead cattle in Northern Ireland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Brooke : In disposing of carcases of dead animals, agriculture producers in Northern Ireland have options of burial on their own land, subject to meeting environmental requirements ; an arrangement with a registered protein processor or his agent ; or disposal at authorised land- fill sites by arrangement with licensees. In addition there is a limited kennel market outlet.
Milk Industry
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the industrial development boards have made
representations to countries in the middle east to accept milk products from Northern Ireland ; what support is being given to Pritchitt Foods in Newtownards ; how many redundancies have been announced at its plant in Newtownards ; what is the impact of the Gulf crisis on exports by the Northern Ireland milk industry ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 12 November 1990] : I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer given him by my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) on 24 October at column 211. Representations to countries in the middle east to accept milk products from Northern Ireland have been made by the Ministry for Agriculture and Food, rather than the Industrial Development Board, as the restrictions are the result of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Since 1984 the IDB has offered financial assistance to Pritchitt Foods totalling £1,941,040 towards three capital investment projects and three R and D projects. In addition, the company has been offered financial support totalling £125,970 on nine applications for marketing support assistance.
Since 1 January 1988, the IDB's ability to assist the company financially has been constrained by EC restrictions on member states grant aiding dairy companies manufacturing the type of products in which Pritchitt Foods specialises.
On 15 October 1990 the company announced 40 redundancies. One other Northern Ireland dairy company has been affected by the embargo on trade with Iraq and only in a marginal way. It has succeeded in diverting its products to alternative export markets.
Parking, Donaghadee
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many days in October traffic wardens visited New street, Donaghadee ; what arrangements have been made for business men to park their vehicles for loading at New street ; what alternative proposals he has for a new central car park in Donaghadee ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 12 November 1990] : Detailed information on the frequency with which traffic
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wardens visit individual streets in Donaghadee is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Roads (Restriction of waiting) Order (NI) 1982 permits a vehicle to wait on a public road for as long as may be necessary to enable goods to be loaded and unloaded. The roads service is currently investigating potential car parking sites in the centre of Donaghadee.PRIME MINISTER
Engagements
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 13 November.
The Prime Minister : This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, including one with Professor Landsbergis of Lithuania. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall be having further meetings later today.
TRANSPORT
M1
Mr. Hague : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will be able to advise the House of the result of the experiment involving the trial of 70 mph repeater signs on the M1 motorway.
Mr. Chope : The results of the experiment from September 1988 to September 1989 involving the trial of 70 mph repeater signs on a 20-mile stretch of the M1 are available in a report published by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory entitled "An assessment of the effect of 70 mph repeater signs on the M1 motorway". I have placed a copy of this report in the Library of the House.
EC Transport Council
Sir Rhodes Boyson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the outcome of the meeting with the European Community Transport Council on 30 October.
Mr. Parkinson : My hon. Friend the Minister for Public Transport attended the meeting of the European Council of Transport Ministers which was held in Luxembourg on 30 October.
Most of the items considered by the Council concerned inland transport. The Council discussed the recent disputes affecting certain border crossings and the transit negotiations with third countries--Austria, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. It also discussed measures to be taken in the event of a crisis in the road haulage sector and an increase in the Community quotas of road haulage permits but did not come to any firm decisions on these two items. They will be discussed again at the December Transport Council. The Council did agree, however, that the Commission should be given a mandate, in consultation with the member states, to negotiate with non-EC countries on the alignment of the drivers hours' rules in the Community and AETR--the European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport). The Council also agreed a resolution on setting up a high level group to study the prospects for a European combined transport network. At the June Transport Council, member states had reached agreement in principle on an ad hoc three-year
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programme for EC transport infrastructure funding until the end of 1992. Some points, however, had remained outstanding, and the Council on 30 October made good progress towards resolving these. It now seems likely that the proposal will be finally adopted shortly The Council reached a general agreement on the text of a report to the European Council concerning the memorandum produced by the Netherlands entitled "A Transport Policy for Europe". The report welcomed the objective reaffirmed by the memorandum that an internal market in the transport sector should be achieved between now and 1 January 1993, and set out the Council's view of the lines along which Community transport policy should be developed. The Council also discussed fiscal harmonisation and the length of road trains, without coming to agreement on either topic.Under "other business", my hon. Friend raised the issue of airport slot allocations and stressed the Government's concern that the Commission's proposed block exemption regulation was premature in creating new policy in this area in view of the fact that in the near future the Council was due to consider another Commission proposal on common rules for slot allocations. Other issues also briefly discussed included the aviation negotiations with Norway and Sweden and the nationality clause in air services agreements.
London Underground
Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has any plans to reassess the feasibility of extending the London underground to Thamesmead ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : London Transport and the London Docklands development corporation intend to mount a further study of the case for extending the rail network through the royal docks to Woolwich Arsenal and Thamesmead. The option of extending the Jubilee line through the royal docks is being safeguarded by the provision of a step-plate junction for which powers are being sought in the Bill now before Parliament.
Network SouthEast
Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the Networker rolling stock to be introduced on Kent Link services operated by Network SouthEast.
Mr. Freeman : I understand that the first class 465 Networker is due to be delivered to Kent Link in September 1991.
Rail Track Pollution
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures he plans to take to reduce the risks of infection identified in the British Transport Commission report on track pollution problems, and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : Recent advice from the Health and Safety Executive's employment medical advisory service confirms that the risk of infection by material on railway tracks discharged from train toilets is slight. The railway industry advisory committee of the Health and Safety Commission, which is chaired by the chief inspecting
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officer of railways has discussed this matter and keeps it under review. The railway inspectorate is in touch with the British Railways Board to consider whether any further measures are appropriate. I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Mr. Bowis) on 12 November at column 62.Underground Escalators
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether he will take steps to enable managers of London Underground Ltd. to study how other urban transport systems facilitate access to the underground system by the disabled, elderly or those with young children when escalators are out of action ; and whether he will make a statement ;
(2) whether he has any information as to how long the escalators at Walthamstow underground station were out of action this year ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) whether he has any information as to why the escalators at Vauxhall underground station have been out of action for one year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The operation of escalators on London's underground system is the responsibility of London Underground Limited. I suggest that the hon. Member contact LUL direct. I have forwarded the hon. Member's comments to the managing director of London Underground Ltd.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Southern Africa
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to increase aid to Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference for production and trade programmes.
Mrs. Chalker : We shall be considering the future level, and uses, of our support for the regional programmes of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference--SADCC--in advance of the annual consultative conference in early 1991. The pledge of £10 million, made in January this year, brings the total of our support for SADCC since its inception in 1980 to £70 million.
Mozambique
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to increase Britain's contribution to the United Nations Mozambique emergency appeal.
Mrs. Chalker : We pledged 10,000 tonnes of food and £3.5 million of non-food assistance in response to the United Nations emergency appeal in April and a further £3 million to UNHCR in June in support of Mozambican refugees. This brought the total of our emergency assistance to Mozambique since 1987 to more than £55 million, including our share of such aid from the European Community. We are in touch with the Mozambican authorities and with British voluntary agencies about allocation of funds pledged but not yet committed. We will continue to do what we can to assist.
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Development Council
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Development Council on 5 November.
Mrs. Chalker : The Development Council addressed a range of important issues at its meeting on 5 November, including new proposals for assistance to Asia and Latin America, and to the Mediterranean. I stressed the importance of reforming the tropical forestry action plan, as described yesterday during my evidence to the Environment Select Committee of this House. I also expressed our grave concern at the situation in the Horn of Africa, and announced that Britain would give 10,000 tonnes of cereals and 400 tonnes of wheatflour worth approximately £2 million through CARE for the Sudan.
Burma
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the dates when decisions were made to allocate United Kingdom aid to support contracts won by British companies, to provide power generating plant to Burma.
Mrs. Chalker : Aid and trade provision grants have been allocated in support of two contracts won by John Brown Engineering in Burma, each to provide three gas turbine generator sets and ancillary equipment. The dates of the agreements with the Burmese Government were 3 April 1980 and 6 August 1982 respectively.
Military Training
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list all occasions on which the costs of providing military training to developing countries has been met by the Overseas Development Administration since 1979 ; and what was the amount paid in each case ;
(2) whether the Overseas Development Administration paid any amount towards the cost of providing free military training to the Filipino presidential security guard in March and April.
Mrs. Chalker : There are none. The overseas aid programme is not used in the Philippines or elsewhere to finance military training.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Religious Education
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the projects funded by his Department in the field of religious education over the past five years giving the organisation funded and the cost of each project.
Mr. Eggar : The Department funded a project by the Christian Education Movement from April 1988 to December 1989, when responsibility was transferred to the National Curriculum Council. The project is concerned with the teaching of personal and social values through religious education in secondary school years four and five. It is due to be completed in March 1991 at a total cost of £120,000.
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Haberdashers' Aske's CTC
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what numbers of pupils he has agreed should be admitted into the first-year group at the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college in September 1991 ; and how many places will be available in the current year group for (a) boys and (b) girls ;
(2) what is the total number of pupils he intends to fund at the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college when it becomes fully operational.
Mr. Eggar : The Haberdashers' Aske's CTC Trust has not yet submitted its admissions policy for my right hon. and learned Friend's agreement. Under the provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, selection arrangements for the CTC may not pay regard to the sex of the applicants. It is, nevertheless, likely that numbers of boys and girls entering the CTC will be broadly balanced.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which specific circumstances applying to the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college, different from those at maintained schools, made it appropriate to approve articles of association for the college under which parent governors will be barred from serving on its finance committee.
Mr. Eggar : The Secretary of State enters into agreement with private sponsors to establish and maintain city technology colleges, which are independent schools. It is therefore for the CTC trust to decide on the role of governors, including parent governors, providing that, in the Secretary of State's estimation, this does not conflict with the needs of the CTC.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the sum provided in private sponsorship for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college is to be divided between (a) the value of the sites and premises of the proposed college and (b) other contributions to the capital costs of establishing the college ; and what is the basis of his current valuation of the sites and premises.
Mr. Eggar : The Haberdashers' Company has agreed to make available a 99-year lease of the sites and premises of the Hatcham schools as its contribution towards initial capital costs of establishing the CTC. My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State requested and received an assessment of their value for educational purposes from the district valuer. The Haberdashers' Company has also agreed to underwrite sponsorship of £1 million which may be contributed towards capital costs.
Newham School Leavers
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of Newham school leavers have no qualifications according to the most recent statistics.
Mr. Eggar : The latest available information is for 1989. Because the data came from a sample survey, figures for the smaller LEAs, like Newham, are given on a three-year aggregate to reduce sampling error.
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Leavers from maintained schools in 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89
|All leavers |Leavers awarded no
|graded result
|(000s) |percent
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Newham |8.38 |21.0
England |1,856.99 |9.5
City Technology Colleges
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if pupils at city technology colleges will be subject to any charges in respect of their participation in enrichment activities.
Mr. Eggar : CTCs may charge for enrichment activities provided outside school hours, so long as these are not an essential part of the curriculum. In common with maintained schools, CTCs may not charge for provision offered during school hours, with the exception of individual music tuition. These conditions are set out in paragraphs 19 to 22 of the model CTC funding agreement, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.
Stratford School, London
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give details of the educational grounds taken into account when deciding to approve grant-maintained status for Stratford school, London E7.
Mr. Eggar : In approving this application for grant-maintained status, my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State judged that, at its present size, Stratford school was able to provide cost effectively for pupils aged 11 to 18 and that it was capable of maintaining and improving its performance under new management.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Internal Market Council
Mr. Riddick : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what happened at the Internal Market Council meeting in Brussels on 8 November.
Mr. Redwood : I represented the United Kingdom at the Internal Market Council on 8 November. Two measures were adopted to liberalise the EC insurance market : the life services directive and the motor services directive. Two company law measures were adopted, extending the provisions of the 4th and 7th company law directives to certain partnerships and creating exemptions for small and medium-sized companies.
The Council also heard a first report from Sir Leon Brittan on the operation of the EC merger regulation. It was agreed that annual progress reports should be made.
I asked that the Commission should treat merger inquiries as an objective process ; that clear rules should be observed in hearing evidence and offering fair opportunities to all interested parties ; that the Competition Commissioner should stress to his colleagues the need for their final decision to be based the evidence and findings of the investigation and the need to preserve the confidentiality of the price sensitive company information ; and reminded the Council that article 2 states clearly that
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competition is the sole criterion to be used in the examination. The Vice President was sympathetic to these points.The Council discussed the copyright protection of computer software, and in particular the extent to which decompilation or reverse engineering should be permitted. The Council also discussed briefly progress reports on the fifth company law directive, the second diplomas directive, and the firearms directive.
Australia
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the present state of trade between the United Kingdom and Australia ; and what efforts are being made to improve the position.
Mr. Sainsbury : Trade with Australia increased by over 24 per cent. last year, with United Kingdom exports totalling £1,711 million. Following the United Kingdom-Australia trade and investment conference in 1989, which was attended by the Prime Ministers of Australia and the United Kingdom, together with senior Ministers and business men from both countries, the DTI has put in place a programme of missions, fairs, seminars and other promotional events designed to promote British exports further and build on the success of the conference.
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Health and Safety
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what response has been made to (a) the European Commission and (b) the Council in regards to Council document 8207/90 of 2 August 1990.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 12 November 1990] : I have been asked to reply.
There has been no formal written response to the Commission. However, the United Kingdom abstained from voting at the Internal Market Council meeting in October at which the proposal was carried.
LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Ministers' Pay
Mr. Richard Page : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement about Ministers' pay.
Mr. MacGregor : The salaries of Ministers and other paid office holders were last increased from 1 January 1990 under the terms of the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1989 and will remain at these levels until changed by a new order. The salaries of Members of Parliament will increase by 8.5 per cent. from 1 January 1991 according to the terms of the resolution of 21 July 1987. In the light of this, the Government propose that ministerial salaries should increase by 8.5 per cent. also. The details are set out in the table, and I have today laid the draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1990 to implement these changes.
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Ministers' and other paid office holders' salaries
|Current |Proposed |Percentage |Current |Total |Total
|official |January |increase |total salary |January |percentage
|salary |1991 |(including |1991 salary |increase
|official |reduced |(including
|salary |parliamen- |reduced
|tary salary |parliamen-
|of £20,101) |tary salary
|of £21,809)
|£ |£ |Per cent. |£ |£ |Per cent.
Prime Minister<1> |46,750 |50,724 |8.5 |66,851 |72,533 |8.5
Cabinet Ministers (C) |35,120 |38,105 |8.5 |55,221 |59,914 |8.5
Cabinet Ministers (L) |44,591 |48,381 |8.5 |- |- |-
Ministers of State (C) |24,850 |26,962 |8.5 |44,951 |48,771 |8.5
Ministers of State (L) |39,641 |43,010 |8.5 |- |- |-
Parliamentary Secretaries (C) |18,860 |20,463 |8.5 |38,961 |42,272 |8.5
Parliamentary Secretaries (L) |33,241 |36,066 |8.5 |- |- |-
Attorney General |37,320 |40,492 |8.5 |57,421 |62,301 |8.5
Solicitor General |30,600 |33,201 |8.5 |50,701 |55,010 |8.5
Lord Advocate |44,661 |48,457 |8.5 |- |- |-
Solicitor General for Scotland |39,109 |42,433 |8.5 |- |- |-
House of Commons
Mr. Speaker<1> |36,850 |39,982 |8.5 |56,951 |61,791 |8.5
Leader of the Opposition |32,200 |34,937 |8.5 |52,301 |56,746 |8.5
Chief Whip |29,230 |31,715 |8.5 |49,331 |53,524 |8.5
Deputy Chief Whip |24,850 |26,962 |8.5 |44,951 |48,771 |8.5
Opposition Chief Whip |24,850 |26,962 |8.5 |44,951 |48,771 |8.5
Government Whips and Assistant Government Whips |15,990 |17,349 |8.5 |36,091 |39,158 |8.5
Assistant Opposition Whip |15,990 |17,349 |8.5 |36,091 |39,158 |8.5
Chairman of Ways and Means |24,850 |26,962 |8.5 |44,951 |48,771 |8.5
Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means |21,840 |23,696 |8.5 |41,941 |45,505 |8.5
House of Lords
Chief Whip |39,641 |43,010 |8.5 |- |- |-
Deputy Chief Whip |33,241 |36,066 |8.5 |- |- |-
Government Whips |29,971 |32,519 |8.5 |- |- |-
Opposition Leader |33,241 |36,066 |8.5 |- |- |-
Opposition Chief Whip |29,971 |32,519 |8.5 |- |- |-
Chairman of Committees |39,641 |43,010 |8.5 |- |- |-
Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees |36,131 |39,202 |8.5 |- |- |-
Members of Parliament |26,701 |28,970 |8.5 |- |- |-
<1>The Prime Minister and Mr. Speaker have elected to receive the same salary as a Cabinet Minister in the House of Commons.
Notes:
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster does not accept his Ministerial salary.
The Lord Chancellor's salary is governed by the Lord Chancellor's Salary Order 1989 and is not affected by this Order. (He receives £91,500 effective from 18 April 1989).
WALES
Welsh Language
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any guidelines for use by his Department concerning criteria of demand in relation to provision of Welsh language forms under the Welsh Language Act 1967 ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Decisions on whether documents published by the Welsh Office should be available in Welsh or in a bilingual format are taken by reference to the Hughes Parry criteria of demand, expense, expediency and prestige. These criteria are currently being reviewed in the light of the guidelines prepared by the Welsh Language Board.
Roads
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether there have been any changes in time scale or estimated cost for improvement of the north-south road communications in Wales on the A470, A487 and A483 trunk roads since the publication of "Roads in Wales : Progress and Plans for the 1990s" ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on all road schemes listed in "Roads in Wales : Progress and Plans for the 1990s" is currently being updated, for inclusion in a supplement to "Roads in Wales" to be published in the new year.
International Adoption
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what official guidelines are issued to local authorities relating to international adoption procedures.
Mr. Grist : Guidance on adoption of children from overseas is contained in a letter of 2 October 1990 from the chief inspector, social services inspectorate, Wales, to directors of social services in Wales. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.
Hospital Waiting Lists
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimates he has made of the size of waiting lists in Welsh hospitals (a) six months and (b) one year hence, and of the reasons for any increase or decrease over the preceding six months.
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Mr. Grist : Information about the size of prospective waiting lists and the length of time people may have to wait will become available only following the submission of district health authorities' final procurement plans in March 1991.
The latest information on waiting lists is at 31 March 1990 and is contained in the "Welsh Hospital Waiting List Bulletin 1990 : No. 2", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Hospital Bed Closures
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what will be the total loss of in-patient care days that will result from the anticipated closure of hospital beds in Wales in the year ending April 1991.
Mr. Grist : This information is not held centrally.
Mr. Rod Richards
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is his policy with regard to the appointment of ministerial advisers who may previously have been parliamentary candidates ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he will outline his reasons for seeking to appoint Mr. Rod Richards as his personal adviser ;
(3) if he will list the specific topics on which Mr. Rod Richards will be employed to provide him with advice and Mr. Richards's qualifications and experience to each of those topics.
Mr. David Hunt : I have appointed Mr. Richards to advise me on a range of subjects drawing on his knowledge and experience in the public and private sectors. Special advisers are appointed on a personal basis. Mr. Richards is my only such adviser at present. He is appointed as a civil servant and his terms and conditions are, where appropriate, the same as for civil servants. It is not the practice to reveal the salaries of advisers nor, in consequence, the total cost of an individual appointment as these are individually negotiated in relation to previous outside earnings and are therefore confidential. Special advisers are appointed after consultation with the Prime Minister.
School (Llwyn Mawr)
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations have been received from (a) Sketty Ward councillors and (b) the Sketty Schools
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Parents Association by his Department in the last three years, prior to his directive for the sale of the site, about the need for a school on the Llwyn Mawr site.Sir Wyn Roberts : The Department has no record of having received such representations.
NHS Operations
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total number of patients in each of the Welsh area health authorities that have had national health service operations in the past three years (a) outside their own area health authority area and (b) in London hospitals.
Mr. Grist : The table shows, for each Welsh district health authority, the number of patient discharges and deaths having operations, including non-operative procedures, in NHS hospitals in Wales outside their own district health authority.
Information on Welsh residents having operations outside Wales, including London hospitals, is not collected centrally.
Patient discharges and deaths having operations in NHS hospitals in Wales outside their own district health authority<1><2> District health authority |1986 |1987 |1988 of residence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clwyd |184 |199 |189 East Dyfed |4,708 |4,926 |4,850 Pembrokeshire |2,294 |2,566 |2,606 Gwent |2,810 |2,720 |2,752 Gwynedd |2,216 |2,170 |2,267 Mid Glamorgan |9,756 |9,517 |9,970 Powys |2,731 |3,140 |2,959 South Glamorgan |1,770 |2,029 |1,672 West Glamorgan |1,336 |1,312 |1,231 <1> The information may understate the true position in that not all hospitals provide complete clinical details relating to patient discharges and deaths. <2> The information is based on cases where details of the patient's district of residence has been supplied.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Fund
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentages of income support claimants aged under 60 years are repaying social fund budgeting loans and/or crisis loans by deductions from their benefit payments in the Doncaster area offices ; and what is the average repayment in terms of a proportion of their income.
Mr. Scott : The table shows the number of social fund loans being recovered from income support recipients aged under 60 at the end of August 1990 and the percentage of recipients in that age group that the figure represents.
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