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NORTHERN IRELAND
Enterprise Ulster
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff of Enterprise Ulster are to be declared redundant in 1990 and 1991 ; and how many of these are remunerated within the range £7,000 to £12,000 per annum.
Mr. Needham : Fifty, of whom 49 are likely to be in the £7,000 to £12,000 per annum wages or salary range. The precise position will not be known until after the present offer of voluntary redundancy to all staff closes on 27 November 1990.
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what kinds of material used by Enterprise Ulster have been conveyed to the private homes of staff members for the purpose of material testing ; how long the testing lasted ; and when reports on the test results were submitted and to whom.
Mr. Needham : The only known material conveyed to a member of staff's private home, for the purpose of material testing, was Colfix bitumen emulsion. This was in December 1980, with the results of the experiment published in January 1981 and circulated to line management.
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The Colfix bitumen and the small quantity of stones used were paid for by the member of staff.Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff of Enterprise Ulster whose remuneration is in excess of £12,000 per annum are to be transferred to other work in the Government service ; how many are to be retained in Enterprise Ulster ; and how many are to be declared redundant.
Mr. Needham : Enterprise Ulster is a statutory body established in 1973. As such, there are no arrangements in place which allow its staff to be transferred to other work in the Government service. Of the up to 50 staff being made redundant in 1990 and 1991, it is likely that there may be one whose remuneration is in excess of £12, 000 per annum.
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what projects were undertaken by Enterprise Ulster in 1988 and 1989 ; and what was the total cost of each, showing separately the amount contributed by the client or sponsor and the value placed on unused materials returned to Enterprise Ulster depots.
Mr. Needham : In the 1988-89 financial year, Enterprise Ulster undertook 385 projects at a total gross cost of £2,083,124 to which clients contributed £419,663. In 1989-90, a total of 312 projects were undertaken at a total gross cost of £913,446 to which clients contributed £219,881. No record is kept of unused materials which were either returned to the client or on agreement, transferred to another project of the client or if purchased by Enterprise Ulster, returned to its depots.
Details of the projects undertaken in the two years, along with Enterprise Ulster's expenditure and income from clients have been placed in the Library of the House.
Energy Connections
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in establishing whether provision of (a) a natural gas pipeline and (b) an electricity connector between Northern Ireland and Great Britain is likely to be feasible ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : The technical and economic feasibility of using gas for power generation is currently being assessed. Several possible routes for a pipeline from Great Britain are being examined and sea bed surveys have been completed. Initial discussions have been held with a number of natural gas suppliers.
On an electricity interconnector, discussions are continuing between Northern Ireland Electricity and Scottish Power.
Saltwater Bridge, Kircubbin
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many traffic accidents there have been in each of the past five years and in the first 10 months of 1990 in the vicinity of Saltwater bridge, Rowreagh road, Kircubbin, County Down ; how many persons were injured ; how many persons were killed ; and what proposals he has to improve road safety at this location.
Mr. Needham : Recorded accidents at Saltwater bridge, Rowreagh road, Kircubbin, are as follows :
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Year |Number |Number
|of accidents |of persons
|killed/injured
------------------------------------------------------------
1985 |0
1986 |0
1987 |1 |<1>1
1988 |0
1989 |1 |<1>1
<3>1990 |1 |<2>1
<1>Injured.
<2>Killed.
<3>To date.
A minor road realignment scheme which will enhance road safety at this location is due to commence towards the end of the next financial year.
Poverty and Deprivation
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures the Government will introduce to reduce the level of poverty and deprivation in Northern Ireland, following the report of the Child Poverty Action Group.
Mr. Needham : The Government aim to provide an effective system of financial help ; extra resources being targeted on those most in need. Following the reform of social security in April 1988, which gave increased levels of support to families with children, there have been other improvements, including increased help from October 1989 for disabled and older pensioners on income support or housing benefit and higher limits on savings from April 1990. There will be a general benefits uprating next April, including a real increase in the basic pensioner premium for people aged 60 to 74 on income support or housing benefit and substantial extra income support for many people being cared for in independent homes. The Government have also announced plans to improve the framework of benefits for disabled people. Additionally, the decision to set up a Social Security Agency in Northern Ireland is intended further to improve the quality and responsiveness of service to those in need of help.
District Heating
Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action the Northern Ireland Housing Executive is taking as a result of the offer British Coal has made to assume responsibility for the improvement and operation of certain district heating schemes in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Mawhinney : The chairman of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has informed me that the executive has rejected the British Coal proposals in view of the high level of subsidy which the proposals required.
ENVIRONMENT
Land Registration
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what circular or communication he has made to local authorities concerning future registration of public sector land ; what categories of existing use such proposals cover ; and for what purpose.
Mr. Atkins : My Department issued on 12 September a consultation paper which invited the comments of the
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local authority associations and others interested on our proposals for encouraging the use of vacant public sector land. One of the proposals was for a statutory duty on local authorities and other public sector bodies to keep, and make accessible to the public, registers of their unused and underused land on a broadly similar basis to those requested under the code of practice issued in August 1989. Copies of the consultation paper have been placed in the Library. The responses are now being considered.Part VIII of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 places a duty on local authorities to keep a register of potentially contaminated land in their areas whether publicly or privately owned. Copies of a report on the methodology for identifying such land, "Pilot Survey of Potentially Contaminated Land in Cheshire", were sent to all local authorities in July.
Satellite Dishes
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many representations he has received in the current year concerning planning applications for the siting of satellite dishes.
Mr. Atkins : This information is not readily available. Virtually all of the substantial number of letters received on this subject are concerned with the environmental impact of satellite dishes erected under permitted development rights (for which a specific planning application is unnecessary). The consultation, earlier this year, over proposed changes to the permitted development rights for satellite dishes produced nearly 600 responses.
National Stadium
Mr. Butcher : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment in the light of the recommendation of the Taylor report and the separate need for a national stadium in the 21st century, what form of public financial support would be available to supplement private sector investment in such a facility in the west midlands.
Mr. Atkins : The Government's priority is the introduction of all seating accommodation in line with Lord Justice Taylor's recommendations. Substantial funds are being made available to the Football Trust from the reduction in pool betting duty. It is for other public authorities in the area to decide their own investment priorities.
Limehouse Link Road
Ms. Gordon : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will break down the estimated £142 million cost of the Limehouse link road into its principal components, including rehousing costs and relocation of businesses ; what contracts have now been concluded for construction and associated work, with the names of the respective companies and amounts of the relevant tenders ; and what further contracts remain to be concluded.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : The figure of £142 million was the estimated cost of the Limehouse link road, prepared by LDDC in 1988, prior to tendering in 1989. It relates to construction costs only. The main construction contract was awarded in September 1989 at a value of £220 million to a joint venture of Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd. and
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Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd. Subcontracting is a matter for the main contractors, and the details are confidential to them.Local Government Finance
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he has received to the 1991-92 standard spending assessment announcements from local authorities.
Mr. Key : Consultations on the local government finance settlement for 1991-92 will continue until 28 November. The representations received to date from local authorities have shown that the large proposed increases in standard spending assessments are welcomed, and have also included a number of detailed comments on specific points.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what proposals he has for exempting clothing, bedding, furniture and basic equipment from seizure by private bailiffs enforcing the community charge ;
(2) what proposals he has to amend the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 to bring controls on bailiffs enforcing the community charge into line with those applying for distress for rent.
Mr. Key : My Department does not propose to make any changes to the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 as regards bailiffs employed by local authorities. We have issued advice on the employment of bailiffs by local authorities which included the suggestion that authorities should issue guidelines to bailiffs on their mode of operation. I understand that the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation will shortly be issuing a practice note which will include details of property which it is unlawful or imprudent to distrain.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has for requiring private bailiffs enforcing the community charge to show written authorisation from the local authority.
Mr. Key : The Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 already require a bailiff to show the debtor the written authorisation he has received from the local authority if requested to do so.
Mr. Nicholas Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish figures showing for 1990-91 the average amount in £ sterling per week and the percentage of earnings accounted for by the community charge for (i) a single person, (ii) a single-earner married couple without children, (iii) a single-earner married couple with two children and (iv) a two-earner married couple on (a) 50 per cent., (b) 75 per cent., (c) 100 per cent., (d) 150 per cent., (e) 200 per cent., (f) 300 per cent., (g) 400 per cent., (h) 500 per cent., (i) 700 per cent. and (j) 1,000 per cent. of average earnings.
Mr. Key : I regret that it is not possible to produce satisfactory estimates of the amount paid in community charge by households of differing incomes. The amount paid will vary according to the area in which the households live ; their entitlement to transitional relief ; and their entitlement to community charge rebate.
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Sir Geoffrey Finsberg : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people have been exempted from paying the community charge in each category of exemption in the London borough of Camden.Mr. Portillo : Information returned by the authority on the number of exempt persons over 18 in the London borough of Camden at 1 June 1990 is as follows :
|Number
------------------------------------------
Severely mentally impaired |57
Aged 18 or 19<1> |66
Members of religious communities 47
In hospital or home<2> |1,550
Persons without fixed abode |200
Other<3> |28
<1> Aged 18 who attract child benefit
because they are still at school or aged
18 or 19 and on full-time courses of
further, but not higher, education.
<2> People whose sole or main residence
is in an NHS hospital, in a residential
care home, a nursing home, a mental
nursing home, a private hospital or a
hostel providing a substantial level of
care, and who are also being treated or
cared for in such an institution.
<3> People in detention, members of
visiting forces, international
headquarters and defence organisations,
and their dependants (including
diplomats), residential care workers
employed at a very low salary, and
full-time students whose term time
address is in Scotland or Northern
Ireland. These categories have been
combined because of the small numbers
involved.
Ince B Power Station
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from local authorities in Gwynedd and Clwyd concerning the environmental effects of the proposed burning of Orimulsion fuel at Ince B power station ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : I have received one letter about Ince power station from Gwynedd county council which was forwarded to my Department by the hon. Member for Caernarfon.
Leybucht Bay
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many of his (a) legal and (b) other staff will be sent as observers to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on 5 December in respect of the Leybucht bay case ;
(2) what policy considerations led him to decide to associate the United Kingdom Government with the German Government as defendants in the Leybucht bay case brought by the European Commission for infringement of the European Community wild birds directive ; (3) how many of his (a) legal and (b) other staff were sent as observers to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on 16 October on the occasion of the preliminary hearing of the Leybucht bay case.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : The United Kingdom intervened in case C57/89 brought by the European Commission against the German Government on two grounds. First, we believe that the Commission is not entitled to rely upon any presumption of fact and should be required to place before the court the evidence needed to support its case that a member state has not fulfilled an obligation under Community law. Secondly, the
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Commission interprets article 4 of the wild birds directive EEC 79/409 as imposing an absolute prohibition on any activity or development within a special protection area (SPA) which might cause significant pollution or deterioration of habitat or disturbance to the birds, with the sole exception of works which are strictly necessary to protect human health or safety. We consider this interpretation to be contrary to the wording and intention of the directive, and unacceptable in principle.Two members of my Department's staff attended the hearing of this case on 16 October in support of counsel together with an officer of the Treasury Solicitor's Department. The Welsh Office and South Glamorgan county council also each sent an observer. There are no plans for anyone to attend the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on 5 December.
Information requested relating to the total cost to public funds of the United Kingdom intervention in this case is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answers of 12 and 13 November, when he will be in a position to estimate the total cost to public funds of the Government's decision to associate themselves legally with the German Government as a co -defendant against the European Commission in the Leybucht bay case.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory [holding answer 16 November 1990] : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him earlier today.
Local Authority Employees
Mr. Holt : To ask the Secretary of State, for the Environment how many town or county hall employees, except teachers, are recorded as having been made redundant in each of the past 10 years.
Mr. Key : My Department does not collect this information.
Interim Development Order Sites
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary State for the Environment whether he proposes to introduce any controls on interim development order sites in respect of (a) opencast mining, (b) quarrying and (c) any other purpose ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins : The Minerals Act 1981 provides an opportunity for mineral planning authorities to review interim development orders and other early planning permissions for mineral working and to make orders updating them where appropriate. There are no proposals to introduce further controls, but we are reviewing the operation of the Minerals Act 1981, as announced in "This Common Inheritance".
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received regarding interim development order sites ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins : The Department is aware of the recent concern about interim development order permissions and has received a number of representations from those affected by them.
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Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has visited any interim development order sites in the last 12 months ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Atkins : My right hon. Friend has not visited any interim development order sites in the last 12 months, but I shall be visiting a number of mineral sites during the course of next year to see operating conditions at first hand.
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many interim development order sites exist in England ; and if he will list full details in the Official Report .
Mr. Atkins : All permissions granted under interim development orders before 21 July 1943 have lapsed, but permissions applied for, and granted on or after that date and before 1 July 1948 were preserved by section 77 of the 1947 Act and by subsequent legislation.
No records of applications made under interim development orders were required and no information about the total number of permissions granted is currently available. Such records as there are of such permissions will be held by the successor planning authority and we are discussing the information currently available with the local authority associations.
Workplace Accidents
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the reported accidents involving lifting while working received by his Department with regard to local government employees for 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 showing distribution by age and sex, occupation, incidence rates based on population of England and place of accident.
Mr. Key : My Department receives no such reports.
Mortgages
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the number of families with dependent children who have mortgages ; and what was the comparable figure in 1979.
Mr. Michael Spicer : The estimated numbers of households in England with dependent children (aged under 16, or under 19 if in full-time education) buying with a mortgage, were 3.1 million in 1979 and 3.6 million in 1988. These figures are derived from the general household survey.
Disabled Facilities Grants
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what evidence his Department has of the impact of the system of contribution repayments towards disabled facilities grants, set out in circular 10/90 (paragraphs 17, 18 and 67), on the financial situation of disabled persons and their families and on the expenditure of local authorities that waive loan repayments.
Mr. Key : I have no evidence to suggest that the system is not working as intended, which is to ensure that the resources available for grants are used as effectively as possible. All aspects of the new renovation grant system will however be kept under review.
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Apple Orchards
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to ensure the protection of orchards containing rare varieties of apples ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : Currently we are engaged in a wide-ranging review of tree preservation policies and legislation. A consultation exercise will be launched shortly, providing an opportunity for comments on this and other issues to be considered in that broader context. In addition, I understand that my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food continues to fund the national fruit collection at Brogdale which contains some 2,300 varieties of apple.
North Sea (Dumping)
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to prevent the further dumping by oil companies of radioactive waste from oil rigs into the North sea ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Trippier : Disposals of small amounts of radioactive waste from oil installations in the North sea are authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution (HMIP) on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Environment and by Her Majesty's industrial pollution inspectorate (HMIPI) on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Applications are considered on a case-by-case basis and before an authorisation is issued HMIP or HMIPI needs to be satisfied that disposals will not present any significant radiological hazard.
World Climate Conference
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what results were achieved at the second world climate conference ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chris Patten : The second world climate conference was a major step forward in the international response to climate change. Following a week's meeting on scientific issues, Ministers from some 137 countries agreed a declaration which called for an early start on negotiations on a framework convention on climate change, to be completed by 1992. We fully support this agreement, and will play an active part in the negotiations which begin in February 1991. The conference endorsed the need for a global strategy to respond to climate change, involving the participation of all nations. To enable developing countries to play their full part in this, the declaration recognises the need for financial and technological assistance from the industrialised countries.
The declaration also welcomed the commitment of the European Community and its member states and of other developed countries to take action aimed at stabilising emissions of greenhouse gases, and particularly carbon dioxide. It urged all developed countries to establish national strategies to limit emissions of greenhouse gases.
This conference involved 137 nations, more than at any comparable gathering, and the agreements reached will give added impetus to the work of developing an effective and realistic global response to climate change ready for the 1992 United Nations conference on environment and development.
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EMPLOYMENT
Unit Labour Costs
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for each year from 1974, an index of the rise in unit labour costs in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan (a) in local currency and (b) adjusted for changes in relative exchange rates.
Mr. Jackson : Statistics on unit labour costs in the whole economy are not available. International comparisons of unit labour costs in manufacturing industries are made periodically by the international monetary fund. The latest available data from this source are set out in the tables :
TABLE 1: Manufacturing Unit Labour Costs in Local Currency
|United |United |France |Federal |Japan
|Kingdom |States of |Republic
|America |of
|Germany
|Index
|1985
|=100
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1974 |30.7 |59.3 |35.3 |68.5 |89.0
1975 |41.7 |63.5 |42.9 |73.1 |102.1
1976 |46.2 |65.6 |46.5 |73.8 |102.3
1977 |51.9 |69.4 |49.1 |78.0 |106.4
1978 |59.6 |74.5 |53.0 |81.5 |105.0
1979 |70.3 |82.0 |57.4 |83.7 |105.2
1980 |85.9 |91.6 |65.6 |90.2 |104.7
1981 |93.5 |98.2 |73.8 |94.5 |108.6
1982 |96.6 |104.3 |82.7 |97.7 |107.7
1983 |95.3 |101.7 |87.9 |97.0 |105.3
1984 |96.5 |99.7 |94.2 |98.1 |101.2
1985 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
1986 |103.8 |100.8 |101.9 |105.0 |103.3
1987 |103.8 |99.5 |101.8 |111.5 |98.0
1988 |106.1 |100.8 |100.0 |111.0 |94.5
1989 |110.7 |101.6 |101.3 |112.2 |95.3
TABLE 2: Manufacturing Unit Labour Costs Adjusted for Changes
in Relative Exchange Rates.
|United |United |France |Federal |Japan
|Kingdom |States of |Republic
|America |of
|Germany
|Index
|1985
|=100
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1974 |78.7 |82.8 |91.8 |107.3 |110.6
1975 |84.4 |74.4 |104.8 |101.0 |106.9
1976 |76.8 |78.2 |104.7 |102.1 |107.4
1977 |76.5 |76.0 |97.3 |108.3 |114.7
1978 |83.0 |68.9 |97.2 |111.9 |128.0
1979 |98.6 |68.4 |99.2 |112.2 |109.2
1980 |122.0 |69.2 |103.9 |110.2 |93.0
1981 |124.2 |79.3 |99.2 |100.0 |102.9
1982 |114.9 |89.3 |96.7 |101.7 |91.0
1983 |103.7 |92.5 |94.4 |103.1 |98.9
1984 |99.6 |98.9 |96.0 |101.6 |101.3
1985 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
1986 |92.9 |77.2 |102.5 |112.5 |125.1
1987 |90.4 |65.8 |101.4 |126.8 |125.5
1988 |98.4 |63.2 |97.2 |125.8 |133.1
1989 |97.9 |65.8 |94.9 |123.0 |127.0
Source: International Monetary Fund
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Earnings
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish a table showing for each year since 1970 and for the latest month the number of full-time adult males and females in employment together with the number of part-time workers distinguishing between manual and other workers and between manufacturing, other production industries and non-production industries ; and if he will add figures for non-adult workers and for the self-employed.
Mr. Jackson : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my reply in the Library.
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentages of full-time employed (a) men and (b) women, and of part-time employed (i) men and (ii) women, earned less than £3 an hour in April 1990.
Mr. Jackson : The available information on those earning less than £3 per hour in the new earnings survey (NES) sample is published in table 20 of part A of the 1990 NES report.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish a table showing the numbers employed in (a) banking and bill discounting, (b) house and estate agents and (c) legal services.
Mr. Jackson : The information is given in the table.
Estimates for the legal services industry can be derived only from censuses of employment. The latest available census figures are for September 1987.
Employees in Employment |Great
|Britain
Industries (SIC 1980) |Thousands
------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 1990
Banking and Bill Discounting
(Group 814) |503.9
House and Estate Agents
(Group 834) |109.3
September 1987
Legal Services
(Group 835) |165.3
Industrial Tribunals
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if part- time chairmen of industrial tribunals have been stopped from hearing cases ; what is the current waiting time for a hearing date ; and to what extent the waiting time has changed in recent months.
Mr. Forth : Restrictions on the use of part-time chairmen were lifted on 9 November. Information on recent waiting times is not yet available.
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much further funding has been received by the industrial tribunals ; and what plans he has to review the amount further in the rest of the financial year.
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Mr. Forth : The budget of the industrial tribunals (England and Wales) has been increased by £750,000. This will enable the tribunals to operate normally for the rest of the financial year.Enterprise Allowance Scheme
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for the enterprise allowance scheme (a) the number of entrants and (b) the total
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expenditure for each of the years 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91 and for each of the standard regions, Scotland and Wales.Mr. Forth [holding answer 12 November 1990] : The regional breakdown of entrants for each year is shown in the table. Because of changes in scheme administration, separate data for London are not available before April 1989. Expenditure information was produced only at national summary level up to that point. Over 95 per cent. of the programme budget went on allowance payments and estimates are included based on entrant shares.
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1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 up to
12 October 1990
Region |Entrants |Expenditure|Entrants |Expenditure|Entrants |Expenditure|Entrants |Expenditure
|(£ million) |(£ million) |(£ million) |(£ million)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
London |- |- |- |- |8,999 |19.74 |3,897 |9.14
South East |- |- |- |- |8,264 |17.59 |3,709 |8.12
Western Division |6,473 |13.32 |- |- |- |-
Eastern Division |24,514 |45.04 |8,224 |16.19 |- |- |- |-
Southern Division |7,450 |15.98 |- |- |- |-
South West |11,262 |20.84 |10,344 |20.9 |7,335 |17.24 |3,015 |6.78
West Midlands |10,537 |19.45 |9,677 |19.15 |7,691 |17.24 |3,217 |7.29
East Midlands and Eastern |11,562 |20.32 |9,656 |19.05 |7,879 |17.54 |3,673 |7.6
Yorkshire and Humberside |10,198 |18.89 |9,935 |19.26 |8,169 |17.44 |3,269 |7.6
North West |15,955 |30.34 |15,311 |29.82 |12,263 |26.96 |5,593 |11.92
Northern |5,729 |11.07 |5,938 |12.08 |4,881 |10.67 |2,142 |4.52
Wales |6,654 |12.04 |6,942 |12.92 |5,433 |12.41 |2,393 |5.24
Scotland |9,894 |17.91 |8,572 |17.62 |6,972 |14.97 |3,360 |6.89
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |106,305 |195.9 |98,522 |196.3 |77,886 |171.8 |34,268 |75.1
HEALTH
NHS Trusts
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what rules govern membership of trusts and health authorities to ensure that there is no conflict of interest.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The NHS Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations SI No. 1990/2024, as amended, govern the appointment of trust chairmen and directors. The Regional and District Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations SI No. 1990/1331 govern the appointment of health authority chairmen and members. The provisions of these regulations together with general guidance issued by the Department are intended to ensure that conflicts of interest do not arise for members of health authorities or directors of NHS trusts.
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