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Sandeels
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made in identifying the cause of poor recruitment of sandeels in research into the Shetland sandeel population ; and what evidence there is that this is due to natural factors operating in the first few months of life.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Since poor recruitment to the Shetland sandeel population first occurred during a period of high spawning stock, it cannot be attributed to low egg production and must be the result of natural factors operating in the first few months of life. A research programme has been initiated to investigate the factors affecting the mortality and dispersal of larval and 0-group sandeels and the results of the first phase are currently being analysed.
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The seas around Shetland are known to comprise part of an hydrographic system which can greatly influence the larval dynamics for those fish species where adequate studies have been made--for example, herring. Studies have suggested that sandeel larval abundance in that area can be affected by changing hydrographic circumstances. In addition, studies in the north- west Atlantic suggest that where stocks of pelagic predators such as herring and mackerel were reduced then there was a congruent increase in the abundance of larval sandeels. Conversely, in the north-east Atlantic herring numbers have increased dramatically in the last decade. Herring are capable of being voracious predators of sandeel larvae and the overlapping distribution of the two stocks around Shetland may be relevant to sandeel recruitment dynamics.Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how the distribution and abundance of 0-group, 1-group and breeding age sandeels in those areas of Shetland that have been studied in 1990, including Fair Isle, compare with surveys from previous years as revealed by research trawls ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Trawl survey data from fishing grounds around Shetland, including Fair Isle, can be used to give an indication of the relative abundance of 0-group, 1-group and breeding age (2 group) sandeels. These data are summarised in the table.
Mean numbers of sandeel caught per
30-minute survey haul from
grounds off Shetland, 1984 to 1990
Year Age
|0 |1 |2+
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1984 |891,898|47,592 |48,198
1985 |202,826|78,055 |76,784
1986 |683,044|56,653 |36,878
1987 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
1988 |141,457|1,421 |39,868
1989 |863,181|9,283 |11,974
1990 |90,148 |30,118 |8,851
<1> No survey in 1987.
Preliminary analysis of the distribution of sandeels between the fishing grounds suggests that the distribution of 0-group fish in August 1990 was similar to that in preceding years and that the distribution of 0-group fish has changed little since the start of the surveys in 1984. Similarly, the distribution of 1-group fish is comparable to that in preceding years. The analysis suggests that the distribution of breeding age (2 ) fish varies from year to year with little correlation in their distribution between years.
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the main predators of 0, 1 and 2 group sandeels, respectively, in Shetland water ; and what evidence Her Majesty's Government have for any changes in predation levels in the last 10 years.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : The main predators on these sandeels are seabirds, seals and fish. The limited data available on changes between years do not allow firm conclusions to be made.
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest estimates for the level of recruitment for the Shetland sandeel stock for each year from 1984 ; what estimates were available for the same year in June 1988 and June 1989 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Levels of recruitment to the Shetland sandeel stock since 1984, as estimated by assessments made in the years 1988-90, are as follows :
Recruitment to Shetland sandeel stock, 1984-89 expressed as
millions of 0-group on 1 July.
Assessment
0-group |1988 |1989 |1990
recruits in
year
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1984 |29,188 |27,065 |21,212
1985 |21,343 |29,573 |19,473
1986 |19,451 |48,955 |24,924
1987 |2,196 |2,258 |3,550
1988 |20,750 |1,273 |6,440
1989 |- |<1>- |25,327
1990 |- |- |<1>-
<1> No estimate possible due to closure of fishery in
second half of year.
The assessments made in 1989 and 1990 used an improved method of analysis. In 1989 and possibly also in 1990, fishing was concentrated in areas where the older fish predominate, thus changing the exploitation pattern and disrupting the assessment. Also, and in recent years assessment has been inhibited by low fishing mortality in the Shetland sandeel stock.
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what would be the current size of the Shetland sandeel spawning stock, according to current stock assessment models, had there been no fishing mortality since 1982.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : There is a very wide number of possible models which might be used to predict spawning stock biomass in the absence of fishing mortality. A simple model which assumes recruitment in the absence of fishing is the same as that estimated to have occurred since 1982 predicts a spawning stock biomass for ages 2-5 of 23,600 tonnes in 1990.
Breast Cancer
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will break down the total numbers of deaths caused by breast cancer for each year since 1979 into ages 16 to 25 years, 25 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years, 55 to 64 years, and 65 years and over.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :
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Deaths from Breast Cancer 1979-89, Males (ICD 9<1> 175)
and Female (ICD 9<1> 174)
Age
|15-24|25-34|35-44|45-54|55-64|65+ |Total
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1979
Male |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |7 |7
Female |0 |17 |73 |217 |261 |608 |1,176
1980
Male |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |3
Female |0 |14 |104 |195 |299 |602 |1,214
1981
Male |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |6 |7
Female |0 |13 |63 |200 |268 |631 |1,175
1982
Male |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |7 |8
Female |0 |14 |69 |215 |294 |636 |1,228
1983
Male |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |8 |9
Female |0 |8 |81 |192 |293 |688 |1,262
1984
Male |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |5 |6
Female |0 |12 |76 |193 |301 |660 |1,242
1985
Male |0 |0 |1 |0 |4 |7 |12
Female |1 |11 |80 |187 |267 |706 |1,252
1986
Male |0 |1 |1 |1 |3 |7 |13
Female |1 |9 |66 |203 |292 |742 |1,313
1987
Male |0 |0 |1 |2 |0 |8 |11
Female |0 |12 |67 |163 |287 |705 |1,234
1988
Male |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |6 |7
Female |0 |12 |76 |165 |253 |756 |1,261
1989
Male |0 |0 |0 |2 |1 |4 |7
Female |0 |10 |78 |200 |298 |770 |1,356
<1> International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision.
Telephone Taping
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Lord Advocate has received any requests for an inquiry into the illegal taping of a telephone conversation of the hon. Member for Glasgow, Garscadden (Mr. Dewar) during May or June 1987.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate has received no such requests.
Training
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the numbers of people leaving employment training having completed (i) up to four weeks, (ii) four to 12 weeks, (iii) 12 to 26 weeks, (iv)
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26 to 38 weeks, (v) 38 to 52 weeks and (vi) over 52 weeks' training in each month from January, for each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 14 December 1990] : The information is not available in the form requested. Information about leavers is obtained through a survey and returns from leavers are incomplete. This survey provides data on a quarterly basis as set out below about the percentages of people leaving employment training. In considering the information it is important to bear in mind that entering permanent employment is a major reason for people ceasing to participate in employment training.
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Actual length of stay
|Up to 4 |Over 4 weeks|Over 3 |Over 6 |Over 9 |Over 12
|weeks |up to 3 |months up to|months up to|months up to|months
|months |6 months |9 months |12 months
|per cent. |per cent. |per cent. |per cent. |per cent. |per cent.
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January to March 1990
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |14 |24 |23 |11 |23 |4
Lothian and Borders |12 |20 |21 |11 |31 |5
Lanarkshire |15 |24 |19 |9 |27 |4
Highlands and Islands |8 |28 |30 |7 |21 |6
Grampian and Tayside |17 |25 |26 |7 |21 |4
Glasgow City |14 |22 |19 |10 |30 |5
Central and Fife |13 |22 |19 |8 |36 |3
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |11 |20 |21 |9 |33 |5
April to June 1990
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |16 |29 |19 |13 |21 |2
Lothian and Borders |13 |31 |17 |10 |24 |4
Lanarkshire |13 |26 |18 |10 |27 |5
Highlands and Islands |7 |37 |28 |8 |12 |8
Grampian and Tayside |12 |34 |25 |12 |12 |3
Glasgow City |13 |30 |18 |12 |23 |4
Central and Fife |13 |24 |20 |13 |28 |2
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |12 |28 |16 |10 |29 |4
July to September 1990
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |10 |24 |23 |12 |26 |4
Lothian and Borders |13 |24 |22 |12 |27 |3
Lanarkshire |14 |21 |20 |12 |30 |3
Highlands and Islands |8 |31 |31 |8 |20 |1
Grampian and Tayside |12 |25 |27 |12 |21 |3
Glasgow City |13 |25 |23 |10 |25 |3
Central and Fife |13 |28 |20 |13 |24 |1
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |11 |21 |24 |11 |32 |3
Health Service
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what honorarium is given to each member of the health boards ; and how many meetings each board holds per annum.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 14 December 1990] : Regarding an honorarium for health board members, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on Friday 6 July to the hon. Member for Tayside, North (Mr. Walker) at column 733. Each health board meets as often as it finds necessary to conduct its business, but procedural regulations require meetings to be held not less than once every three months. Members are also involved in meetings of committees and working parties and they serve on a variety of appeal panels.
WALES
NHS Trusts
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what conclusion he has reached on the expression of interest received from Pembrokeshire district health authority for national health service trust status.
Mr. David Hunt : I have invited the health authority to proceed to work up and submit an application to become a trust on the basis set out in its expression of interest.
National Curriculum
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he intends to publish for consultation the draft orders with attainment targets and programmes of study for history and geography in the national curriculum.
Mr. David Hunt : I have published today for consultation draft orders with associated documents setting out attainment targets and programmes of study for history and geography in the national curriculum as
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required by section 21(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House.Advertising
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) further to his answer to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, Central (Mr. Fisher) on 11 December, Official Report, columns 332-33, if he will list against each Department and area of responsibility within his Department (a) the expenditure relevant to that department or responsibility in respect of press advertising, (b) the expenditure for television advertising and (c) the figure for other advertising and promotion ;
(2) whether he will publish tables showing the amount spent in each of the last five years by his Department on (a) advertising in the press, (b) advertising on television and radio and (c) other advertising and promotions in respect of (1) health ; (2) education, (3) agriculture, (4) the Valleys initiative, (5) employment and economic issues, (6) promotion of tourism and (7) environmental issues ;
(3) if he will list the 10 most expensive items of expenditure within each of the headings of press advertising, television advertising and other advertising and promotion by his Department in each of the last three years ;
(4) if he will list the publicity campaigns that have been undertaken by his Department in each of the last three years and the sums spent on each in respect of (a) press advertising, (b) television advertising and (c) other forms of advertising and promotion on each.
Mr. David Hunt [holding answers 17-20 December 1990] : A detailed breakdown of expenditure by the Welsh Office on advertising and promotion in 1989-90 is set out in table 1.
Table 2 provides comparable information in respect of the 10 most expensive items/campaigns undertaken in that year.
Equivalent breakdowns for the years prior to 1989-90 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Table 1
Advertising and promotion expenditure: 1989-90
£000
|Television|Press |Other |Total
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Agriculture |- |4 |344 |348
Education |- |- |147 |147
Health |53 |3 |299 |355
Industry, Employment, etc |- |50 |201 |251
Transport |4 |123 |101 |228
Community charge |- |123 |327 |450
CADW |- |30 |133 |163
Other |- |21 |206 |227
|--- |--- |--- |---
Total |57 |354 |1,758 |2,169
Table 2 Major advertising and promotion items/campaigns: 1989-90 £000 -------------------------------------------------- Community charge |- |123|327|450 Festival of food and farming |- |4 |275|279 Misuse of drugs |53 |1 |77 |131 National curriculum |- |- |103|103 Enterprise Wales |- |16 |53 |69 Health exhibition |- |- |64 |64 Drink drive |4 |- |53 |57 Farm conservation grant |- |- |43 |43 Urdd Eisteddfod |- |- |40 |40 National Health Service forum |- |- |35 |35
Village Schools
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the local management of primary schools, with particular reference to the future management and continuation of small village schools in rural Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Local management of schools was introduced for the benefit of all schools. The arrangements enable the local education authorities to take account of disproportionately high costs faced by small schools where they consider it appropriate to do so. Accordingly, rural schools need face no greater threat to their existence under LMS than they did from previous funding arrangements.
As regards the future management of small schools, we have recently consulted LEAs and others about extending delegation of responsibility for managing their budget share to all primary schools by 1 April 1994.
Rural Housing
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any proposals to increase the provision of housing for young people in rural Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Gentleman today.
Alcohol Misuse
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what sums of money within his Department's budgets for (a) press advertising, (b) television, (c) radio and (d) other activities of promotion and publicity have been related to tackling the problem of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years and in the present financial year ; what percentage this constitutes of the finances available under each heading ; and what percentage the total for each year represents of his Department's total publicity budget for that year.
Mr. David Hunt : Funding is made available from the Welsh Office to a number of agencies and organisations for the promotion of sensible drinking habits. It is not possible centrally to identify separate publicity activities.
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Cardiff Bay
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the latest estimated cost of the Cardiff bay barrage, including the initial design and consultancy costs and the costs to his Department of the Bill and its subsequent passage through the House ;
(2) what are the latest figures for public loans, grants and subsidies to the Cardiff Bay development corporation from the beginning of the project to its completion.
Mr. David Hunt : The latest estimates of the cost of the development strategy for Cardiff bay, including the proposed barrage, were contained in the letter of 13 December 1990 from my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Mr. Rowlands), a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
The costs of the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill have been met by Cardiff Bay development corporation and no significant additional costs have been incurred by my Department.
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the number of new jobs which will be created by the works currently being undertaken by the Cardiff Bay development corporation ; and if he will list these new jobs by category of employment ; (2) what is the estimated number of new jobs which will result from the works currently being undertaken by the Cardiff Bay development corporation (a) if a barrage is constructed and (b) if a barrage is not constructed ; and if he will list the jobs, by category of employment, which will be created if a barrage is constructed.
Mr. David Hunt : The works currently being undertaken by Cardiff Bay development corporation are aimed primarily at bringing land forward for development by the private sector, whose projects will create employment. It is therefore not meaningful to link the creation of permanent jobs with specific activities of the corporation.
The economic appraisal of the development strategy estimated that the following numbers of jobs would be created after 15 to 20 years :
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Type of development |with barrage |without barrage
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B1 (Use class B1) |18,050 |7,950
Industrial |1,050 |1,850
Retail |3,900 |2,850
Leisure |2,350 |450
|------- |-------
|25,350 |13,100
Job Losses |500 |400
|------- |-------
Total |24,850 |12,700
In addition, it is estimated that the following indirect jobs, that is those created through the supply of goods and services to the newly developed areas as well as induced jobs, those arising through the spending of those newly employed in the area and as a result of the indirect employment, would be created.
|Direct |Indirect|Total
|(net)
----------------------------------------------------
With barrage |24,850 |7,450 |32,300
Without barrage |12,700 |3,800 |16,500
River Taff (Sewage Discharges)
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated tonnage of raw sewage and partly treated sewage released into the River Taff and its tributaries by sewage treatment plants in 1987-88, 1988-89 and 1989-90 ; and what is the projected tonnage for 1990-91.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : This information is not available. I understand that most of the raw or partially treated sewage discharged into the River Taff is from emergency or storm sewer overflows. The operation of such overflows and volumns discharged vary according to weather conditions. The consented volumes of discharges and the results of sampling of controlled waters undertaken by the National Rivers Authority are entered on to public registers maintained by the authority.
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures are to be taken to stop the flow of raw effluent into the River Taff and its tributaries from sewage treatment plants working in that catchment area.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : This is a matter for the National Rivers Authority and those discharging the effluent. I have asked the NRA to write to the hon. Gentleman on this matter.
Funerals
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will bring forward legislation to amend the Town and Country Planning (Use Clauses) Order, S.I. (1987), No. 764, so as to exclude chapels of rest, mortuaries and funeral parlours from the category of "Director of Funerals" in class A1.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : This matter was considered as part of the review which preceded the 1987 order and it was decided to make no change.
NHS Employees
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mr. Griffiths) on 13 December, Official Report, column 508, he
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will place in the Library a copy of the advice to employees on their duty to avoid any conflict of interest between their responsibilities as national health service employees and their private and commercial interests, or a full summary of guidance that has been given to employees, which employees are expected to observe pending the publication of any fresh and authoritative advice by his Department.Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Advice given to staff is essentially a matter for individual health authorities as employers.
Existing departmental guidance which is of long standing is limited to a statement of principle as regards the expected conduct of staff in connection with the acceptance of gifts and hospitality and the pursuit of private transactions with contractors and other suppliers of goods to the NHS. The new central guidance now being prepared will update and expand upon those principles and will set out general rules to be followed in circumstances where the private interests of employees may conflict with their public duties or where the suspicion of such a conflict may arise.
Welsh National Opera
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the sums of money from all sources which he is making available directly from his Department or in conjunction with others to the Welsh National Opera in the present financial year ; what were the comparable figures in 1989-90 ; and if he will list the projected figures for 1991-92 and subsequent years insofar as firm or tentative projections have been made ;
(2) what discussions have taken place between Welsh Office Ministers, or officials and the Welsh National Opera on finances ; what differences have arisen over the financial contribution of Government to the Welsh National Opera ; and what differences still remain ;
(3) if he will make a full statement on financial arrangements for the Welsh National Opera in the present financial year and in 1991 and future financial years.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The Welsh National Opera company is funded jointly by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Welsh Arts Council, which is itself a committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain and is funded by them. The Arts Council of Great Britain is funded by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Arts. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him today by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Arts about the financial position of the Welsh National Opera company.
We have received representations both from representatives of the Welsh National Opera company direct and from others on its behalf about the implications of the Arts Council of Great Britain's decision not to give the company a grant from the enhancement fund in 1991-92. We are informed that further discussions are planned between the company and the Arts Council of Great Britain. We welcome this and hope for a satisfactory outcome.
Health Service
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will order an investigation into Powys health authority's recent inability to find money to buy wardrobes for long stay patients on ward D at Bronllys.
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Mr. Nicholas Bennett : No. This is a matter for Powys health authority, which advises that the residents on Defynnog ward have individual wardrobes.Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes he intends to make to the level of finances he will give to health authorities in Wales and the way the cash is distributed ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : My right hon. Friend is considering the changes needed to bring the distribution of resources to health authorities in Wales in line with the new arrangements introduced by the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. The service was consulted on proposals for capital funding last year and consideration is now being given to the detail of their implementation. A consultation paper on options for a new revenue formula was issued last week and copies have been placed in the Library of the House.
The level of funding required by health authorities in Wales is determined each year in the context of public expenditure plans and my right hon. Friend will be making an announcement in due course on the allocations to health authorities for the next financial year.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the increase of £183 million in expenditure on the national health service in Wales, announced in his Department's press release of 12 December, includes the £11 million to be found from cuts and income generation schemes which he refers to in the same press release.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the opportunity to clarify the position.
The expected £11 million from cost improvements and income generation is in addition to the £183 million increase in Welsh Health Spending announced in December last year. The NHS in Wales will therefore benefit from both the record cash increase and the internally generated funds in its continuing drive to put the interests of patients first and deliver the highest possible standard of care.
It is, or course, wrong and misleading to refer to genuine efficiency savings as cuts.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for the last three financial years, the current financial year and the next financial year (a) the forecast of health service inflation which was being made by his Department when the announcement of provision for each of the above years was made, (b) the actual level of health service inflation for each year for which it is known and his latest estimate for 1990-91, (c) the forecast of general inflation made by the Government and at the nearest available date to the announcement referred to in (a) above and (d) the actual level of general inflation for each of the years for which it is known and his latest estimate for 1990-91.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : When notifying health authorities of their cash allocations each year, the Department informs authorities of the forecast level of general inflation which has been given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his autumn statement. For the years 1987-88 to 1990-91 these forecasts were :
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|Per cent.
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1987-88 |3.75
1988-89 |4.5
1989-90 |5.0
1990-91 |5.0
Authorities are also advised that they should make prudent provision for pay and price rises within the cash allocation which they receive. While the announcement of allocations for 1991-92 has yet to be made, the forecast level of general inflation next year, as announced by the Chancellor in his autumn statement is 6 per cent. The cash increases provided to health authorities at the start of the year exceeded the Chancellor's forecasts. In addition, authorities have received, during the course of each financial year, additional recurrent funding to meet the excess cost (over and above the level of forecast inflation) of review bodies' pay awards (for doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives and for the professions allied to medicine). In 1988-89, authorities also receive additional recurring funds to meet the cost of the clinical nurses regrading review.
Information relating to the actual level of pay and price inflation experienced by Welsh health authorities is not available centrally. This will vary from authority to authority depending on the proportion and composition of their spending on pay and non pay expenditure. However, information is compiled by the Department of Health on the actual overall level of inflation experienced within hospital and community health services' expenditure in England and for the period 1987-88 to 1989-90 the figures were :
|Per cent
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1987-88 |8.5
1988-89 |10.5
1989-90 |7.3
An equivalent figure for 1990-91 is not yet available. The information requested on the actual level of general inflation in the years 1987-88 to 1989-90, together with the latest estimated for 1990-91, is as follows :
|Per cent
-----------------------------
1987-88 |5.45
1988-89 |7.30
1989-90 |6.37
<1>1990-91 |8.00
<1>estimate
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for the last three financial years, the current financial year and the next financial year (1) the total amount of direct Welsh Office funds, not including cost savings or income generation, allocated to each district health authority in Wales and for each special health authority in Wales and (2) the total expenditure authorised by his Department for each district health authority and special health authority in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information requested regarding the total allocations (ie revenue and capital) made to each district health authority in Wales and to the two special health authorities in the period 1987-88 to 1990-91 is provided in the table. Allocations to health authorities and to the two special health authorities for 1991-92 will be announced later this month.
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Health authorities have a statutory responsibility to contain their cash expenditure within their notified cash allocations. In the event that an authority's cash spending exceeds its attributable resources, the resultant overspending is retrospectively legitimised by an increase in allocation to cover the overspend. The overspending is recovered in the subsequent financial year when a reduction, equivalent to the level of the previous years' overspend, is made to the allocation of the authority concerned.Column 439
Total Allocation £ million District Health Authority |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |<1>1990-91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clwyd |97.045 |108.964 |115.684 |124.004 East Dyfed |59.335 |67.269 |77.402 |84.958 Gwent |117.356 |129.822 |138.893 |146.224 Gwynedd |59.288 |64.496 |68.264 |72.364 Mid Glamorgan |136.042 |151.923 |161.917 |174.168 Pembrokeshire |22.498 |25.906 |29.046 |30.929 Powys |27.243 |29.992 |32.569 |35.035 South Glamorgan |155.953 |173.657 |188.941 |207.851 West Glamorgan |102.820 |115.949 |123.696 |130.814 Welsh Health Common Services Authority |28.052 |26.494 |28.448 |26.597 Health Promotion Authority for Wales |1.218 |1.838 |2.303 |<2>2.257 <1>Notified allocation as at 9 January. <2>A further allocation of up to £0.3 million is available to the Health Promotion Authority for Wales, against which they may submit bids for specific developments in 1990-91.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list showing what proportion of the money spent (a) by the Welsh Office itself and (b) by each health authority in Wales on training for members of the new health authority boards went on food and accommodation.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : As indicated in my reply to the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnor (Mr. Livsey) on 5 December 1990 at column 151 two events have been held at the all-Wales level. The costs of these have in the main been met by the Welsh Health Common Services Authority on behalf of the health service in Wales. Details are as follows :
|Total cost |Food/
|accommodation
|£ |£
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October briefing event |<1>24,128 |<1>7,511
November event |16,655 |10,055
<1>Excludes accommodation costs of delegates met by individual
health authorities.
Excludes accommodation costs of delegates met by individual health authorities. The Department does not keep records of training costs incurred at the local level by health authorities.
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Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has on the amount that Powys health authority is spending on new flagpoles ; and if he will order an investigation.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Powys health authority advises that there are no plans to purchase new flagpoles.
Valleys Initiative
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list those projects which constitute the £800 million to be spent under the valleys initiative, indicating (a) what proportion of that sum will fall directly on his Department's vote and (b) the amount of money to be spent on each project in each year covered by the £800 million total.
Mr. David Hunt : Provision for the programme for the valleys area over the five years from June 1988 to March 1993 is about £800 million. It covers a wide variety of programmes and it is not possible to list the individual projects except at disproportionate cost.
A breakdown of outturn for 1988-89 to 1990-91 and of provision for 1991-93 for the different categories of expenditure is shown in the following table.
Seventy per cent. of the £781.709 million falls within my Department's vote.
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