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Sir Wyn Roberts : No. Archaeological remains scheduled as being of national importance under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Archaeological Areas Act 1979 are registered as land charges and can be identified during local searches. Details of other archaeological remains are not registered as land charges but information on these is held by the four Welsh archaeological trusts which may be consulted.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to issue a policy planning guidance document in Wales, similar to the PPG 16 issued by the Department of the Environment in November 1990, on archaeology and planning.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Yes. A draft PPG on archaeology and planning in Wales was issued for consultation in September 1990. A copy is available in the Library of the House. We have had a positive response and expect to issue this guidance shortly.
Public Bodies
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the executive non-departmental public bodies in Wales scheduled for financial management and policy reviews during the current financial year.
Mr. David Hunt : In accordance with the arrangements for undertaking regular, five-year reviews of NDPBs announced by the then Prime Minister on 28 January 1988 the Welsh Office will be undertaking financial management and policy reviews of the Welsh Development Agency, Development Board for Rural Wales, Land Authority for Wales, Sports Council for Wales and the Wales tourist board during 1991-92.
Welsh Language
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the outcome of his recent consultation on exemptions from, and implementation timetable for, teaching Welsh in the national curriculum ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : The implementation of the national curriculum and any exemption from it must be considered in the context of my overall policy for the teaching of Welsh in schools. The Education Reform Act 1988 provided that Welsh is an integral part of the curriculum for schools in Wales. I reaffirm the general policy aim, which I announced to the House on 22 January, that Welsh should be studied by all pupils in schools in Wales between the ages of five and 16, though not necessarily to full GCSE level.
The consultation document on exemptions which I issued last November set out specific criteria and circumstances under which I was prepared to consider a limited range of exemptions from the national curriculum requirements to teach Welsh.
I propose that there should be an exemption of incoming pupils who transfer late in their school careers to schools in Wales and who had little or no opportunity for studying the language in school in the previous three years. These draft regulations were widely supported. The regulations will also apply to pupils who meet these criteria and who transfer between schools in Wales. All pupils to whom this exemption will apply, will retain the right to
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study the language if they wish and schools will be encouraged to offer them this option. I now intend to proceed to make the relevant regulations.There was general approval for my proposals to allow an extended implementation timetable for some schools in four LEAs--Dyfed, Gwent, Powys and South Glamorgan. Two of the schools in
Dyfed--Tasker-Millward and Pembroke--have now indicated that they will introduce the national curriculum requirements for Welsh earlier than proposed. I welcome this positive approach. Six other schools requested deferment. Each case has been carefully considered and of these, Fitzalan high school, Cardiff, will be added to the draft order which I am now issuing for consultation.
My proposals set out two very specific sets of criteria for the exemptions of a small number of schools from the key stage 4 requirements for Welsh. The Curriculum Council for Wales and a number of organisations, including some teacher associations, were opposed to any exemption in key stage 4. In view of this response, and the advice received from the Curriculum Council for Wales I have reviewed both sets of proposals strictly in line with the criteria set out in my consultation document.
The first of the exemption proposals related to the five secondary schools in the South Pembrokeshire area covering the period up to 1996-97 by which time all of these schools, in line with the agreement with the LEA, will be expected to introduce fully the key stage 3 requirements. A further 12 schools sought deferment on grounds of similar area characteristics. None was supported by their LEAs and since my proposals applied only to the schools in South Pembrokeshire, the exemptions to be included in a draft order will be limited to these schools.
Secondly, in the consultation document of November 1990, exemption from the key stage 4 requirements was also proposed for a group of seven schools-- six in Clwyd and one in Gwent--with catchment areas or potential catchment areas for pupils across the English border. These proposals reflected the concerns expressed by the headteachers and governing bodies of the schools about the potential loss of pupil numbers. Subsequently a further 11 schools requested similar consideration.
I have carefully considered the position in the light of the review to which I referred above. I have taken into account the significant number of requests for further exemptions on grounds of catchment areas and the impact such exemptions would have on Welsh education in these areas and on my overall policy for teaching Welsh in schools. As a result of the representations made and by consideration of all the factors, I have decided to reduce the number of exemptions in this category. It will be limited to three schools in Clwyd and two in Gwent. These schools are : Darland high school ; St. David's high school, Saltney ; the Maelor school, Penley ; Chepstow and Monmouth comprehensive schools. They will be included in the draft order which I am now issuing for consultation. I should stress that all exempted schools will be encouraged to make arrangements for Welsh to be an option at key stage 4 for those pupils who choose it.
Some secondary schools also requested exemption from the key stage 3 requirements. I made no proposals for such exemption and do not intend to do so. All secondary schools in Wales will be required to introduce the key stage 3 requirements for the teaching of Welsh.
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The Curriculum Council for Wales and other bodies expressed the view that all exemptions should be subject to review. I accept that advice. A review will be carried out in the 1996-97 academic year to consider all exemptions. By that time I will expect all schools and LEAs to have established implementation plans to introduce the teaching of the language in all key stages in line with my overall policy for Welsh which I outlined earlier.Veterinary Investigation Centre, Bangor
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many representations he has received concerning the future of the veterinary investigation centre at Bangor since November 1990 ; and how many of the representations are opposed to the closure.
Mr. David Hunt : Sixteen representations indicating opposition to the closure of the Bangor centre have been received since November 1990.
Farm Costs
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the variable input costs accrued on farms in Wales in each of the last 15 years according to farm size and farm type.
Mr. David Hunt : Information showing the variable input costs for farms of the same types and sizes is only readily available since 1984-85 and is as follows :
Variable costs by type and size
|Small |Medium |Large |All sizes
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Specialist Dairy
1984-85 |- |- |- |23,679
1985-86 |- |- |- |23,259
1986-87 |- |- |- |27,464
1987-88 |- |- |- |22,354
1988-89 |- |- |- |23,750
1989-90 |- |- |- |26,299
Mainly Dairy
1984-85 |- |- |- |26,711
1985-86 |- |- |- |27,374
1986-87 |- |- |- |29,330
1987-88 |- |- |- |26,900
1988-89 |- |- |- |28,273
1989-90 |- |- |- |31,242
All Dairy
1984-85 |11,299 |28,108 |69,248 |24,458
1985-86 |11,275 |27,684 |69,905 |24,317
1986-87 |11,706 |29,492 |69,876 |25,672
1987-88 |10,052 |26,026 |64,263 |23,545
1988-89 |11,140 |26,421 |67,419 |25,133
1989-90 |11,882 |28,930 |72,161 |27,721
Hill and Upland SDA sheep
1984-85 |- |- |- |13,362
1985-86 |- |- |- |13,769
1986-87 |- |- |- |13,943
1987-88 |- |- |- |14,804
1988-89 |- |- |- |14,886
1989-90 |- |- |- |15,068
Hill and Upland SDA Cattle and Sheep
1984-85 |- |- |- |13,188
1985-86 |- |- |- |13,068
1986-87 |- |- |- |15,260
1987-88 |- |- |- |14,874
1988-89 |- |- |- |15,067
1989-90 |- |- |- |19,108
All Hill and Upland LFA Livestock
1984-85 |6,861 |19,167 |42,853 |13,304
1985-86 |6,944 |20,361 |59,168 |13,577
1986-87 |8,115 |21,798 |44,017 |14,952
1987-88 |6,917 |20,707 |52,451 |14,132
1988-89 |7,643 |19,578 |49,441 |14,732
1989-90 |7,534 |20,855 |54,748 |15,133
All Dairy and Livestock
1984-85 |8,312 |24,338 |58,194 |17,354
1985-86 |8,353 |24,373 |56,924 |17,315
1986-87 |9,337 |25,052 |58,228 |18,514
1987-88 |7,694 |22,895 |58,997 |17,247
1988-89 |8,485 |22,278 |58,525 |17,712
1989-90 |8,803 |24,135 |63,991 |19,075
Farm Incomes
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the net farm income figures, excluding breeding livestock appreciation, for farms in Wales according to farm size and farm type in each of the last 15 years.
Mr. David Hunt : Consistent information on net farm incomes by farm type and farm size is only available since 1984-85 and is as follows :
Net farm income by size and type
|Small |Medium |Large |All sizes
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Specialist Dairy
1984-85 |- |- |- |6,346
1985-86 |- |- |- |10,614
1986-87 |- |- |- |10,932
1987-88 |- |- |- |16,073
1988-89 |- |- |- |21,328
1989-90 |- |- |- |21,628
Mainly Dairy
1984-85 |- |- |- |8,507
1985-86 |- |- |- |10,109
1986-87 |- |- |- |12,554
1987-88 |- |- |- |17,096
1988-89 |- |- |- |20,496
1989-90 |- |- |- |21,836
All Dairy
1984-85 |3,075 |7,835 |20,537 |6,901
1985-86 |5,106 |12,143 |27,981 |10,485
1986-87 |5,342 |13,198 |29,266 |11,335
1987-88 |9,459 |16,804 |40,482 |16,341
1988-89 |10,262 |21,893 |54,660 |21,099
1989-90 |10,370 |22,402 |54,032 |21,688
Hill and Upland SDA sheep
1984-85 |- |- |- |10,223
1985-86 |- |- |- |7,026
1986-87 |- |- |- |9,792
1987-88 |- |- |- |9,380
1988-89 |- |- |- |15,283
1989-90 |- |- |- |9,468
Hill and Upland SDA Cattle and Sheep
1984-85 |- |- |- |7,754
1985-86 |- |- |- |9,041
1986-87 |- |- |- |9,348
1987-88 |- |- |- |12,491
1988-89 |- |- |- |16,381
1989-90 |- |- |- |10,881
All Hill and Upland LFA Livestock
1984-85 |3,374 |14,153 |29,409 |8,721
1985-86 |2,632 |14,256 |16,161 |7,616
1986-87 |3,216 |13,101 |24,739 |7,906
1987-88 |3,770 |14,929 |31,692 |9,453
1988-89 |6,454 |19,251 |54,207 |14,250
1989-90 |2,198 |13,762 |43,363 |8,805
All Dairy and Livestock
1984-85 |2,752 |10,665 |24,252 |7,026
1985-86 |3,357 |12,320 |23,031 |7,914
1986-87 |3,609 |12,433 |27,225 |8,508
1987-88 |5,077 |19,970 |33,115 |11,243
1988-89 |7,277 |19,749 |54,436 |15,767
1989-90 |4,019 |16,405 |48,085 |12,277
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the net income from management and investment in farms in Wales in each of the last 15 years according to farm size and farm type.
Mr. David Hunt : Details of management and investment income are only available for years since 1986-87 and are as follows :
(£000)
Farm type Management and investment
income
|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
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Specialist Dairy |6.4 |9.5 |13.5
Mainly Dairy |6.6 |10.5 |13.2
All Dairy |6.4 |9.8 |13.5
Hill and Upland Sheep |2.8 |4.6 |9.1
Hill and Upland Cattle Sheep |1.7 |4.3 |8.6
All Hill and Upland (LFA)
Livestock |1.6 |3.8 |7.9
Farm Investment
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the level of investment in new buildings, plant and machinery in farms in Wales in each of the last 15 years according to farm size and farm type.
Mr. David Hunt : Investment details by farm type and size are not available. Figures for aggregate capital formation in plant and machinery are however published in "Farm Incomes in Wales", volume 4, table 3.11, and average investment per farm, by type and tenure is collected as part of the farm business survey and published annually in the same source.
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the amount of total interest bills and outstanding bank advances secured by farms in Wales in each of the last 15 years according to farm size and farm type.
Mr. David Hunt : This information is not available for the number of years or in the form requested. Data collected since 1985-86 shows average bank advances outstanding and interest payments made per farm to be as follows :
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|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
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LFA Livestock Farms
Average Bank Advance |17.9 |23.2 |35.7 |23.9
Interest Payments |2.6 |3.7 |4.9 |3.6
All Dairy Farms
Average Bank Advance |39.6 |29.1 |32.3 |30.0
Interest Payments |4.8 |5.1 |4.3 |4.2
Forestry
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money has been allocated by his Department to Coed Cymru in each year since 1985 ; and what is the estimated allocation to be granted for 1991- 92.
Mr. David Hunt : Coed Cymru does not receive any financial support from the Welsh Office but is jointly funded by the Forestry Commission, the Countryside Council for Wales and local authorities.
Unfit Dwellings
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table of the most recent available data showing the number of unfit dwellings in each local
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authority area in Wales, for the categories (a) unfit local authority properties, (b) unfit housing association properties, (c) unfit public sector properties, other than local authority- owned and (d) unfit private sector properties, other than housing association owned.Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The 1986 Welsh house condition survey estimated the number of unfit dwellings in each local authority area in Wales for the following categories :
(a) local authority properties
(b) Housing Association properties
(c) New Town Corporation properties
(d) private Sector properties
as shown in the following table :
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Unfit dwellings in Wales, 1986
|Total |Local authority|New Town |Housing |Private
|corporation |association<1> |sector<2>
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Alyn and Deeside |1,253 |62 |- |- |1,192
Colwyn |257 |85 |- |- |173
Delyn |450 |95 |- |- |355
Glyndwr |623 |43 |- |- |580
Rhuddlan |537 |- |- |- |537
Wrexham Maelor |1,665 |857 |- |- |807
Carmarthen |1,216 |91 |- |- |1,125
Ceredigion |3,499 |111 |- |41 |3,348
Dinefwr |1,902 |36 |- |- |1,867
Llanelli |2,960 |707 |- |- |2,253
Preseli |2,908 |104 |- |- |2,804
South Pembrokeshire |832 |63 |- |- |769
Blaenau Gwent |2,903 |399 |- |- |2,504
Islwyn |771 |44 |- |- |727
Monmouth |2,199 |220 |- |81 |1,898
Newport |953 |78 |- |- |875
Torfaen |976 |66 |- |- |910
Aberconwy |281 |122 |- |- |160
Arfon |1,285 |239 |- |- |1,047
Dwyfor |1,611 |94 |- |- |1,517
Meirionnydd |310 |- |- |- |310
Ynys Mon |966 |110 |- |- |857
Cynon Valley |3,882 |167 |- |- |3,715
Merthyr Tydfil |2,271 |150 |- |42 |2,079
Ogwr |3,107 |323 |- |- |2,783
Rhondda |4,533 |279 |- |141 |4,113
Rhymney Valley |2,006 |157 |- |58 |1,791
Taff-Ely |2,492 |202 |- |- |2,289
Brecknock |929 |18 |- |31 |880
Montgomeryshire |1,591 |- |- |- |1,591
Radnor |461 |- |- |- |462
Cardiff |8,315 |1,561 |- |- |6,754
Vale of Glamorgan |1,389 |271 |- |- |1,118
Port Talbot |1,354 |558 |- |- |796
Lliw Valley |1,881 |108 |- |- |1,773
Neath |1,799 |256 |- |- |1,543
Swansea |5,320 |767 |- |- |4,553
WALES |71,687 |8,440 |- |394 |62,853
<1> Includes charitable trusts
<2> Owner occupied and private rented
Source: 1986 Welsh House Condition Survey
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Abattoirs
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to increase resources for the smaller abattoirs of Wales.
Experimental Husbandry Farm, Pwllpeiran
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make a statement on the future of the experimental husbandry farm at Pwllpeiran.
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Mr. David Hunt : I will write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Homelessness
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing, for each local authority in Wales, the number of persons accepted as homeless in each year since 1979 inclusive.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The numbers of persons accepted as homeless by each local authority for each year since 1979 are shown in the table.
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Persons accepted as homeless 1979-1990 by district
|1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |<1>1987|1988 |1989 |<2>1990
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Aberconwy |151 |203 |159 |130 |99 |167 |74 |153 |177 |108 |162 |137
Alyn and Deeside |301 |250 |205 |237 |251 |239 |427 |366 |330 |485 |528 |474
Arfon |80 |59 |51 |55 |61 |38 |62 |51 |102 |63 |65 |77
Blaenau Gwent |333 |361 |388 |464 |459 |454 |447 |489 |463 |595 |695 |841
Brecknock |69 |114 |86 |160 |152 |134 |217 |162 |180 |176 |243 |269
Cardiff |690 |1,410 |973 |1,053 |730 |862 |1,646 |1,751 |1,592 |2,971 |3,334 |2,483
Carmarthen |187 |160 |152 |127 |192 |138 |218 |165 |255 |213 |164 |137
Ceredigion |94 |102 |92 |103 |149 |203 |149 |140 |188 |187 |180 |331
Colwyn |55 |40 |42 |72 |55 |60 |71 |102 |104 |87 |93 |103
Cynon Valley |898 |1,018 |965 |985 |1,207 |959 |840 |942 |603 |710 |530 |623
Delyn |175 |151 |264 |240 |197 |255 |297 |391 |712 |679 |1,002 |825
Dinefwr |49 |34 |35 |108 |31 |67 |104 |93 |141 |185 |124 |181
Dwyfor |138 |60 |106 |74 |69 |124 |126 |142 |163 |119 |178 |162
Glyndwr |56 |54 |63 |39 |37 |52 |64 |55 |63 |30 |43 |46
Islwyn |189 |175 |159 |68 |118 |143 |142 |139 |121 |204 |313 |370
Llanelli |133 |100 |140 |179 |219 |213 |227 |371 |408 |302 |343 |297
Lliw Valley |113 |129 |134 |140 |119 |204 |158 |205 |254 |143 |288 |338
Meirionnydd |369 |489 |235 |145 |159 |106 |106 |147 |137 |210 |230 |250
Merthyr Tydfil |454 |392 |272 |238 |253 |232 |225 |179 |207 |191 |359 |496
Monmouth |515 |380 |532 |437 |475 |447 |717 |664 |618 |576 |357 |281
Montgomeryshire |124 |110 |125 |89 |83 |58 |52 |97 |100 |156 |127 |188
Neath |481 |483 |624 |<3> |1,016 |965 |806 |793 |629 |636 |496 |610
Newport |864 |1,110 |1,358 |1,300 |1,218 |1,199 |1,513 |1,258 |1,550 |1,635 |2,460 |2,696
Ogwr |338 |343 |517 |736 |599 |448 |826 |1,667 |994 |1,193 |1,176 |1,332
Port Talbot (Afan) |170 |133 |94 |112 |160 |226 |164 |304 |357 |327 |442 |303
Preseli Pembrokeshire |135 |164 |130 |97 |96 |78 |148 |108 |176 |194 |153 |209
Radnorshire |19 |38 |45 |14 |19 |34 |54 |23 |31 |60 |36 |64
Rhondda |569 |834 |1,164 |1,049 |852 |479 |317 |320 |268 |270 |292 |166
Rhuddlan |237 |139 |172 |257 |268 |204 |242 |249 |296 |256 |273 |293
Rhymney Valley |534 |720 |510 |284 |418 |344 |629 |643 |410 |580 |655 |439
South Pembrokeshire |143 |188 |181 |202 |230 |280 |224 |165 |210 |271 |241 |248
Swansea |1,604 |1,838 |2,820 |1,887 |1,416 |1,396 |762 |685 |654 |439 |345 |450
Taff-Ely |390 |253 |200 |188 |158 |176 |186 |278 |321 |395 |442 |568
Torfaen |1,049 |978 |723 |790 |675 |426 |531 |958 |708 |881 |968 |1,216
Vale of Glamorgan |620 |749 |636 |1,329 |896 |726 |570 |427 |293 |755 |1,042 |1,160
Wrexham Maelor |235 |471 |353 |212 |238 |441 |411 |567 |522 |717 |740 |863
Ynys Mon |137 |83 |33 |26 |44 |54 |50 |62 |65 |106 |49 |97
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Wales Total |12,698 |14,315 |14,738 |13,626 |13,418 |12,631 |13,802 |15,311 |14,402 |17,105 |19,168 |19,623
<1> Excludes data for Islwyn for the October to December quarter.
<2> Figures exclude those made homeless in Colwyn as a result of the major flooding incident in February 1990. No breakdown
by number of persons is available.
<3> = Not available.
Farm Diversification
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of representations received by his Department concerning the axeing of grant aid for converting farm buildings into tourist accommodation under the farm diversification grant scheme ; and how many representatives have been critical of this decision.
Mr. David Hunt : The statutory instrument ending capital grant assistance for tourist accommodation, other than for camping and bunkhouse barns, under the farm diversification grant scheme came into operation on 16
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January 1991. As of 30 April my Department had received 11 letters concerning the withdrawal of this grant assistance, of which 10 questioned the decision.Education Spending
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing (a) the revenue budget for 1990-91 and (b) the standard spending assessment for 1990-91 for each local education authority in Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : The standard spending assessment for each county council in Wales relates to the totality of
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services it provides and is not hypothecated to individual services. The following table gives the 1990-91 standard spending assessment for each county, together with the comparable estimated revenue expenditure :
1990-91
£ million
|Estimated net |Standard spending
|revenue |assessment
|expenditure<1>
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Clwyd |244.9 |225.4
Dyfed |208.5 |202.3
Gwent |256.4 |248.4
Gwynedd |145.5 |142.2
Mid Glamorgan |328.7 |320.1
Powys |78.0 |77.7
South Glamorgan |234.7 |228.7
West Glamorgan |221.4 |205.4
<1> Net of sales, fees, charges and specific grants.
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing (a) the capital bid for 1990-91 and (b) the capital allocation for 1990-91 for each local education authority in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Capital resources for Welsh local authorities, including those allocated to education authorities are distributed mainly by means of formulae which have been endorsed by the local authority associations. They are not hypothecated to particular services and are not subject to bids. At the all-Wales level I set the total assumed gross expenditure for education in 1990-91 at £53.7 million. The latest available projection, at October 1990, by local authorities of their planned spending was £49.3 million.
WDA Industrial Units
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh Development Agency industrial units are empty awaiting tenants in each of the counties of Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : The information is as follows :
Number of units vacant and available for letting \(as at 30 April 1991) County |Number ------------------------------ Clwyd |55 Dyfed |42 Gwent |87 Gwynedd |62 Mid Glamorgan |76 South Glamorgan |3 West Glamorgan |38
These vacancies represent 11 per cent. of the agency's total portfolio.
Housing Investment Programme
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing, for each local authority in Wales, the (a) 1990-91 housing investment programme bid and (b) 1990-91 housing investment programme allocation of capital spending.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Local authorities were not asked to specify in their housing strategy and investment programmes the level of central Government input they
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required towards their 1990-91 housing programmes. Details of housing annual capital guidelines--ACG--and supplementary credit approvals--SCA--for discretionary home renovation grants and special projects for each authority in 1990-91 are given in the table. The figures exclude resources for old style home improvement grants and mandatory home renovation grants for which final claims have yet to be submitted.
£ million
Authority |Housing ACG |SCA |SCA
|Discretionary|Other
|Grants
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Alyn and Deeside |1.752 |0.157 |0.130
Colwyn |1.077 |0.137 |0.286
Delyn |1.611 |0.143 |0.850
Glyndwr |1.093 |0.125 |-
Rhuddlan |1.053 |0.164 |1.904
Wrexham Maelor |5.925 |0.298 |0.230
Carmarthen |1.277 |0.202 |0.306
Ceredigion |1.227 |0.248 |0.520
Dinefwr |0.996 |0.189 |2.015
Llanelli |3.757 |0.335 |-
Preseli Pembroke |2.004 |0.327 |1.576
South Pembroke |1.066 |0.116 |-
Blaenau Gwent |3.597 |0.433 |0.267
Islwyn |1.884 |0.180 |1.750
Monmouth |2.150 |0.290 |1.624
Newport |2.971 |0.312 |2.834
Torfaen |3.580 |0.213 |2.183
Aberconwy |1.279 |0.158 |0.400
Arfon |2.206 |0.233 |2.537
Dwyfor |0.915 |0.186 |0.415
Meirionnydd |0.696 |0.108 |1.534
Ynys Mon |1.675 |0.203 |1.151
Cynon Valley |2.328 |0.522 |5.257
Merthyr Tydfil |2.167 |0.210 |0.997
Ogwr |3.306 |0.351 |0.220
Rhondda |2.325 |0.548 |3.931
Rhymney Valley |4.035 |0.373 |0.300
Taff Ely |2.602 |0.229 |-
Brecknock |1.051 |0.166 |0.965
Montgomeryshire |1.260 |0.242 |2.395
Radnorshire |0.418 |0.119 |0.344
Cardiff |7.089 |0.949 |6.090
Vale of
Glamorgan |2.487 |0.314 |-
Port Talbot |3.085 |0.204 |1.070
Lliw Valley |2.222 |0.263 |0.342
Neath |2.157 |0.181 |-
Swansea |6.608 |0.571 |1.090
|---- |---- |----
Wales |86.929 |10.000 |45.513
Right to Buy
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of right-to-buy sales completed in each local authority in Wales since the Housing Act 1980 came into force.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information is given in the table :
Total Right to Buy Sales<1>
Welsh Districts |October 1980-December 1990
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Aberconwy |1,712
Alyn and Deeside |1,509
Arfon |1,369
Blaenau Gwent |2,322
Brecknock |1,435
Cardiff |7,607
Carmarthen |171
Ceredigion |1,417
Colwyn |0
Cynon Valley |1,481
Delyn |1,215
Dinefwr |872
Dwyfor |385
Glyndwr |1,244
Islwyn |3,654
Llanelli |3,352
Lliw Valley |1,895
Meirionnydd |871
Merthyr Tydfil |2,193
Monmouth |1,859
Montgomeryshire |1,333
Neath |2,398
Newport |4,077
Ogwr |4,520
Port Talbot |3,455
Preseli Pembrokeshire |2,269
Radnorshire |571
Rhondda |741
Rhuddlan |912
Rhymney Valley |3,675
South Pembrokeshire |833
Swansea |4,010
Taff-Ely |3,820
Torfaen |3,706
Vale of Glamorgan |2,578
Wrexham Maelor |3,488
Ynys Mon |1,634
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Wales Total |80,583
<1> Excludes right to buy sales from New Towns.
Urban Motorways
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total mileage of urban motorway in each urban area of Wales (a) already constructed and in operation, (b) under construction at present and (c) planned for the future.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The only length of motorway in Wales fitting this definition is the 1.5 mile M4 Port Talbot bypass in West Glamorgan. No additional urban motorways are either under construction or planned.
Official Visits
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost to his Department of his visit to Fishguard and west Wales on 1 May.
Mr. David Hunt : On Wednesday 1 May 1991, I was received by the mayor of Fishguard and Goodwick town council at the town hall Fishguard where I was introduced to county, district, and local representatives.
I was then taken on a tour of Fishguard and Goodwick area by coach with the town clerk, Mr. Harold Rees, including a visit to the Fishguard factory of Slimma (Wales) Limited.
At a formal meeting later in the town hall I received presentations from the following speakers :
Mr. C. B. Fenemore--Route Director, Sealink Stenna, Fishguard harbour.
Mr. A. Daniels--Executive Director, Welsh Development Agency. Mr. D. K. Jones--County Engineer and Surveyor, Dyfed County Council.
Mr. R. Anderson--Planning Officer, Preseli Pembroke-shire District Council.
Chief Inspector Horne--Dyfed Powys police.
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Councillor W. Lloyd Evans-- County/District/Town Council. Mrs. M. Griffiths--Chairman, Fishguard and Goodwick Chamber of Trade.Councillor A. Allison--District/Town Council.
Councillor B. Colnet--Fishguard and Goodwick Town Council. Councilor D. Davies--District/Town Council.
Mr. Geraint Howells--MP, Ceredigion and North Pembrokeshire. At the conclusion of the meeting, I visited Fishguard harbour and attended lunch aboard the Stenna Felicity hosted by Sealink Stenna. During the afternoon I had meetings with local NFU and FUW representatives, Carningli rural initiative, the Fishguard music festival, the spirit of youth festival, Gwyl Gwaun, the chamber of trade, including political meetings at Fishguard Bay hotel. As soon as the cost of the visit to the Welsh Office is known, I shall write to the right hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Mumbles (Development)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he will inform Swansea city council and other interested parties of which procedures he has decided to adopt in relation to his determination of the Bright and Pepper/Fairclough development at Mumbles, Swansea.
Mr. David Hunt [holding answer 3 May 1991] : I shall announce the procedures as soon as I am content that the environmental assessment submitted by the applicants is complete.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will take steps to inform Swansea city council and other interested parties of the procedures which are to be followed in relation to the environmental impact study by (a) the developer, Bright and Pepper/Fairclough, and (b) the independent consultants appointed by Swansea city council to ensure that all information necessary to determine the application for development at Mumbles, Swansea, is available to him.
Mr. David Hunt [holding answer 3 May 1991] : My officials are scrutinising the environmental statement and supplementary information submitted by the developers and others. Should the environment information provided be considered inadequate to complete a full assessment, the developers will be required to supply further information under regulation 20 of the Town and County Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988. In this event, Swansea city council and the other statutory consultees will be informed.
DEFENCE
Atomic Weapons Establishment (Cardiff)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those occasions since 1979 on which incidents have occured at AWE, Cardiff, involving a release of argon gas contaminated with beryllium powder into the atmosphere.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : There have been no such occurrences.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give details of the standard procedure to be
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followed at AWE, Cardiff if the steel vessel containing beryllium powder were to burst within the furnace under pressure ; whether that standard procedure has been altered during the past 10 years ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : It would not be in the national interest to give details of AWE Cardiff's processing operations. However, during the site's many years of work with beryllium the most stringent health and safety procedures have been developed including careful control and monitoring. In the event of an abnormal occurrence the systems are designed to safeguard the work force, the public and the environment against potential hazard.
Gulf War
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many under-18s were injured or killed whilst serving in the armed forces during the Gulf war.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : According to our records, no service personnel under 18 years of age were injured during hostilities in the Gulf, but one soldier aged 17 was killed.
Premature Voluntary Release
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the latest figures for the rate of premature voluntary release in (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The latest premature voluntary
release--PVR--annual exist rates are for the year to 31 March 1991 and are given in the table.
|Percentage
|rate
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Officers
RN/RM |3.24
Army |4.19
RAF |2.31
Service men
RN |6.21
RM |6.42
Army |2.83
RAF |4.22
PVR figures for females are not currently available, but are being collated for future publication. The figures in the table therefore relate to males only.
Army Helicopters
Mrs. Maureen Hicks : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make further resources available to improve the defence capability of Army helicopters in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The defensive capabilities of Army helicopters are kept under review.
Schools (Efficiency Exercise)
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money has been awarded under the Ministry of Defence's efficiency exercise incentive scheme to private schools ; and if he will make a statement.
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