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Research Projects
Sir Gerard Vaughan : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will place in the Library a copy of the study carried out at his request jointly by the Committee of
Vice-chancellors and Principals and the research councils into the costs of research projects funded by research council grants.
Mr. Alan Howarth : My right hon. and learned Friend is at present considering the report of this study and he expects the report to be made available to the House.
School Visits
Mr. Knox : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list the schools that he has visited since his appointment as Secretary of State for Education and Science.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : I have visited the following schools since my appointment in November 1990 :
26 November 1990 : Ribston Hall GM grammar school
30 January 1991 : Stockingford first and middle schools and Alderman Smith high school, Warwickshire
1 May 1991 : Jewish Free school, Camden
9 May 1991 : Chaucer technical school and Canterbury High school, Canterbury
17 May 1991 : St. Pauls CE VA school and Hills Road 6th form college, Cambridge
St. Ivo secondary school, Huntingdon
1 June 1991 : Bourne GM primary school, Lincolnshire
7 June 1991 : Rushcliffe school, Nottinghamshire
12 June 1991 : Valley End CE school, Chobham
19 June 1991 : Chestnut Grove school, Balham
On 21 June 1991 I shall visit Harry Carlton school and Djanogly city technology college, Nottingham.
Examinations
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the most recent figures available on pupils' attainments in public examinations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The results from the 1989-90 school examinations survey are the most recent data which we have available on pupils' attainments in public examinations.
The survey shows that for 1989-90 there have been significant improvements in the examination results obtained by candidates both at 16 and at 18. There is also a decrease in the proportion of 16-year-olds achieving no GCSE qualifications. The key statistics which are available from the survey are :
the proportion of 16-year-olds with five or more GCSEs at grades A-C has increased from 33 per cent. in 1988-89 to 35 per cent in 1989-90 ;
the percentage of 16-year-olds with no graded result in GCSE has continued to fall : from 7.5 per cent. in 1988-89 to 7.3 per cent. in 1989-90 ;
the proportion of school leavers gaining two or more A levels has increased from 17 per cent. in 1988-89 to 20 per cent. in 1989-90. this is an increase of seven percentage points on the 1978-79 figure of 13 per cent.
Furthermore, the overall participation rate for 16-year-olds has increased to 60 per cent. from 55 per cent.
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in 1989-90 and 47 per cent. in 1986-87. There is evidence that the introduction of the GCSE has had, and continues to have, a beneficial impact in raising expectations and standards of attainment.Under-fives
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his projection of the number of places available for under- fives at (a) nurseries and (b) play centres in inner London during each of the next five years.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : I have been asked to reply.
The Department does not set norms about levels of day nurseries or play centres for young children and we cannot make realistic projections based on the statistics we do collect.
The Children Act 1989, which comes into force on 14 October 1991, introduces a new review duty for local social services authorities and local education authorities jointly to review every three years the day care services in their area available for children aged under eight, to consult and publish a report.
TRANSPORT
British Rail (Punctuality)
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the punctuality performance targets which have been set for (a) InterCity and (b) other British Rail services.
Mr. Freeman : The following table shows the punctuality targets for British Rail's InterCity, Network SouthEast and regional passenger sectors :
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(a) |InterCity
| plus or minus 10 minutes
(b) |Network SouthEast
| arrive plus or minus 5 minutes
|92 per cent. of all trains to arrive
| plus or minus 5 minutes
|Regional
| distance rural trains to arrive
| plus or minus 10 minutes
|90 per cent. or urban and shorter
| distance rural trains to arrive
| plus or minus 5 minutes
Group Transport 2000 Plus Report
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the implications for the United Kingdom of the recommendations of the Group Transport 2000 Plus report on transport options for the future, released by the European Commission in January.
Mr. Freeman : The report of the Group Transport 2000 Plus is one of a number of sources being used by the EC Commission to prepare a paper on future Community transport policy. We will assess the implications of that paper as a whole when it has been completed.
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Rail Tickets
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to end the exclusivity clause as a condition for the issuing of British Rail tickets ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The conditions of carriage are British Rail's responsibility. I understand that British Rail is considering a number of changes, in line with the Prime Minister's citizen's charter initiative which aims to make public services more responsive to the consumer.
Aircraft Emissions
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress has been made in the study of aircraft emissions foreshadowed in the 1990 White Paper on the environment ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what assessment has been made by his Department of the effects of atmospheric pollution and global warming of the airborne discharges of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide from aircraft.
Mr. McLoughlin : Emissions of CO from civil aircraft amount to about 3 per cent. of total man made CO emissions and contribute in that proportion to the overall effects of these emissions. Aircraft NOx emissions have only a marginal effect on pollution in areas in the vicinity of airports. The effects of these emissions in the upper atmosphere are more complex to assess, and the results of studies to date are not conclusive. My Department will be participating in a proposed European-wide research study
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under the aegis of ECAC into the effects of aircraft emissions in the upper atmosphere. Results from the study of water vapour in the upper atmosphere referred to in the White Paper on the Environment are expected in the near future.Train Doors (Safety)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year for the past five years, and for the current year to date, the locations of passengers who have fallen from passenger trains ; and what type of train set was involved.
Mr. Freeman : The list gives the locations of fatal accidents, those resulting in serious injuries, and those resulting in minor injuries where this information is available. Details of the types of train are also shown, where available ; with numbers representing the class of the stock or locomotive involved. Not all the information is readily available for earlier years. The details given for 1990 and 1991 are provisional.
The following abbreviations are used :
EMU=Electric multiple unit
DMU=Diesel multiple unit
(SD)=Slam door stock
LM=London Midland
W=Western
S=Southern
E=Eastern
Sc=Scottish
A=Anglia
HST=High speed train
LHT=Locomotive hauled train
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Date |Location |Region |Train type
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1986 |Fatalities
4 January |Carronbridge |Scottish |-
19 January |Attleborough/Shilton |London Midland |-
1 March |Temple Hirst |Eastern |-
14 March |Mellis |Eastern |-
3 May |Tollerton |Eastern |-
16 May |Croy Station |Scottish |-
26 May |Earlswood |Southern |-
27 May |Northampton |London Midland |-
29 June |Pencoed |Western |-
7 August |Marks Tey |Eastern |-
29 August |Plawsworth |Scottish |-
27 December |Pyle |Western |-
1986 |Seriously Injured
25 January |Upminster |Eastern |-
19 February |Greenwich |Southern |-
2 March |Broadstairs |Southern |-
4 April |London Bridge |Southern |-
5 April |Pangbourne |Western |-
23 May |Victoria |Southern |-
26 May |Datchet |Southern |455 EMU (sliding doors)
26 May |Boreham |Eastern |-
14 July |Goring Station |Western |-
15 August |Redruth Viaduct |Western |-
16 August |Church Fenton/Peckfield |Eastern |-
13 September |Rhosneiger Station/Ty-Croes |London Midland |-
27 September |Chorley Station |London Midland |-
7 November |Kelvedon |Eastern |-
7 November |Pontypool Station |Western |-
1986 |Minor Injuries
3 January |Windsor Station |Southern |-
17 January |Purley Oaks/South Croydon |Southern |-
8 March |Markinch Station |Scottish |-
13 March |Gloucester Station |Western |-
7 April |Bodmin Parkway |Western |-
14 May |Cambourne Station |Western |-
14 July |Newton Abbott Station |Western |-
14 July |Atherstone |London Midland |-
28 July |Brighton |Volks Electric Railway |Toastrack Tram
15 July |Doncaster/York |Eastern |43 HST
6 December |Skew Bridge Junction |London Midland |-
1987 |Fatalities
4 January |Summit East Tunnel |London Midland |-
21 February |Great Bridgeford |London Midland |-
22 February |Kettering |London Midland |47 LHT (SD)
27 February |Trent Valley Junction |London Midland |304 EMU (SD)
12 April |Backwell |Western |43 HST (SD)
14 April |Highnam Bridge |Western |-
15 May |Wylde Green |London Midland |-
13 June |St. Annes, Bristol |Western |-
27 July |Carpenders Park |London Midland |-
8 August |Wootten Bassett |Western |43 HST
8 August |Carlisle |London Midland |86 LHT (SD)
12 August |Micheldever/Basingstoke |Southern |-
13 August |Micheldever/Basingstoke |Southern |-
19 August |Leighton Buzzard |London Midland |-
19 August |Colton |Eastern |-
20 August |Stevenage |Eastern |-
5 September |Chathill |Eastern |-
6 September |Pangbourne/Goring |Western |-
10 September |Winchburgh/Newbridge |Scottish |-
12 September |Streatham Common/Norbury |Southern |-
21 September |Waterloo |Southern |-
23 October |Wolverton/Coseley (3 died) |London Midland |304 EMU (SD)
24 October |Bentley |Eastern |-
13 November |North Harrow |London Midland |-
1987 |Seriously Injured
21 January |Eastfield |Scottish |101 DMU (SD)
21 January |Stirling North |Scottish |101 DMU (SD)
4 February |Stafford Station |London Midland |-
5 February |Appleby Station |London Midland |-
5 March |Craigenhill |Scottish |LHT (SD)
12 April |Fareham/Portchester |Southern |-
6 June |Bethnal Green/Wheeler Street|Eastern |312 EMU (sliding door)
9 June |Treforest |Western |-
19 July |Micheldever |Southern |-
29 August |Balcombe/Three Bridges |Southern |-
6 September |Fratton |Southern |-
7 September |Salisbury |Southern |-
25 September |Sutton Coldfield |London Midland |-
26 September |Lower Sydenham/Catford |Southern |415 EMU (SD)
21 November |Chorley/Adlington |London Midland |116 DMU (SD)
22 November |Foxeswood Tunnel, Bristol |Western |43 HST
26 November |Streatham Common |Southern |-
1987 |Minor Injuries
20 January |Bedminster |Western |-
14 March |Micheldever |Southern |-
1988 |Fatalities
25 January |Faversham/Teynham |Southern |411 EMU (SD)
6 March |North York Moors Railway |- |LHT (SD)
17 March |Shifnal |London Midland |-
16 April |Essendine |Eastern |-
21 May |Banbury Lane |London Midland |-
1 June |Horley |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
4 June |Cockfosters |London Underground- |-
| Piccadilly Line
12 July |West Drayton |Western |43 HST
13 July |Inverkeilor |Scottish |-
15 August |Esher/Hampton Court |Southern |-
| Junction
26 August |Temple Hirst/Hambleton |Eastern |43 HST
26 August |Linlithgow |Scottish |-
29 August |Hersham/Esher |Southern |-
2 September |Uffington Loop |Western |43 HST
13 September |Madeley |London Midland |-
27 October |Pluckley/Ashford |Southern |-
3 November |Congleton |London Midland |-
11 November |Elvanfoot |Scottish |-
9 December |Finchdean |Southern |-
1988 |Seriously Injured
29 January |Northchurch Tunnel |London Midland |-
1 March |Abington |Scottish |-
10 March |Stockport |London Midland |304 EMU (SD)
17 April |Winchester |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
21 May |Swindon |Western |-
15 June |Leagrave/Luton |London Midland |319 EMU (sliding door)
7 July |Brentwood |Anglia |312 EMU (SD)
12 August |Litchfield Tunnel |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
22 September |Swindon |Western |43 HST
30 October |Cradley Heath |London Midland |-
19 December |Cardiff Central/Bridgend |Western |43 HST
27 December |Petts Wood/Orpington |Southern |415 EMU (SD)
28 December |Linlithgow |- |-
1988 |Minor Injuries
10 January |Polmont |Scottish |-
22 January |Kettering |Eastern |-
21 March |Allerton |London Midland |304 EMU (SD)
29 March |St. Helier |Southern |415 EMU (SD)
15 April |Church Minshull |London Midland |LHT (SD)
1989 |Fatalities
19 January |Selhurst |Southern |-
27 February |Finedon Road |London Midland |-
4 March |Sturry/Grove Ferry |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
5 March |Wembley Central |London Midland |-
18 April |East/South Croydon |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
29 May |Forest Hill/Sydenham |Southern |-
28 July |Winwick |London Midland |-
29 July |Esher |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
30 August |Bruton/Castle Cary |Western |43 HST
1 September |Scorton |London Midland |-
4 September |Northwood |London Underground |EMU
| -Metropolitan Line
5 September |Darlington |Eastern |143 DMU (power doors)
15 September |Gatwick Airport |Southern |421 EMU (SD)
17 October |Polehill Tunnel |Southern |411 EMU (SD)
27 October |Severn Tunnel |Western |43 HST
8 November |Grantshouse |Scottish |43 HST
1 December |Marks Tey/Witham |Anglia |81 LHT (SD)
5 December |Chelmsford |Anglia |86 LHT (SD)
14 December |Penge Tunnel |Southern |-
1989 |Seriously Injured
4 January |Stockport |London Midland |LHT (SD)
27 January |Denmark Hill |Southern |411 EMU (SD)
4 March |Llandudno Junction |London Midland |-
14 April |Crofton Park/Catford |Southern |411 EMU (SD)
29 April |Vauxhall/Waterloo |Southern |423 EMU (SD)
2 May |Cardiff Central Station |Western |43 HST
3 May |Cheshunt Station |Anglia |310 EMU (SD)
1 June |Woodgrange Park |Anglia |302 EMU (SD)
14 June |Castle Cary |Southern |-
10 August |Doncaster |Eastern |43 HST
1 September |Orpington/Petts Wood |Southern |415 EMU (SD)
6 September |Maida Vale |London Underground |EMU
| -Bakerloo Line
7 September |Chadwell Heath |Anglia |-
15 September |Craigentinny Depot |Scottish |-
25 September |Newbridge |Scottish |-
1989 |Minor Injuries
13 September |Tonbridge |Southern |411 EMU (SD)
18 November |Branksome |Southern |-
1990 |Fatalities
4 January |Hartshill |London Midland |87 LHT (SD)
10 January |Liphook/Haslemere |Southern |412 EMU (SD)
28 February |Chatham |Southern |412 EMU (SD)
28 February |South Wingfield |London Midland |HST
11 March |Oxted Tunnel |London Midland |LHT (SD)
27 April |Wilmslow |London Midland |90 LHT (SD)
17 May |Weedon |London Midland |LHT (SD)
31 July |Lambrigg/Oxenholme |London Midland |LHT
9 August |Kilburn |London Midland |86 LHT
23 August |Tamworth Low Level |London Midland |-
| (2 deaths)
3 September |Armitage |London Midland |90 LHT
29 September |Tamworth |London Midland |90 LHT
26 October |Fletton |Eastern |43 HST
5 November |Petersfield |Southern |421 EMU (SD)
1 December |Goring/Streatley |Western |43 HST
3 December |Carpenders Park |London Midland |LHT (SD)
18 December |Strechford |London Midland |LHT (SD)
21 December |Weedon |London Midland |87 LHT (SD)
1990 |Seriously Injured
6 February |Ladybank |Scottish |-
24 May |North Kent East Junction |Southern |416 EMU (SD)
7 June |Heaton Park Tunnel |London Midland |504 EMU (SD)
14 July |Waterloo East |Southern |415 EMU (SD)
23 August |Lancaster North Junction |London Midland |86 LHT (SD)
12 October |Chelmsford Station |Anglia |312 EMU (SD)
18 October |Eden Park |Southern |415 EMU (SD)
19 October |Bathampton Junction |Western |43 HST
5 December |Wimbledon |Southern |EMU (SD)
10 December |Wanstead Park |Anglia |DMU (SD)
1990 |Minor Injuries
27 May |Knighton/Leicester |London Midland |-
4 August |Ravenglass & Eskdale |Minature railway |Open toastrack
| Railway
4 October |Metropolitan Junction/ |Southern |416 EMU (SD)
| Waterloo East
1991 |Fatalities
26 January |Canley |Anglia |LHT (SD)
8 March |Deal/Sandwich |Southern |411 EMU (SD)
9 March |Norwich Trowse |Anglia |-
28 March |Sole Street |Southern |413 EMU (SD)
6 April |Hampton in Arden |London Midland |86 LHT (SD)
12 April |Marshfield |Western |43 HST
20 April |Brookwood/Woking |Southern |421 EMU (SD)
27 April |Potters Bar |Eastern |43 HST
28 April |Hartshill/Atherstone |London Midland |87 LHT (SD)
1991 |Seriously Injured
19 January |Barking |Anglia |305 EMU (SD)
9 March |Preston |London Midland |LHT (SD)
London Underground
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of London Underground trains run on time.
Mr. Freeman : Because of the very high frequency of many underground trains, comprehensive data on performance against timetables is not compiled. The Government monitor the average times that passengers wait for trains. In the first quarter of 1991, the average scheduled wait for a train was 2.5 minutes, the actual wait was 3.4 minutes.
Rail Link (Heathrow)
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient investment is provided for a fast rail link to be constructed between Heathrow and central London ; when he expects it to be open for business ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : A total of 80 per cent. of the funding for the Heathrow express will be provided by the British Airports Authority (BAA), the remaining 20 per cent. by British Rail (BR). The timing of BR's contribution is a matter for the board. The expected date of opening of the Heathrow express is now November 1995. This delay is principally attributable to additions agreed with petitioners when the Heathrow Express Railway Act was considered in Committee.
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Manchester Airport Rail Link
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he expects the freeze on investment by British Rail to affect the date of completion of the Manchester airport rail link ; what representations he has received on this matter ; if there is any action he will be taking ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : No ; I have received five letters on this matter.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Domestic Accidents
Mr. Butcher : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many fatal accidents occurred in the home in 1987, 1988 and 1989 ; and how many of these took place in (a) the kitchen and (b) householders' gardens.
Mr. Leigh : The total of fatal accidents in the home for the years 1987-89 are :
Accidental deaths in the home and residential institutions Year |Number --------------------- 1987 |4,208 1988 |4,272 1989 |4,080
The numbers of accidental deaths in the kitchen and the garden for these years are not available.
Sound Diffusion (Directors)
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has any plans to disqualify any of the directors of Sound Diffusion from acting as directors.
Mr. Redwood : I am considering the possibility of application to the court under section 8 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
Newspapers
Mr. Gerald Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will amend section 58(1) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 so that sales of newspapers with an average circulation of 500,000 copies or more outside the United Kingdom will be included in the calculation of a newspaper proprietor's circulation with regard to the need for obtaining this prior consent to make any further newspaper acquisitions.
Mr. Redwood : I have no plans to amend section 58 of the Fair Trading Act 1973. The Government's merger control policy is primarily concerned with the effects on competition in UK markets. The newspaper merger provisions are in addition concerned with the accurate presentation of news and free expression of opinion. Acquisitions by persons owning no newspaper interests in the UK should not raise the same concerns as acquisitions by those who already have a substantial share of the UK newspaper market.
Redwood Publishing Limited
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he intends to refer the acquisition of Redwood Publishing Ltd. by BBC Enterprise to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood : I understand that this acquisition took place in 1988. Under the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 it is not open to me to make a merger reference if more than six months have elapsed since the acquisition took place unless previously concealed facts have emerged. I understand that the merger did not meet the criteria for reference under the Fair Trading Act. However, if the hon. Member has any new information about the acquisition he should bring it to the attention of the Director General of Fair Trading, who advises me on merger cases, so that his office can establish whether there is a merger situation qualifying for investigation under the Act.
Insolvency Service
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases the Insolvency Service has decided not to prosecute ; and for what reasons.
Mr. Redwood : Official receivers in the Insolvency Service submit reports to the Department of Trade and Industry where investigations have shown that criminal offences appear to have been committed. After vetting by the service they are forwarded to the investigation division of the Department with a view to prosecution. Criminal
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proceedings are normally instituted by the Secretary of State although a small number of cases are referred to the Serious Fraud Office or the Crown prosecution service. In considering whether criminal proceedings should be instituted, the principles and criteria laid down in the code for Crown prosecutors are applied, and the prosecutor considers whether he is satisfied that there is admissible, substantial and reliable evidence that a criminal offence known to the law has been committed by an identifiable person and, if he is so satisfied, whether the public interest requires a prosecution. In cases where these criteria are not met, criminal proceedings will not be instituted.During 1990 official receivers submitted 569 reports--627 in 1989--alleging that criminal offences had been committed. During the year convictions were obtained in 290 cases--352 in 1989--resulting in 309 persons being convicted--388 in 1989--of 769 different offences--671 in 1989. Additionally 94 warning letters were issued--107 in 1989--to individuals where there was evidence of an offence having been committed but where it was not considered that proceeding with a prosecution would be in the public interest. During 1990 official receivers also assisted the police or other investigatory authorities in 412 criminal investigations. There were 166 persons convicted during the year in such cases.
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many officials in the Insolvency Service are qualified in (a) law and (b) accountancy ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood : The latest figures available show that 632 officials in the Insolvency Service have studied for accountancy or allied qualifications. Of these, 84 are fully qualified, 14 will be shortly sitting their final examinations and others are still studying. Additionally, a number of officers are also members of the Insolvency Practitioners Association. Some entrants to the Insolvence Service have law degrees, but there are no fully qualified lawyers. Such legal expertise as is required is provided by the solicitors division of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the average time period taken by the Insolvency Service before it initiates legal action ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood : The Insolvency Service initiates legal action based on reports submitted by official receivers where the reports allege that criminal offences have been committed or where a director's conduct is such that he is unfit to be a director of a company and an application should be made for him to be disqualified. In both cases official receivers are targeted to submit reports within 10 months of the winding-up orders in at least 80 per cent. of cases identified for investigation.
Where reports alleging criminal offences are submitted by the Insolvency Service to the investigations division of the Department of Trade and Industry with a view to prosecution, further investigation to establish whether there is admissible, substantial and reliable evidence that a criminal offence known to the law has been committed by an identifiable person is frequently necessary. In all cases where it is decided that the criteria for prosecution laid down in the code for Crown prosecutors are met, the objective is to institute criminal proceedings within four
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weeks of that decision being taken where the case is to be taken summarily. Where the case is to be taken on indictment, the period is eight weeks.Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the average age of staff employed in the Insolvency Service.
Mr. Redwood : This information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Next Steps Agencies
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has identified any further candidates for agency status under the next steps initiative.
Mr. Lilley : As I told the House on 22 May, Official Report, column 475 , I continue to consider the possibility of establishing further agencies in the DTI. I have now identified the DTI accounts branch, Newport, as a candidate for agency status, with a view to its becoming operational later this year.
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HEALTH
Health Authority Spending
Mr. Andrew Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the change in revenue spending in both cash and real terms between 1985 and the latest year for which figures are available for each of the regional and district health authorities in England.
Mr. Dorrell : Figures of total revenue expenditure derived from the annual accounts of regional and district health authorities in England for 1985-86 and 1989-90 (the latest available) are shown in the table.
Although their expenditure cannot be attributed to particular regions, figures for the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals have been included for completeness.
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Total revenue expenditure by health authorities
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Northern RHA |22,431 |27,921 |25,813 |15.1 |(7.5)
Hartlepool |16,980 |21,135 |26,858 |58.2 |27.1
North Tees |26,751 |33,297 |37,472 |40.1 |12.5
South Tees |60,693 |75,545 |86,059 |41.8 |13.9
East Cumbria |34,282 |42,672 |47,772 |39.3 |12.0
South Cumbria |24,433 |30,413 |35,090 |43.6 |15.4
West Cumbria |22,998 |28,626 |31,506 |37.0 |10.1
Darlington |26,771 |33,322 |37,285 |39.3 |11.9
Durham |29,999 |37,340 |37,981 |26.6 |1.7
North West Durham |15,713 |19,558 |22,496 |43.2 |15.0
South West Durham |29,209 |36,357 |40,337 |38.1 |10.9
Northumberland |57,893 |72,060 |77,989 |34.7 |8.2
Gateshead |29,795 |37,087 |40,496 |35.9 |9.2
Newcastle |121,728 |151,517 |173,702 |42.7 |14.6
North Tyneside |21,950 |27,322 |31,906 |45.4 |16.8
South Tyneside |20,879 |25,989 |30,098 |44.2 |15.8
Sunderland |57,580 |71,671 |79,543 |38.1 |11.0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Northern region total |620,085 |771,832 |862,403 |39.1 |11.7
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Yorkshire RHA |27,045 |33,663 |34,349 |27.0 |2.0
Hull |59,783 |74,413 |86,700 |45.0 |16.5
East Yorks |36,018 |44,832 |47,005 |30.5 |4.5
Grimsby |28,084 |34,957 |38,786 |38.1 |11.0
Scunthorpe |25,215 |31,386 |38,127 |51.2 |21.5
Northallerton |13,017 |16,203 |18,883 |45.1 |16.5
York |51,379 |63,953 |66,508 |29.4 |4.0
Scarborough |19,615 |24,415 |29,336 |49.6 |20.2
Harrogate |24,646 |30,677 |33,086 |34.2 |7.8
Bradford |61,573 |76,641 |85,863 |39.4 |12.0
Airedale |29,333 |36,511 |40,280 |37.3 |10.3
Calderdale |30,830 |38,375 |42,794 |38.8 |11.5
Huddersfield |41,492 |51,646 |55,671 |34.2 |7.8
Dewsbury |22,908 |28,514 |31,135 |35.9 |9.2
Leeds Western |83,463 |103,887 |118,493 |42.0 |14.1
Leeds Eastern |77,018 |95,866 |113,694 |47.6 |18.6
Wakefield |43,721 |54,421 |56,459 |29.1 |3.7
Pontefract |24,386 |30,354 |34,477 |41.4 |13.6
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Yorkshire region total |699,526 |870,714 |971,646 |38.9 |11.6
Column 299
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Trent RHA |21,453 |26,703 |29,354 |36.8 |9.9
North Derbyshire |42,151 |52,465 |65,289 |54.9 |24.4
South Derbyshire |86,730 |107,955 |124,701 |43.8 |15.5
Leicestershire |145,232 |180,773 |210,723 |45.1 |16.6
North Lincolnshire |52,135 |64,894 |72,592 |39.2 |11.9
South Lincolnshire |41,696 |51,900 |62,536 |50.0 |20.5
Bassetlaw |14,149 |17,611 |20,767 |46.8 |17.9
Central Nottinghamshire |46,598 |58,001 |68,476 |47.0 |18.1
Nottinghamshire |134,470 |167,378 |184,313 |37.1 |10.1
Barnsley |32,606 |40,585 |47,294 |45.1 |16.5
Doncaster |45,363 |56,465 |68,696 |51.4 |21.7
Rotherham |34,459 |42,892 |50,647 |47.0 |18.1
Sheffield |146,114 |181,871 |206,517 |41.3 |13.6
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Trent region total |843,156 |1,049,493 |1,211,905 |43.7 |15.5
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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East Anglia RHA |8,176 |10,177 |14,103 |72.5 |38.6
Cambridge |64,418 |80,183 |93,403 |45.0 |16.5
Peterborough |34,457 |42,889 |54,307 |57.6 |26.6
West Suffolk |32,917 |40,972 |49,164 |49.4 |20.0
East Suffolk |56,543 |70,380 |79,085 |39.9 |12.4
Norwich |86,543 |107,722 |122,587 |41.6 |13.8
Great Yarmouth and Waveney |30,044 |37,396 |43,579 |45.0 |16.5
West Norfolk and Wisbech |25,168 |31,327 |38,836 |54.3 |24.0
Huntingdon |19,981 |24,871 |33,130 |65.8 |33.2
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
East Anglia regional total |358,247 |445,917 |528,194 |47.4 |18.5
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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North West Thames R.H.A. |23,531 |29,290 |14,529 |(38.3) |(50.4)
North Bedfordshire |33,936 |42,241 |47,610 |40.3 |12.7
South Bedfordshire |39,211 |48,806 |57,034 |45.5 |16.9
North Hertfordshire |23,349 |29,063 |35,899 |53.8 |23.5
East Hertfordshire |28,513 |35,490 |44,191 |55.0 |24.5
North West Hertfordshire |50,752 |63,172 |89,881 |77.1 |42.3
South West Hertfordshire |38,540 |47,971 |39,198 |1.7 |(18.3)
Barnet |65,574 |81,621 |100,785 |53.7 |23.5
Harrow |36,573 |45,524 |52,870 |44.6 |16.1
Hillingdon |54,951 |68,399 |81,347 |48.0 |18.9
Hounslow and Spelthorne |51,572 |64,193 |73,745 |43.0 |14.9
Ealing |40,265 |50,119 |58,157 |44.4 |16.0
Riverside |128,455 |159,890 |171,387 |33.4 |7.2
Parkside |113,626 |141,433 |158,079 |39.1 |11.8
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
North West Thames region total |728,848 |907,212 |1,024,712 |40.6 |13.0
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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North East Thames RHA |28,508 |35,484 |22,791 |(20.1) |(35.8)
Basildon and Thurrock |43,163 |53,726 |65,015 |50.6 |21.0
Mid Essex |42,665 |53,106 |68,785 |61.2 |29.5
North East Essex |55,571 |69,170 |74,673 |34.4 |8.0
West Essex |36,868 |45,890 |55,172 |49.6 |20.2
Southend |42,657 |53,096 |64,492 |51.2 |21.5
Barking, Havering and Brentwood |72,033 |89,661 |98,707 |37.0 |10.1
Hampstead |55,633 |69,247 |80,152 |44.1 |15.7
Bloomsbury |122,450 |152,417 |164,928 |34.7 |8.2
Islington |49,194 |61,233 |69,701 |41.7 |13.8
City and Hackney |81,517 |101,466 |112,469 |38.0 |10.8
Newham |41,765 |51,986 |56,489 |35.3 |8.7
Tower Hamlets |67,183 |83,624 |96,389 |43.5 |15.3
Enfield |38,144 |47,478 |52,316 |37.2 |10.2
Haringey |46,312 |57,646 |64,093 |38.4 |11.2
Redbridge |37,799 |47,049 |54,559 |44.3 |16.0
Waltham Forest |52,726 |65,629 |76,089 |44.3 |15.9
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
North East Thames Region |914,188 |1,137,908 |1,276,820 |39.7 |12.2
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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South East Thames R.H.A. |22,014 |27,401 |25,964 |17.9 |(5.2)
Brighton |55,475 |69,051 |79,969 |44.2 |15.8
Eastbourne |40,508 |50,421 |57,338 |41.5 |13.7
Hastings |27,412 |34,120 |39,727 |44.9 |16.4
South East Kent |34,369 |42,779 |51,820 |50.8 |21.1
Canterbury and Thanet |57,195 |71,192 |77,325 |35.2 |8.6
Dartford and Gravesham |44,350 |55,203 |54,245 |22.3 |(1.7)
Maidstone |34,565 |43,024 |47,560 |37.6 |10.5
Medway |45,252 |56,326 |66,983 |48.0 |18.9
Tunbridge Wells |44,976 |55,983 |59,360 |32.0 |6.0
Bexley |35,608 |44,322 |48,473 |36.1 |9.4
Greenwich |61,135 |76,096 |79,534 |30.1 |4.5
Bromley |51,136 |63,649 |73,192 |43.1 |15.0
West Lambeth |78,949 |98,270 |110,218 |39.6 |12.2
Camberwell |65,562 |81,606 |96,741 |47.6 |18.5
Lewisham and North Southwark |109,019 |135,699 |147,141 |35.0 |8.4
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
South East Thames/Thames region |807,525 |1,005,142 |1,115,590 |38.1 |11.0
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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South West Thames RHA |21,797 |27,131 |72,403 |232.2 |166.9
North West Surrey |38,359 |47,746 |54,029 |40.9 |13.2
West Surrey and North East Hants |37,912 |47,189 |46,466 |22.6 |(1.5)
South West Surrey |33,733 |41,988 |59,690 |76.9 |42.2
Mid Surrey |39,694 |49,408 |54,934 |38.4 |11.2
East Surrey |45,661 |56,836 |62,004 |35.8 |9.1
Chichester |29,626 |36,876 |43,302 |46.2 |17.4
Mid Downs |41,518 |51,678 |60,602 |46.0 |17.3
Worthing |31,931 |39,745 |49,875 |56.2 |25.5
Croydon |58,042 |72,246 |82,053 |41.4 |13.6
Kingston and Esher |40,135 |49,957 |54,258 |35.2 |8.6
Richmond, Twickenham and
Roehampton |34,799 |43,315 |48,141 |38.3 |11.1
Wandsworth |88,156 |109,730 |125,594 |42.5 |14.5
Merton and Sutton |66,913 |83,289 |89,873 |34.3 |7.9
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
South West Thames region total |608,276 |757,134 |903,224 |48.5 |19.3
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Wessex RHA |8,584 |10,684 |11,992 |39.7 |12.2
East Dorset |66,703 |83,027 |101,743 |52.5 |22.5
West Dorset |35,419 |44,086 |46,916 |32.5 |6.4
Portsmouth and South-East
Hampshire |77,200 |96,092 |111,011 |43.8 |15.5
Southampton and South-West
Hampshire |92,872 |115,600 |129,484 |39.4 |12.0
Winchester |34,358 |42,766 |52,061 |51.5 |21.7
Basingstoke |37,284 |46,408 |51,103 |37.1 |10.1
Salisbury |29,021 |36,123 |40,130 |38.3 |11.1
Swindon |39,474 |49,135 |57,393 |45.4 |16.8
Bath |63,564 |79,119 |90,425 |42.3 |14.3
Isle of Wight |22,462 |27,959 |32,518 |44.8 |16.3
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Wessex region total |506,941 |630,999 |724,776 |43.0 |14.9
Column 303
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Oxford RHA |12,949 |16,119 |13,189 |1.8 |(18.2)
East Berkshire |50,361 |62,685 |74,578 |48.1 |19.0
West Berkshire |67,196 |83,640 |95,085 |41.5 |13.7
Aylesbury |38,457 |47,868 |55,015 |43.1 |14.9
Wycombe |27,751 |34,543 |42,123 |51.8 |21.9
Milton Keynes |18,580 |23,127 |32,046 |72.5 |38.6
Kettering |30,846 |38,394 |46,867 |51.9 |22.1
Northampton |53,389 |66,454 |74,155 |38.9 |11.6
Oxfordshire |102,845 |128,013 |154,322 |50.1 |20.6
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Oxford region total |402,374 |500,843 |587,380 |46.0 |17.3
Total revenue expenditure by health authorities
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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South Western RHA |10,119 |12,596 |15,612 |54.3 |23.9
Bristol and Weston |81,977 |102,039 |110,609 |34.9 |8.4
Frenchay |51,638 |64,275 |64,872 |25.6 |0.9
Southmead |46,786 |58,235 |64,700 |38.3 |11.1
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |68,393 |85,130 |98,584 |44.1 |15.8
Exeter |73,958 |92,057 |87,392 |18.2 |(5.1)
North Devon |21,030 |26,177 |36,456 |73.4 |39.3
Plymouth |65,265 |81,236 |91,788 |40.6 |13.0
Torbay |35,258 |43,886 |63,313 |79.6 |44.3
Cheltenham |28,340 |35,276 |48,973 |72.8 |38.8
Gloucester |52,981 |65,946 |74,855 |41.3 |13.5
Somerset |67,521 |84,044 |94,943 |40.6 |13.0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
South Western region total |603,266 |750,897 |852,097 |41.2 |13.5
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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West Midlands RHA |33,075 |41,169 |47,625 |44.0 |15.7
Bromsgrove and Redditch |23,196 |28,872 |33,176 |43.0 |14.9
Herefordshire |25,400 |31,616 |34,993 |37.8 |10.7
Kidderminster |23,928 |29,784 |31,512 |31.7 |5.8
Worcester |42,840 |53,324 |55,121 |28.7 |3.4
Shropshire |61,269 |76,263 |90,752 |48.1 |19.0
Mid Staffs |40,503 |50,414 |56,768 |40.2 |12.6
North Staffs |85,660 |106,623 |124,025 |44.8 |16.3
South East Staffs |32,753 |40,769 |54,062 |65.1 |32.6
Rugby |11,043 |13,745 |15,667 |41.9 |14.0
North Warwickshire |30,538 |38,012 |44,789 |46.7 |17.8
South Warwickshire |40,296 |50,157 |56,635 |40.5 |12.9
Central Birmingham |77,172 |96,057 |117,036 |51.7 |21.8
East Birmingham |36,015 |44,829 |50,430 |40.0 |12.5
North Birmingham |35,914 |44,703 |43,488 |21.1 |(2.7)
South Birmingham |57,549 |71,633 |84,331 |46.5 |17.7
West Birmingham |58,768 |73,150 |77,116 |31.2 |5.4
Coventry |58,592 |72,930 |82,969 |41.6 |13.8
Dudley |48,093 |59,862 |69,667 |44.9 |16.4
Sandwell |36,257 |45,130 |49,421 |36.3 |9.5
Solihull |27,498 |34,227 |37,595 |36.7 |9.8
Walsall |39,171 |48,757 |55,745 |42.3 |14.3
Wolverhampton |48,385 |60,226 |68,249 |41.1 |13.3
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
West Midlands Region Total |973,915 |1,212,252 |1,381,172 |41.8 |13.9
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Mersey RHA |17,385 |21,640 |12,772 |(26.5) |(41.0)
Chester |42,572 |52,990 |57,214 |34.4 |8.0
Crewe |36,011 |44,824 |49,407 |37.2 |10.2
Halton |13,844 |17,232 |22,060 |59.4 |28.0
Macclesfield |32,327 |40,238 |43,673 |35.1 |8.5
Warrington |43,471 |54,109 |57,775 |32.9 |6.8
Liverpool |132,580 |165,024 |184,732 |39.3 |11.9
St. Helens and Knowsley |55,248 |68,769 |71,856 |30.1 |4.5
Southport and Formby |24,231 |30,161 |35,243 |45.4 |16.8
South Sefton |49,699 |61,861 |81,196 |63.4 |31.3
Wirral |60,556 |75,375 |83,555 |38.0 |10.9
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Mersey region total |507,924 |632,223 |699,483 |37.7 |10.6
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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North Western RHA |37,803 |47,054 |42,576 |12.6 |(9.5)
Lancaster |40,593 |50,527 |53,607 |32.1 |6.1
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde |48,810 |60,755 |69,926 |43.3 |15.1
Preston |65,304 |81,285 |80,794 |23.7 |(0.6)
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 54,427 67,747 56,911 4.6 (16.0)
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale |48,735 |60,661 |77,402 |58.8 |27.6
West Lancashire |21,463 |26,715 |28,388 |32.3 |6.3
Chorley and South Ribble |13,182 |16,409 |18,986 |44.0 |15.7
Bolton |38,693 |48,161 |55,469 |43.4 |15.2
Bury |21,995 |27,377 |33,892 |54.1 |23.8
North Manchester |54,516 |67,857 |73,998 |35.7 |9.0
Central Manchester |59,871 |74,522 |84,856 |41.7 |13.9
South Manchester |80,731 |100,487 |111,538 |38.2 |11.0
Oldham |31,492 |39,199 |44,901 |42.6 |14.5
Rochdale |27,193 |33,848 |37,238 |36.9 |10.0
Salford |73,500 |91,487 |99,268 |35.1 |8.5
Stockport |43,631 |54,309 |60,186 |37.9 |10.8
Tameside and Glossop |29,165 |36,303 |45,691 |56.7 |25.9
Trafford |26,970 |33,570 |36,224 |34.3 |7.9
Wigan |42,262 |52,605 |62,727 |48.4 |19.2
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
North Western regional total |860,336 |1,070,878 |1,174,578 |36.5 |9.7
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Hospitals for Sick Children |30,319 |37,739 |49,994 |64.9 |32.5
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery |17,023 |21,190 |25,145 |47.7 |18.7
Moorfields Eye Hospital |12,640 |15,733 |17,216 |36.2 |9.4
Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals |17,773 |22,122 |26,051 |46.6 |17.8
National Heart & Chest Hospitals |28,798 |35,845 |43,757 |51.9 |22.1
Royal Marsden Hospital |21,514 |26,779 |31,684 |47.3 |18.3
Hammersmith & Queen Charlottes |41,921 |52,179 |59,267 |41.4 |13.6
Eastman Dental Hospital |4,804 |5,980 |6,283 |30.8 |5.1
London SHAs total |174,792 |217,567 |259,397 |48.4 |19.2
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |Total-England |9,609,399 |11,961,011 |13,573,377 |41.2 |13.4
Notes:
1. The expenditure and percentage figures for individual authorities can be expected to vary and are influenced by patterns of local service provision, the fact that people do cross authority boundaries for treatment and other factors. Those for regional health authorities (RHAs) in
particular, reflect the extent to which they directly manage services.
2. The balance of service management and accounting responsibility between RHA and districts and between districts varies from region to region and has been subject to changes during the period. For example, in 1989-90 the South West Thames RHA accounted for the total costs of the London
ambulance service which in 1985-86 were shared between the four Thames RHAs, and the Mersey RHA devolved responsibility for the Mersey metropolitan ambulance service to the South Sefton (Merseyside) district. Similarly, responsibility for particular hospitals passed from the South West
Hertfordshire to the North West Hertfordshire and from the Blackburn to the Burnley district health authorities (DHAs) during the period.
3. Parkside DHA was recently created through the merger of former DHAs from which annual accounts comparative figures for 1985-86 are derived.
4. The figures for 1985-86 have been expressed at 1989-90 prices by the use of gross domestic product deflators.
Mr. Andrew Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the change in revenue spending in
Column 306
both cash and real terms between 1985 and the latest year for which figures are available of each of the family health services authorities in England.Column 307
Mr. Dorrell : Family health services authorities (FHSAs) were established under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. Figures of total revenue expenditure derived from the annual accounts of their predecessor family practitioner committees (FPCs) for 1985-86 and 1989-90 the latest available, are shown in the table.Column 307
Total revenue expenditure by family practitioner committees (FPCs)
|1985-86 |1985-86 |1989-90 |Increase/ |Increase/
|£000 |£000 |£000 |(decrease) in cash|(decrease) in real
|(at 1989-90 |terms |terms
|(Cash) |prices) |(Cash) |per cent. |per cent.
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Northern region
Cleveland |38,681 |48,147 |56,041 |44.9 |16.4
Cumbria |34,734 |43,234 |49,078 |41.3 |13.5
Durham |43,327 |53,929 |59,967 |38.4 |11.2
Northumberland |20,950 |26,076 |30,774 |46.9 |18.0
Gateshead |14,487 |18,032 |19,978 |37.9 |10.8
Newcastle |20,815 |25,908 |28,277 |35.9 |9.1
North Tyneside |14,457 |17,995 |20,345 |40.7 |13.1
South Tyneside |10,467 |13,028 |15,399 |47.1 |18.2
Sunderland |20,635 |25,685 |29,972 |45.2 |16.7
Yorkshire region
Humberside |58,050 |72,256 |83,867 |44.5 |16.1
North Yorkshire |50,665 |63,063 |72,694 |43.5 |15.3
Bradford |31,818 |39,604 |46,166 |45.1 |16.6
Calderdale |13,531 |16,842 |19,089 |41.1 |13.3
Kirklees |23,334 |29,045 |34,031 |45.8 |17.2
Leeds |50,784 |63,211 |73,676 |45.1 |16.6
Wakefield |22,086 |27,491 |32,881 |48.9 |19.6
Trent region
Derbyshire |58,527 |72,850 |86,356 |47.5 |18.5
Leicestershire |55,857 |69,526 |80,852 |44.7 |16.3
Lincolnshire |39,703 |49,420 |61,077 |53.8 |23.6
Nottinghamshire |61,736 |76,844 |89,379 |44.8 |16.3
Barnsley |16,030 |19,952 |22,683 |41.5 |13.7
Doncaster |20,110 |25,031 |29,787 |48.1 |19.0
Rotherham |14,760 |18,373 |22,693 |53.7 |23.5
Sheffield |36,971 |46,018 |52,560 |42.2 |14.2
East Anglian region
Cambridgeshire |41,397 |51,528 |60,049 |45.1 |16.5
Norfolk |51,846 |64,534 |78,408 |51.2 |21.5
Suffolk |42,882 |53,376 |62,387 |45.5 |16.9
North West Thames region
Bedfordshire |34,304 |42,699 |47,914 |39.7 |12.2
Hertfordshire |68,282 |84,991 |94,745 |38.8 |11.5
Barnet |21,336 |26,557 |29,141 |36.6 |9.7
Brent and Harrow |36,493 |45,423 |47,640 |30.5 |4.9
Ealing, Hammersmith and
Hounslow |44,941 |55,939 |63,597 |41.5 |13.7
Hillingdon |15,093 |18,787 |21,622 |43.3 |15.1
Kensington, Chelsea and
Westminster |29,982 |37,319 |36,613 |22.1 |(1.9)
North East Thames region
Essex |98,721 |122,881 |146,149 |48.0 |18.9
Barking and Havering |24,298 |30,245 |33,133 |36.4 |9.5
Camden and Islington |27,584 |34,335 |39,041 |41.5 |13.7
City and East London |39,673 |49,382 |61,244 |54.4 |24.0
Enfield and Haringey |31,533 |39,250 |44,213 |40.2 |12.6
Redbridge and Waltham Forest |30,043 |37,395 |41,973 |39.7 |12.2
South East Thames region
East Sussex |51,956 |64,670 |72,058 |38.7 |11.4
Kent |102,493 |127,575 |146,651 |43.1 |15.0
Greenwich and Bexley |26,365 |32,817 |39,507 |49.8 |20.4
Bromley |18,897 |23,522 |26,473 |40.1 |12.5
Lambeth, Southwark and
Lewisham |49,958 |62,184 |69,755 |39.6 |12.2
South West Thames region
Surrey |67,457 |83,966 |93,653 |38.8 |11.5
West Sussex |50,789 |63,219 |71,915 |41.6 |13.8
Croydon |21,642 |26,938 |28,900 |33.5 |7.3
Kingston and Richmond |22,059 |27,457 |29,458 |33.5 |7.3
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth |41,548 |51,716 |55,930 |34.6 |8.1
Wessex region
Dorset |47,542 |59,176 |69,271 |45.7 |17.1
Hampshire |106,395 |132,432 |146,368 |37.6 |10.5
Wiltshire |33,771 |42,035 |48,847 |44.6 |16.2
Isle of Wight |9,712 |12,089 |13,912 |43.2 |15.1
Oxford region
Berkshire |49,560 |61,688 |68,667 |38.6 |11.3
Buckinghamshire |40,210 |50,051 |58,406 |45.3 |16.7
Northamptonshire |36,162 |45,011 |52,399 |44.9 |16.4
Oxfordshire |36,494 |45,425 |52,310 |43.3 |15.2
South Western region
Avon |61,175 |76,146 |87,325 |42.7 |14.7
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |33,441 |41,624 |51,482 |53.9 |23.7
Devon |74,748 |93,040 |108,493 |45.1 |16.6
Gloucestershire |34,439 |42,867 |50,323 |46.1 |17.4
Somerset |31,115 |38,730 |46,583 |49.7 |20.3
West Midlands region
Hereford and Worcester |41,149 |51,219 |61,079 |48.4 |19.3
Shropshire |26,047 |32,421 |37,941 |45.7 |17.0
Staffordshire |63,573 |79,130 |91,252 |43.5 |15.3
Warwickshire |32,060 |39,905 |46,441 |44.9 |16.4
Birmingham |75,457 |93,922 |103,200 |36.8 |9.9
Coventry |22,339 |27,806 |31,250 |39.9 |12.4
Dudley |18,144 |22,584 |26,128 |44.0 |15.7
Sandwell |21,700 |27,011 |30,606 |41.0 |13.3
Solihull |13,408 |16,689 |19,690 |46.9 |18.0
Walsall |18,527 |23,061 |24,767 |33.7 |7.4
Wolverhampton |17,253 |21,475 |24,209 |40.3 |12.7
Mersey region
Cheshire |65,170 |81,119 |93,511 |43.5 |15.3
Liverpool |37,887 |47,159 |50,581 |33.5 |7.3
St. Helens and Knowsley |23,592 |29,365 |34,950 |48.1 |19.0
Sefton |20,023 |24,924 |29,574 |47.7 |18.7
Wirral |24,545 |30,552 |35,408 |44.3 |15.9
North Western region
Lancashire |99,004 |123,232 |142,826 |44.3 |15.9
Bolton |17,398 |21,656 |24,669 |41.8 |13.9
Bury |13,119 |16,329 |18,399 |40.3 |12.7
Manchester |36,081 |44,911 |51,052 |41.5 |13.7
Oldham |14,496 |18,044 |20,983 |44.7 |16.3
Rochdale |14,225 |17,706 |21,151 |48.7 |19.5
Salford |19,054 |23,716 |26,336 |38.2 |11.0
Stockport |20,652 |25,706 |29,582 |43.2 |15.1
Tameside |15,064 |18,751 |21,547 |43.0 |14.9
Trafford |16,182 |20,142 |22,695 |40.2 |12.7
Wigan |21,731 |27,049 |29,045 |33.7 |7.4
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
England total |3,266,729 |4,066,165 |4,663,050 |42.7 |14.7
Notes:
1. The figures of total revenue expenditure are primarily demand-led payments for family health services (FHS)-payments to general medical
practitioners, phamacists, general dental practitioners and opticians. Expenditure is shown after deduction of charges to patients. Cash
limited revenue expenditure by FPCs for their own administrative expenses is also included in the totals: £45.1 million (cash) in 1985-86 and
£66.5 million (cash) in 1989-90.
2. The figures for 1985-86 have been expressed at 1989-90 prices by the use of gross domestic product deflators.
Operating Theatres
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by regional health authority for (a) 31 March and (b) the latest date he has available, how many operating theatres are closed, listing the reason in each case.
Mr. Dorrell : This information is not collected centrally.
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Hospital Statistics
Sir William Shelton : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give both the number of in-patient and out-patients treated by national health service hospitals in 1969, 1979 and 1989, and the number of those employed by these hospitals in each of these years ; and if he will also give the percentage change in each case.
Mr. Dorrell : The information is given in the tables.
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