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Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 25 June 1991
TRANSPORT
Channel Tunnel
Mr. Rowe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to receive the environmental assessment report on the proposed high -speed rail link ; and if he will then publish it.
Mr. Freeman : The environmental assessment which British Rail has been carrying out of the safeguarded section between Cheriton and Upper Halling may need revision, depending on the choice of a preferred route for the whole rail link. However, before embarking on the formal approval process for the rail link, British Rail intends to prepare and publish a full environmental statement for the complete route between the channel tunnel and London.
Motorways (Litter)
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has paid Warwickshire county council as its agent for clearing litter from the M6 in Warwickshire each year for the last five years.
Mr. Chope : Separate figures for litter clearance on the M6 in Warwickshire are not available. The amounts paid by the Department to Warwickshire county council for sweeping and cleansing, including litter clearance, on those stretches of the M6 in Warwickshire and the west midlands for which it is the Department's agents were :
!
|£
---------------------------------
1986-87 |28,665
1987-88 |30,004
1988-89 |<1>142,480
1989-90 |97,194
1990-91 |<2>42,906
<1> Including £70,000 additional
litter scavenges.
<2> Latest available figure.
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements he has for ensuring value for money in payments made to his agents for clearing litter from motorways.
Mr. Chope : Agent authorities are required to expose litter clearing on motorways to competitive tendering in the same manner as their own highway work. Private sector agents let all this work by competiton.
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who is responsible for monitoring the application of the code of practice on litter under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to motorways.
Mr. Chope : The application of the code to motorways is being monitored both by the Department of Transport and by its agents.
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Air Passenger Breathing Equipment
Mr. Day : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Eurocae standard on passenger protective breathing equipment has now been published ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Eurocae minimum operational performance specification for passenger protective breathing equipment (PPBE), document Eurocae ED-65, was approved for publication by the Eurocae Council on 30 April 1991. I understand that publication is expected by mid-July 1991.
Mr. Day : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will call for a report from the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority on its policy on the use of smoke hoods by its staff when travelling by air.
Mr. McLoughlin : I am advised that the Civil Aviation Authority does not issue smoke hoods to its staff and has no policy concerning the use of smoke hoods by its staff when travelling by air. It is open to all individuals, including CAA staff, to buy a smoke hood for themselves if they so choose ; but I understand that the smoke hoods currently on the market do not meet the CAA's specification for aircraft smoke hoods, being primarily designed for escape from fires in buildings.
Planning Decisions, East London
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce decisions on the extension of the runway at London City airport and the east London river crossing.
Mr. McLoughlin : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Transport expect to receive the inspector's report into the east London river crossing when he has completed it and to make decisions after they have considered it carefully. As regards London city airport, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment to my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Summerson) yesterday at col. 393 .
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received regarding London city airport planning application ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : I have received a number of representations pressing for a speedy decision on the London city airport planning application.
This decision is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment ; I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave yesterday to my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Summerson).
Crash Cushions
Mr. Day : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he anticipates the production of a British or equivalent European performance specification for roadside crash cushions, following the recent submission of a draft specification to the CEN 226 committee.
Mr. Chope [holding answer Monday 24 June 1991] : Harmonised European standards covering terminology,
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performance specification and impact testing procedures for vehicle safety restraint systems, including crash cushions, are now being prepared by working group 1 of CEN technical committee No. 226 ("Road Equipment").The current target date for the draft standards is December 1991 with the publication stage in late 1993.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Immigration
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was discussed, and what agreements were reached, with other European Community ministers during his talks on 13 June with the ad hoc group on immigration ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend to a question from my hon. Friend the member for Westminster, North (Sir J. Wheeler) on 20 June 1991 at columns 242-43.
Mr. Gordon Warren
Mr. Forman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on when the review of the case of Mr. Gordon Warren will be completed ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I understand that the review has been completed and the matter is now under consideration by the commissioner.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to increase fines on airlines carrying asylum seekers.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The level of the charge payable under the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 in respect of inadequately documented passengers is under review.
Prisoners
Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions prison inmates have been offered ex gratia payments if they would cease making allegations of improper treatment in prison and would undertake not to seek further publicity.
Mrs. Rumbold : Payments are sometimes made, on legal advice in the normal course of litigation, in settlement of claims by prison inmates. In a few cases, the agreement to settle has been subject to an undertaking that the prisoner would not take any further legal proceedings on the claim or seek publicity about the terms of the settlement. Records are not kept of the number of cases in which "no publicity clauses" have been used, but they are believed to be rare, and their use is being reviewed.
Mr. Karamjit Singh Chahal
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will cancel the deportation notice issued against Mr. Karamjit Singh Chahal, allow him to
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remain in the United Kingdom with his wife and family, and release him from prison immediately ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Peter Lloyd : The three advisers have now tendered their advice on Mr. Chahal's case. My right hon. Friend will give full and careful consideration to their recommendation and to all representations received on Mr. Chahal's behalf before deciding whether to make a deportation order. If it is decided to make a deportation order, Mr. Chahal will have a right of appeal against destination to the independent appellate authorities.
Castington Youth Custody Centre
Mr. Beith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many uniformed staff, other than night patrols and auxiliary officers, were in post at Castington youth custody centre when it commenced Fresh Start working in August 1987 ; and how many are currently in post.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prison officers, including principal and senior officers and specialists, in post at Her Majesty's young offender institution Castington was 118 when it commenced "fresh start" working in August 1987. There are currently 136 officers in post.
Mr. Beith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional staff were due to be provided to Castington youth custody centre by April 1991 and April 1992, respectively ; and what steps are being taken to meet their staffing requirements.
Mrs. Rumbold : The target for the number of prison officers, including principal and senior officers and specialists, to be in post at Her Majesty's young offender institution Castington by 31 March 1991 was 136, an increase of three on the number of officers who were in post on 1 April 1990. This target was achieved. The current target staffing figure is 137 and during 1991-92 the area manager will be keeping this figure under review taking into account factors such as the work load of the establishment and the scope for achieving improvements in efficiency.
Young Prisoners
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people are now imprisoned in Cardiff and Swansea prisons because no other appropriate accommodation is available to them ; and how many young people are in prisons elsewhere in England and Wales for the same reason.
Mrs. Rumbold : On Friday 21 June, there were 61 males under the age of 21 at Swansea prison and 87 at Cardiff prison in remand centres which are separate from adult accommodation. Due to industrial action by prison officers at Cardiff, a further 45 young men were held in police cells in Gwent, South Wales and Avon and Somerset forces. On the same date, throughout England and Wales a total of 3,245 young men under the age of 21 who were remanded for further appearances or sentence by the courts were held in prison service establishments, of whom 1,188 were in local prisons.
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Young female prisoners are not held in separate establishments and on 21 June there were a total of 108 young women in custody in prison service establishments in England and Wales.Information on young persons in prison custody in other parts of the United Kingdom is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
Prison Service
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the latest available figures for the total numbers of people employed in the prison service broken down by (a) occupation and grade, (b) gender and (c) ethnic background ; (2) what has been the percentage increase of (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities employed in the prison service between 1978 and the latest available figures broken down by occupation and grade.
Mrs. Rumbold [holding answer 18 June 1991] : The available information is as follows :
Grade |Male |Female|Total
------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 2 |1 |- |1
Grade 3 |4 |2 |6
Grade 4 |1 |- |1
Assistant Director |6 |- |6
Grade 5 |8 |5 |13
Governor 1 |39 |- |39
Grade 6 |17 |1 |18
Governor 2 |63 |6 |69
Grade 7 |85 |16 |101
Governor 3 |96 |6 |102
Governor 4 |289 |29 |318
Governor 5 |370 |54 |424
Governor 5 (works) |52 |- |52
Governor 5 (catering) |7 |- |7
Governor 5 (PE) |8 |- |8
Governor 5 (hospital) |12 |- |12
Principal Officer |1,036 |36 |1,072
Principal Officer (works) |209 |1 |210
Principal Officer (catering) |47 |2 |49
Principal Officer (PE) |65 |1 |66
Principal Officer (hospital) |67 |- |67
Principal Officer (dog handler) |2 |- |2
Principal Officer (instructor) |7 |1 |8
Senior Officer |2,227 |83 |2,310
SO (works) |200 |1 |201
SO (catering) |92 |2 |94
SO (PE) |105 |5 |110
SO (hospital) |172 |1 |173
SO (dog handler) |20 |- |20
SO (instructor) |42 |1 |53
Prison Officer |14,149|1,341 |15,490
Prison Officer (works) |585 |7 |592
Prison Officer (catering) |360 |15 |375
Prison Officer (PE) |294 |16 |310
Prison Officer (Hospital) |626 |71 |697
Prison Officer (Dog handler) |332 |1 |333
Prison Officer (Instructor) |234 |4 |238
Temporary Officer |- |25 |25
Senior Executive Officer |65 |13 |78
Higher Executive Officer (D) |- |1 |1
Higher Executive Officer |191 |118 |309
Executive Officer |277 |340 |617
Administrative Officer |560 |1,451 |2,011
Administrative Assistant |167 |585 |752
Principal Medical Officer |9 |3 |12
Senior Medical Officer |30 |4 |34
Medical Officer |71 |10 |81
P/T Medical Officer |111 |7 |118
Senior Professional and
Technical Officer |115 |1 |116
Higher Professional and
Technical Officer |122 |2 |124
Professional and Technical
Officer |58 |3 |61
Senior Psychologist |19 |23 |42
Higher Psychologist |2 |5 |7
Psychologist |12 |15 |27
Psychological Assistant |17 |19 |36
Psychological Graduate Trainee |- |1 |1
Chaplain General |1 |- |1
Deputy Chaplain General |1 |- |1
Assistant Chaplain General |5 |- |5
Principal Roman Catholic
Chaplain |1 |- |1
Senior Roman Catholic
Chaplain |2 |- |2
Church of England Chaplain |95 |1 |96
P/T Church of England
Chaplain |23 |3 |26
Roman Catholic Chaplain |12 |- |12
P/T Roman/Catholic Chaplain |84 |5 |89
Chief Education Officer |1 |- |1
Senior Principal Nursing Sister |1 |- |1
Principal Nursing Sister |- |4 |4
Senior Nursing Sister |1 |22 |23
Nursing Sister |3 |78 |81
Nursing Officer |- |5 |5
Senior Enrolled Nurse |- |6 |6
Enrolled Nurse |5 |48 |53
Sister (Midwife) |- |2 |2
Nurse (Occupational Health) |- |1 |1
Nursing Auxiliary |- |10 |10
Head Pharmacist |1 |- |1
Principal Pharmacist |4 |4 |8
Senior Pharmacist |1 |- |1
Pharmacist |- |1 |1
Staff Principal Pharmacist |13 |- |13
Pharmacist Technician |2 |13 |15
Senior Farms and Gardens
Officer |2 |- |2
Farms and Gardens Officer |4 |- |4
Farm Manager |51 |- |51
Landscape Gardening Officer |2 |- |2
Higher Instructional Officer |30 |1 |31
Instructional Officer |970 |134 |1,104
Senior Personal Secretary |- |7 |7
Personal Secretary |1 |150 |151
Typing Manager |- |11 |11
Typist |- |440 |440
Auxiliary Officer |1,052 |267 |1,319
Night Patrol |954 |82 |1,036
Stores Officer grades |19 |3 |22
Storesperson |448 |19 |467
Assistant Storesperson |136 |12 |148
Support grades |28 |206 |234
Librarian |- |1 |1
Tracer |- |1 |1
Industrial staff |2,744 |185 |2,929
|--- |--- |---
Total |30,452|6,056 |36,508
Note: Figures including staff in the Directorate of Works
and the Supply and Transport Branch, both of which perform
some functions for other parts of the Home Office.
A total of 16.6 per cent. of prison service staff are women. The proportion of female prison officers is 8.8 per cent., compared with 3.5 per cent. in 1978.
Comparably detailed figures are not available in relation to ethnic background, because of an incomplete response by staff to voluntary monitoring, but it is estimated that fewer than 1 per cent. of the prison service unified grades are from the ethnic minorities. Efforts are being made to improve the response rate and to increase the number of members of the ethnic minorities recruited to the service.
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ENVIRONMENT
Homelessness
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how he proposes to extend his policies to help homeless people in London and the South East to the rest of the country ; and if he has any plans to make available grants to match money raised by local voluntary organisations to establish hotels for the homeless ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo : My Department is pursuing two initiatives to help homeless people in the particularly hard-pressed areas of London and the south-east : £96 million has been provided over three years to provide permanent and hostel accommodation and support for rough sleepers in central London ; £300 million is available over two years to provide permanent housing for homeless families in London and the south-east. These special initiatives are additional to the Housing Corporations's special needs programme, which funds the provision of 3,000 places a year for homeless and other special needs. Under its hostels initiative the corporation has funded the provision of over 25,000 hostel places in the past 10 years. This year we have again doubled the amount available to voluntary organisations concerned with homelessness to over £4.5 million.
Caledonian Forest
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he has given in the negotiations on the European Environment directive to the designation of areas of the ancient Caledonian forest as world heritage sites.
Mr. Yeo : Although the Secretary of State for the Environment takes the lead in matters concerning the world heritage convention, it is for the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide which Scottish sites should be nominated for inclusion on the world heritage list. The draft EC directive on flora and fauna habitats lists in annex 1 the Caledonian forests as a type of habitat of Community interest.
Hazardous Waste
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if there have been any shipments of hazardous waste to England for disposal that have not been reported under the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Mr. Trippier : My Department has no information on this. Responsibility for enforcing the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations lies with disposal authorities. There is no requirement that they report any breaches of the regulations to my Department.
Households
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the change in the numbers and proportions of households in shared occupation since 1981 in Greenwich, Wandsworth and Lewisham.
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Mr. Yeo : Up-to-date information on households in shared occupation in these areas will not be available until figures from the 1991 census of population are published next year.
Lone Parents
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the increase in the numbers of children in lone-parent households since 1981 in Greenwich, Wandsworth and Lewisham.
Mr. Yeo : Up-to-date information on the number of children in lone- parent households in these areas will not be available until results from the 1991 census of population are published next year. However, the Department's estimate of the numbers of lone-parent households, which are based on mid-year population estimates by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, are given in the following table.
Lone-parent households ------------------------------------ Greenwich |8.3 |10.6|2.3 |28 Wandsworth |12.0|15.1|3.1 |26 Lewisham |10.6|13.0|2.4 |23
East London Planning Decisions
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to receive the reports of the inspectors considering the proposed extension of the runway at London City airport and the proposed east London river crossing ; and when he expects to make decisions on these matters.
Mr. Yeo : As regards London city airport, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on Monday 24 June to my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Summerson), Official Report, column 393. As regards the east London river crossing, I and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Transport expect to receive the inspector's report when he has completed it, and to make decisions on it after we have considered all the relevant matters carefully.
Waste Disposal
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is now ready to publish a timetable for legislation on waste disposal on land ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Trippier : I have today placed in the Library copies of our target timetable for implementation of legislation on waste disposal on land. This covers part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and now substantially completes our implementation plans for the Act as well as for the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. It should allow the local authorities sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements ; I shall consult the local authority associations as to whether there are any detailed problems. This legislation brings a complete overhaul of the regulation of waste management. It provides opportunities
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and responsibilities for all those concerned with waste management to contribute to a better environment for tomorrow.As I told the Select Committee on the Environment on 17 May, we are considering whether HMIP might be given responsibility for waste regulation as suggested in paragraph 18.17 of the Environment White Paper. Whatever the outcome, we need to make progress on the framework of the new regulatory system.
The proposed timetable for implementing the new regulatory system is as follows :
Waste Disposal Legislation
Implementation Timetable
Target Date |Task
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Summer 1991 |Lay regulations and issue circular on the
|registration of waste carriers and seizure of
|vehicles. Waste regulatory authority powers
|to seize vehicles used for fly tipping come
|into effect.
|Consult on draft regulations to implement
|a duty of care of waste producers and
|holders.
November 1991 |Issue circular and code of practice giving
|guidance on compliance with the duty of
|care. Lay regulations implementing duty of
|care.
April 1992 |Duty of care regulations and provisions on
|the registered carrying of waste come into
|effect.
Early summer 1992 |Consult of regulations and statutory
|guidance for the licensing of waste disposal.
Summer 1992 |Consult on a scheme of charges for
|licensing.
December 1992 |Lay regulations, announce charging scheme
|and statutory guidance, issue circular on
|licensing.
April 1993 |Licensing regulations and charging scheme
|come into effect.
The Gulf
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will make a further statement on the compensation he is giving to local authorities who release service personnel serving in the Gulf from their poll tax registration ;
(2) if he will make a statement on refunds from the Ministry of Defence to his Department in relation to service men returning from the Gulf.
Mr. Key [holding answer 24 June 1991] : This Department issued further advice to local authorities on the community charge treatment of people serving in the Gulf and the reimbursement scheme on 16 May. A copy of this advice has been placed in the Library of the House.
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WALES
Travellers
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will visit the proposed itinerants' camp at the Gresford-Pulford bypass to meet residents to discuss plans to establish an itinerants' camp ; and what representations he has received on this matter.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The proposal has been referred to my right hon. Friend for determination. It would not therefore be appropriate for him to visit the site or meet the local residents. They will however have the opportunity at the inspector's discretion, to express their views at the public local inquiry to be held on 16 July.
My right hon. Friend has received 27 representations, one of which included a petition of 770 signatures and 22 letters, all opposed to the proposals.
Teachers' Pay
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many teachers in full time employment with seven years experience are earning (a) £10,000 to £12,000, (b) £12,000 to £14,000, (c) £14,000 to £16,000, (d) £16,000 to £18,000, (e) £18,000 to £20,000, (f) £20,000 to £22,000, (g) £22,000 to £24,000 and (h) £24,000 to £26,000 per annum, or the nearest convenient salary breakpoints.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on the number of teachers in full-time employment in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in Wales with seven years' experience as at 31 March 1988 is given in the following table. Information for more recent years is not yet available.
& £ per annum |Number<1> -------------------------------------- 10,000-12,000 |400 12,000-14,000 |141 14,000-16,000 |89 Over 16,000 |13 Total |643 <1> Includes teachers with completed service of seven but less than eight years at 31 March 1988.
Travellers
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many existing sites there are ; and in what locations there are itinerant camps in each of the counties of Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information requested, which has been provided by local planning authorities in Wales, is given in the following tables :
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Gipsy sites in Wales on 16 January 1991
Location Authorised Unauthorised
|Local authority |Private
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Clwyd |1 |2 |4
Alyn and Deeside |- |- |(i) Deeside Industrial Park
|(ii) Dirty Mile, Buckley
Colwyn |- |- |-
Delyn |- |(i) Milfords, Tyn yr Morfa, |-
| Gronant
|(ii) Dee Banks, Bagillt
Glyndwr |- |- |-
Rhuddlan |- |- |-
Wrexham Maelor |Ruthin Road, Wrexham |- |(iii) Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham
|(iv) Alyn Waters Park, Llay
-------
Dyfed |6 |2 |6
Carmarthen |- |- |(i) A482 Cwmann Junction
|(ii) Old Alltycnap Road,
| Johnstown
|(iii) Cillefwr Industrial Estate
| (WDA land)
Ceredigion |- |- |(iv) Layby, Ffostrasol
|(v Quarry Villa, Gorsoch
Dinefwr |- |(i) Pontrhyd y Bishell, Cwmgwili |-
|(ii Thornhill, Cwmgwili
Lianelli |(i) Morfa |- |-
Preseli |(ii) Under the Hills, |- |-
| Haverfordwest
|(iii) Withybush, Haverfordwest
South Pembrokeshire |(iv) Waterloo, Pembroke Dock |- |(vi) Kingswood Industrial site,
|(v) Kingsmoor Common, Kilgetty |Pembroke Dock
|(vi) Catshole Quarry
-------
Gwent |2 |- |4
Blaenau Gwent |(i) Cwmcrachen, Nantyglo |- |-
Islwyn |- |- |-
Monmouth |- |- |-
Newport |- |- |(i) Coldra, Newport
|(ii) Broad St. Common, Nash
Torfaen |(ii) Shepherds Hill, Pontypool |- |(iii) Upper Race, Pontypool
| (upper)
|(iv) Upper Race, Pontypool (lower)
-------
Gwynedd |1 |1 |-
Aberconwy |- |- |-
Arfon |Llandegai |Bethesda |-
Dwyfor |- |- |-
Meirionnydd |- |- |-
Ynys Mon |- |- |-
-------
Mid Glamorgan |1 |- |2
Cynon Valley |- |- |-
Merthyr Tydfil |Glynmil, Merthyr |- |(i) Heolgerrig Road, Merthyr
|(ii) Cwmbargoed Road
Ogwr |- |- |-
Rhondda |- |- |-
Rhymney Valley |- |- |-
Taff Ely |- |- |-
-------
Powys |1 |- |1
Brecknock |- |- |A40 layby near Sennybridge
Montgomery |Withybeds |- |-
Radnor |- |- |-
-------
South Glamorgan |2 |- |3
Cardiff | (i) Rover Way |- |(i) Turner's Yard, Grangetown
|(ii) Shirenewton |(ii Brindley Road, Leckwith
|(iii) Spring Meadow, Lamby Way
Vale of Glamorgan |- |- |-
-------
West Glamorgan |3 |- |14
Lliw Valley |- |- |(i) Rear of Alltywerin Road,
| Pontdardawe
Neath |(i) Briton Ferry Industrial Estate |- |(ii) Briton Ferry, Industrial Estate
|(iii) Site adjacent to above
Port Talbot |(ii) Caegarw, Margam |- |-
Swansea |(iii) Pantyblawd |- |(iv) Jersey Road, Bonymaen
|(v) Morris Bros. Depot,
| Bonymaen
|(vi) Morris Bros. Depot (rear),
| Bonymaen
|(vii) Waunarlwydd
|(viii) Ffordd Cynone, Fforestfach
|(ix) Smiths Crisps, Fforestfach
|(x) Enterprise Zone, Fforestfach
|(xi) Near Hilton Hotel, Morriston,
| Enterprise Zone (xii) Slip road, Morganite,
| Enterprise Zone (xiii) Above official Pantyblawd site
|(xiv) Below official Pantyblawd site
Wales |17 |5 |34
Education (Special Needs)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each of the last 10 years, and for each local education authority area in Wales, the number of statements of special educational need issued, separately distinguishing between primary and secondary schools.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The number of children for whom statements of special educational need were made for the first time are given in the following table. Information on the number of new statements issued is not available by sector nor for years prior to 1986.
Calendar year
|1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990
Clwyd |377 |187 |213 |264 |318
Dyfed |160 |104 |121 |193 |225
Gwent |272 |235 |463 |338 |402
Gwynedd |80 |70 |99 |133 |130
Mid Glamorgan |537 |575 |643 |543 |490
Powys |17 |16 |30 |78 |120
South Glamorgan |217 |201 |174 |243 |184
West Glamorgan |274 |234 |304 |307 |358
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Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for the most recently available date and for each local education authority, the number of applications for statements of special educational need that are still pending ; and if he will identify the mean, median and mode of waiting times for those applications.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information requested is not collected centrally.
Welsh Language
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been spent by each local education authority in Wales in each year since 1989 on teacher training courses for Welsh in the national curriculum.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The total amount which local education authorities spend on training for Welsh language teaching is not collected centrally. However, we have approved the following levels of expenditure for specific grants in support of local education authority training of teachers in Welsh.
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£ thousands [titre] [data] INSET-In-service training grant. ESG-Education support grant.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many qualified teachers of Welsh at (i) primary and (ii) secondary level there were in (a) 1988 and (b) the latest date available ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on the number of qualified Welsh teachers at primary and secondary schools is available from a range of tables presented in the 1987
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primary school staffing survey and the 1989 secondary school staffing survey, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.(i) Primary level
Information about teachers who teach Welsh as a subject is not held centrally but the number of primary school teachers with a qualification in Welsh is as follows :
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Subject of qualification<1> |Number of
|teachers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welsh |2,300
Teaching Welsh as a second language |400
<1> Main/subsidiary/related subject qualification.
(ii) Secondary level
In secondary schools the qualifications of teachers who teach Welsh as a subject are as follows :
Subject |Main/ |No |Number of
|subsidiary|qualifica-|teachers
|subject<1>|tion
|per cent. |per cent.
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Welsh as a first language |83.1 |16.9 |300
Welsh as a second language 69.9 30.1 600
<1> Main/subsidiary/related subject qualification.
In order to increase the supply of teachers of the language in secondary schools, Welsh has been added to the list of shortage subjects for which a bursary of £1,500 is paid to students on initial teacher training courses. As part of the monitoring of the national curriculum, schools will be supplying the Department with information about the number of qualified teachers capable of teaching Welsh in the classroom. The Department is also shortly to consult with interested groups on a limited survey of staff in primary schools in 1992.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Mr. Alex Carlisle : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will carry out an epidemiological survey into the incidence of myalgic encephalomyelitis in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : No. Myalgic encephalomyelitis is not a clearly defined disease. Diagnosis rests upon identification of a cluster of symptoms for which there is no diagnostic test. The views of doctors vary widely about diagnosis and treatment, there could be no agreed case definition, and it would thus not be practicable to collect data for an epidemiological study.
Radioactivity
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the time it will take before the radioactive products from the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl will be reduced to a level to permit normal hill farming to resume.
Sir Wyn Roberts : It is not possible to estimate how long radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear accident will require those hill farms within the restricted area in Wales to remain subject to controls on the sale and movement of their sheep. Our "mark and release" arrangements and associated compensation payments are designed to ensure minimum disruption to normal farming practices. Following an intensive monitoring programme my right hon. Friend was able to announce in January this year the lifting of controls from an area near Harlech in Gwynedd. We are continuing with our monitoring and assessment programmes in the remaining restricted area with a view to lifting controls as soon as it is possible to do so without comprising food safety.
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EMPLOYMENT
Earnings
Mr. Nicholas Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate for 1991-92 (a) the level of median weekly earnings for all full-time adult employees and (b) median hourly earnings for part-time employees.
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