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|1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |<1>1989|<1>1990
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Clwyd
Alyn and Deeside |4 |2 |4 |3 |8 |8 |9 |7 |5 |11
Colwyn |9 |8 |8 |15 |14 |9 |6 |5 |10 |9
Delyn |3 |2 |4 |5 |3 |2 |5 |10 |12 |10
Glyndwr |3 |2 |4 |5 |7 |5 |5 |6 |4 |9
Rhuddlan |6 |6 |10 |13 |13 |12 |9 |10 |11 |12
Wrexham |7 |9 |8 |8 |11 |10 |10 |14 |8 |13
Dyfed
Carmathen |6 |1 |8 |3 |3 |5 |4 |9 |7 |19
Ceredigion |5 |5 |2 |1 |8 |8 |7 |8 |11 |10
Dinefwr |2 |1 |1 |2 |6 |6 |2 |3 |5 |10
Llanelli |9 |2 |5 |4 |7 |3 |9 |9 |9 |15
Preseli |1 |0 |3 |3 |4 |2 |2 |5 |1 |2
South Pembrokeshire |7 |3 |6 |4 |4 |5 |3 |2 |6 |12
Gwent
Blaenau Gwent |3 |1 |1 |2 |4 |2 |1 |3 |6 |7
Islwyn |3 |1 |1 |5 |6 |6 |6 |5 |6 |7
Monmouth |16 |17 |10 |9 |14 |12 |12 |12 |18 |28
Newport |4 |7 |7 |6 |10 |12 |8 |6 |10 |25
Torfaen |4 |4 |3 |7 |10 |11 |6 |7 |6 |13
Gwynedd
Aberconwy |4 |6 |10 |5 |14 |15 |6 |14 |12 |25
Arfon |5 |4 |2 |4 |9 |8 |7 |3 |2 |4
Dwyfor |6 |6 |5 |5 |6 |3 |9 |9 |13 |16
Meirionydd |5 |5 |6 |4 |3 |9 |1 |4 |0 |0
Ynys Mon |15 |17 |12 |10 |11 |17 |23 |17 |18 |27
Mid Glamorgan
Cynon Valley |1 |5 |1 |4 |2 |3 |3 |3 |7 |4
Merthyr Tydfil |1 |7 |2 |2 |1 |5 |4 |4 |4 |3
Ogwr |13 |4 |8 |9 |3 |5 |6 |8 |14 |22
Rhondda |4 |5 |4 |1 |3 |7 |0 |5 |7 |12
Rhymney Valley |4 |5 |4 |5 |3 |1 |4 |7 |5 |5
Taff Ely |9 |6 |7 |7 |8 |13 |6 |10 |10 |23
Powys
Brecknock |1 |1 |7 |6 |6 |9 |6 |6 |3 |3
Montgomery |3 |5 |2 |6 |1 |3 |2 |5 |5 |9
Radnor |2 |2 |0 |0 |3 |4 |1 |4 |0 |4
South Glamorgan
Cardiff |15 |10 |22 |18 |31 |20 |21 |21 |36 |41
Vale of Glamorgan |24 |20 |17 |15 |13 |22 |21 |21 |32 |27
West Glamorgan
(Formely Afan) |2 |4 |2 |0 |1 |1 |1 |1 |4 |4
Lliw Valley |6 |4 |11 |8 |7 |10 |6 |5 |4 |9
Neath |2 |4 |4 |2 |2 |2 |5 |3 |5 |7
Swansea |22 |14 |23 |19 |23 |23 |10 |22 |30 |32
<1>Excludes appeals within National Parks.
National parks |1989 |1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Snowdonia |9 |7 Brecon Beacons |4 |8 Pembrokeshire Coast |6 |4
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the topics of each television advertising campaign to be carried out by his Department and any other publicity campaign costing more than £100,000.
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Sir Wyn Roberts : The Welsh Office does not plan to run any television advertising campaigns.
The Department will run three publicity campaigns in 1991-92 costing more than £100,000 :
Enterprise Wales
Road Safety
Drug and Alcohol Misuse
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ENERGY
Electricity Act
Sir Barney Hayhoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects codes of practice to be published and complaints procedures to be established as required by the Electricity Act 1989 ; and what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that the Director General of Electricity Supply has discharged his duties with respect to consumer protection arrangements envisaged in that Act.
Mr. Wakeham : I understand from the Office of Electricity Regulation that most of the regional electricity companies' codes of practice and procedures have now been approved by the Director General of Electricity Supply, and that the remainder should reach that stage shortly. I meet the director general regularly to discuss all aspects of the regulation of the electricity industry and am confident that he is discharging his duties effectively. Consumers will benefit directly from the challenging standards of performance on customer service set by the director general which come into force today. These important initiatives are a practical example of improvements in service to customers of the kind which are at the heart of the citizens' charter proposals.
Wave Energy
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has any plans to remove the responsibility for developing a United Kingdom wave energy programme from the Atomic Energy Authority.
Mr. Moynihan : No. Responsibility rests with my Department for the general research development and demonstration programme for renewable energy technologies ; this includes wave energy. The energy technology support unit, based at the Harwell laboratory of the Atomic Energy Authority, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the programme and reports directly to my Department on the performance of its work.
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the average length of time taken to process a claim by a network installer under the Government's home energy efficiency scheme ; and what is the accepted performance target for such work.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : A proportion of cases are subject to technical monitoring and payment is only made once work has been found to reach the required standards. My Department's contract with the Energy Action Grants Agency--EAGA--requires it for at least 90 per cent. of all cases to approve valid claims or reject incorrect claims for grant money made by a network installer under the home energy efficiency scheme within 15 working days of receipt. The EAGA is currently meeting this target.
Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what steps he has taken to ensure that arrangements under the home energy efficiency scheme are satisfactory and that adequate resources are being made available for both network installers and contractors to undertake their work.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : Initial experience in operating the scheme has confirmed that it meets a real need and is
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being well received. The changes to HEES that I recently announced will further promote standards and protect clients. I am satisfied that the funding available is adequate to treat some 200,000 homes in the current financial year.Non-fossil Fuel Obligation
Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the cash value of the non-fossil fuel obligation in the year to date in terms of the additional payment to Nuclear Electric for the cost of generation and the remainder of the non-fossil fuel obligation.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : Details of premium payments made by the regional electricity companies to specific generators contracted within the non-fossil fuel obligation--NFFO--are commercially confidential. However, the Director General of Electricity Supply has announced that in 1990-91 receipts from the fossil fuel levy, available for financing NFFO qualifying arrangements, amounted to £1, 175 million.
Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are the total megawatt capacity of bids for entrance in the second tranche of the non-fossil fuel obligation ; and how these are split between the categories of renewable energies that he is considering.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : I regret that I am unable to give the information requested, because to do so might prejudice the operation of the competitive tendering procedure that has been adopted by the Non-Fossil Purchasing Agency Ltd. for selecting the projects to be contracted under the proposed Renewables Order 1991.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he has any proposals for disaggregating the nuclear from the non-nuclear segments of the non-fossil fuel obligation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : For practical reasons, and to reflect the Government's policy of introducing additional tranches of renewables capacity during the 1990s, the non-fossil fuel obligations in respect of nuclear and renewables have been made under separate orders. However, my right hon. Friend has no plans to introduce separate levies for nuclear and renewables, which would be cumbersome and inefficient.
Sizewell B
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what advance payments of nuclear levy have been made to Nuclear Electric in respect of the Sizewell B nuclear power station during its construction phase ;
(2) what arrangements he has made for the payment of nuclear levy in respect of Sizewell B (a) before it is fuelled, (b) during its phasing-in period and (c) in operation at full capacity ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : Details of premium payments made by the Regional Electricity Companies to specific generators contracted within the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation, including Nuclear Electrict plc, are commercially confidential.
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Non-fossil Fuel Levy
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what proposals he has to review the 1998 terminal date for the application of the non- fossil fuel levy, or any subsection of it.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : My right hon. Friend and I are confident that the regional electricity companies have the flexibilities they need to offer generators acceptable contracts under the proposed Renewables Order 1991. My Department's forthcoming renewables review will provide an opportunity to consider the longer-term implications.
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the topics of each television advertising campaign to be carried out by his Department and any other publicity campaign costing more than £100,000.
Mr. Wakeham : My Department has a continuing programme of publicity to promote energy efficiency, including a joint campaign with the Department of the Environment on the environment and home energy efficiency, the United Kingdom offshore supplies industry and renewable sources of energy. None of these campaigns will involve television advertising in the current year.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Daresbury Laboratory
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the investment in total in current values to set up and establish the nuclear structure facility at Daresbury as an operating centre.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The final capital cost of the nuclear structure facility was £13.6 million at 1980 price levels. This corresponds to £26.3 million at current prices.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to (a) the capital costs, (b) the setting-up costs, (c) the commissioning costs and (d) the back-up costs of the LINAC facility at Daresbury laboratory.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The equipment forming the LINAC facility was transferred from the university of Oxford and installed at Daresbury laboratory at a cost of £1,235,000. Associated work to set up beam lines and new laboratories cost a further £880,000. The contribution by Daresbury laboratory's own staff in installing and setting up the facility cannot be separately disaggregated.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will construct a table showing the capital investments in the nuclear structure facility at Daresbury, the year of those investments and the originally expected usable lifetimes of the major items involved.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The capital cost of the original nuclear structure facility was £13.6 million at 1980 prices. A programme of enhancements has been carried out since then and contained within the annual NSF operating budget which has varied within the range of £5.5 million to £6.6 million. The superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC) was transferred and installed at the NSF in 1990 at a capital cost of £1.2 million.
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Although the NSF could be sustained in operation with the necessary maintenance for a further 10 years or so, SERC's 1989 corporate plan envisaged a change of scientific direction in this field from the mid-1990s. The NSF was expected to sustain a high quality programme of nuclear structure research at least until then.Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the expected usable lifetime of the LINAC at Daresbury laboratory ; and when it was first used.
Mr. Alan Howarth : Following transfer of the equipment from Oxford university to the nuclear structure facility, the LINAC was inaugurated in November 1990.
Although the LINAC facility could be sustained in operation with increasing maintenance costs for 10 years or so, SERC's 1989 corporate plan envisaged a change of scientific direction in the field of nuclear structure physics from the mid to late 1990s. The LINAC facility was expected to sustain a high quality performance at least until then.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to how the SERC intends to put into action its plans to maintain the nuclear structure facility at the forefront of low- energy, nuclear physics worldwide as outlined in "The Laboratories in the 1990s".
Mr. Alan Howarth : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to him on 25 June 1991, Official Report, column 444.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the LINAC at Daresbury laboratory was inaugurated ; and by whom.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC) was inaugurated on 26 November 1990 by SERC's chairman, Sir Mark Richmond.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evaluation of the quality of the work emerging from the use of the LINAC at Daresbury laboratory SERC intends to undertake ; and whether such evaluation will be published.
Mr. Alan Howarth : I understand that the SERC has no plans to conduct such a study.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the capital asset value of the nuclear structure facility at Daresbury.
Mr. Alan Howarth : As a unique scientific facility with a single use, the nuclear structure facility has no meaningful commercial or market value.
The Laboratories in the 1990s"
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the report "The Laboratories in the 1990s" by SERC was submitted to him.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The Department saw the report that went to the SERC council in July 1990 and received the published version in June this year.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to how the SERC
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intends to put into action its plans for other laboratories to build on its international roles as outlined in "The Laboratories in the 1990s".Mr. Alan Howarth : Information on the SERC's plans is contained in its coroporate plans and other material made available to the Department.
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date the SERC report "The Laboratories in the 1990s" was generally distributed ; and what its costs of publication were.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The cost to SERC of publishing the report was £2,682. It was distributed by it earlier this month.
Scientific Research
Sir Gerard Vaughan : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the expenditure in each of the last five years, from his departmental vote on the dual funding system for scientific research; and what is the provision for this in the current year.
Mr. Alan Howarth : Under the dual support system for funding scientific research, universities receive funds from the Department's vote both through institutional funding from UFC and specific project grants from the research councils.
Funding from the UFC in support of research council projects is not separately identified in the UFC's allocations to universities. The estimated total UFC funding spent on scientific research over the period 1986-87 to 1989-90 was :
|£ million
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1986-87 |655
1987-88 |695
1988-89 |725
1989-90 |785
Estimates for 1990-91 and 1991-92 taking account of outturn data on university spending are not yet available. However, the Government's plans provided for a year-on-year increase of some 10 per cent. in the total available public funding for universities through UFC recurrent grant and publicly funded tuition fees in each year. Within their overall allocations, it is for individual institutions to determine their spending on teaching and different types of research.
Actual spending by research councils on grants for research in universities and other bodies was as follows. The figures include grants for research in polytechnics and other higher education institutions, expenditure on interdisciplinary research centres and a small number of grants to other bodies which are outside the dual support system.
£ thousands
|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90
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AFRC |6,875 |7,618 |9,080 |15,001
ESRC |12,652 |14,205 |15,502 |18,950
MRC |35,164 |38,073 |44,512 |46,742
NERC |4,664 |6,924 |6,794 |8,624
SERC |99,507 |121,811|123,010|151,384
|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |158,862|188,631|198,898|240,701
Source: Annual Appropriation Accounts.
Estimated total grants in 1990-91 and 1991-92 on the same basis are as follows :
£ thousands
|1990-91|1991-92
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AFRC |15,679 |16,172
ESRC |21,378 |24,117
MRC |57,050 |59,067
NERC |12,237 |11,394
SERC |168,167|168,330
|-------|-------
Total |275,167|279,330
Source: Supply Estimates
1991-92.
Teachers
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the average numbers of teaching staff in (a) nursery and primary schools, (b) middle schools and (c) secondary schools for each size of school, according to the group sizes defined in the "School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document".
Mr. Fallon : A table showing the average numbers of teachers in maintained schools in England by group size follows. The group sizes shown are those introduced with effect from 1 January 1991.
Average numbers of full-time equivalent qualified teachers in maintained nursery, primary, middle and secondary schools in England by group size January 1990 Maintained School |Average number -------------------------------------------------------- Nursery and Primary Group 1 |4.3 Group 2 |10.4 Group 3 |17.6 Group 4 |26.8 Group 5 |- Group 6 |- Middle Group 1 |7.9 Group 2 |13.1 Group 3 |21.4 Group 4 |35.0 Group 5 |- Group 6 |- Secondary Group 1 |- Group 2 |14.8 Group 3 |25.3 Group 4 |37.4 Group 5 |56.1 Group 6 |80.5
Schools
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the numbers of (a) nursery and primary schools, (b) middle schools and (c) secondary schools in each region by size, according to the group sizes defined in the "School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document".
Mr. Fallon : A table showing the numbers of maintained schools in each region in England according to group size follows. The group sizes shown are those introduced with effect from 1 January 1991.
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Numbers of maintained nursery, primary, middle and secondary schools in England by region and group size
January 1990
|North |Yorkshire |North |East |West |East |Greater |Other |South |England
|and |West |Midlands |Midlands |Anglia |London |South |West
|Humberside |East
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Nursery and Primary
Group 1 |565 |750 |780 |747 |661 |456 |235 |1,442 |1,024 |6,660
Group 2 |767 |1,137 |1,759 |930 |1,229 |370 |1,586 |2,181 |936 |10,895
Group 3 |111 |154 |242 |129 |230 |54 |278 |281 |103 |1,582
Group 4 |- |2 |5 |1 |6 |- |1 |1 |1 |17
Group 5 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Group 6 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Middle
Group 1 |3 |25 |- |- |8 |3 |2 |7 |3 |51
Group 2 |40 |167 |1 |15 |73 |52 |44 |261 |23 |676
Group 3 |26 |69 |6 |20 |42 |42 |17 |103 |26 |351
Group 4 |- |2 |- |5 |- |2 |- |3 |3 |15
Group 5 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Group 6 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Secondary
Group 1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Group 2 |4 |2 |7 |6 |2 |- |1 |2 |9 |33
Group 3 |9 |17 |21 |49 |22 |9 |11 |17 |14 |169
Group 4 |59 |94 |144 |108 |131 |52 |120 |200 |94 |1,002
Group 5 |138 |171 |267 |136 |218 |58 |277 |447 |167 |1,879
Group 6 |23 |60 |60 |35 |37 |21 |25 |75 |34 |370
Student Loans
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it his policy to place in the Library each month the number of student loans outstanding and the total value of the amount owed.
Mr. Alan Howarth : I am informed by the Student Loans Company Ltd. that, at 31 May 1991, 136,516 loans were outstanding. The total value of the amount owed was £54,109,897. Figures as at the end of June and each succeeding calendar month will be placed in the Library as soon as they are available.
Training
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students there are in (a) non-vocational and (b) leisure-related classes, who have been given work release by employers to attend those classes for training purposes.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The number of students in PCFC institutions and further education colleges, excluding adult education centres, in England who were released by employers to attend identified non-vocational and leisure related classes was some 400 in 1989-90.
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the topics of each television advertising campaign to be carried out by his Department and any other publicity campaign costing more than £100,000.
Mr. Eggar : My right hon. and learned Friend launched a teacher recruitment campaign this morning which will include advertising on television.
Other publicity campaigns costing more than £100,000 which are intended to be carried out in the current financial year are : -- a campaign to provide parents with information about changes in the education system ; and
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-- the professional, industrial and commercial updating (PICKUP) programme which continues to support and encourage colleges, polytechnics and universities to improve and increase their provision to meet the training needs of employers and their employees.LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Sitting Hours
Mr. Allen : To ask the Lord President of the Council, pursuant to his answers of 25 March, Official Report, column 607-8 , what proposals he had for reviewing the hours of sitting of the House.
Mr. McGregor : I refer the hon. Member to the announcement I made to the House on Thursday 27 June at col. 1161.
HEALTH
Mental Illness
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total number of beds available to the national health service for the treatment of mental illness in 1980 and in 1990.
Mr. Dorrell : In 1989-90, the latest year for which information is available centrally, there were 59,290 average daily available mental illness beds in national health service hospitals in England, compared with 87,396 in 1980.
The numbers of mentally ill patients staying in hospital for long periods has been falling since the mid-1970s. This is true not only for England but for most other developed countries. Over the last 30 years it has become clear from research that less reliance need be placed on in-patient care and better results can be achieved using more day-patient and community care. Additionally the advent of the major tranquillisers in the mid-1950s enabled many patients who previously needed long-term in-patient care to benefit from care on an out-patient basis.
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This has been reflected in the steady improvement in community-based services for mentally ill people in the past 10 years. Gross spending on hospital and community health services for mentally ill people increased by 27 per cent. in real terms between 1979-80 and 1989-90 to £1,661.7 million. Gross spending on local authority social services for the mentally ill has increased substantially and will be further increased by the mental illness specific grant which came into effect on 1 April 1991. The number of community psychiatric nurses has more than trebled from 1,083 in 1981 to 3,380 in 1989.The number of mental illness day hospital places in England increased from 15,300 in 1981 to over 19,000 in 1988. Total provision of day centre places for mentally ill people, including places in mixed centres and those made available to local authorities by voluntary bodies, rose from 7,600 in 1981 to 10,400 places in 1988.
Pharmaceutical Industry
Sir Dudley Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the British position where the European Commission's proposal for a Council regulation aimed at improving the protection of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry is concerned.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs gave my hon. Friend the Member for York (Mr. Gregory) on 15 April at columns 32-33. We will continue to take part constructively in the discussions with other member states to reach an acceptable outcome.
Health Authority Spending
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the spending per head of population served by Warrington district health authority in the latest available year ; and what is the figure on the most nearly comparable basis for (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole.
Mr. Dorrell : Figures for spending per head of resident population for 1989-90, the latest year available, are shown in the table :
Revenue expenditure per head of resident
population-hospital and
community health services (HCHS)<1>
|£
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Warrington District Health Authority |305
England-average for all district health authorities |271
United Kingdom |285
<1>Includes hospital, community health, patient transport (
i.e. ambulance) blood transfusion and other services.
Sources
(a) 1989-90 annual accounts of district health authorities
in England and those of the analogous health authorities
and boards in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland-as
submitted to the central health departments in each
country.
(b) Mid-year estimates of populations-1989 (Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys).
Notes to the Table
1. Expenditure by regional health authorities, special
health authorities and all capital expenditure on HCHS is
excluded. Expenditure on family health services (which
cannot be strictly attributed to particular districts) and
expenditure on personal social services (which in Northern
Ireland is accounted for by Health and Social Services
Boards) is also excluded.
2. Comparisons between the figures are influenced by a
number of factors including:
(a) people travel across district boundaries for treatment
and resource allocations reflect the pattern of service
provision locally;
(b) the population figures used make no allowance for
people resident in particular districts who receive
treatment in others or for differences in morbidity and the
age/sex structure of particular populations.
Waiting Lists
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) in-patient and (b) out-patient waiting lists were in (i) England, (ii) the Mersey regional health authority and (iii) Warrington district health authority in 1979 and at the latest available date.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The information requested on in-patients is given in the table. Out-patient waiting list information is not collected centrally. It is the time individual patients wait that matters, not the total numbers on the list. Numbers waiting more than one year for in-patient treatment have fallen by 7 per cent. in England since 1979. In Mersey they have fallen by 73 per cent. and in Warrington by 97 per cent. in the same period.
Numbers treated have increased since 1979. In 1989-90 in the order of 38 per cent. more in-patients were treated than in 1979 in England as a whole, 40 per cent. more were treated in Mersey region and 65 per cent. more in Warrington health authority.
>
Numbers on in-patient waiting list 1979 and 1989-90
|England |Mersey |Warrington
|RHA |DHA
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March 1979<1> |752,422 |41,103 |3,360
September 1990<1> |705,706 |29,609 |1,756
<1> Figures exclude self-deferred cases.
Source:
SM12; 1979 SBH 203 return.
1990 KH06, KH07, KH07A returns.
Medical Consultations
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients paid for initial consultations for medical problems for each year from 1985 to date, both as a number and a percentage ; and how many received further treatment from the NHS.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : This information is not collected centrally.
Student Nurses
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by regional health authority for the last 12 months, the number of national health service student nurses (a) who have graduated as registered general nurses and (b) the number still unemployed.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Information on the number of student nurses graduating from training in the last 12 months and not yet employed in the NHS is not collected centrally.
The numbers completing first level training in each region during the year ended 31 March 1991 are shown in the table :
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Region |Number -------------------------------- Northern |1,215 Yorkshire |1,284 Trent |1,667 East Anglian |604 North West Thames |1,227 North East Thames |1,882 South East Thames |1,303 South West Thames |1,028 Wessex |1,000 Oxford |646 South Western |954 West Midlands |1,747 Mersey |1,019 North Western |1,652 Source: English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.
HIV/AIDS
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress of the HIV/AIDS team inquiry at Leeds general infirmary.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : We are not aware of such an inquiry taking place.
Grants
Mr. Wilshire : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the voluntary organisations that have received grants, and the level of grant received, up to the present date under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 within the current financial period 1991-92.
Mr. Dorrell : To date, approval has been given for the payment in 1991-92 under the section 64 general scheme of grants totalling £12, 337,844. Details are shown in the table.
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