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Food Irradiation
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what research has been carried out in Northern Ireland on the irradiation of food ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley : We are currently carrying out an extensive programme of internationally co-ordinated research into various aspects of food irradiation which is ongoing. It includes work on detection methods, the enhancement of food safety, extension of shelf life, impact of organoleptic characteristics, including colour, flavour and texture and impact on the vitamin content of selected foods.
Punishment Shootings
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show for each of the last three years the number of punishment shootings
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known to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in each police division in Northern Ireland and indicate how many were carried out by (a) Roman Catholic terrorist groups and (b) Protestant groups.Dr. Mawhinney : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
Redevelopment, Glenarm
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when moneys will be allocated by Department of the Environment (NI) and Department of Economic Development (NI) for redevelopment of Glenarm, Co. Antrim, including the clearance of the Old Whiting Mill site.
Mr. Needham : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
Tutor Posts
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether job descriptions recognised by the North East education and library board and Department of Education (NI) for a youth and community tutor post and a youth tutor post can be changed without consultation.
Dr. Mawhinney : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
Community Schools
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the recognition of community schools in Northern Ireland and when article 139 of the Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 will be invoked by the Department of Education (NI).
Dr. Mawhinney : Article 139 of the Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 is already in force. Under the terms of that article it is for the managers of grant-aided schools to apply to be designated as community schools.
The Department of Education for Northern Ireland has received an application from the North Eastern education and library board, which is the manager of controlled schools in its area, and will be consulting the board on this in the near future.
Private Security Firms
Mr. George : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of private security firms currently employed by his Department, the number of employees for each firm on the contract, the total value of each contract and the total value of all contracts for each financial year since 1984-85.
Dr. Mawhinney : The Northern Ireland Office does not employ private security firms but Northern Ireland Departments currently employ a total of seven such firms on guarding contracts. It would not be in the interests of security to release the names of the firms and details of each contract are subject to commercial confidence. The current value of contracts, which are usually for a two-year period, is, however, £3,284,659. The firms concerned at present employ some 200 security guards. For the total value of all contracts for each financial year from 1984-85 to 1989-90 I refer the hon. Member to the reply he was given on 5 April 1990 at column 755. The total value of contracts for 1990-91 is £1,644,140.
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Queen's University
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much Queen's university, Belfast, received from the Government in access funds.
(2) how much will be received by each student at Queen's university, Belfast, when the access funds are distributed ;
(3) what plans the Government have to provide additional funding to supplement the access funds for Queen's university, Belfast.
Dr. Mawhinney : The Queen's university of Belfast has, for the academic years 1990-91 and 1991-92, received £168,722 and £169,600 respectively in the form of access funds. These funds are not distributed to each student but are disbursed at the discretion of the university, in response to individual cases of exceptional need. In making the annual allocations to Queen's university the Department of Education for Northern Ireland acts on the recommendation of the Universities Funding Council which is responsible for determining allocations to universities throughout the rest of the United Kingdom.
Fuel Imports
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the source of coal and other fossil fuel imported into Northern Ireland for use at power stations in the Province.
Mr. Needham : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
Housing
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applicants are on the waiting list for tenancies in each housing executive district.
Mr. Needham : This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am advised by its chief executive that, at 31 September 1991, the information is as follows :
Northern Ireland Housing Executive Total number on waiting list as at 31 September 1991 District |Total --------------------------------- Antrim |653 Armagh |533 Ballycastle |186 Ballymena |653 Ballymoney |315 Banbridge |322 Bangor |1,014 Belfast 1 |682 Belfast 2 |999 Belfast 3 |790 Belfast 4 |847 Belfast 5 |622 Belfast 6 |615 Belfast 7 |1,263 Carrickfergus |524 Castlereagh 1 |283 Castlereagh 2 |518 Coleraine |800 Cookstown |226 Craigavon |237 Downpatrick |731 Dunganon |386 Fermanagh |536 Larne |418 Limavady |349 Lisburn 1 |644 Lisburn 2 |323 Lisburn 3 |411 Londonderry 1 |620 Londonderry 2 |430 Londonderry 3 |356 Lurgan |502 Magherafelt |378 Newry 1 |484 Newry 2 |462 Newtownabbey 1 |351 Newtownabbey 2 |498 Newtownards 1 |583 Newtownards 2 |304 Omagh |518 Portadown |412 Strabane |370
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dwellings have been sold by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the past 10 years ; what percentage of existing housing stock was sold in the last financial year ; what was the total market valuation of the dwellings sold in the last financial year ; and what was the total actual selling price.
Mr. Needham : This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and I am advised by its chief executive that it has sold the following number of dwellings in the past 10 years :
Year |Number of
|properties
|sold
---------------------------------
1981-82 |7,042
1982-83 |5,554
1983-84 |5,440
1984-85 |5,422
1985-86 |4,103
1986-87 |3,184
1987-88 |2,807
1988-89 |3,368
1989-90 |4,638
1990-91 |4,092
Mr. Needham : The names and addresses of housing associations registered with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland are set out in the table. Information on the capital funding provided by the Department to individual associations could be provided only at disproportionate cost in respect of periods before April 1989 when records were computerised. The amount provided to each association from 1 April 1989 to 30 September 1991 is as follows :
Association and registered office |Capital
|funding (£)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbeyfield Northern Ireland
Development Society Ltd.
Room 10
Carlton House
Shaftesbury Square
Belfast BT2 7LH |1,207,000
Ballymacarret Housing Association Ltd.
233a Albertbridge Road
Belfast BT5 4PU |Nil
Ballynafeigh Housing Association Ltd.
70 Kimberly Street
Belfast BT7 3DY |977,000
Baptist Union of Ireland Housing Association
117 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 7AF |1,177,000
Belfast Community Housing Association Ltd.
131 Ravenhill Road
Belfast BT6 8DR |147,000
Belfast Improved Houses Ltd
Russell Court
Claremont Street
Belfast BT9 6JX |10,227,000
Ben Madigan Housing Association Ltd
Russell Court
Claremont Street
Belfast BT9 6JX |350,000
Botanic Housing Association Ltd
99 Agincourt Avenue
Belfast BT7 1QD |133,000
Broadway Housing Association Ltd
131 Ravenhill Road
Belfast BT6 8DR |351,000
The James Butcher Housing Association
(Northern Ireland) Ltd
Murray House
Murray Street
Belfast BT1 6DN |6,112,000
Church of Ireland Housing Association
(Northern Ireland) Ltd
74 Dublin Road
Belfast BT2 7HP |405,000
Clonard Housing Association Ltd
54 Clonard Gardens
Belfast BT13 2RH |879,000
Connswater Housing Association Ltd
50 Mersey Street
Belfast BT4 1EX |229,000
Coral Crescent Housing Association Ltd
Registered Office
2 Coral Crescent
Randalstown Road
Antrim BT41 4LW |Nil
Covenanter Residential Association Ltd
Cameron House
98 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 6AG |3,000
Craigavon and District Housing Association Ltd
20 Carleton Street
Portadown BT62 3EN |1,607,000
Craigavon Housing Association Ltd
c/o Glencraig Community
Craigavad
Holywood
Co Down |316,000
Derry Housing Association Ltd
18 Magazine Street
Londonderry BT48 6HH |3,246,000
Donacloney Housing Association Ltd
38 Main Street Donacloney Craigavon
Co Armagh BT66 7LR |141,000
Down and Connor Housing Association Ltd
Netherlands House 128 Upper Dunmurry
Lane
Belfast BT17 OEW |710,000
Dungannon and District Housing Association Ltd
48A Irish Street
Dungannon BT70 1DB |1,012,000
Flax Housing Association Ltd
Brookfield Mill 333 Crumlin Road
Belfast BT14 7EA |386,000
Fold Housing Association
3-4 Redburn Square
Holywood BT18 9HZ |8,982,000
Gosford Housing Association (Armagh) Ltd
"The Mornings" 16 Stockingmanshill Road
Armagh BT60 1HZ |736,000
Grove Housing Association Ltd
139 York Road
Belfast BT15 3GZ |1,072,000
Habinteg Housing Association (Ulster) Ltd
12 Sullivan Close
Holywood BT18 9HL |3,116,000
Hearth
181A Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5DU |320,000
Larne and District Housing Association Ltd
97E Main Street
Larne BT40 1HJ |275,000
Lisnagarvey Housing Association Ltd.
2b Magees Road
Ballinderry Upper
Co Antrim |352,000
Malone Housing Association Ltd.
Level 2
Admin Building
QUB
University Road
Belfast BT7 1NN |399,000
Masonic Housing Association
(Northern Ireland) Ltd.
74 Dublin Road
Belfast BT2 7HP |406,000
McGarel Housing Association Ltd.
97E Main Street
Larne BT40 1HJ |5,000
Newington Housing Association (1975) Ltd
300 Limestone Road
Belfast BT15 3AR |647,000
Nih Housing Association Ltd.
Hazelbank'
361 Shore Road
Newtownabbey
Co Antrim BT37 9SA |8,361,000
Northern Ireland Co-ownership
Housing Association Ltd.
Murray House
Murray Street
Belfast BT1 6DN |20,685,000
North Belfast Mission Housing Society Ltd.
17 Palmerston Road
Belfast BT4 1QA |251,000
Open Door Housing Association
(Northern Ireland) Ltd.
Belfast BT1 2NB |1,980,000
Presbyterian Housing Association (NI) Ltd.
Lamont House
Purdy's Lane
Newtownbreda
Belfast BT8 4AX |3,210,000
The Royal British Legion Housing Association (Northern Ireland) Ltd.
War Memorial Building
Waring Street
Belfast BT1 2EU |4,478,000
St. Matthews Housing Association Limited
58 Harper Street
Belfast BT5 4EN |9,000
Students' Housing Association Co-op Ltd.
3/5 Botanic Avenue
Belfast BT7 1JG |3,861,000
Tennent Street District Housing Association Ltd.
229 Tennent Street
Belfast BT13 3GG |1,650,000
Triangle Women's Housing Association Ltd.
Citizen's Advice Centre
Queen Street
Coleraine |960,000
Ulidia Housing Association Ltd.
57A Botanic Avenue
Belfast BT7 1JF |724,000
Ulster Homemaker Ltd.
c/o NIFHA
Carlisle Memorial Centre
88 Clifton Street
Belfast BT13 1AB |Nil
Willowfield Parish Church
Housing Association Ltd.
131 Ravenhill Road
Belfast BT6 8DR |9,000
Woodvale & Shankill Housing Association Ltd.
58 Rosebank Street
Belfast BT13 3HB |2,523,000
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Meningitis
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of cases of meningitis recorded in Northern Ireland and the number of deaths from meningitis, showing the ages of the patients concerned for each of the past five years.
Mr. Hanley : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
Police (Disciplinary Proceedings)
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers have been (i) made the subject of internal disciplinary proceedings and (ii) prosecuted as a result of incidents detected by closed circuit television monitoring of interviews of suspects detained under the terrorism provisions.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 15 October 1991] : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Rehabilitation Medicine
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the number of consultants in rehabilitation medicine in post in Northern Ireland in December (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990 and (d) July 1991, respectively.
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Mr. Hanley [holding answer 18 October 1991] : Detailed information concerning medical staff in post is categorised by speciality, rehabilitation medicine is not recognised as a separate specialty for this purpose. In September 1990, however, the latest date for which figures are available centrally, there were five--4.55 whole-time equivalent-- consultants within the rheumatology and rehabilitation specialty some of whom would have been engaged in rehabilitation medicine. The equivalent figure for both September 1980 and September 1985 was three.
World Summit for Children
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if his Department has completed the review of its policies for inclusion in the progress report on action in the areas targeted by the World Summit for Children's declaration and plan of action ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Brooke : The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is co-ordinating an exercise among all interested Whitehall Departments in order to prepare the United Kingdom's progress report on action in the areas targeted by the World Summit for Children's declaration and plan of action. The aim is to submit this to the UNICEF secretariat by the end of this year. My Department is liaising closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the preparation of this report.
Homicide
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish the figures for (a) the total number of homicides in Northern Ireland and (b) the total number of homicides in Northern Ireland in which the victim was a child in (i) the last complete year in which the death penalty was available to the courts and (ii) each year since the death penalty ceased to be available to the courts.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 21 October 1991] : In Northern Ireland, the death penalty for most categories of murder was abolished in 1966, and for all murders in 1973. The following information gives the total number of homicides since 1966. Figures for infanticide and deaths of children under 14 are available only from 1977 and 1980 respectively.
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Homicides in Northern Ireland
1966-1990
Year |Murder |Manslaughter|Infanticide | Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1966 |3 |0 |- |3
1967 |8 |1 |- |9
1968 |2 |4 |- |6
1969 |5 |8 |- |13
1970 |14 |6 |- |20
1971 |123 |21 |- |144
1972 |376 |17 |- |393
1973 |200 |15 |- |215
1974 |205 |8 |- |213
1975 |238 |9 |- |247
1976 |280 |11 |- |291
1977 |116 |5 |2 |123
1978 |82 |2 |1 |85
1979 |128 |7 |1 |136
1980 |85 |5 |3 | 93 (5)
1981 |95 |7 |0 | 102 (2)
1982 |99 |5 |0 | 104 (4)
1983 |86 |4 |1 | 91 (6)
1984 |63 |2 |0 | 65 (2)
1985 |59 |2 |0 | 61 (2)
1986 |85 |2 |0 | 87 (2)
1987 |100 |6 |3 | 109 (4)
1988 |111 |5 |0 | 116 (4)
1989 |67 |8 |0 | 75 (1)
1990 |71 |11 |0 | 82 (1)
Total |2,701 |171 |11 | 2,883
Notes:
1. From 1968 to 1976 information on infanticides is included in
"manslaughter".
2. Figures in brackets ( ) refer to children under the age of 14.
WALES
Sport (Schools)
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the impact of local management and funding of schools upon the extra-curricular activities of children in sport.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Under local management of schools, governing bodies of schools take their own decisions on the provision of extra- curricular activities in sport. They are best placed to make decisions about priorities within their schools and about the needs of individual children.
Landfill Gas Schemes
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all the landfill gas schemes (a) currently in operation and (b) being proposed in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I am not aware of any current or proposed landfill gas schemes in Wales.
Adult Education
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many representations he has received during the past three months on the question of charging structures for adult education ; whether the letter sent out to hon. Members by the Department of Education and Science represents Welsh Office policy on the issue ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The Department has received 132 representations during the past three months about future funding arrangements for adult education. The letter which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science sent to hon. Members on 24 September 1991, with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales' agreement, sets out the Government's policy for adult education in England and Wales.
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy not to pursue the issue of paying for adult education, in any manner that discriminates against non-vocational courses in the financial structure of adult education.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Our policy on adult education does not discriminate against non-vocational courses. Our proposals will place a duty on the new Further Education funding council for Wales to support courses of the kind listed in chapter 3 of volume 2 of the White Paper "Education and Training for the 21st Century". Local
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education authorities will continue to have a duty to provide for recreational and leisure courses for adults and they will continue to receive support for this purpose through revenue support grant. The Government intend that local authorities should have the freedom to decide how to respond to the demand for adult education in their area, as they do at the moment, and to set out the level of fees which students are charged.Hazardous Waste Imports
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by year for the last 10 years, and for each port in Wales, the number of tonnes of hazardous waste that was imported.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Returns on the importation of hazardous waste into the United Kingdom are available only for the period since the introduction of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations in October 1988.
The information in respect of Welsh ports for the years to 31 March 1989, 1990 and 1991 is shown in the following table.
4
(tonnes)
Port
|Holyhead|Newport |Swansea
----------------------------------------------------
October 1988 to
31 March 1989 |- |43.0 |-
1 April 1989 to
31 March 1990 |156.2 |1,327.0 |5.2
1 April 1990 to
31 March 1991 |815.9 |4,517.3 |10.1
Empty Properties
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the most recent estimate of the number of void dwelling units in the ownership of (a) government agencies or departments, (b) local authorities, (c) private landlords and (d) housing associations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information requested is given in the following table for the two latest years. Corresponding figures for Government Departments or agencies and private landlords are not centrally available. The numbers given for housing associations are not comparable with those of the local authorities. The former refer to units rather than dwellings and contain a high proportion of units purchased specifically for rehabilitation.
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Vacant dwellings by tenure
|Local |Housing
|authorities<1>
----------------------------------------------------------------
1990 |3,023 |1,152
1991 |2,430 |1,196
<1> Source: Welsh Office local authority returns, at 1 April
<2> Source: Housing for Wales, at 31 March.
Nurses (Regrading)
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidelines are issued by his Department to the health service in Wales with regard to the length of time within which appeals by nursing staff against regrading decisions should be heard ; and what proportion of such appeals have taken over 12 months to be heard.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Agreed procedures for pursuing staff grievances are set out in section 32 of the general Whitley Council conditions of service which bind employing authorities and employees. There is no time limit within which appeals made to the employing authority should be heard and information on the numbers of nurse regrading appeals which have taken longer than 12 months to be completed is not held centrally. At the all-Wales level the time needed by staff sides and management alike to prepare for subsequent nurse regrading appeals lodged by staff organisations or trade unions, following unsuccessful appeals at the local level, has resulted in the majority of appeals taking longer than 12 months to complete.
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set up an investigation into the appeals system in relation to the regrading of nurses, in dealing effectively and expeditiously with the appeals by school nurses in Gwynedd ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Staff grievance procedures are set out in section 32 of the general Whitley Council agreement, which provides for three levels of appeals. When the clinical grading structure was negotiated, the nursing trades unions chose not to pursue the possibility of introducing more streamlined procedures. However, all regrading appeals from nurses in Gwynedd have been completed at the employing authority level. Progress in hearing appeals at other levels is dependent upon the submission of case statements from both staff sides and management and the availability of people to present and hear cases. Measures designed to speed up the mechanics have recently been implemented at the regional, all- Wales level and at national level a range of new proposals is being discussed between both sides of the Nursing and Midwifery Staffs Negotiating Council.
Toxic Waste
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by location in Wales, the current sites of high-temperature incinerators for dealing with inland toxic waste.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information is not available within the Department.
High temperature incineration of waste can take place where so authorised within factory premises or in merchant plant available for disposal contracts. The only merchant incinerator in Wales is located at Panteg, Pontypool, Gwent.
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Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by location the proposed new sites of high-temperature incinerators for dealing with inland toxic waste in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : There are no planning proposals for such high temperature incinerators currently before the Secretary of State for decision.
Dental Health
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost to public funds of preventive dental health programmes in Wales for the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Responsibility for arranging for the provision of dental health education and preventive programmes is delegated to district health authorities. Information on the cost of such programmes is not available centrally.
RECHAR
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his latest estimate is of the amount expected from the RECHAR programme for mining communities in Wales ; and what proportion this is of the total expressed (a) for the United Kingdom and (b) for all Community coalfield areas.
Mr. David Hunt : Wales expects to receive some £18.6 million for the industrial south Wales RECHAR programme. This amounts to 6.6 per cent. of the total RECHAR allocation across the Community and 17 per cent. of the expected United Kingdom allocation.
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the schemes submitted to the European Commission under the RECHAR programme ; and how many have to date been approved.
Mr. David Hunt : None. The European Commission has not yet approved the RECHAR programme for industrial south Wales. Applications for individual projects cannot be invited until the RECHAR programme has been approved.
Homelessness
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the most recent estimate of expenditure by local authorities on accommodating homeless families in temporary or bed-and- breakfast accommodation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Local authority net current expenditure on bed-and-breakfast accommodation for homeless persons in 1989-90 was £1,091,000. Expenditure information on homeless persons in other forms of temporary accommodation is not available centrally.
Mr. Murphy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are currently homeless in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : During the quarter April to June 1991, 6,039 persons were included in households accepted as homeless by local authorities under section 58 of the Housing Act 1985.
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Nurses
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of newly qualified nurses currently seeking employment in the national health service.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Figures for those newly qualified nurses who are currently seeking employment in the national health service in Wales are not available.
However, the number of all student nurses, midwives and health visitors expected to become eligible for registration with the Welsh National Board during the period April 1991 to March 1992 is estimated at 1,334.
Property Act
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received urging the enactment of a new Property Act for Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : We have received representations from a number of individuals and bodies.
Video Recordings
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Don Valley of 19 June, Official Report, column 173, if he will make it his practice to keep central records of lists of titles of the video recordings purchased by his Department.
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Employment Action
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people have accepted places on the employment action programme to date (a) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency, (b) in Mid-Glamorgan and (c) in Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : Places have been available on employment action since 1 October 1991. Information on participants is not yet available.
Dental Services
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each health authority area in Wales (a) its population, (b) the number of people registered with a general dental practitioner and (c) the ratio of dental practitioners to the number of people registered.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information, which is given by family health service authority area, is given in the following table.
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FHSA |Population |People registered<2>|Ratio<3>
|(thousands)<1>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clwyd |411.8 |175,607 |1,611
Dyfed |354.0 |146,510 |1,495
Gwent |447.5 |191,259 |1,427
Gwynedd |241.1 |102,835 |1,659
Mid Glamorgan |539.6 |198,895 |1,462
Powys |117.4 |48,434 |1,275
South Glamorgan |406.8 |187,724 |1,478
West Glamorgan |363.2 |178,611 |1,385
<1> Mid year estimate 1990.
<2> As at 30 September 1991.
<3> People registered divided by the number of general dental practitioners (as at 30 June 1991).
Chromium
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by location, all the sites where chromium powder and chromium waste is dumped ; and what precautions are taken to ensure that it is not (a) inhaled and (b) allowed to come into contact with the general public.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : This information is not available centrally. The nature of wastes going into specific landfill sites and suitable operational precautions are matters for waste disposal authorities under the licensing provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by (a) year and (b) by regional health authority for the last five years, the number of cases of (i) chromium poisoning and (ii) chromium contamination that have been reported.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : During the last five years (1986 to 1990 inclusive), there have been two admissions to Welsh hospitals, both in 1987, for which the diagnosis was the toxic effects of chromium.
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Since 1986-87, certain forms of chrome ulceration, a condition contracted through occupational exposure to chromium, have been reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations. The figures, for Wales, for each year from 1986-87 are listed as follows. Information on other forms of chromium poisoning or chromium contamination is not available.
Reported cases of
chrome ulcerations
|Number
----------------------
1986-87 |4
1987-88 |6
1988-89 |1
1989-90 |1
Hospitality Costs
Mr. Skinner : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest annual figure for the cost of hospitality provided by the Welsh Office ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. David Hunt : I refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 19 June 1991. Expenditure to date in this financial year is now £15,219.80.Health Authority Chairmen (Salaries)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the current salary levels of each health authority chairman in Wales and indicate the number of days per week each is employed.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information is contained in the table.
Remuneration of health authority chairmen in Wales
|Band |Current |Notional
|rates<1>|days per
|week
----------------------------------------------------------
District Health Authorities
South Glamorgan |1 |17,610 |3.5
Mid Glamorgan |1 |17,610 |3.5
West Glamorgan |1 |17,610 |3.5
Gwent |1 |17,610 |3.5
Clwyd |1 |17,610 |3.5
Gwynedd |2 |15,659 |3.25
East Dyfed |2 |15,659 |3.25
Powys |3 |13,812 |3.0
Pembrokeshire |3 |13,812 |3.0
Health promotion
authority for Wales |3 |13,812 |3.0
Family Health Service Authorities
South Glamorgan |2 |10,705 |2.5
Mid Glamorgan |2 |10,705 |2.5
West Glamorgan |2 |10,705 |2.5
Gwent |2 |10,705 |2.5
Clwyd |2 |10,705 |2.5
Dyfed |2 |10,705 |2.5
Powys |3 |9,903 |2.5
Gwynedd |3 |9,903 |2.5
<1> From 1 January 1991. All current rates are under
review.
Bathing Beaches
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library the detailed results of the bathing waters monitoring carried out on Welsh beaches in the summer.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Details of the monitoring are on public registers maintained by the Welsh region of the National Rivers Authority (NRA) available for inspection at its offices during normal working hours. A summary of the information relating to EC identified bathing waters will be contained within the report prepared under article 13 of the EC bathing water directive and, as in previous years, a copy will be placed in the Library of the House. I understand that the NRA will again publish a report containing the results of its sampling of both designated and non- designated waters in England and Wales.
Cardiac Treatment
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he intends to announce the location and start-up date for the second cardiac centre in Wales.
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