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Terrorists (Compensation Claims)
Mr. Maginnis : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many awards of compensation have been made in cases where terrorists have been (a) shot dead and (b) shot and injured by the security services since 15 November 1985 ; and if he will publish full details.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 5 December 1991] : The available information is set out in the table below. It should be noted that this information, which is based on the date of settlement and not of the incident concerned, does not differentiate between "terrorist" and "non -terrorist" incidents ; and includes awards arising from the use of plastic baton rounds.
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Financial years
|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91
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Number of awards of compensation
for persons:
Killed in shooting incidents |1 |2 |2 |2
Wounded in shooting incidents |19 |20 |23 |28
SOCIAL SECURITY
Benefit Offices
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 18 November, Official Report, column 84, and the Benefit Agency's subsequent letter, if he will ask the district managers to provide information on the number, and the periods in which, benefit offices were closed to the public during official opening hours in the current year, giving the reasons for each closure.
Miss Widdecombe : Provision of local services is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. I understand from him that district managers are encouraged to tailor their services to the needs of the local community.
The range of public caller facilities now offered by the Benefits Agency is too diverse to allow meaningful comparisons between offices or to justify collection of detailed information centrally. Information about the withdrawal of these facilities could be obtained from district managers only at disproportionate cost. Mr. Bichard will write to the hon. Member, and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.
Household Incomes
Mr. Cash : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he proposes any changes in the series of statistics covering households with below average incomes.
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Mr. Newton : As I have previously informed the Social Security Select Committee, since the publication in July 1990 of the last set of biennial tables covering households below average income, a thoroughgoing "stocktaking review" of the methodology and presentation has been carried out by the Department's officials, including statisticians, together with a statistician from the Central Statistical Office. The group conducting the review has also undertaken consultation with a number of independent experts, including the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Their report is published today, and copies have been placed in the Library. It makes 45 recommendations aimed at improving both the content of HBAI and the clarity of its presentation. I have accepted these in full, and have also agreed to adjust the coverage of HBAI so that it relates to the whole United Kingdom, instead of Great Britain as at present, and to adopt 1979 as the base year for time series. Although these changes will involve considerable extra work, we nevertheless intend to publish the next biennial figures, for 1989, within two years of the last.
I have also given further careful consideration to the Select Committee's request that such figures should be published annually, instead of biennially. I agree that this is now sensible, and arrangements are therefore being made for annual publications from the 1989 figures onwards.
Similarly, I propose to meet the Select Committee's request that take-up estimates for the income-related benefits, which hitherto have also been published biennially, should be published annually. DSS statisticians are currently considering what improvements can be made
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in the methodology for making these estimates, and will aim to produce those for 1989 at about the same time as the next HBAI, in mid-1992.These improvements will be pursued in close collaboration with the IFS, which has agreed to assist the Department's statisticians in calculating and checking HBAI results before publication, and in making the database more readily available to external researchers once publication has taken place.
At the same time as making these changes, we are examining ways of improving the basic data from which HBAI is drawn. We are therefore piloting a new "family resources survey" with a view to evaluating the contribution that this could make to enhancing the information on which studies such as HBAI are based.
EC Pension Levels
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the level of the basic state pension, and any earnings- related supplement for a person on the average wage in each European Community country currently, in sterling at current purchasing power parity exchange rates.
Mr. Jack : There are no comparable statistics available on average annual wages in the member states of the European Community. As a consequence, it is not possible to provide the pension comparisons requested by the hon. Member.
Low-income Families
Mr. Clay : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what index he used to calculate the figure of £600 million a year in real terms as an increase in means-tested benefits for low-income families.
Mr. Jack : The figure of £600 million has been calculated by revaluing each additional package of help into 1992-93 terms by the GDP deflator.
Mr. Clay : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will give a detailed breakdown of how the £600 million extra a year in real terms which has been made available to families through income- related benefits, has been allocated to families with low incomes ;
(2) if he will give details for each year from 1988-89 onwards of how much of the extra £600 million a year, in real terms, given to low-income families has (a) gone into each means-tested benefit, (b) increased the real value of each means-tested benefit to individual households and (c) been spent because of changes in the numbers of families receiving means- tested benefits.
Mr. Jack : The detailed breakdown is in the table.
It is not possible to estimate the increased value of each income-related benefit to individual households because individual families will have benefited in different ways and at different times from one or more of the separate packages.
Costings of each package of help are calculated using forecasts of family numbers receiving income-related benefits in the year of introduction. In arriving at the total cost no account is taken of subsequent changes in the numbers of families receiving income-related benefits.
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Year and change |Amount |Value in a full
|year at 1992-93
|prices
|£ million |£ million
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April 1988
Introduction of Family Credit |200 |256
April 1989
Extra 50p in IRB child allowances |70 |84
April 1990
£1 on Family Credit adult credit |70 |78
Extra 50p on Income Support,
Family Credit and Housing
Benefit family premium
Extra 50p on childs personal
allowances in Income Support,
Family Credit and Housing
Benefit
Increase in lone parent premium in
Housing Benefit and
Community Charge Benefit
Increase in lone parent earnings
disregard in Housing Benefit
and Community Charge
Benefit
Extra in disabled child premium in
Income Support (£8 million)
Extra for expectant mothers
through Social Fund maternity
payment (£3 million)
October 1991
Increase for families on Income
Support to ensure they gain
from Community Housing
Benefit inclusive |<1>63 |133
April 1992
Change in Family Credit hours
rule and maintenance disregard
for lone parents |69
Total annual extra help in 1992-93
made available for families
with children since 1988 |620
<1> Half year.
Earnings Disregard
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to publish the findings of his Department's monitoring of the impact of the new earnings disregard rules introduced under the Social Security Act 1986.
Miss Widdecombe : The Department has monitored the effect of the earnings rules in income support, family credit, housing benefit and community charge benefit since 1988. As a result, we have already made changes to the rules which will provide extra help for working families with children. The earnings disregard for lone parents was raised from £15 to £25 in housing benefit and community charge benefit from October 1990. We are also reducing the hours of work needed to claim family credit from 24 to 16 hours a week in April 1992. At the same time, we shall be introducing a disregard of the first £15 a week of any maintenance received for a child in family credit, housing benefit and community charge benefit.
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Women Claimants
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many women in couples claiming supplementary benefit/income support have been the claimant in each year since 1983 ; and if he will provide the figures as a proportion of all couples on supplementary benefit/income support for each year.
Miss Widdecombe : The information requested is given in the table :
Year |Number of |All couple|Proportion
|female |cases
|claimants
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1983 |500 |1,020,600 |1 in 2,041
1984 |12,140 |1,086,300 |1 in 90
1986 |20,700 |1,126,700 |1 in 54
1987 |25,300 |1,073,600 |1 in 42
1988 |24,600 |841,000 |1 in 34
1989 |25,400 |723,800 |1 in 28
1990 |34,600 |691,200 |1 in 20
Note: No information is available for 1985. The Annual
Statistical Enquiry for that year was deferred until
1986.
Source: Supplementary Benefit/Income Support Annual
Statistical Enquiries.
Child Support Agency
Mr. Warren : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he has decided the final locations of the new administration centres for the Child Support Agency ; when these new offices will be operational ; and how they will be staffed.
Mr. Jack : Negotiations on the location of the new administration centres have been concluded successfully and I can now confirm that they will be sited in Hastings, the black country (Dudley), Belfast, Falkirk, Birkenhead and Plymouth, each one of which will create 500 new administrative jobs. The centres in Hastings, the black country and Belfast will come into operation from 1 April 1993 followed by Falkirk, Birkenhead and Plymouth by autumn 1993. Local recruitment for the majority of the jobs will start to build up from about six months before the operational dates.
The selection of Hastings has enabled us to offer opportunities to a substantial number of Property Services Agency staff who would otherwise be facing redundancy. It is our hope that we can co-ordinate the occupation of the Hastings centre with the rundown in staffing of PSA to ensure a major civil service presence in the area.
Pension Funds
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to lay regulations following the consultation he has undertaken on the restriction of self-investment by pension funds for which provision was made in the Social Security Act 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Newton : The Social Security Act 1990 provided powers enabling restrictions to be placed on the extent to
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which the resources of occupational pension schemes may be invested in the sponsoring employer, or an associate and connected employer. Shortly after the passage of the Act, the Government commissioned independent consultants, Ernst and Young, to report on the extent of such investment and problems which might arise in restricting it. Following their report, draft regulations to achieve such restriction were referred to the Occupational Pensions Board. After consultation with interested bodies, the board reported on the draft towards the end of July. Having considered its recommendations, together with other representations received subsequently about the need for appropriate provisions to avoid causing unnecessary difficulties for companies and pension funds in respect of existing self-investment, we intend to lay regulations to restrict self- investment early in the new year.EMPLOYMENT
Earnings
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the gross weekly earnings of the lowest decile of full-time workers aged under 18 years, whose pay was not affected by absence, for each year since 1979, in both actual and real terms in 1991 prices.
Mr. Forth : The earnings information requested is published in table 126 of part E of the new earnings survey report for each year from 1979, for men and women separately. Information for men and women combined is published in table X4 of part B from 1984 to 1988, and in table X4 of part A from 1989 to 1991 ; it is not available prior to 1984.
Information on the retail prices index (all items) to convert earlier years' figures to 1991 prices is published in table 6.4 of the latest "Employment Gazette" for April 1991, and in table 26 of the annual supplement to "Economic Trends" for April of earlier years.
Copies of the publications are available in the Library.
Wages Council Legislation
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was (a) the gender, (b) the occupation and (c) the average working hours of each underpaid worker in establishments prosecuted for breaching wages council legislation in 1989, 1990 and 1991 to date, identifying (i) the establishment at which each worker was employed, (ii) the type of offence committed against the employee, (iii) the penalty and legal costs incurred to the employer, (iv) the arrears of wages paid to each employee, separately identified, (v) the employee's hourly rate of pay before the prosecution and (vi) the relevant wages council rate which the employee received thereafter, identifying the relevant wages council order.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 December 1991] : I regret that the full information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The information which is readily available is provided in the following table.
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1989
1. Employer's name and address |Number and type of offences |Number |1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council |of |2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable
|workers |from date of hearing
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1. Bhatia's, Rochester, Kent |2-Failure to pay at least the |Two
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council
1. Bishops of Swanage, Swanage, Dorset |1-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £200 fine, £350 costs, £800.20 arrears.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.49 per hour.
Council
1. Franklins of Saltburn, Saltburn, |3-Failure to pay at least the |Three
Cleveland | statutory minimum rate. | arrears of £2,740.38.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages |2. £2.49 per hour.
Council
1. Gosport Royal Naval Association Club |3-Failure to pay at least the |Three
Ltd., Gosport, Hants |statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.30 per hour.
2. Licenced Non-Residential
Establishments Wages Council
1. Grahams Transport Stop, Bridgewater, |2-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £400 fine, £200 costs, £3,145.55 arrears.
Somerset |statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.38 per hour.
2. Unlicenced Place of Refreshment Wages
Council
1. Johns, South Ockenden, Essex |1-Failure to produce records. |- |1. £300 fine, £100 costs.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council
1. Kingfisher, Hull, Yorkshire |1-Failure to pay at least the |Five |1. £100 fine, £150 costs, £7,408.91 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate.
Council
1. Maurices Discount, Nottingham |1-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £100 fine, £100 costs, £429.71 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.33 per hour.
Council
1. Record Stores, Rochester, Kent |4-Failure to pay at least the |Three |1. £675 fine, £250 costs, £1,762.87 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council
Prosecutions under sections 16, 19, and 21 of the Wages Act 1986
1990
1. Employer's name and address |Number and type of offences |Number |1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council |of |2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable
|workers |from date of hearing
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1. Burger House, Maidstone |2-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £600 fine, £345 costs, £1,280 arrears.
2. Unlicensed Place of Refreshment Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.38 per hour.
Council | keeping false records.
1. G.S. Fruit, Sheffield |3-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £450 fine, £150 costs.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council | keeping false records.
1. One Stop Foods, Leeds |2-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £100 fine, £150 costs, £443 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council
1. Pavilions Kebab House, Buxton |1-Failure to produce records. |- |1. £400 fine, £69 costs.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages |2. £2.685 per hour.
Council
1. Post Office Stores, Avening |2-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £50 fine, £1,128 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council | keeping false records.
1. Terry's Hair Fashion, Swanley |3-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £225 fine, £50 costs, £150 arrears.
2. Hairdressing Undertakings Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.40 per hour.
Council | failure to keep records, failure
| to post notices.
1. Truss Self-Service, Aldershot |3-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £150 fine, £200 costs, £1,277 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.685 per hour.
Council | keeping false records.
1. Weardale Hotel, Spennymoor |1-Failure to produce records |- |1. £100 fine, £70 costs.
2. Licensed Non-Residential Establishments
Wages Council
1. Westons, Barrow in Furness |4-Failure to pay at least the |Four |1. £160 fine, £400 costs, £100 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.48 per hour.
Council
Prosecutions under sections 16, 19, and 21 of the Wages Act 1986
\#\1991 to date
1. Employer's name and address |Number and type of offences |Number |1. Penalties placed on employers
2. Appropriate wages council |of |2. Statutory minimum remuneration payable
|workers |from date of hearing
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1. Allardyce Cafe, Stonehaven |2-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. Admonishment.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council
1. P. Bilton, Sheffield |3-Failure to pay at least the |Three |1. £200 fine, £70 costs, £111.64 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council
1. Bridge House Hotel, Scunthorpe |1-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £150 fine, £200 costs, £418.08 arrears.
2. Licensed Residential Establishment and | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.56 per hour.
Licensed Restaurant Wages Council
1. Central Carpets, Hull |8-Failure to pay at least the |Three |1. £800 fine, £390 costs, £1,750 arrears.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.69 per hour.
Council | failure to keep records, failure
| to post notices.
1. D. E. Drinkall, Hull |6-Failure to pay at least the |Four |1. £150 fine, £293.75 costs, £3,103 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council | failure to keep records, failure
| to post notices.
1. Egremont Hotel, Taunton |3-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £375 fine, £400 costs, £70.95 arrears.
2. Licensed Residential Establishment and | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.66 per hour.
Licensed Restaurant Wages Council | failure to post notices, false
| records.
1. Filey Frozen Foods, Filey |1-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £300 fine, £150 costs, £804 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.685 per hour.
Council
1. Gill Manufacturing, Leeds |1-Failure to produce records |-
2. Clothing Manufacturing Wages Council |2. £2.4875 per hour.
1. Hughes General Store, Sealand, Deeside |3-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £200 fine, £100 costs, £1,529.89 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, false |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council | records.
1. G.C. Mull & Co., Finsbury Park, |2-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £100 fine, £50 costs, £1,537 arrears.
London | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.955 per hour.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages
1. New Image, Bedminster |2-Failure to pay at least the |One |£100 fine, £25 costs, £121 arrears.
2. Hairdressing Undertakings Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.66 per hour.
Council
1. B.D. Price, Dudley |1-Failure to comply with a |- |1. £400 fine, £393 costs.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages | requirement of an inspector. |2. £2.955 per hour.
1. Snooker Masters Ltd., Wishaw, |6-False records, failure to pay at |Four |1. Admonished by Sherrif. Required to pay
Lanarkshire | least the statutory minimum | arrears £408.76.
2. Licenced Non-Residential Establishments | rate, inadequate records. |2. £2.74 per hour.
Wages Council
1. Spar Shop, Newcastle upon Tyne |3-Failure to pay at least the |One |1. £100 fine, £100 costs, £850 arrears.
2. Retail Food and Allied Trades Wages | statutory minimum rate, |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council failure to keep records, failure
| to post notices.
1. Trendy, Hull, Yorkshire |2-Failure to keep records, failure |- |1. £400 fine, £90 costs.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages | to post notices. |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council
1. Vanessa Gail Hair Design, Leeds |2-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £250 fine, £100 costs, £2,218 arrears.
2. Hairdressing Undertakings Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.66 per hour.
Council
1. Village Market, Langley Park |4-Failure to pay at least the |Two |1. £160 fine, £300 costs, £540 arrears.
2. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages | statutory minimum rate. |2. £2.955 per hour.
Council
Offshore Installations
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for employment (1) how many improvement notices the Health and Safety Executive's offshore division has issued since 1 April 1991 ;
(2) how many prohibition notices the Health and Safety Executive's offshore division has issued since1 April 1991 ;
(3) how many prosecutions have been commenced by the Health and Safety Executive's offshore division since1 April 1991.
Mr. Jackson : [holding answer 11 December 1991] : Since 1 April 1991, under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Health and Safety Executive's offshore safety division has served no improvement notices. Two prohibition notices have been served. Inspectors have additional powers under the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 to prohibit an activity or the use of equipment or to require improvement to be made. These powers have been designed specifically for offshore operation, and are used extensively. No prosecutions have been commenced by HSE's offshore safety division since1 April 1991. Decisions on offshore safety-related prosecutions are normally a matter for the procurator fiscal in Scotland and the Crown prosecution service in England. I am not aware of any prosecutions commenced by these authorities since 1 April 1991.
Industrial Safety Reports
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of safety reports, under regulation 7(i) of the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1984, submitted to each Health and Safety Executive region before 8 July 1989 and the number of site occupiers who have still to receive a confirmatory letter from the Health and Safety Executive stating that the report has been examined, that selective inspections based on the report have been completed and that the report will now be used as a reference document in future inspections.
Mr. Jackson [holding answer 11 December 1991] : Only information about safety reports submitted to the Health and Safety Executive by August 1989 is readily available centrally. Details of those submitted before 8 July 1989 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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By August 1989, HSE had received 331 such reports. The following table shows a breakdown by the HSE regions :
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Wales and the South West |45
London and the South East |14
Home Countries |24
Midlands |21
Yorkshire and the North East |105
North West |57
Scotland |65
All these reports have received an initial evaluation. A total of 104 safety reports received by HSE have been assessed as satisfying the requirements of schedule 6 of the regulations following examination on a multidisciplinary basis. Some of the 104 reports may have been received by HSE after August 1989, but the exact number received before that date could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
WALES
Appointments
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will update his answer of 12 March 1991, Official Report , columns 448-58 , to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside listing the full-time and part-time public appointments for which he is responsible, together with the salary and the date for when each appointment is due for renewal, including those posts which are not salaried.
Mr. David Hunt : The following appointments are salaried. All are part-time posts. I will supply details of non-salaried appointments as soon as possible.
|Remuneration |Current
Name |£ |appointment ends
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Cardiff Bay Development Corporation
Chairman
Mr. Geoffrey Inkin, OBE |29,905 | 2 April 1993
Deputy Chairman:
Councillor Lord Brooks of
Tremorfa |16,880 | 4 May 1992
Members:
Mrs. Mair Barnes |4,770 | 2 April 1993
Mrs. Honor Chapman, CBE 4,770 2 April 1992
Mr. Alan Cox, CBE |4,770 | 2 April 1993
Mr. Hugh Hudson-Davies |4,770 | 2 April 1993
Mr. B. Thomas |4,770 | 1 June 1994
Councillor Paddy Kitson |4,770 | 4 May 1992
Councillor John Phillips |4,770 |31 July 1994
Professor Richard Silverman 4,770 2 April 1992
Mr. James Beveridge |4,770 | 2 April 1992
Councillor Leon Smith |4,770 |31 August 1994
Councillor Jeff Sainsbury |4,770 |31 July 1994
Welsh Development Agency
Chairman:
Dr. Gwyn Jones |64,975 |30 September 1994
Deputy Chairman:
Sir Donald Walters |20,990 |31 July 1992
Members:
Mr. E. Glyn Davies<1> |31 March 1992
Mr. Philip Head<2> |31 December 1993
Mr. Richard Brewster |5,945 |30 September 1993
Mr. John Foley, MBE |5,945 |28 February 1994
Mr. Ralph Phillip Vinson Rees 5,945 31 December 1992
Mr. David Griffith Roberts, OBE 5,945 31 December 1992
Mr. David Colyn Gardner |5,945 |31 December 1992
Mr. David Malpas |5,945 |31 December 1992
Dr. Pamela Kirby |5,945 |30 November 1994
Note:
Countryside Council for Wales
Chairman:
Mr. Michael Griffith, CBE |27,375 | 4 November 1993
Deputy Chairman:
Professor David Q. Bowen |9,440 | 4 November 1993
Members:
Professor Dennis Bellamy |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Councillor Morgan Chambers |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Dr. W. Allan Evans |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Mr. John Harrop |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Dr. Merylyn Hedger |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Mr. Tom Jones |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Mr. Merfyn Williams |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Dr. Steve Ormerod |5,900 | 4 November 1993
Development Board for Rural Wales
Chairman:
Mr. E. Glyn Davies |29,835 | 1 April 1992
Members:
Mr. Robert Gee |5,900 | 1 April 1992
Mr. Ian A. Jones |5,900 | 1 April 1993
Councillor Veronica Hollis |5,900 | 1 April 1992
Councillor Andrew M. Leonard 5,900 1 April 1994
Mr. Jeffrey Morgan |5,900 | 1 April 1992
Mr. Edward Rae, OBE |5,900 | 1 April 1993
Mr. Hywel Roberts |5,900 | 1 April 1992
Mr. Peter Saunders |5,900 | 1 April 1994
Councillor E. J. K. Shaw |5,900 | 1 April 1994
Sir Donald Walters |5,900 | 1 April 1993
Councillor Roger Williams |5,900 | 1 April 1992
Wales Tourist Board
Chairman:
Mr. I. Prys Edwards |32,850 |31 July 1993
Members:
Mrs. Lorna Minors |5,900 |16 September 1994
Mr. Christopher L. Pollard, OBE 5,900 14 April 1992
Mr. E. Glyn Davies |5,900 |31 March 1992
Mr. David H. Griffith |5,900 |16 September 1993
Mr. John Dunscombe |5,900 |31 October 1992
Mr. Chris R. Jackson |5,900 |18 December 1993
Land Authority for Wales
Chairman:
Mr. Geoffrey D. Inkin, OBE 29,595 |25 November 1992
Deputy Chairman:
Mr. John D. Allen, CBE |8,395 |29 December 1993
Members:
Mr. R. P. V. Rees |5,905 |29 December 1993
Mr. Graham Jones |5,905 |29 December 1993
Mr. Walter Rhys-Webb |5,905 |29 December 1993
Mr. Ray G. Owen |5,905 |29 December 1992
Mr. Alan Edwards |5,905 |29 December 1993
Sports Council for Wales
Chairman:
Mr. Ossie Wheatley |14,900 |31 March 1993
Deputy Chairman:
Mr. Tom Baxter-Wright |8,100 |31 March 1993
Housing for Wales
Chairman:
Mr. John Allen, CBE |27,250 | 1 December 1994
Deputy Chairman:
Mr. Jonathan Evans |8,435 |During 1992
Robert Ellis |3,695 |31 May 1994
Mr. James Procter |3,695 | 1 December 1993
Professor Peter Williams |3,695 | 1 December 1994
Mr. Michael Murphy |3,695 |31 May 1994
Curriculum Council for Wales
Mr. Richard Daugherty |10,200 |31 August 1994
Mr. Ieuan Price |5,500 |31 August 1994
Training Enterprise and Education Advisory Group for
Wales
Chairman:
Sir Mel Rosser |11,300 |31 March 1992
Historic Buildings Council for Wales
Chairman:
The Marquess of Anglesey |4,155 |31 March 1992
Family Health Service Authorities
Clwyd
Chairman:
Councillor Tom W. Jones |10,705 |31 August 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mr. Thomas Birchall |5,000 |31 March 1993
Councillor Neil A. Formstone |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Paul D. M. Griffith |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mrs. Lynne Hughes |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. William J. Ridgway |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. Christopher B. Swale |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mrs. Irene J. Train |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mrs. N. P. (Patsy) Woodward 5,000 30 November 1992
Dr. Peter Wykes |5,000 |31 March 1994
Dyfed
Chairman:
Mrs. Vanessa J. Bourne |10,705 |31 May 1994
Non-executive Members:
Mr. David Bentham |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mrs. Anne Bowen |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mrs. Brenda L. Davies |5,000 |30 November 1991
Mr. Thomas Lloyd |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. T. O. S. Lloyd |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mrs. Anne M. Morris |5,000 |30 November 1992
Councillor Edwyn P. Parry |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. W. J. C. Roberts |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. David P. Williams |5,000 |30 November 1992
Gwent
Chairman:
Mr. Kenneth R. C. Rew |10,705 |31 May 1994
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. Estelle Blake |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. David H. W. Davies |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. John A. Gallimore |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. Stuart Geddes |5,000 |31 March 1994
Dr. Gregory L. Graham |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. John F. Ingledew |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. D. Jones |5,000 |31 March 1993
Councillor Peter J. Law, JP |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mrs. Patricia A. White |5,000 |30 November 1992
Gwynedd
Chairman:
Dr. John E. A. Kenrick |9,903 |31 May 1994
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. E. Barlow |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. G. Morris Jones |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. T. Jones |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. Barry J. Owens |5,000 |16 September 1994
Dr. Ian Ellis Roberts |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mrs. Lorna Scharer |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Gwyn T. Thomas |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. Richard N. Thomas |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. Richard Webb |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mid Glamorgan
Chairman:
Mrs. Kathrin E. Thomas |10,705 |31 August 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. Bridget Caroline Dimond 5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Peter Jenkins |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. Raymond W. Martin |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. Ian Price |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mrs. Dorothy Richardson |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. Victor Rizzo |5,000 |30 November 1992
Dr. Bipin K. Shah |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. Edward H. Tiltman |5,000 |16 September 1994
Dr. Eira Williams |5,000 |16 September 1994
Powys
Chairman:
The hon. Anthony T. Lewis, JP 9,903 |31 May 1994
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. Patricia A. Antill |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. David S. Baird-Murray |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. Paul G. J. Davies |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mrs. Margaret J. Dodd |5,000 |30 November 1992
Miss Barbara Hughes |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Hywel Davies |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. J. D. Roberts-James |5,000 |31 March 1993
Dr. Ainsley Reid |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mrs. Jean Ryder |5,000 |16 September 1994
South Glamorgan
Chairman:
Dr. Richard G. Lloyd |10,705 |31 August 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mr. R. A. Fuge |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. Richard C. Daniel |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mrs. J. Edwards |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. James H. Leighton |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Illtyd R. Lloyd |5,000 |30 November 1992
Miss Elizabeth J. Muir |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Ian Phillips |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. Gerald Rapport |5,000 |16 September 1994
Dr. Michael T. K. Wheeler |5,000 |31 March 1994
West Glamorgan
Chairman:
Mr. Graham L. Jones |10,705 |31 August 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. Jane V. Davies |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. Robert J. Davies |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mrs. Margaret M. Evans |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. Alan L. Jones |5,000 |31 March 1994
Mr. Gerald Lawler |5,000 |16 September 1994
Mr. William G. Rees |5,000 |30 November 1992
Mr. Gerald Thomas |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. Douglas S. Williams |5,000 |30 November 1992
Dr. Eleanor M. Williams |5,000 |31 March 1993
District Health Authorities
Clwyd
Chairman:
Mrs. Anne Lloyd Roberts 17,610 |31 July 1994
Non-executive Members:
Professor T. M. Hayes |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Trefor G. Jones |5,000 |31 August 1994
Vacant |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. John R. Slater |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mrs. Angharad Waters |5,000 |31 October 1992
East Dyfed
Chairman:
Mr. James S. Thomas |15,659 |31 July 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. Lynette George |5,000 |31 Auguest 1994
Mr. Emrys W. Jones |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Peter G. Price |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. John Williams |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Owen J. Williams |5,000 |31 October 1992
Gwent
Chairman:
Mr. Roger Newton |17,610 |31 July 1994
Non-executive Members:
Mr. Richard J. Dilnot |5,000 |31 August 1994
Dr. Gareth Jones |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mrs. Fiona N. Peel |5,000 |31 August 1994
Professor Alan Richens |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Roy C. Stevens |5,000 |31 October 1992
Gwynedd
Chairman:
Mrs. Noreen L. Edwards, CBE 15,659 |31 July 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mr. Dilwyn O. Evans |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. R. Hefin Davies |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Graham Hulse |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Richard H. P. Oliver |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. John L. Williams |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mid Glamorgan
Chairman:
Mr. Bryn Davies, MBE, CBE 17,610 |31 July 1992
Non-executive Members:
Dr. D. Eurof Evans, OBE |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mrs. Sandy Grant |5,000 |31 October 1992
Professor Oliver P. Gray |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. Derek W. C. Morgan |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. O. Graham Saunders, OBE 5,000 31 August 1994
Pembrokeshire
Chairman:
Captain Henry W. Phillips |13,812 |31 July 1991
Non-executive Members:
Mrs. Rachel P. James |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. John E. Lloyd |5,000 |31 August 1994
Rev. Thomas A. Thomas |5,000 |31 October 1992
Dr. Edward R. Verrier Jones 5,000 31 October 1992
Mrs. Margaret Thomas |5,000 |31 October 1992
Powys
Chairman:
The Hon. Mrs. R. H. P. Price 13,812 |31 July 1994
Non-executive Members:
Major Michael W. F. Dyer |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. Hugh Hudson Davies |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. David G. Margetts |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. Richard G. S. Mills |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. P. R. Swanson |5,000 |31 October 1992
South Glamorgan
Chairman:
Mr. Alun S. Jones |17,610 |31 July 1992
Non-executive Members:
Mr. Nigel J. Butcher |5,000 |31 October 1992
Professor Sir Herbert L. Duthie 5,000 31 August 1994
Mr. Simon M. Jones |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. John W. Phillips |5,000 |31 August 1994
Lady Roisin M. Pill |5,000 |31 August 1994
Professor Norman R. I. Robertson 5,000 31 October 1992
West Glamorgan
Chairman:
Mr. P. D. Allen, CBE |17,610 |31 July 1991
Non-executive Members:
M. G. Shellard |5,000 |31 August 1994
Professor L. Bloom |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mrs. Carolyn Kirby |5,000 |31 October 1992
Mr. C. C. Lea |5,000 |31 August 1994
Mr. M. Rosser |5,000 |31 October 1992
Health Promotion Authority for Wales
Chairman:
Dr. S. Smail 15,125 |31 March 1992
Non-executive Members:
Dr. B. N. C. Littlepage |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mrs. I. Train |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. R. Cuthbertson |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. J. D. Griffiths |5,000 |31 March 1993
Mr. J. Thomas |5,000 |31 March 1993
Hospital Waiting Lists
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are (a) the number of patients on waiting lists for admission to each district general hospital within Mid-Glamorgan for each specialty ; and what is the average time on the list and (b) the number of patients waiting to see each consultant ; and what is the average waiting time.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The most recent information available on in- patient and day case waiting lists and median waiting times, analysed by hospital and specialty, is published in "Welsh Hospital Waiting List Bulletin 1991 : No. 2," which is available in the Library of the House.
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Information on consultant waiting lists and waiting times is not held centrally. However, the recently published patients charter sets out the Government's plans to improve the quality and range of information on health care services in Wales with locally published waiting times for out-patient, day care and in-patient treatment by hospital, specialty and consultant.In support of the priority attached to reducing waiting times, the waiting times initiative received record funding of £1.3 million in 1991. In addition, over £2 million has been allocated to the Department's unique treatment centre initiative which aims to treat Welsh patients waiting for treatment for certain key disabling conditions. Four treatment centres have been opened since December 1989. These measures, together with the increased efficiency resulting from the reforms of the health service will lead to downward pressure on waiting lists. In addition, all health authorities in Wales are committed to the waiting times targets set out in the "Agenda for Action" which will deliver a progressively improving service for patients.
Schools Inspectorate
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list those who have to date served as Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, the term they served and the terms and remit of their appointments.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The principal functions of Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools in Wales are to advise the Secretary of State on the quality and standards of education in Wales and to manage the inspectorate in Wales.
Since 1964, the post has been a permanent appointment within the Welsh Office. Prior to that the post was with the Whitehall Department responsible for education in England and Wales. Those with chief inspector responsibilities since the post was established in 1907 have been :
Sir O. M. Edwards
Sir Alfred Davies
Sir P. Watkins
Mr. G. P. Williams
Dr. W. J. Williams
Dr. W. J. Thomas
Mr. W. Ll. Lloyd CB (1952-72)
Mr. E. O. Davies (1972-82)
Mr. I. R. Lloyd (1982-90)
Mr. R. L. James (1990- )
Dates for the earlier chief inspectors are not immediately available.
Sports Clubs (Rate Relief)
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost in 1990-91 of the 75 per cent. offset from the national non-domestic pool consequent to the granting of discretionary rate relief to voluntary sports clubs indicated by his survey into charging authorities' use of discretionary rate relief under section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Latest local authority returns indicate that in 1990-91 the cost of the 75 per cent. offset from the non-domestic rating pool consequent to the granting of discretionary rate relief was £486,249. This relates to all non-profit making organisations occupying properties under section 47 2 (b) and (c) of the Act including property occupied for religious, philanthropic, scientific, welfare and recreational purposes.
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The survey of relief given to voluntary sports clubs related to numbers of properties, not the cost of the relief granted.Cardiff Bay Development Corporation
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the chairman of the Cardiff Bay development corporation concerning the upholding by the Advertising Standards Authority on 6 December of the complaint against the misleading nature of the current "Cardiff Bay before and after" advertising campaign concerning the proposed barrage designed by the Travis Dale Partnership ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : None. Individual advertising campaigns are a matter for the corporation.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the annual grant-in-aid to the Cardiff Bay development corporation for each financial year since its inception.
Mr. David Hunt : Cardiff Bay development corporation has received the following annual grant in aid since it was established on 3 April 1987 :
|£ million
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1987-88 |11.5
1988-89 |18.3
1989-90 |29.0
1990-91 |33.6
South Glamorgan TEC
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the chairman of the South Glamorgan training and enterprise council concerning the numbers of unemployed youngsters under 18 years of age not so far placed in a job or training place under the youth training guarantee ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State, Welsh Office, on 14 November 1991, Official Report, column 643.
Agriculture
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has for the reorganisation of the agriculture service provided by his Department ; which offices will be affected ; what are the employment consequences ; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of such changes on the extent and quality of agricultural advice available in the Principality.
Mr. David Hunt : I have already announced that ADAS will operate as a joint agency serving England and Wales when it comes into existence on 1 April 1992. I have also announced that the Welsh headquarters of the agency will remain at Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, and that there will be two business centres at Cardiff and Ruthin. The agency will continue to occupy its other offices when it is established and no decisions will be taken on its longer -term office structure until the implications of any
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changes have been fully considered. I have every confidence that the agency will provide an efficient and high-quality service to all its customers.Housing for Wales
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what resources will be made available to Housing for Wales to support development in the financial year 1992-93.
Mr. David Hunt : In gross terms the resources available to Housing for Wales will amount to over £123.4 million. Taking account of associated private sector funding, the overall programme will be worth over £174 million next year. Of this, I expect that over £45 million will be devoted to housing in rural areas. Compared to provision over the three years up to and including 1991-92, plans for the next three provide an uplift of over 38 per cent. in cash terms. This means that excluding the likely additional benefit of in-year transfers from local authorities, Housing for Wales' basic annual production target can be raised by over 16 per cent. from 3,000 to 3, 500 units. As regards current expenditure, I shall be making available £6 million in 1992-93 to cover the costs of the special needs management allowance scheme which is of particular importance in supporting the housing component of our strategies for the vulnerable groups in Wales. This amounts to a 25 per cent. increase over provision for 1991-92.
ENERGY
Electricity (Theft)
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what discussions he has had with the chairman of the electricity companies about the levels of theft of electricity ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : My right hon. Friend and I meet the chairmen from time to time and we discuss a range of issues.
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what research his Department is funding into the development of technology to reduce the level of theft of electricity in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : None. Research into the development of technology to reduce the level of theft of electrictity is a matter for electricity supply companies.
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has any plans to introduce increased penalties for the theft of electricity ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : I have been asked to reply. We have no plans to increase the maximum penalty of five years imprisonment for the offence of abstracting electricity.
Nuclear Power Stations
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secetary of State for Energy what estimates he has made of the cost, including both surveying costs and loss of generating capacity, of the submission of the revised safety case by Nuclear Electric to the nuclear installations inspectorate.
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Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : This is a commercial matter for Nuclear Electric plc.Nuclear Facilities (Decommissioning)
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what studies have been commissioned by Her Majesty's Government into appraising the costs and economics of decommissioning nuclear facilities.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : My Department has commissioned three studies into the economic aspects of decommissioning nuclear facilities. For the study by Nuclear Services Group into British Nuclear Fuel plc's estimates of its decommissioning costs I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 15 February 1990 at column 329. The other studies were carried out by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority into the Central Electricity Generating Board estimates of its decommissioning costs and by Ernst and Young to compare the methodologies by which BNFL, CEGB and the South of Scotland Electricity Board's decommissioning provisions were made to ensure consistency of basis.
The contents of these reports are commercially confidential.
Nuclear Waste
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when Her Majesty's Government expect to finalise their decision on the proposal by Nuclear Electric to establish a deferred safe store for some categories of nuclear waste.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : The Government are currently considering Nuclear Electric's decommissioning proposals. I am unable to predict when this will be completed.
DEFENCE
Truck Cargo Vehicles
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the contract for the truck cargo heavy duty vehicles on order for his Department was signed ; with which company it was signed ; and what is the expected delivery date of these vehicles.
Mr. Alan Clark : A contract was placed with Brown and Root Vickers Ltd. in March 1988. Deliveries will be completed by the end of the next financial year.
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