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environmentally sensitive sites are protected. We also propose to monitor the way in which the procedures work and the level of planting on unimproved land. We will review the position each year so that action can be taken if there are any problems. We will keep interested organisations informed and consult them as necessary. The key features of the FWPS are as follows :--Farmers will apply first to the Forestry Commission for grants for establishing trees under the woodland grant scheme, including the better land supplement and community woodland supplement where appropriate. They will then apply to Agriculture departments for the annual incentives under the farm woodland premium scheme. Annual incentives of between £130 and £250 per hectare will be paid for the conversion to arable or improved grassland to woodlands. Annual incentives of £60 per hectare will be paid for the conversion of woodlands of unimproved land in the less favoured areas only. The annual incentives will be available for two categories of woodland : more than 50 per cent. and 50 per cent. or less by area of broadleaved trees. These categories will attract payments for 15 and 10 years respectively
There will be no limit on the number of applications that can be made, but planting must not, in aggregate, exceed more than 50 per cent. of any individual agricultural unit. In addition planting of unimproved land must not exceed 40 hectares of any individual agricultural unit. However, for planting on the common grazings in the Scottish crofting counties there will be a total limit of 100 hectares for each common grazing area.
The definition of "improved grassland" will be based on the content of "productive" species in the sward. This has the advantage of being easily checked by a physical inspection, it protects sensitive sites and puts no restriction on the method of grassland improvement. Conversion of land to arable or improved grassland must have taken place at least three years before the application is made. No quotas or targets will be set for the scheme, but it will be subject to cash limits.
In certain circumstances farmers will be able to cancel their FWS applications and reapply for the FWPS.
WALES
Radon Gas
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many measurements for levels of radon gas have been carried out in each district authority area of Wales for each year between 1988 and 1991.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Over 1,100 dwellings have been included in a survey of radon levels in Wales which the National Radiological Protection Board is carrying out on behalf of the Department.
South Wales Integrated Development Operation
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the names and occupations of the members of the Industrial South Wales Integrated Development Operation Monitoring Committee ; on what dates this committee met during the last year ; which persons attended those meetings ; and what conclusions or decisions were reached.
Mr. David Hunt : The names of the members of the Industrial South Wales Integrated Development Operation (IDO) Monitoring Committee, and the organisations they represent, are as follows :
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Miss E. N. M. Davies (Chairperson) |European Affairs Division Welsh Office
Dr. M. C. Dunn |European Affairs Division Welsh Office
Principal assistant in policy |Dyfed county council
Head of European regional policy |Gwent county council
Principal officer unit |Mid Glamorgan county council
Chief executive and county treasurer |Powys county council
Assistant economic development officer |South Glamorgan county council
County economic development officer |West Glamorgan county council
Chief executive |Blaenau Gwent borough council
Planning and industrial development officer |Brecknock borough council
Head of policy unit |Cardiff city council
Principal planning officer |Carmarthen district council
Economic development officer |Cynon Valley borough council
Economic development officer |Dinefwr borough council
Economic development officer |Islwyn borough council
Director of development |Llanelli borough council
Chief Executive |Lliw Valley borough council
Economic development and tourism officer |Merthyr Tydfil borough council
Senior planner |Monmouth borough council
Director of development and control |Neath borough council
Chief executive's department |Newport borough council
Chief executive officer |Ogwr borough council
Economic development officer |Planning department Port Talbot borough council
Planning officer |Rhondda borough council
Economic development officer |Rhymney Valley district council
Assistant to chief executive |Swansea city council
Assistant chief planning officer |Taff Ely borough council
Borough treasurer |Torfaen borough council
Chief financial officer |Vale of Glamorgan borough council
Chief executive |CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments
Principal accountant |Cardiff Bay development corporation
Chief planning adviser |Land Authority for Wales Custom House
Regional E & Q Services Officer |National Rivers Authority (Welsh region)
Regional officer |The Nature Conservancy Council
L. Tatham Esq. |Sports Council for Wales
M. J. Clancy Esq. |Training Enterprise and Education Directorate
Chief Executive |Wales Tourist Board
Executive Director |Welsh Development Agency
Chief Executive Officer |Bryn Bach Park Joint Management Committee
Managing Director |Cardiff and Vale Enterprise
Managing Director |Computeraid
Director |Groundwork South Wales
Business Services Director |Merthyr Aberdare Development Enterprise/Economic Development Partnership Ltd.
Director |Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association
Executive Director |Enterprise Taf Ely Ogwr Partnership Ltd.
Manager |Penrhyrs Craft Training Workshop
Development Officer |Port Talbot Co-operative Development Agency
General Manager |Rhondda Enterprise Ltd.
Economic Development Officer |Rhymney Valley Economic Development Partnership
Director |Severn Tidal Power Group
Finance Officer |South Glamorgan Women's Workshop
Port Accountant |Associated British Ports Docks Office
Regional Projects Manager |British Coal Corporation Opencast Executive (South Wales Region)
Regional Manager |British Coal Enterprise Ltd.
Grants Manager |British Railways Board
Director |British Steel (Industry) Ltd.
Planning Manager |Welsh Water (South Western Division)
Assets and Investments Manager |Welsh Water (South Eastern Division)
Director of Finance and Secretary |John Grooms Association for the Disabled
Acting General Manager |Fullemploy Wales
ESF Co-ordinator |Industrial Common Ownership Movement
Regional Director |The National Trust
Property Manager (South) |National Power
Executive Head of International Office |Polytechnic of Wales
Regional Director |Hotel and Catering Training Co. (HCTC)
Team Leader |Higher Education ESF Unit
P. R. Snadden Esq. |The Corporation of Trinity House Lighthouse Service
Assistant Director |University College of Swansea Department of Adult Continuing Education and Training
European Liaison Officer |University of Wales, Cardiff
Deputy Chief Executive |Wales Co-operative Development and Training Centre
ESF Officer |Wales Council for Voluntary Action
ESF unit |Department of Employment
Gerard Millar Esq. |Department of Transport Marine Directorate
Jack Engwegen Esq |Commission of the European Commission DGXVI (regional policy)
Nigel Scott Esq |Commission of the European Commission DGV (employment, social affairs and education)
The Committee met on 17 May, 25 July, 25 September and 13 December 1991. The majority of those listed attended all of these meetings. The main business of the committee was to commit grants from the European regional development fund and European social fund made available under the Industrial South Wales IDO for 1989-91. These grant allocations were substantially complete by the end of 1991.
Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the names and occupations of the regional committee for Wales of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards.
Mr. David Hunt : The membership of the Welsh committee of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards as at December 1991 is listed as follows :
Mr. J. W. Owen (Chairman) -- NHS Director
Mr. D. A. AikenObstetrics
Dr. H. Bevan-JonesPsychiatry
Mr. A. J. BeddowManagement
Dr. D. W. GregoryRadiology
Dr. B. HarrisMental Illness
Professor L. E. HughesSurgery
Dr. G. A. D. ReesAnaesthetics
Mr. M. S. BennettObstetrics
Mr. G. BoultonManagement
Dr. H. A. EdwardsAnaesthetics
Mr. G. H. GriffithsGeneral Surgery
Dr. D. HinePublic Health Medicine
Dr. J. H. JonesGeneral Medicine
Mr. A. JonesManagement
Dr. R. H. T. JonesPaediatrics
Dr. R. J. KellettHistopathology
Mr. J. P. MatthewsOrthopaedics
Professor J. M. StarkMedical Microbiology/
Pathology
Mr. C. H. ThomasManagement
Dr. R. S. VaughanAnaesthetics
Mr. P. WilsonGeneral Surgery
Dr. F. K. WrightGeneral Medicine
Site Management
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of management agreements under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which have been entered into in (a) national nature reserves and (b) sites of special scientific interest for each year since 1981 in
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Wales, indicating in each case whether the proposed damage was done to (i) agriculture or (ii) forestry ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. David Hunt : The figures requested are shown in the following table. Not all are the direct outcome of action taken under section 28 of the 1981 Act. The information requested on habitat could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Management agreements under the
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Management agreements on
|(a) NNR's |(b) SSSI
|(section 16|(section 15
|agreements)|agreements)
------------------------------------------------
1981 |0 |0
1982 |2 |2
1983 |1 |1
1984 |1 |4
1985 |2 |2
1986 |2 |12
1987 |0 |35
1988 |4 |69
1989 |5 |58
1990 |2 |58
1991 |1 |58
1992 |0 |6
|------- |-------
Totals |20 |305
River Water
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects the agreement will be signed between Cardiff Bay development corporation and Associated British Ports to specify the allocation of river water at times of low flow in a manner that will comply with the requirements of the National Rivers Authority Wales division as described in his letter to the hon. Member dated 15 January.
Mr. David Hunt : As I indicated to the hon. Gentleman on 19 December, negotiations between Cardiff Bay development corporation and Associated British Ports are a matter for the two parties. I do not propose to speculate about the timing of an agreement.
Under-fives
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures for 1991 for the percentage of under-fives in (a) nursery schools, (b) nursery classes, (c) infant classes and (d) in total, by local education authority in Wales, in rank order.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The percentages of pupils under five years of age in LEA maintained nursery and primary schools, at January 1991, is given in the following table.
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Children aged at 31 December
|Nursery |Nursery |Ordinary |Total
|schools |classes<1>|classes<1>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
West Glamorgan |2.5 |50.0 |36.1 |88.6
Clwyd |1.4 |44.2 |32.8 |78.4
Mid Glamorgan |8.2 |34.3 |31.6 |74.1
Gwent |8.9 |27.7 |32.4 |69.0
Dyfed |2.2 |24.8 |38.2 |65.2
South Glamorgan |7.0 |22.6 |26.0 |55.6
Powys |- |22.6 |29.1 |51.7
Gwynedd |- |12.2 |23.6 |35.8
|--- |--- |--- |---
Wales |4.8 |31.5 |31.7 |68.0
<1> These represent nursery and ordinary classes in maintained primary
schools.
Management Agreements
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of management agreements that have been entered into under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in Wales where payments have been
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given in the following ranges (a) up to £9,999, (b) £10,000 to £19,999, (c) £20,000 to £29,999, (d) £30,000 to £39,999, (e) £40,000 to £49,999, (f) £50,000 to £59,999 and (g) over £60,000.Mr. David Hunt : The information is shown as follows :
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Management agreements under the Wildlife and
Countryside Act 1981
|Lump sums only |Annual payments |Annual payments
|only |combined with
|lump sum
|(first year only)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Up to £9,999 |8 |287 |20
(b) £10,000 to £19,999 |2 |3 |-
(c) £20,000 to £29,999 |1 |1 |-
(d) £30,000 to £39,999 |- |- |-
(e) £40,000 to £49,999 |- |- |-
(f) £50,000 to £59,999 |- |- |-
(g) over £60,000 |3 |- |-
|-- |-- |--
Totals |14 |291 |20
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (a) the 10 sites of special scientific interest and (b) the 10 national nature reserves in Wales which have the most expensive management agreements giving the name of the site, county in which it is located and the amount which has been or is due to be paid out and if the landowners are required to positively enhance the site as part of the conditions of payment ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : This information is treated as confidential between the parties to the agreement.
Year of Literature and Writing
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what support the Welsh Office will give to support Swansea in the Year of Literature and Writing it has been awarded under Arts 2000 ; and what is the total allocation that has been made for the Garden festival.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The Secretary of State congratulates the city of Swansea on its selection as host for the Arts 2000 Year of Literature and Writing 1995. He supported the city in its bid and affirms his support for the event. What form support might take will need to be considered in the light of any proposals which might be made by Swansea.
For the garden festival, the Secretary of State has allocated £19.37 million by way of urban programme support, and £12.108 million under the projects of regional or national importance scheme. In addition, £19.9 million has been spent to date by the Welsh Development Agency under the derelict land scheme.
Planning Appeals
Mr. Gwilym Jones To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has for the provision of the planning appeals system in Wales from 1 April.
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Mr. David Hunt : My hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning announced on 25 July last year the Government's decision to launch the planning inspectorate executive agency in England on 1 April 1992. We have now decided that the agency's operations should extend to Wales.
The framework document now being prepared will set out the relationship between the agency's chief executive, who will also be the chief planning inspector, and the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales.
The Government believe that this arrangement will provide the most efficient method of delivering the services of the planning inspectorate in England and Wales.
HEALTH
Pain Management
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is available from 1987 onwards on waiting lists in each national health service region for pain management programmes.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : This information is not available centrally.
Health Authority Contracts
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring he conducts of contracts let by health authorities ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell : The terms and conditions of contracts let by health authorities are the responsibility of local management and, as such, subject to statutory audit like other health authority activity.
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Waiting Lists
Mr. Allason : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery in the South Western health authority.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : At 31 March 1991 there were a total of 13,400 people waiting for trauma and orthopaedic treatment in South Western regional health authority (a reduction of 723 compared with March 1990). Of that total 75 per cent. had waited less than one year. The numbers of patients waiting over one year and over two years fell from 3,486 and 1,162 in March 1990 to 3,341 and 858 in March 1991, reductions of 4 per cent. and 26 per cent. respectively.
Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
Mr. Viggers : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the manner in which the Royal Naval hospital, Haslar, will be further utilised within the national health service in order to reduce waiting lists.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : A waiting list initiative has recently been set up at the Royal Naval hospital, Haslar, to treat up to 36 additional NHS patients waiting for urology treatment in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire district health authority.
There may be opportunities to make further use of these facilities to treat NHS patients in the future.
Children's Homes (Staff)
Mr. David Martin : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what will be the membership of the committee for the inquiry into the selection and recruitment of staff in children's homes.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The members of the Committee are as follows :
Chairman
Mr. Norman Warner (Formerly Director of Social Services, Kent County Council)
Committee
Mr. Richard Lansdowne (Consultant Psychologist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street)
Mr. Dick Clough (General Secretary, Social Care Association) Mr. Dudley Procter (Chief Executive, Lincolnshire County Council) Mrs. Susan Thomas (Chief Personnel Officer, London Borough of Lewisham)
Dr. Adrian Gozzard (TSB Group, Personnel Director)
Professor Jim Hughes (Director of Human Relations, Thorn EMI) Ms. Florence Iles (Principal Consultant, William M. Mercer Fraser Ltd)
Mr. Richard White (Solicitor, White and Sherwin Solicitors) Miss Adrianne Jones (Director of Social Services, Birmingham City Council)
Abortion
Mr. Roger King : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the places approved by him under section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The following places have been approved for the period 1 February 1992 to 31 January 1994 :
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Acland Nuffield Hospital--OxfordAMI Alexandra Hospital--Cheadle, Cheshire
AMI Blackheath Hospital--London SE3
AMI Chaucer Hospital--Canterbury
AMI Highfield Hospital--Rochdale
AMI Park Hospital--Nottingham
AMI Portland Hospital--London W1
Avenue Clinic--Hove, Sussex
Bath Clinic--Coombe Down, Bath
Blackdown Nursing Home--Blackdown, Leamington Spa
Bromhead Hospital--Lincoln
BUPA Alexandra Hospital--Walderslade, Kent
BUPA Belvedere Hospital--Scarborough
BUPA Hospital--Bristol
BUPA Hospital--Bushey, Herts
BUPA Chaleybeate Hospital--Southampton
BUPA Hospital--Clare Park, Farnham
BUPA Hospital--Hull and East Riding, Hull
BUPA Hospital--Leicester
BUPA Murrayfield Hospital--Merseyside
BUPA North Cheshire Hospital--Warrington
BUPA Hospital--Norwich
BUPA Hospital--Portsmouth
BUPA South Bank Hospital--Worcester
Calthorpe Nursing Home--Edgbaston, Birmingham
Chatsworth Clinic--New Barnet, Herts
Chesterfield Nuffied Hospital--Bristol
Christchurch Park Hospital--Ipswich, Suffolk
Clementine Churchill Hospital--Harrow
Cleveland Nuffield Hospital--Stockton-on-Tees
Danum Lodge Nursing Home--Doncaster
Dean Park Nursing Home--Bournemouth, Dorset
Doncaster Independent Hospital--Doncaster
Droitwich Private Hospital--Droitwich, Worcs
Duchy Hospital, Truro--Treliske, Truro
Duchy Nuffield Hospital--Harrogate
Evelyn Hospital--Cambridge
Exeter Nuffield Hospital--Exeter
Fairfield Nursing Home--Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Fallodon Private Surgical Hospital--Leeds
Fitzwilliam Hospital--South Bretton, Peterborough
Foscote Private Hospital--Banbury, Oxon
Fulford Grange Hospital--Rawdon, Leeds
Garden Hospital--London NW4
Gisburne Park Hospital--Clitheroe, Lancs
Hampshire Clinic--Basingstoke
Hull Nuffield Hospital--Hull
Humana Hospital--London NW8
Leicester Nuffield Hospital--Leicester
Leigham Private Clinic--London SW16
Marie Stopes Nursing Home--London NW2
Merseyside Nursing Home--Liverpool
Newcastle Nuffield Hospital--Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne New Hall Hospital --Salisbury, Wilts
New Victoria Hospital--Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Parkfield Private Hospital--Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Parkview Clinic--London W5
Plymouth Nuffield Hospital--Plymouth
Raleigh Nursing Home--London SW2
Robert Nursing Home--Kings Norton, Birmingham
Rosslyn Nursing Home--East Twickenham, Middlesex
Royal Masonic Hospital--London W6
Salop Nuffield Hospital--Shrewsbury
Sandringham Private Hospital--King's Lynn
Sarum Road Private Hospital--Winchester, Hampshire
Somerset Nuffield Hospital--Taunton, Somerset
South Manchester Private Clinic--Stockport
St. Anns Hospital--London N15
Tapton Cliffe Clinic--Sheffield
Winterbourne Hospital--Dorchester, Dorset
Wistons Nursing Home--Brighton
Woking Nuffield Hospital--Woking
Wye Valley Nuffield Hospital--Hereford
Yorkshire Clinic--Bingley, West Yorkshire
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