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Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Under the all-Wales mental handicap strategy we have introduced arrangements which provide for the transfer of blocks of resources from district health authorities to local authorities as people with a mental handicap move into the community in accordance with agreed joint county plans. This was done by means of a circular to all DHAs and county councils last September. I have placed a copy in the Library of the House. The first formal transfers of resources under this system will be made early in the new financial year.
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many sales of capital assets have arisen from closures of mental handicap hospitals ; and if he will list the assets disposed of and the money raised by each sale.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Since the all-Wales mental handicap strategy was launched in March 1983 two mental handicap hospitals in Wales, Drymma Hall--West Glamorgan health authority--and Allt-y-Mynydd--East Dyfed health authority--have closed. The proceeds of sale, £187,800 and £132,000 respectively, were returned to the authorities concerned and redeployed to improve services for people with mental handicap within the authorities concerned.
Health Service Staff
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by staff grade and specialty, the number of full-time equivalent medical and nursing posts available to health service hospitals in 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Information on posts is not available centrally.
Readily available information on whole-time equivalent numbers of hospital medical staff by grade and specialty is shown in various editions of the publication "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics for Wales", copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Figures for 1976 are shown in table 3.03, volume 4, 1977 ; for 1981 in table 3.06, volume 9, 1982 ; and for 1986 in table 3.06, volume 14, 1987. Information on hospital and community nursing and midwifery staff is also shown--table 3.08(b), volume 4, 1977 ; table 3.10, volume 9, 1982 ; and table 3.10, volume 14, 1987. There have been changes over time and figures for different years may not be comparable. Information for 1991 is not yet available.
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what studies have been conducted, or are under way, into the administrative work loads of doctors, nurses and clinical staff in the professions associated with medicine ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Nicholas Bennett : No studies that specifically address the administrative work loads of these staff groups have been undertaken in Wales.
However, such measurements are likely to be facilitated for the professions allied to medicine staff group as a result of a current study--"Workload Measurement Tools"--which the Welsh Health Common Services Authority is undertaking at unit level.
District Nurses
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by health authority the number of full-time equivalent district nursing posts and the number of potential elderly domiciliary clients, as defined by the Department of the Environment under section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, for 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Information on posts is not available centrally ; complete information on the number of staff in post is only available for all nursing and midwifery staff, and not for district nurses.
Section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 requires the Secretary of State to report how revenue support grant is distributed between Welsh local authorities. The formulae in Wales do not explicitly refer to "potential elderly domiciliary clients"--the needs of these people being subsumed in a more general allocation procedure.
Open-heart Operations
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 20 January, Official Report, column 76, what was the number of open-heart operations carried out at the University hospital of Wales, the Heath, Cardiff, in each year since 1982 inclusive.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Information in the form requested is not available. However, information provided by the centrally-funded regional cardiac centre at University hospital of Wales from 1984-85 shows that the following operations were undertaken :
Adult |By-pass|Others
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1984-85 |528 |30
1985-86 |573 |26
1986-87 |500 |48
1987-88 |566 |-
1988-89 |522 |90
1989-90 |561 |77
1990-91 |577 |65
<1>1991-92 |549 |60
Paediatric
<1>1991-92 |27 |15
<1> To 31 January 1992.
I have recently announced additional contract funding of more than £5 million to expand facilities at UHW to enable it to perform 800 adult open- heart operations per annum and £2.5 million over the next three years to complete the development of the paediatric cardiac unit and equip it to undertake 200 operations each year for children of all ages.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 20 January, Official Report,
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column 76, if he will give the average length of the waiting list for open-heart surgery in the catchment area of the University hospital of Wales, the Heath, Cardiff, for each year since 1982 inclusive and for the whole of Wales, on the same basis.Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The only information held centrally relates to waiting lists for cardiac surgery. This is published in "Welsh Hospital Waiting List Bulletin 1991 : No. 2" a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Recycling
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all the measures undertaken by his Department to achieve the target set for the proportion of household waste to be recycled by 2000 ; and what is the estimated impact of each measure.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The Department is involved in a number of measures jointly with the Department of the Environment as part of national programmes ; and I refer the hon. Gentleman to the document "This Common Inheritance--The First Year Report" published in September 1991. The combined effect of these measures is designed to minimise waste and encourage recycling. From the information in the reports to be published under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 we will be able to assess the extent of any further action that we will need to take.
Singleton Hospital, Swansea
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales by what final date he has to announce his decision on the recommendation of 28 January by West Glamorgan relating to the future of the night casualty service at Singleton hospital, Swansea.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : There is no prescribed time limit for considering issues such as this. The one-month period for representations to be made to my right hon. Friend on these proposals will end on 28 February. A decision will be made when all representations received have been fully considered.
Soft Landscaping
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will issue a planning policy guidance note along the lines proposed by the Horticultural Traders Association dealing with soft landscaping in association with development proposals.
Mr. David Hunt : I have not seen a copy of the Horticultural Traders Association's proposals, but I join my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment in commending the HTA for reminding local planning authorities of the importance of appropriate landscaping for development proposals.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the initiatives taken by his Department to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and indicate the estimated reduction for each initiative by (a) 2000 and (b) 2005.
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Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment on 6 February.
Cash Limits
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he proposes to make any changes to the cash limits for his Department in the current financial year.
Mr. David Hunt : Yes. Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the cash limit for class XVI, vote 4 will be reduced by £12,644,000 from £156,567,000 to £143,923,000 ; the cash limit for class XVI, vote 5 will be increased by £641,000 from £393,285,000 to £393,926,000 ; the cash limit for class XVI, vote 8 will be reduced by £20,912,000 from £1,143,460,000 to £1,122, 548,000 ; the cash limit for class XVI, vote 9 will be increased by £304,000 from £55,406,000 to £55,710,000 ; the cash limit for class XVI, vote 10 will be reduced by £6,254,000 from £1,775,320,000 to £1, 769,066,000. In addition the local authority capital cash limit--WO/LACAP--will be increased by £22,700,000 from £374,662,000 to £397,362,000.
The reduction in the cash limit for vote 4 reflects a lower take-up on employment training than expected. The Welsh Office contribution to the Department of Employment in respect of training activities will be reduced accordingly.
The increase in the cash limit for vote 5 reflects (i) a transfer of provision--£501,000--from class XVI, vote 10 to cover the costs of Bishop Vaughan school which has opted for grant maintained status ; (ii) additional provision for the National Biological Standards Board-- £63,000 ; and (iii) provision to cover a grant towards the capital expenditure on the former Cwmbran development corporation's approved roads programme--£77,000.
The net reduction in the cash limit for vote 8 is in respect of : (i) A non -recurrent reduction of £22,000,000 which is required because of technical changes to the present arrangements for the payment of income tax, national insurance and superannuation contributions by health authorities and family health service authorities. This change will mean that contributions for March 1992 will not be drawn from resources in this financial year. There will be no effect upon health service provision in 1991-92 or subsequent years. (ii) An additional sum of £1,200,000 to cover the cost of expenditure incurred by some health authorities in Wales in preparing to treat Gulf war casualties. (iii) A transfer of £38,000 from the Department of Health to provide additional resources for occupational therapy training. (iv) A transfer of £150,000 to class XVI, vote 7 to meet additional costs incurred in non-cash limited pharmaceutical services.
The increase in the cash limit for vote 9 is in respect of the take-up of end year flexibility entitlement from 1990-91 for running costs expenditure --£186,000--and capital administration costs--£118, 000--as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 July 1991, Official Report, columns 185-190.
The reduction in the cash limit for vote 10 comprises (i) the transfer of provision to class XVI, vote 5 in respect of the Bishop Vaughan school-- £501,000 ; and (ii) a reduction in the provision for the costs of council tax banding--£3,253,000--and for prior-year adjustments in local authorities' entitlement to rate support grant--£2,500,000.
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The net increase of £22,700,000 in the local authority capital cash limit--WO/LACAP--represents additional provision for home renovation grants.Hospital Referrals
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will order an investigation into the number of patients in each health authority in Wales who are awaiting referral to a hospital (a) outside the authority's control and (b) outside the authority's contractual arrangements.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett [holding answer 31 January 1992] : District health authorities in Wales have assured me that they are not aware of any patients awaiting referral to hospitals in either of these circumstances.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Astronomy
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the level of funding for astronomy in the next three years.
Mr. Alan Howarth : I understand that the Science and Engineering Research Council plans the following provision for the funding of astronomy and planetary science :
1992-3 |1993-4 |1994-5 £ million |£ million|£ million ---------------------------------------- 83.6 |90.1 |94.5
Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science by what order, made under section 134 of the Education Reform Act 1988, he made the conditions on the funding by the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council which he notified to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council on 19 February 1991 and to the Committee of Directors of Polytchnics on 2 September 1991.
Mr. Alan Howarth : Under section 134(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988, the Secretary of State may make grants to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding council of such amounts and subject to such conditions as he may determine. Section 134(7) provides that such conditions shall not relate to making of grants or other payments by the council to any specified institution. Neither of those subsections provides for the making of an order and none was made. Section 134(8) and (9) gives power to the Secretary of state to give directions to the funding council by order but that power was not exercised.
Polytechnics and Colleges
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students enrolled on full-time and part-time studies in polytechnics and colleges (a) in 1979-80, or at incorporation if later and (b) currently.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The numbers of students enrolled on full-time courses and part-time courses at polytechnics
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and colleges in Great Britain in 1979-80 were 217,400 and 168,100 respectively. The comparable figures for 1990-91 were 374,800 and 262,600.Student Loans
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in respect to the student loan scheme (a) the most recent figures for loan applications received, (b) the number of loans made, (c) the value of loans made and (d) the total costs, including VAT, incurred administering the scheme.
Mr. Alan Howarth : As at 4 February 1992, Student Loans Company Limited had received 149,576 applications for loans for the academic year 1991-92 and had paid 125,811 loans worth £65.784 million. The company spent £5.41 million on operating the loans scheme between 1 September 1991 and 31 January 1992. This included net VAT costs of £0.94 million.
Higher Education
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the figures for the number or percentage of qualified leavers and young entrants into higher education, qualified participation indices, for 1979-80 and 1991-92.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The figures requested are as follows :
Great Britain |1979-80 |1991-92
|actual |projection
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified leaver index |14.7 |23.2
Age participation index |12.4 |22.5
Qualified participation index |84.0 |97.1
The figures for 1991-92 are taken from the Department's latest projection as at April 1991.
Student Grants
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will show the amount of the student maintenance grant in 1978 -79 and 1991-92 in constant 1978-79 pounds.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The maximum basic maintenance grant for students in London as defined in the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations was £1,315 for the 1978-79 academic year. The comparable rate for 1991-92 is £2,845 which, together with the maximum full year student loan for London--£660--brings the available resources per student to £3,505, or £1,323 at constant 1978-79 prices. These comparisons take no account of changes in the composition of the mandatory award.
Student Numbers
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current number of home students studying (a) full-time at universities, polytechnics and colleges and (b) part-time at universities, polytechnics and colleges and at the Open university.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The numbers of home students studying full time in universities, polytechnics and colleges in Great Britain in 1990-91 were 296,200, and 353,500
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respectively. The comparable figures for part-time students were 45,200 and 270,000 respectively, with a further 95,000 students enrolled at the Open university.Student Drop-outs
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the percentage drop-out rate of British home students before achieving diplomas and degrees in full-time and part-time education in the United Kingdom in 1979-80 and 1990-91.
Mr. Alan Howarth : Data for universities are not available in this form. However, table 10 of "University Management Statistics and Performance Indicators in the UK", 1990 edition, indicates the proportions of full-time and sandwich students ending their studies unsuccessfully. This is shown for each university cost-centre, but no overall figure is computed. A copy is in the Library.
For polytechnics and colleges in England, some 16 per cent. of full-time and sandwich first-degree students commencing courses in 1987 did not return to the second year of the course.
St. Fidelis School, Erith
Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to announce a decision on the proposed expansion and extension of St. Fidelis primary school in Erith ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Fallon : The section 13 proposals published by the governors of St. Fidelis RC primary school are currently being considered. My right hon. and learned Friend will announce his decision shortly.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the total number of pupils attending grant- maintained secondary schools on the latest available figures.
Mr. Eggar : There are some 103,000 pupils attending secondary schools that are now operating as grant-maintained, based on January 1991 pupil returns.
Cash Limits
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he proposes any changes to cash limits on votes within his responsibility for 1991-92.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the cash limits for class XI, vote 2, higher and further education, vote 4, administration and vote 5, science, will be amended. The cash limit changes are as follows :
Class and Vote |Current |Change |Revised
|cash limit |cash limit
|£ |£ |£
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XI.2 |2,916,803,000 |+12,188,000 |2,928,991,000
XI.4 |106,617,000 |-1,984,000 |104,633,000
XI.5 |927,455,000 |+4,484,000 |931,939,000
The increase on class XI, vote 2 includes the full take-up of £2, 688,000 capital end-year flexibility entitlement
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announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 July 1991, at columns 186- 89. It also includes £2,500,000 additional grant-in-aid to the Universities Funding Council as a contribution towards the increased cost to universities of employing clinical academic staff following the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body pay settlement ; and provision of £7,000,000 to enable the Open university to purchase the freehold of its site at Walton hall, Milton Keynes. These increases will be met from the Reserve.The cash limit reduction of £1,984,000 on class XI, vote 4 offsets part of the increase to the cash limit on the science budget, class XI, vote 5.
Of the increase of £4,484,000 in class XI, vote 5, £1,000,000 is to enable the Medical Research Council to meet part of the cost of the clinical research initiative ; £1,500,000 is to enable the Science and Engineering Research Council--SERC--to meet the costs of providing buildings to support the work undertaken by holders of SERC grants in higher education institutions ; and the remaining £1,984,000 is to enable the Agricultural and Food Research Council to transfer to Unilever plc provision in respect of pensions of staff who were formerly employed by the Plant Breeding Institute. These increases are wholly offset by proceeds from the sale of capital assets which were surrendered to the Consolidated Fund in 1990-91 and by the cash limit reduction on class XI, vote 4. The current cash limit of £927, 445,000 on class XI, vote 5 includes an increase of £7,000,000 which I announced in the House on 12 June 1991, at column 356 , but which is also subject to parliamentary approval of the spring supplementary estimate.
University of Wales (Irish Students)
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students from the Republic of Ireland are presently receiving their higher education at each of the colleges of the University of Wales ; and what is the estimated contribution of his Department towards their tuition fees.
Mr. Alan Howarth : In academic year 1990-91 there were 177 students from the Irish Republic attending higher education courses at the university of Wales. Information as to numbers attending the university's constituent colleges is not collected centrally. In 1990-91 an estimated £220,000 was paid in fees-only mandatory awards to Irish undergraduate students attending the university of Wales.
THE ARTS
Cash Limits
Mr. Knapman : To ask the Minister for the Arts what proposals he has for changes to the cash and running costs limits for his Department's votes in 1991-92.
Mr. Renton : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary spring supplementary estimates, the cash limits of the following votes will be changed as indicated :
Class and Vote |Current |Change |Revised
|cash limit |cash limit
|£ |£ |£
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XII.1 |201,484,000 |+339,000 |201,823,000
XII.2 |225,222,000 |+4,070,000 |229,292,000
XII.3 |131,948,000 |+1,000 |131,949,000
Increased provision of £339,000 is being sought in a spring supplementary estimate on class XII, vote 1, to meet the additional costs to certain national museums and galleries of the payment of contributions in lieu of national non-domestic rates. The additional costs of £640,000 are being partly offset by savings of £301,000 elsewhere on the vote.
Provision is being sought on vote 2 for £500,000 to meet the initial costs of Government support for the European arts festival, 1992 ; and for £3,570,000 to augment the main estimate provision for assets accepted in lieu of tax. A token supplementary estimate of £1, 000 will be presented in respect of vote 3 to secure parliamentary authority to the appropriation in aid in favour of the British library of part of the receipts form the sale of the library's premises at Store street.
The additional provision sought, £4,410,000, will be charged to the reserve and will therefore not add to the planned total of public expenditure.
CIVIL SERVICE
Cash Limits
Mr. Knapman : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what proposals he has for changes to the 1991-92 cash limit for the office of the Minister for the Civil Service.
Mr. Renton : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the cash limit for the Office of the Minister for the Civil Service (class XIX, vote1) will be increased by £217, 000 from £41,721,000 to £41,938,000. The increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
The increase is required to cover the cost ofphysical security improvements, refurbishment work in10 Downing street and the cost of additional staff on outward secondment (this latter charge is offset by increased appropriations in aid). In addition appropriations in aid have been amended to take account of the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency becoming ineligible to claim VAT refunds on contracted out services. The Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency's capital provision has been reduced to reflect a reassessment of its capital equipment requirements.
Some of the changes in provision have a consequent effect on the Department's running costs limit which will be increased by £141,000 from £49,052,000 to £49,193,000.
EMPLOYMENT
Training Credits
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on how the youth training guarantee applies to young people in the areas covered by training credits.
Mr. Jackson : Training credits operate within the YT framework and the YT guarantee continues to apply.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library a copy of each review of the systems of training credits which have been piloted during the last year.
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Mr. Jackson : We hope to issue a report in the spring on the results of the evaluation of the training credits pilot schemes during their first nine months of operation. A copy will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the proposals to extend the system of training credits.
Mr. Jackson : No. The information contained in the proposals is commercial in confidence.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evalution of training credits was conducted by his Department before 26 November 1991.
Mr. Jackson : At 26 November 1991, an interim study of the pilots had been completed by the training standards inspectorate in conjunction with the careers service inspectorate. External research in each pilot area had also been commissioned. We hope to publish evaluation results from the first nine months of operating training credits in the spring.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if it remains his policy that the terms and arrangements outlined in the White Paper, "Competing for Quality", should apply in respect of his Department's negotiations with the training and enterprise councils and the TECs' negotiations with local providers of training.
Mr. Jackson : The Department negotiates a performance based contract with TECs with quality and value for money very much in mind. Stretching but fair targets are set. Negotiations between TECs and their providers is a matter for the two parties concerned.
Earnings
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than £180 and £190 giving the information for (a) women and (b) men, (1) manual, (2)non-manual and (3) all workers, including overtime pay and excluding overtime pay for (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain ;
(2) if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than £130 and £140 per week giving the information for (a) women and (b) men, (1) manual, (2)non-manual and (3) all workers, including overtime pay and excluding overtime pay for (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain.
Mr. Forth : The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the tables.
Full-time employees on adult rates whose
pay was unaffected by
absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (
excluding overtime)
below the following specified amounts
April 1991
|£130|£140|£180|£190
-------------------------------------------
Manual Women
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |- |- |- |-
Dumfries/Galloway |- |- |- |-
Fife |34.6|48.7|97.4|97.4
Grampian |56.7|68.7|88.1|92.5
Highland |- |- |- |-
Lothian |35.3|48.7|82.4|84.9
Strathclyde |38.6|48.1|77.2|82.3
Tayside |44.6|54.2|88.0|90.4
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |- |- |- |-
Scotland |42.1|52.8|83.3|87.3
Great Britain |38.3|48.3|78.3|82.6
Non-Manual Women
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |19.6|25.5|56.9|61.4
Dumfries/Galloway |- |- |- |-
Fife |16.3|20.2|48.3|51.7
Grampian |15.1|20.5|45.7|47.6
Highland |20.7|27.3|47.9|57.0
Lothian |10.6|15.8|43.7|48.2
Strathclyde |13.3|18.8|44.3|50.8
Tayside |13.5|17.6|42.3|46.8
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |20.1|26.8|45.0|53.0
Scotland |14.0|19.4|45.5|50.8
Great Britain |10.5|15.1|37.4|42.6
All Women
Borders |34.1|43.5|71.8|75.3
Central |27.3|35.1|65.4|70.2
Dumfries/Galloway |33.0|39.4|67.0|73.4
Fife |21.9|28.9|63.3|65.6
Grampian |22.4|28.9|53.1|55.5
Highland |26.0|33.6|55.5|63.0
Lothian |14.2|20.5|49.2|53.4
Strathclyde |18.3|24.7|50.8|57.1
Tayside |20.9|26.3|53.1|57.1
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |25.8|33.0|52.2|59.3
Scotland |19.7|26.2|53.2|58.2
Great Britain |15.6|21.2|45.0|50.0
Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note: "-" denotes sample size too small or
standard error too large for reliable
estimate.
Full-time employees on adult rates whose
pay was unaffected by
absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (
including overtime)
below the following specified amounts
April 1991
|£130|£140|£180|£190
-------------------------------------------
Manual Women
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |- |- |- |-
Dumfries/Galloway |- |- |- |-
Fife |33.3|43.6|87.2|89.7
Grampian |55.2|67.2|83.6|89.6
Highland |- |- |- |-
Lothian |27.7|42.9|73.9|79.8
Strathclyde |35.9|43.5|69.3|75.0
Tayside |42.2|51.8|84.3|86.7
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |- |- |- |-
Scotland |39.2|48.1|75.9|80.7
Great Britain |34.7|43.5|72.4|77.1
Non-Manual Women
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |19.0|24.2|51.0|56.9
Dumfries/Galloway |- |- |- |-
Fife |12.9|18.0|44.4|48.9
Grampian |14.2|19.9|44.2|45.7
Highland |17.4|24.0|45.5|56.2
Lothian |9.5 |14.4|40.5|45.8
Strathclyde |11.4|16.8|41.1|47.5
Tayside |12.7|16.5|41.9|45.7
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |17.4|24.2|42.3|51.7
Scotland |12.4|17.7|42.6|48.1
Great Britain |9.5 |13.8|35.3|40.4
All Women
Borders |31.8|40.0|69.4|74.1
Central |26.3|32.2|57.6|62.9
Dumfries/Galloway |31.9|35.1|64.9|71.3
Fife |19.1|25.8|57.4|61.3
Grampian |21.4|28.1|51.0|53.4
Highland |23.3|29.5|51.4|60.3
Lothian |12.1|18.5|45.3|50.7
Strathclyde |16.3|22.1|46.7|53.0
Tayside |19.7|24.9|52.0|55.4
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |23.6|29.7|48.4|56.6
Scotland |17.9|23.9|49.4|54.7
Great Britain |14.2|19.3|42.2|47.2
Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note: "-" denotes sample size too small or
standard error too large for reliable
estimate.
Full-time employees on adult rates whose
pay was unaffected by
absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (
excluding overtime)
below the following specified amounts
April 1991
|£130|£140|£180|£190
-------------------------------------------
Manual Men
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |5.8 |11.6|31.9|41.5
Dumfries/Galloway |7.8 |8.6 |47.4|52.6
Fife |9.2 |11.6|42.8|48.0
Grampian |8.8 |13.1|34.9|40.4
Highland |6.1 |16.0|48.9|55.0
Lothian |9.1 |14.3|39.9|47.5
Strathclyde |9.6 |13.5|37.9|45.5
Tayside |10.6|17.6|49.6|57.0
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |7.4 |15.3|43.2|50.0
Scotland |9.2 |13.7|39.4|46.6
Great Britain |7.0 |10.8|33.1|39.7
Non-Manual Men
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |2.8 |3.9 |14.0|17.3
Dumfries/Galloway |- |- |- |-
Fife |4.6 |8.0 |13.7|14.9
Grampian |3.0 |4.5 |10.0|12.3
Highland |4.7 |5.7 |15.1|17.9
Lothian |4.6 |5.9 |15.6|17.9
Strathclyde |3.2 |5.4 |14.8|17.8
Tayside |4.9 |7.9 |16.9|19.5
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |4.5 |6.0 |13.4|15.7
Scotland |3.7 |5.7 |14.4|17.1
Great Britain |2.8 |4.3 |12.1|14.4
All Men
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |4.4 |8.0 |23.6|30.3
Dumfries/Galloway |6.6 |7.7 |36.6|40.4
Fife |7.3 |10.1|30.8|34.4
Grampian |6.1 |9.1 |23.2|27.2
Highland |5.5 |11.4|33.8|38.4
Lothian |6.5 |9.5 |26.0|30.6
Strathclyde |6.5 |9.5 |26.4|31.7
Tayside |7.8 |12.9|33.8|38.8
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |6.1 |11.3|30.3|35.2
Scotland |6.5 |9.8 |27.1|32.1
Great Britain |4.8 |7.3 |21.9|26.1
Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note: "-" denotes sample size too small or
standard error too large for reliable
estimate.
Column 269
Full-time employees on adult rates whose
pay was unaffected by
absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (
including overtime)
below the following specified amounts
April 1991
|£130|£140|£180|£190
-------------------------------------------
Manual Men
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |3.9 |5.8 |20.8|27.5
Dumfries/Galloway |6.9 |7.8 |31.9|39.7
Fife |6.0 |7.6 |25.2|29.6
Grampian |6.0 |8.0 |22.1|25.5
Highland |4.6 |9.2 |34.4|40.5
Lothian |6.5 |9.8 |27.9|34.2
Strathclyde |7.3 |9.6 |24.9|30.3
Tayside |8.1 |11.6|32.4|37.7
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |5.7 |9.7 |30.1|35.8
Scotland |6.8 |9.3 |26.0|31.4
Great Britain |4.9 |3.9 |22.0|26.9
Non-Manual Men
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |2.8 |3.9 |10.6|14.5
Dumfries/Galloway |- |- |- |-
Fife |4.0 |6.9 |13.1|14.9
Grampian |1.8 |3.2 |8.9 |10.7
Highland |4.7 |5.7 |14.2|16.0
Lothian |4.0 |4.8 |13.6|15.4
Strathclyde |2.7 |4.5 |12.0|14.8
Tayside |3.7 |6.0 |13.5|16.9
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |3.7 |5.2 |12.7|14.2
Scotland |3.1 |4.7 |12.2|14.7
Great Britain |2.4 |3.6 |10.3|12.3
All Men
Borders |- |- |- |-
Central |3.4 |4.9 |16.1|21.5
Dumfries/Galloway |6.0 |7.1 |26.8|32.2
Fife |5.2 |7.3 |20.2|23.5
Grampian |4.1 |5.8 |15.9|18.6
Highland |4.6 |7.6 |25.3|29.5
Lothian |5.1 |6.9 |19.8|23.5
Strathclyde |5.0 |7.0 |18.5|22.6
Tayside |6.0 |8.9 |23.2|27.6
Islands |- |- |- |-
Highland/Islands |4.8 |7.7 |22.6|26.5
Scotland |4.9 |7.0 |19.2|23.2
Great Britain |3.5 |5.2 |15.7|19.1
Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note: "-" denotes sample size too small or
standard error too large for reliable
estimate.
Employment Protection
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of contributions he has made under section 123 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 ; and if he will state the extent to which in each case any deficit in funds was made good by his Department for each year since 1978.
Mr. Forth : The information is not available in the form requested. Total payments to occupational pension schemes under section 123 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 for each financial year to 1989-90, the latest available date, were as follows :
Year |Expenditure (£000) --------------------------------------------------------- 1978-79 |87 1979-80 |247 1980-81 |582 1981-82 |386 1982-83 |365 1983-84 |287 1984-85 |646 1985-86 |289 1986-87 |514 1987-88 |929 1988-89 |628 1989-90 |525
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
13. Mr. Colin Shepherd : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will next meet the president of the National Farmers Union to discuss the GATT negotiations.
Mr. Gummer : I am in regular contact with the president of the NFU to discuss all matters concerning agriculture, including the GATT round.
Fish Laboratories
14. Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a progress report on the new building programme for the MAFF fish laboratories in Weymouth.
Mr. Curry : Planning approval has been granted for the new fish diseases laboratory at Weymouth and consultants have produced the final sketch plan. Demolition of the existing buildings is expected to start in June this year and the new laboratory should be completed by the end of 1993.
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