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Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 14 February 1991] : The available information is set out in the table :
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|Reckless |Failing to |Speeding |Breach of |Drink,
|driving |stop at |traffic sign|driving
|pelican |offences
|and zebra
|crossing
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1981
Proceeded against |409 |- |4,883 |532 |3,165
Convicted |377 |- |4,840 |517 |3,108
1982
Proceeded against |411 |- |3,841 |528 |3,071
Convicted |363 |- |3,834 |512 |2,997
1983
Proceeded against |423 |- |3,461 |686 |3,315
Convicted |386 |- |3,437 |664 |3,228
1984
Proceeded against |454 |- |5,039 |749 |2,971
Convicted |418 |- |5,005 |659 |2,913
1985
Proceeded against |500 |- |5,287 |873 |3,143
Convicted |468 |- |5,234 |840 |3,083
1986
Proceeded against |386 |nil |4,726 |741 |3,042
Convicted |354 |nil |4,673 |722 |2,985
1987
Proceeded against |478 |1 |7,296 |780 |3,060
Convicted |456 |1 |7,229 |758 |2,989
1988
Proceeded against |431 |5 |8,304 |830 |2,818
Convicted |392 |5 |8,199 |801 |2,750
1989
Proceeded against |469 |3 |7,344 |722 |2,499
Convicted |420 |3 |7,268 |688 |2,432
1990
Proceeded against |542 |8 |7,414 |799 |2,796
Convicted |480 |8 |7,312 |752 |2,705
Notes:
1. Prior to 1986, offences relating to pelican and zebra crossings are included in the figures
for breach of traffic signs.
2. Offences relating to bus lanes and traffic lights are included in the figures for breach of
traffic signs.
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many motorists have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of assault against (i) pedestrians, (ii) cyclists and (iii) other motorists, in each year since 1981.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 14 February 1992] : The information requested is not available from existing records.
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Traffic Statistics
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cyclists have been (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents in each year since 1981.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 14 February 1992] : The available information is as follows :
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Year |Cyclists |Cyclists killed
|injured
----------------------------------------------------------------
1981 |299 |7
1982 |368 |9
1983 |432 |14
1984 |480 |13
1985 |365 |10
1986 |318 |10
1987 |374 |12
1988 |397 |4
1989 |366 |9
1990 |388 |11
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Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the annual figures for(i) road deaths and (ii) injuries for each year since 1981, including the number of (a) children and (b) adults who have been hit by cars on or near pedestrian crossings.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 14 February 1992] : The available information is set out in the table :
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[TIRTE] -------------------------------------------------------- 1981 |223 |- |- |7,557 |- |- 1982 |216 |- |- |7,923 |- |- 1983 |173 |- |- |7,540 |- |- 1984 |189 |- |- |8,561 |- |- 1985 |177 |- |- |8,460 |- |- 1986 |236 |10 |2 |9,206 |155 |90 1987 |214 |10 |0 |9,722 |129 |89 1988 |178 |8 |2 |10,789|176 |90 1989 |181 |4 |1 |11,430|150 |85 1990 |185 |2 |1 |11,576|147 |89 Note: Prior to 1986 the numbers of pedestrian adults and children injured or killed on or near pedestrian crossings are not separately identifiable.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Mr. Abdul Rauf
Mr. Madden : To ask the Attorney-General whom the appellate authorities notified when an appeal by Mr. Abdul Rauf, TH/19383/89, against refusal to grant a visa to visit the United Kingdom was upheld ; when the notification was sent ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : The immigration appellate authorities (IAA) notified the United Kingdom Immigrants Advisory Service at Leeds and the Home Office on 26 September 1990 of the adjudicator's decision to allow Mr. Abdul Rauf's appeal.
The IAA's records indicate that the correct procedures were used to notify the parties of the outcome of this appeal.
Mortgage Repossessions
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the numbers of mortgage repossession actions entered and orders made in the Coventry and Warwickshire area by county court division in each year since 1987.
The Attorney-General : The table gives the total number of mortgage possession actions entered and orders made in the Coventry county court and each of the three county courts in Warwickshire for each year since 1987. These figures do not indicate how many houses have been repossessed through the courts as not all of the orders made will have resulted in the issue and execution of warrants of possession. At this stage the 1991 figures are provisional and therefore liable to revision in the future.
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Mortgage possession actions
Court |Year |Actions|Orders
|entered|made
----------------------------------------------------
Coventry |1987 |560 |385
|1988 |454 |536
|1989 |668 |500
|1990 |1,213 |930
|1991 |1,241 |1,328
Warwick |1987 |178 |70
|1988 |172 |129
|1989 |228 |126
|1990 |310 |217
|1991 |332 |321
Stratford-upon-Avon |1987 |67 |41
|1988 |43 |30
|1989 |75 |47
|1990 |122 |68
|1991 |206 |143
Nuneaton |1987 |484 |353
|1988 |343 |220
|1989 |560 |327
|1990 |848 |708
|1991 |998 |772
Admission Appeals
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Attorney-General how many applications against refusal of admission made in Dhaka are awaiting determination by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom.
The Attorney-General : The information requested is not readily available because the Immigration Appeal Tribunal does not record the statistics sought by the hon. Member. In October 1991 there were 14 applications against refusal of admission made in Bangladesh awaiting determination by the appeal tribunal in the United Kingdom.
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Executive Agencies
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the quality of service performance indicators adopted by each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies since their establishment and separately identify those quality of service performance indicators already operative prior to agency status.
The Attorney-General : The quality of service indicators operating in the Land Registry, the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none), are :
(a) speed of processing applications ;
(b) accuracy of the work produced ;
(c) number of complaints received.
Prior to becoming an agency, standards of service existed for the first two aspects but not in respect of the number of complaints received.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the new forms of alternative working patterns introduced into each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies since their establishment and provide a break-down by grade of the numbers of staff taking up each new working pattern for each agency.
The Attorney-General : The Land Registry, as the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none) provides a wide range of alternative working patterns which were all introduced before it became an executive agency.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General how much was spent on events and publicity surrounding the launch of each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies ; and whether the cost was borne by the parent department or the new agency.
The Attorney-General : The cost of events and publicity surrounding the launch of the Land Registry as an executive agency (the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department--the Law Officers' Departments have none) in July 1990 was £23,063. This included "open" days which enabled members of the public and others who use the registry's services to visit and see the work of the agency. The whole cost was met by the Land Registry.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General how many staff were in post on the date that each of the executive agencies in the Lord Chancellor's and Law Officers' Departments were established ; and how many are in post now, in each case.
The Attorney-General : The Land Registry, as the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none), became an executive agency on 2 July 1990, at which time there were 10,698 staff employed. The equivalent figure at 1 February 1992 was 9,637 staff.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General what is the maximum salary payable to the chief executive of each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies, including
performance-related element, and the length of time of the chief executive's contract in each case.
The Attorney-General : The current maximum salary payable to the chief executive of the Land Registry, the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's
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Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none), including a performance-related element, is £66,100. The contract is for 3 years--1 January 1991 to 31 March 1994. It is renewable.Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list those new facilities for staff including nurseries and health care schemes which have been introduced in each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies since their establishment.
The Attorney-General : Since becoming an executive agency in July 1990, the Land Registry, as the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none), has established or provided places in eight local holiday play schemes and two local nurseries. This is in addition to six pre-existing holiday play schemes. Six new ventures are currently being evaluated.
Both before and after becoming an agency, the registry has pursued a range of health care measures, such as workplace policies on smoking, cervical cancer screening, and alcohol-related problems ; giving publicity to national health campaigns ; promoting healthy eating in staff restaurants ; and providing awareness counselling and support through a readily accessible welfare service.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General what was the first degree obtained by the chief executive of each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies ; and from which university or polytechnic it was awarded.
The Attorney-General : The chief executive of the Land Registry, the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none) has not pursued a course of study which would lead to a university or polytechnic degree.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies that operates a group bonus scheme and state the cash amount per person awarded in the last year for which figures were available and the conditions attached to its award.
The Attorney-General : The Land Registry, as the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none), does not operate a group bonus scheme.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the post, grade and maximum salary payable, including performance-related elements, in each case where appointments have been made to his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies at grade 7 or above, since their establishment.
The Attorney-General : The following appointments at grade 7 level and above have been made to the Land Registry since becoming an executive agency in July 1990 (the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department--the Law Officers' Departments have none) :
Post |Grade |Number |Maximum
|pay £
-------------------------------------------------------------
Chief Land Registrar (Chief
Executive) |2 |1 |66,100
Solicitor to Land Registry |3 |1 |57,000
Director of Finance |5 |1 |47,921
Land Registrars |5 |1 |53,740
Deputy Establishment Officer |6 |1 |42,724
Controller of Operational
Development |6 |1 |42,724
Head of Development
Computer Services |6 |1 |41,120
Area Managers |6 |4 |41,120
Senior Assistant Land
Registrars |6 |4 |46,122
Office Manager York |7 |1 |33,175
Head of Personnel Division 1 |7 |1 |34,667
Head of Internal Audit |7 |1 |34,667
Principal, Legal Practice |7 |1 |34,667
Management Accountant |7 |1 |34,667
Finance Officer |7 |1 |34,667
Deputy Area Managers |7 |7 |33,175
Computer Services Divisional
Managers |7 |2 |33,175
Assistant Land Registrars |7 |19 |37,755
Most of the appointments have been occasioned by retirements and the effect of two restructuring exercises, one based on a Treasury staff inspection report and the other on a review by management consultants.
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Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General when the last annual report for each of his and the Lord Chancellor's Departments executive agencies were published ; and when the next ones are due.
The Attorney-General : The annual report for 1990-91 of the Land Registry, the only executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department (the Law Officers' Departments have none) was published in October 1991. The report for 1991-92 is expected to be available in August of this year.
Legal Aid
Mr. Ken Hargreaves : To ask the Attorney-General whether he has any plans to amend the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulation 1989 to enable charitable or voluntary organisations which are subject to the special limitations imposed by rule 3 of the solicitors' practice rules to obtain payments on account from the Legal Aid Board ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : The Lord Chancellor has no proposals to amend the Legal Aid Regulations with regard to payments to charitable or voluntary organisations. Any solicitor acting for an assisted person under a legal aid certificate is entitled to apply for payments on account in accordance with the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989.
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HEALTH
Hospital and Community Health Services
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for the northern region and its constituent areas and districts, for each year from 1978-79 onwards, current expenditure on the hospital and community health services (a) in cash terms and (b) adjusted for NHS pay and prices.
Mr. Dorrell : Tables I and II show the information requested for the northern region.
Both tables show expenditure in cash and in input volume terms. Changes in input volumes are, however, an inadequate guide to the level of service the NHS can be expected to achieve, since they do not reflect the continuing success of the NHS in increasing the efficiency with which it uses its resources. The third column of each table therefore shows the relevant expenditure figures in real terms, ie adjusted by the GDP deflator.
Table I
Northern region-revenue expenditure on hospital and
community
health services (HCHS)
1978-79
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
------------------------------------------------------
Northern RHA |9,583 |29,371 |24,295
Cleveland |46,448 |142,362|117,759
Cumbria |36,569 |112,085|92,714
Durham |46,474 |142,443|117,826
Northumberland |26,511 |81,256 |67,213
Gateshead |13,457 |41,246 |34,118
Newcastle on Tyne |53,699 |164,586|136,142
North Tyneside |9,029 |27,674 |22,891
South Tyneside |9,434 |28,917 |23,919
Sunderland |26,202 |80,310 |66,431
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |277,406|850,250|703,308
1979-80
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
------------------------------------------------------
Northern RHA |12,363 |31,452 |26,864
Cleveland |57,350 |145,899|124,616
Cumbria |43,755 |111,312|95,075
Durham |56,071 |142,645|121,837
Northumberland |31,819 |80,949 |69,140
Gateshead |16,436 |41,812 |35,713
Newcastle on Tyne |66,041 |168,008|143,500
North Tyneside |10,965 |27,895 |23,826
South Tyneside |11,307 |28,766 |24,570
Sunderland |31,889 |81,125 |69,291
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |337,996|859,863|734,433
1980-81
|Cash |Input |Real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
------------------------------------------------------
Northern RHA |15,519 |30,835 |28,497
Cleveland |74,296 |147,627|136,430
Cumbria |57,163 |113,582|104,968
Durham |73,147 |145,343|134,320
Northumberland |41,055 |81,576 |75,389
Gateshead |21,173 |42,072 |38,881
Newcastle upon Tyne |84,200 |167,305|154,616
North Tyneside |14,209 |28,234 |26,093
South Tyneside |14,814 |29,435 |27,202
Sunderland |41,449 |82,359 |76,113
Northern Region Total |437,025|868,368|802,508
1981-82
|Cash |Input |Real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |17,042 |31,307 |28,537
Cleveland |81,897 |150,446|137,137
Cumbria |62,835 |115,429|105,218
Durham |80,908 |148,627|135,480
Northumberland |45,503 |83,588 |76,194
Gateshead |23,263 |42,735 |38,954
Newcastle upon Tyne |94,708 |173,978|158,588
North Tyneside |15,748 |28,929 |26,370
South Tyneside |16,293 |29,930 |27,282
Sunderland |44,473 |81,696 |74,469
Northern Region Total |482,670|886,665|808,231
Table II
Northern Region-revenue expenditure on hospital and
community
health services (HCHS)
1982-83
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
------------------------------------------------------
Northern RHA |18,694 |32,247 |29,222
Hartlepool |14,038 |24,216 |21,945
North Tees |22,658 |39,085 |35,419
South Tees |53,150 |91,684 |83,084
East Cumbria |29,143 |50,272 |45,557
South Cumbria |19,301 |33,295 |30,172
West Cumbria |19,048 |32,858 |29,776
Darlington |22,746 |39,237 |35,557
Durham |26,540 |45,782 |41,488
North West Durham |13,552 |23,378 |21,185
South West Durham |24,001 |41,401 |37,518
Northumberland |48,677 |83,968 |76,092
Gateshead |24,973 |43,078 |39,038
Newcastle |101,394|174,905|158,499
North Tyneside |16,984 |29,298 |26,550
South Tyneside |17,999 |31,049 |28,136
Sunderland |47,938 |82,694 |74,937
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |520,838|898,446|814,174
1983-84
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |19,861 |32,591 |29,672
Hartlepool |14,679 |24,089 |21,931
North Tees |24,310 |39,893 |36,319
South Tees |55,879 |91,698 |83,483
East Cumbria |30,842 |50,611 |46,077
South Cumbria |20,703 |33,974 |30,930
West Cumbria |20,544 |33,713 |30,693
Darlington |24,038 |39,446 |35,913
Durham |27,338 |44,861 |40,843
North West Durham |14,180 |23,269 |21,185
South West Durham |25,938 |42,565 |38,752
Northumberland |51,771 |84,956 |77,345
Gateshead |26,495 |43,478 |39,584
Newcastle |108,216|177,583|161,675
North Tyneside |18,708 |30,700 |27,950
South Tyneside |19,061 |31,279 |28,477
Sunderland |51,432 |84,400 |76,840
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |553,996|909,107|827,670
1984-85
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |20,834 |32,313 |29,644
Hartlepool |15,679 |24,318 |22,309
North Tees |25,451 |39,474 |36,214
South Tees |58,141 |90,177 |82,729
East Cumbria |32,460 |50,346 |46,188
South Cumbria |22,894 |35,509 |32,576
West Cumbria |21,682 |33,629 |30,852
Darlington |25,625 |39,745 |36,462
Durham |28,834 |44,721 |41,028
North West Durham |15,018 |23,293 |21,369
South West Durham |27,584 |42,783 |39,249
Northumberland |55,168 |85,566 |78,499
Gateshead |28,308 |43,906 |40,280
Newcastle |114,164|177,068|162,444
North Tyneside |20,961 |32,511 |29,826
South Tyneside |20,048 |31,095 |28,527
Sunderland |54,000 |83,755 |76,837
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |586,852|910,207|835,031
1985-86
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |22,432 |33,064 |30,249
Hartlepool |16,980 |25,029 |22,898
North Tees |26,751 |39,430 |36,073
South Tees |60,693 |89,461 |81,844
East Cumbria |34,282 |50,532 |46,229
South Cumbria |24,433 |36,015 |32,948
West Cumbria |22,998 |33,899 |31,013
Darlington |26,771 |39,460 |36,101
Durham |29,999 |44,218 |40,453
North West Durham |15,713 |23,161 |21,189
South West Durham |29,209 |43,054 |39,388
Northumberland |57,893 |85,334 |78,068
Gateshead |29,795 |43,918 |40,179
Newcastle |121,728|179,427|164,150
North Tyneside |21,950 |32,354 |29,600
South Tyneside |20,879 |30,776 |28,155
Sunderland |57,580 |84,873 |77,647
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |620,085|914,005|836,184
1986-87
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |22,735 |31,352 |29,681
Hartlepool |18,391 |25,361 |24,009
North Tees |28,890 |39,840 |37,716
South Tees |65,963 |90,963 |86,115
East Cumbria |37,270 |51,396 |48,656
South Cumbria |26,348 |36,334 |34,397
West Cumbria |24,492 |33,775 |31,975
Darlington |28,983 |39,968 |37,838
Durham |32,344 |44,602 |42,225
North West Durham |16,776 |23,134 |21,901
South West Durham |31,230 |43,066 |40,770
Northumberland |61,546 |84,872 |80,348
Gateshead |32,434 |44,727 |42,343
Newcastle |129,754|178,931|169,394
North Tyneside |23,792 |32,809 |31,060
South Tyneside |22,519 |31,054 |29,399
Sunderland |61,197 |84,391 |79,893
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |664,666|916,574|867,721
1987-88
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |20,978 |26,663 |25,973
Hartlepool |20,888 |26,549 |25,862
North Tees |31,895 |40,538 |39,489
South Tees |73,203 |93,040 |90,632
East Cumbria |40,719 |51,754 |50,414
South Cumbria |29,120 |37,011 |36,053
West Cumbria |26,753 |34,004 |33,123
Darlington |31,418 |39,932 |38,899
Durham |35,005 |44,491 |43,340
North West Durham |18,585 |23,621 |23,010
South West Durham |34,224 |43,499 |42,373
Northumberland |66,239 |84,190 |82,011
Gateshead |34,789 |44,216 |43,072
Newcastle |145,364|184,758|179,976
North Tyneside |25,922 |32,947 |32,094
South Tyneside |25,147 |31,962 |31,135
Sunderland |66,176 |84,109 |81,932
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |726,424|923,285|899,386
1988-89
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |22,455 |25,823 |25,940
Hartlepool |23,529 |27,059 |27,181
North Tees |34,304 |39,450 |39,628
South Tees |81,915 |94,202 |94,628
East Cumbria |45,167 |51,942 |52,177
South Cumbria |31,978 |36,774 |36,941
West Cumbria |29,434 |33,849 |34,003
Darlington |34,595 |39,785 |39,964
Durham |37,827 |43,501 |43,698
North West Durham |20,946 |24,088 |24,197
South West Durham |38,069 |43,780 |43,978
Northumberland |73,107 |84,072 |84,453
Gateshead |37,737 |43,398 |43,594
Newcastle |160,885|185,018|185,855
North Tyneside |29,409 |33,820 |33,973
South Tyneside |27,745 |31,907 |32,051
Sunderland |73,559 |84,593 |84,976
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |802,662|923,061|927,235
1989-90
|cash |input |real
|volume |terms
|terms
|£ 000 |£ 000 |£ 000
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Northern RHA |25,813 |27,724 |28,002
Hartlepool |26,858 |28,846 |29,136
North Tees |37,472 |40,245 |40,649
South Tees |86,059 |92,428 |93,357
East Cumbria |47,772 |51,307 |51,823
South Cumbria |35,090 |37,687 |38,066
West Cumbria |31,506 |33,838 |34,178
Darlington |37,285 |40,045 |40,447
Durham |37,981 |40,791 |41,201
North West Durham |22,496 |24,161 |24,404
South West Durham |40,337 |43,322 |43,758
Northumberland |77,989 |83,760 |84,602
Gateshead |40,496 |43,492 |43,930
Newcastle |173,702|186,556|188,432
North Tyneside |31,906 |34,267 |34,611
South Tyneside |30,098 |32,325 |32,650
Sunderland |79,543 |85,429 |86,288
|-------|-------|-------
Northern Region Total |862,403|926,221|935,535
1990-91
|Cash
|£ 000
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Northern regional health authority |27,479
Hartlepool |28,589
North Tees |39,248
South Tees |93,727
East Cumbria |52,050
South Cumbria |38,647
West Cumbria |33,314
Darlington |39,145
Durham |40,698
North West Durham |23,812
South West Durham |43,169
Northumberland |82,563
Gateshead |44,040
Newcastle |190,898
North Tyneside |34,800
South Tyneside |33,384
Sunderland |85,835
|---------
Northern Region Total |931,400
Notes to the tables:
1. Expenditure on the HCHS covers services directly
managed
and/or accounted for by the health authorities (at the
relevant
time) including hospital, community health, patient
transport
(i.e. ambulance), blood transfusion and other
services.
2. The figures are derived from the annual accounts of
the
regional health authority (RHA) and the area health
authorities (district health authorities from 1 April
1982)
comprising the Northern region. 1990-91 figures are as
yet
subject to audit.
3. The volume input terms column of each table shows
the cash
figures for the relevant year expressed at 1990-91
prices after
adjustment by the HCHS pay and prices index.
4. The real terms column of each table shows the cash
figures for
the relevant year expressed in 1990-91 prices after
adjustment
by the GDP deflator.
District Nurses
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of whole-time equivalent district nurses employed by each regional health authority in England in 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991 ; and if he will list the number of people aged (a) 65 to 74 years, (b) 75 to 84 years and (c) 85 years and above in each of those regional health authorities in each of those years.
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Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The information requested is shown in the tables. Information has been provided for 1990, the latest available year.
National health service district nurses as at 30 September each year
England by regional health authorities<1><2>
Whole-time equivalent<3>
Region |<4>1976|<4>1981|1986 |1990
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Northern RHA |930 |1,040 |1,160 |1,160
Yorkshire RHA |900 |1,100 |1,110 |1,170
Trent RHA |1,230 |1,390 |1,520 |1,610
East Anglia RHA |430 |550 |590 |560
North West Thames RHA |840 |900 |990 |1,080
North East Thames RHA |850 |990 |1,010 |1,180
South East Thames RHA |1,020 |1,240 |1,240 |1,210
South West Thames RHA |870 |970 |970 |970
Wessex RHA |630 |800 |910 |900
Oxford RHA |600 |740 |690 |700
South Western RHA |740 |930 |970 |1,050
West Midlands RHA |1,270 |1,600 |1,570 |1,610
Mersey RHA |650 |760 |800 |830
North Western RHA |1,300 |1,530 |1,640 |1,730
London Post Graduate
Special Health Authorities |- |- |20 |-
|--- |--- |--- |---
England Total |12,270 |14,520 |15,190 |15,740
Source: Department of Health (SM13) Annual Census of NHS
Non-Medical Manpower.
Notes:
<1> Excludes senior nurses grade 1 to 8 and district nurse students.
Includes district nurses, district nurse practical work teachers,
registered and enrolled nurses assisting district nurses, dual
posts (DN/MID) and bank district nurses.
<2> District nurses are defined by occupation code, not by payscale,
and the former is known to be less accurate than the latter.
Apparent changes in the figures can be due to changes in coding
accuracy by health authorities rather than actual changes in
numbers of district nurses.
<3> All figures are independently rounded to the nearest ten
(10) whole-time equivalent.
<4> Not adjusted for the reduction in nurses working hours during
1980-81. (From 40 to 37.5 per week).
Estimated resident population at mid 1976 by specific age
groups
Regions |Ages |Ages |Ages
|65 to 74 |75 to 84 |85+
---------------------------------------------------------------
Northern |280,900 |124,600 |26,500
Yorkshire |335,500 |153,900 |35,000
Trent |403,800 |180,200 |39,400
East Anglia |174,000 |82,000 |19,200
North West Thames |290,200 |130,100 |32,200
North East Thames |345,900 |161,000 |39,400
South East Thames |369,400 |183,600 |46,200
South West Thames |287,700 |142,700 |35,000
Wessex |263,400 |127,200 |30,800
Oxford |169,300 |77,600 |19,800
South Western |317,400 |152,400 |36,500
West Midlands |426,300 |183,000 |39,800
Mersey |214,800 |95,900 |22,400
North Western |395,100 |177,500 |36,900
|---- |---- |----
England Total of above |4,273,700|1,971,700|459,100
Estimated resident population at mid 1981 by specific age
groups
Regions |Ages |Ages |Ages
|65-74 |75-84 |85+
---------------------------------------------------------------
Northern |280,600 |141,400 |28,700
Yorkshire |336,200 |175,900 |38,300
Trent |417,500 |208,200 |44,400
East Anglia |186,400 |95,800 |22,300
North West Thames |295,800 |148,500 |35,100
North East Thames |343,900 |177,900 |41,400
South East Thames |365,700 |201,700 |50,000
South West Thames |290,600 |160,600 |41,200
Wessex |277,100 |148,900 |35,900
Oxford |179,600 |91,300 |22,100
South Western |324,900 |175,800 |41,800
West Midlands |444,700 |215,000 |44,400
Mersey |218,000 |109,100 |24,200
North Western |385,900 |199,400 |41,500
|---- |---- |----
England Total of above |4,346,900|2,249,500|511,300
Estimated resident population at mid 1986 by specific age
groups
Regions |Ages |Ages |Ages
|65 to 74 |75 to 84 |85+
---------------------------------------------------------------
Northern |275,850 |153,972 |34,078
Yorkshire |318,712 |190,983 |45,814
Trent |409,487 |234,720 |52,845
East Anglia |184,677 |111,166 |26,778
North West Thames |280,787 |167,878 |41,446
North East Thames |324,917 |196,496 |49,125
South East Thames |345,563 |219,139 |57,300
South West Thames |271,871 |176,387 |47,134
Wessex |272,400 |169,716 |43,431
Oxford |183,335 |105,317 |25,674
South Western |316,377 |197,864 |50,795
West Midlands |443,004 |244,492 |52,874
Mersey |208,230 |120,169 |28,093
North Western |355,377 |212,740 |47,896
|---- |---- |----
England Total of above |4,190,587|2,501,039|603,283
Estimated resident population at mid 1990 by specific age
groups
Regions |Ages |Ages |Ages
|65 to 74 |75 to 84 |85+
---------------------------------------------------------------
Northern |277,958 |161,846 |42,403
Yorkshire |318,247 |197,925 |56,402
Trent |413,706 |250,066 |66,169
East Anglia |192,253 |120,299 |33,157
North West Thames |274,194 |175,423 |51,287
North East Thames |315,389 |203,596 |60,283
South East Thames |337,186 |224,073 |67,441
South West Thames |265,750 |181,378 |55,349
Wessex |276,733 |180,540 |52,715
Oxford |193,123 |115,630 |30,965
South Western |319,189 |209,108 |62,499
West Midlands |450,453 |263,646 |67,158
Mersey |207,747 |125,358 |34,691
North Western |345,647 |215,792 |59,017
|---- |---- |----
England Total of above |4,187,575|2,624,680|739,536
Fresh Fruit
Mr. Couchman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 6 February, Official Report , column 275 , if he will specify the various considerations that led the 1989 Committee on Medical Aspects of Food panel on dietary sugars and human disease to classify fresh fruit, as eaten by humans, as intrinsic sugars.
Mr. Dorrell : The panel found that the physical location of sugars influences their availability for bacterial metabolism in the mouth and the readiness with which they are absorbed after ingestion. For that reason they considered it would be helpful to distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic sugars. They defined intrinsic sugars as being those which form an integral part of certain unprocessed foodstuffs, and which are enclosed in the cell of the food. The sugars present naturally in fresh fruit and vegetables (mainly fructose, glucose and sucrose) fall within that definition.
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Tobacco Advertising
Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what position he will adopt concerning the proposed ban on tobacco advertising throughout the European Community when it comes before the Council of Ministers in May ; in reaching his decision, what weight he will attach to the opinion of the European Parliament ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell : We have noted the opinion of the European Parliament. When the proposal comes to the Health Council, the Government will maintain their position that the proposed directive is unnecessary for the completion of the single market.
Waiting Lists
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department collects individual case histories of patients who have been waiting for over two years.
Child Care
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he intends to apply the Disqualification for Caring for Children Regulations 1991 to the local authority sector.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : We have no intention of doing so. Although the Disqualification for Caring for Children Regulations do not apply to the local authority sector, volume 8 of the Children Act regulations and guidance series advises that local authorities should have regard to the regulations when considering the appointment of staff to any children's services run by the local authority, and when assessing people's suitability to work as childminders or foster parents employed by a local authority.
In addition, volumes 2--"Family Support, Day Care and Educational Provision for Young Children", 3--"Family Placements" and 4--"Residential Care" in the Children Act series contain clear guidance on the requirement for local authorities to undertake a thorough assessment of the suitability of people who wish to work with children in any service run by the local authority. Compliance will ensure that equivalent measures exist for safeguarding the welfare of children cared for in the local authority sector as those in the private and voluntary sectors.
General Whitley Council
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about his decision to revoke the appeals procedure for national health service employees, General Whitley Council, section 32.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) on 19 February at columns 206-7.
National Health Service Expenditure
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish table 3 of Cm 1913 adjusted for input unit costs.
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Mr. Dorrell [pursuant to his reply, 18 February 1992 112-14.] : I regret that there was an error in the table. The last two columns of the table were incorrectly calculated. A revised table is as follows.Column 335
Expenditure figures as they appear in table 3 of Cm 1913 adjusted for
changes in input unit costs and by the GDP deflator (all at 1990-91
prices)
£ million
|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NHS hospital, community health, family
health (cash limited) and related
services
Current expenditure
Adjusted for change in input unit cost
Gross |14,977 |15,251 |15,311 |15,329 |16,081 |<1>- |<1>-
Net |14,540 |14,818 |14,876 |14,873 |15,590 |<1>- |<1>-
Adjusted by the GDP deflator
Gross |14,178 |14,857 |15,377 |15,483 |16,081 |17,405 |18,380
Net |13,764 |14,434 |14,940 |15,022 |15,590 |16,950 |17,967
Capital expenditure
Adjusted for change in input unit cost
Gross |1,423 |1,425 |1,450 |1,591 |1,555 |<1>- |<1>-
Net |1,221 |1,166 |1,110 |1,332 |1,377 |<1>- |<1>-
Adjusted by the GDP deflator
Gross |1,372 |1,369 |1,376 |1,548 |1,555 |1,536 |1,368
Net |1,178 |1,121 |1,054 |1,296 |1,377 |1,338 |1,189
NHS family health services (non cash
limited) current/total expenditure
Adjusted for change in input unit cost
Gross |5,146 |5,323 |5,489 |5,470 |5,304 |<1>- |<1>-
Net |4,593 |4,763 |4,891 |4,807 |4,690 |<1>- |<1>-
Adjusted by the GDP deflator
Gross |4,740 |4,976 |5,261 |5,219 |5,304 |5,293 |5,524
Net |4,231 |4,452 |4,688 |4,587 |4,690 |4,673 |4,888
Total health services
Current expenditure
Adjusted for change in input unit cost
Gross |20,777 |21,223 |21,400 |21,436 |22,017 |<1>- |<1>-
Net |19,774 |20,218 |20,364 |20,317 |20,889 |<1>- |<1>-
Adjusted by the GDP deflator
Gross |19,524 |20,446 |21,216 |21,314 |22,017 |23,414 |24,641
Net |18,581 |19,477 |20,189 |20,201 |20,889 |22,310 |23,559
Capital expenditure
Adjusted for change in input unit cost
Gross |1,474 |1,454 |1,487 |1,621 |1,603 |<1>- |<1>-
Net |1,273 |1,193 |1,121 |1,361 |1,425 |<1>- |<1>-
Adjusted by the GDP deflator
Gross |1,422 |1,398 |1,411 |1,577 |1,603 |1,686 |1,529
Net |1,227 |1,147 |1,064 |1,325 |1,425 |1,423 |1,350
Total expenditure
Adjusted for change in input unit cost
Gross |22,271 |22,696 |22,908 |23,064 |23,620 |<1>- |<1>-
Net |21,061 |21,429 |21,517 |21,688 |22,314 |<1>- |<1>-
Adjusted by the GDP deflator
Gross |20,945 |21,843 |22,628 |22,891 |23,620 |25,100 |26,170
Net |19,808 |20,624 |21,253 |21,526 |22,314 |23,734 |24,909
<1> Estimates are not made for changes in input unit cost until the
financial year has ended.
ENVIRONMENT
Fair Rents
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to ensure that fair rents for regulated tenants in private properties are based on the same valuation as that made for council tax.
Mr. Yeo : None. Fair rents are not based on the capital values of property with vacant possession, but are determined according to the rules set out in section 70 of
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the Rent Act 1977. The valuation bands to be used for council tax purposes are not suitable for setting rents. We have no plans to change the way in which fair rents are set for regulated tenancies.Planning Advice
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now bring forward regulations under section 150 of the Local Government and Housing
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Act 1989 to enable local authorities to recover their costs in providing pre-planning application advice and other related services.Mr. Yeo : The Department encourages local authorities to discuss development proposals with applicants before a planning application is submitted. The implications of the recent judgment of the House of Lords that local authorities may not charge for this service are being studied.
Ozone Layer
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps the Government are proposing to take to ensure the eradication of the production of ozone-depleting chemicals at the earliest possible date ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : The Government are committed to phasing out CFCs, halons, carbon tetrachloride and methyl chloroform within the United Kingdom by the end of 1995 at the latest. Both United Kingdom producers will cease production of these substances no later than that date. Last week, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment wrote to the president of the EC Environment Council, urging the Community to adopt the strongest possible position in the negotiations towards the revision of the Montreal protocol, which will begin in April.
Development Plans
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he intends to replace the Town and Country Planning (Development Plans) (England) Direction 1981 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo : We have today sent to all local planning authorities in England a copy of the Town and Country Planning Development Plans (England) Direction 1992 which comes into effect on 28 February. This replaces the 1981 direction.
The new direction will require authorities to advertise in a local newspaper all applications not in accordance with the development plan and which they do not propose to refuse. This gives the local community the opportunity to comment on and object to such applications ; and to ask my right hon. Friend to call them in. Authorities must also report to my right hon. Friend all such applications which are for major development or which otherwise threaten important policies in the plan. This will enable my right hon. Friend to be aware of significant divergences from the development plan and to consider whether he wishes to call in such applications for his determination. It remains his policy that in general applications will be called in only where planning issues of more than local importance are involved.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales is issuing a similar direction to Welsh local planning authorities.
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Defence Sales
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will now make it his practice to provide information about the levels of Export Credits Guarantee Department insurance cover for individual overseas defence sales.
Mr. Sainsbury : No. It has been the policy of successive Governments not to publish details of ECGD cover for individual sales contracts unless all the commercial parties agree.
Advanced Technology Programme
Mr. Brazier : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on what plans he has to announce any further assistance under the advanced technology programme.
Mr. Lilley : Yes. I have approved a £15 million collaborative research advanced technology programme for tracked-transport systems aimed at stimulating R and D expenditure to the end of the century. This initiative will help United Kingdom firms to gain a greater share of new opportunities in tracked-transport arising out of increasing public concern for the environment and recent advances in new technology.
There will be close co-operation between my Department and the Department of Transport and the programme will be fully in line with the priority given to the railways by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport in his statement on 28 May 1991. The opening of the channel fixed link and the completion of the single European market including the move to freer public purchasing will present further opportunities.
Hong Kong (Visit)
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, on his visit to Hong Kong in November 1989, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Gosport (Mr. Viggers), took part in party political activities in addition to official duties.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 13 February 1992] : I understand that the hon. Member for Gosport (Mr. Viggers) did not visit Hong Kong in November 1989.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Julie Ward
Sir Eldon Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise with the Attorney General of Kenya during his visit to London the matter of Julie Ward's killing in that country.
Mrs. Chalker : Two Kenyan rangers have been accused of the murder of Julie Ward, and the case is currently sub-judice. It would not therefore be appropriate to raise any substantive points about the case at this stage. The high commission is in touch with the Attorney-General's office in Nairobi about the arrangements for the trial, which we shall be following with the closest attention.
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Commonwealth of Independent States
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visits have been made by Overseas Development Agency and Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff to the Commonwealth of Independent States in connection with aid matters in the last year ; and at what approximate cost.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Since 21 February 1991 there have been 14 visits to the former Soviet Union in connection with aid matters involving a total of 19 ODA and FCO staff, some of whom have visited more than once. The approximate cost--airfares and local expenses not met by the host authorities--was £63,000.
Francisco Javier Perez Egert
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will deny diplomatic status to Francisco Javier Perez Egert, recently appointed as military attache to the Chilean embassy in London ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Garel-Jones : Francisco Javier Perez Egert has not been notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a member of staff of the Chilean embassy and has not been accepted or received as such.
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