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Tomlinson Report
Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received from St. Bartholomew's hospital about the North East Thames regional health authority's attitude to the implementation of the Tomlinson Report ; and what actionm she will take to prevent North East Thames regional health authority from telling purchasers, providers or anyone else in the NHS that decisions have already been taken on Tomlinson and that the negotiations are a mere formality.
Dr. Mawhinney : We have made it clear to everyone in the national health service and to the House the decisions on recommendations in the Tomlinson report will be made only following careful evaluation. I will be visiting the institutions most affected by the report and I will listen carefully to their views.
Residential Homes
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the registered private and voluntary sector residential homes in Pendle ; and what information she has on the fees charged per week in each case.
Mr. Yeo : The information requested is not collected centrally.
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Nursing Care
Mr. Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps the Government are taking to ascertain the number of national health service continuing care beds likely to be needed per 1,000 population aged 75 years to 85 years and 85 years plus ;
(2) what steps the Government are taking to ascertain the numbers of elderly people likely to require continuous nursing care per 1,000 population aged 75 years to 85 years and 85 years plus ;
(3) what steps the Government are taking to ensure that adequate provision of national health service continuous nursing care is available in each health authority area.
Mr. Yeo : It is the responsibility of local health authorities to assess the health needs of their resident population and to plan their purchasing strategies accordingly. We have made it clear to health authorities that their duty to provide continuing residential health care for those highly dependent people who need it remains unchanged, and that no adjustment to the level of such care should be made except as part of an agreed strategy with the relevant local authorities.
Mentally Disordered Offenders
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she intends to publish the report of the inter-departmental inquiry chaired by Dr. John Reed on mentally disordered offenders ; and what are the plans for implementation of the report.
Mr. Yeo : The report will be published shortly.
Community Care
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she intends to make available the additional information on the transfer of resources from the Department of Social Security to local authorities for community care, as indicated in paragraph 8 of her Department's memorandum issued on 2 October.
Mr. Yeo : A further memorandum on the social security transfer has been sent today to the local authority associations. A copy has also been placed in the Library.
PRIME MINISTER
Matrix Churchill
Mr. Soley : To ask the Prime Minister when the ministers concerned signed public interest immunity certificates in the Matrix Churchill case ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : The relevant certificates were signed by the Home Secretary on 16 June 1992 and 29 September 1992, by the President of the Board of Trade on 11 and 26 September 1992, by the Secretary of State for Defence on 7 September 1992 and by the Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) on 3 and 23 September 1992. I explained the basis for issuing these certificates to the House on 12 November.
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister on what date it was first brought to his attention that Matrix Churchill exports had been used for military purposes by Iraq.
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Mr. Soley : To ask the Prime Minister when he first knew that Matrix Churchill exports to Iraq had been sanctioned.
The Prime Minister : I shall write to the hon. Members as soon as all the relevant records have been checked.
WALES
Job Creation
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of jobs created in the past 12 months as a result of his Department's efforts.
Mr. David Hunt : The Welsh Office operates a range of programmes and activities which contribute to economic development, many of which cannot be quantified accurately in terms of direct jobs created. But some can : for example, during the past 12 months offers of regional selective assistance accepted by companies in Wales are planned to create nearly 7,300 new jobs as well as safeguarding nearly 4,300 others.
Public Record Office
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many papers his Department has currently withdrawn from the Public Record Office ; if he will list their titles ; and when he estimates they will be returned.
Mr. David Hunt : My Department has 65 records out on loan. It is estimated that they will be returned by 31 December 1992. The records concerned are :
1. Caernarvon Castle :
Acquisition (including land adjoining).
2. Neath-Abergavenny Trunk Road : Heads of the Valleys Road : Section 1 Brynmawr to Abergavenny : letting of contract : contractor's request for financial assistance (Pt 1).
3. Section 1 Brynmawr to Abergavenny : letting of contract : contractor's request for financial assistance (Pt 2).
4. Claims in respect of additional costs made by contractor. 5. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services :
Treatment of cases of abortion (Vol. 1 Pt C).
6. Tuberculosis Services--Hospital Waiting Lists :
Inquiry into irregular use of prescription form EC10(HP). 7. Glamorgan :
Commons Act 1899 and Law of Property Act 1925 : acquisition of parts of Coity Anglia and Cefn Hirgoed Commons for hospital building.
8. Conferences of Heads of Government Departments in Wales : Minutes and Papers 1962.
9. Cultural Affairs--Welsh Language Panel :
Welsh in Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.
10. Use of Welsh in Local Government ; minutes ; notes of meetings ; correspondence ; questionnaire ; summary of replies.
11. Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings--Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire Works (Pt 4).
12. Finds (Pt 1).
13. Works (Pt 1).
14. Works (Pt 2).
15. Works (Pt 3).
16. Acquisition (Pt 1).
17. Local Authorities--Emergency Water Service Zonal Mutual Arrangements under Civil Defence Act 1948 :
Civil Defence : details of schemes for maintenance of water supplies during an emergency.
18. Civil Defence : details of schemes for maintenance of water supplies during an emergency (plan cover).
19. Radiological Hazards to Hospital Patients and Staff : General Correspondence (Vol. 1).
20. Deputation from Ystradgynlais Rural District Council about closure of Gellinudd and Adelina Patti Hospitals.
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21. Paediatric Services--Smallpox.22. Arrangements on modification of outbreaks (1961-62 Vol. 2). 23. Arrangements on modification of outbreaks (1962 Vol. 2 Pt 1). 24. Outbreak in South Wales (1966).
25. Outbreak of smallpox in South Wales (1962-63).
26. Smallpox outbreak in Rhondda Valley.
27. Hydatid Disease survey : incidence of disease in persons resident in Wales (plan cover).
28. Local Authorities : Mid Glamorgan Water Board :
Danger to water supply from radioactive waste from REME Camp, Litchard Cross.
29. Danger to water supply from radioactive waste from REME Camp, Litchard Cross (plan Cover).
30. Local Authorities : Coast protection and sea defence : Schemes : determination of charges under the Coast Protection Act 1949, section 7(6).
31. National Library of Wales :
Representations against proposal by the Treasury to downgrade the status of the Library from intermediate' to provincial'. 32. Status of Monmouthshire : questions as to whether the county is in England or Wales for legal or administrative purposes. 33. Appointment of Minister for Welsh Affairs.
34. Function of Minister for Welsh Affairs.
35. Cultural Affairs--Welsh Language Panel :
The Place of Welsh in the schools : Welsh Joint Education Committee Language Survey 1961.
36. The Place of Welsh in the schools : Study in Depth ; Report prepared by HM Inspectors, Welsh Department, Ministry of Education. 37. Welsh in religious worship ; correspondence with churches ; questionnaire and summary of evidence submitted.
38. Bilingualism.
39. Use of Welsh in Government Departments : correspondence and summary of evidence.
40. Minutes ; notes of meetings ; correspondence ; memoranda and evidence submitted ; summary of evidence ; Paper on use of Welsh in Primary and Secondary Schools.
41. Correspondence with General Register Office about 1961 census. Census 1961 ; Report on the Welsh Speaking Population.
42. Procedure for the use of Welsh in Courts ; correspondence with the Home Office, Clerks of the Peace and County Councils. 43. Statutory provisions relating to the Welsh language. 44. Minutes ; notes of meetings ; general correspondence ; notes on Welsh in local government.
45. Nomination of Lord Snowdon to the University Court and Council of the University of Wales.
46. Carmarthenshire--Cwmamman UDC : Compulsory Purchase Orders. 47. Local Government Staff Commission for Wales :
Establishment.
48. Winding up.
49. Draft report on work.
50. Appointments to new county councils : Powys.
51. Appointments to new county councils : removal of restrictions. 52. Appeals procedure (Part 1).
53. Appeals procedure (Part 2).
54. Transfer Schemes and Transfer Orders ; correspondence with local authorities and individuals.
55. Circulars and Bulletins.
56. Circulated papers (File 1).
57. Circulated papers (File 2).
58. Minutes of meetings.
59. Appeals.
60. Penybont Rural District Council--Public Footpath Diversion and Extinguishment Orders.
61. Snowdonia National Park :
Designation order.
62. Designation order--plans (Pouch 1).
63. Designation order--plans (Pouch 2).
64. Designation order--correspondence and papers.
65. Designation order--plans (Pouch).
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Foreign Companies
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimates of the number of (a) Japanese, (b) American and (c) German companies in (i) Clwyd and (ii) Wales ; and how many people are employed by each of these companies.
Mr. David Hunt : The latest estimates are as follows :
(i) Clwyd : Japan, 9 companies, 2,000 employees ; North American, 29 companies, 6,000 employees ; Germany, 10 companies, 500 employees ;
(ii) Wales : Japan, 44 companies, 12,000 employees ; North America, 130 companies, 32,000 employees ; Germany, 50 companies, 5,000 employees.
Employment figures for individual companies are commercially confidential.
River Dee Crossing
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he plans to have with Clwyd county council concerning the new River Dee crossing ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : My right hon. Friend has no plans for such discussions, although there have been discussions at official level. The scheme has received some £2.75 million Government support to date. Decisions about future provisions for transport grant schemes will be taken in the context of this year's public expenditure survey.
School Governors
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many school governors in Wales came to the end of their term in office at the end of the 1992 summer term ; how many did not seek reappointment ; and how many school governor positions remain unfilled in each local education authority area.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Returns from local education authorities indicate that between 12,000 and 13,000 governors completed their term of appointment this summer. Information on the number who sought re- appointment and the number of positions still vacant is not available but I am not aware of any authorities who have experienced difficulties in recruiting adequate numbers.
Children (Special Needs)
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many copies of "Children With Special Needs", the guide produced by his Department, have been distributed to date.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Almost 150,000 copies of the guide have been distributed to local education authorities, schools, interested organisations and in response to enquiries to the Welsh Office.
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