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Child Psychotherapists
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) pursuant to his answer of 16 November, Official Report, column 90, if he will make it his policy to increase the number of child psychotherapists employed within the NHS in Wales to 20 ; (2) what is his target for the number of child psychotherapists in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : It is for employers to determine the staff required to meet the health care objectives of health authority and family health service authority health plans.
Skillcentres
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many skillcentres have been closed in each of the counties of Wales ; and how many skillcentres remain open in each of the counties of Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Skillcentres were privatised in 1990 and became the responsibility of the companies which purchased them. There are skillcentres in Clwyd (Wrexham), Gwent (Newport), south Glamorgan (Cardiff) and west Glamorgan (Port Talbot).
Freight Transport
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has on the relative efficiencies of freight transport modes in Wales in terms of megajoules per tonne kilometre of (a) light goods vehicles using diesel, (b) light goods vehicles using petrol, (c) medium goods vehicles, (d) heavy goods vehicles, (e) rail bulk loads and (f) rail, general merchandise.
Sir Wyn Roberts : This information is not collected centrally. Figures on United Kingdom energy consumption by transport mode are given in "Transport Statistics : Great Britain 1992", a copy of which is held in the Library of the House.
Tourism
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money has been made available for projects in Wales in the current financial year under section 4 of the
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Development of Tourism Act 1969 ; how many projects have benefited ; and how many jobs have been (i) created and (ii) preserved.Sir Wyn Roberts : The Wales tourist board has received £3.8 million in the current financial year to assist tourism schemes in Wales. During this year 227 projects have benefited, creating 142 jobs. In addition, 423 existing jobs are now more secure as a result of this year's assistance.
Health Authorities
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will issue a consultation paper on the possibility of uniting area health authorities and family health service authorites in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : My right hon. Friend has no plans to do so at present. The merger of health authorities and family health services authorities in Wales would require primary legislation. However we encourage health authorities and family health services authorities to work together wherever possible, and there is already significant evidence of such co-operation, particularly in respect of strategic planning.
Speed Cameras
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to order the installation of speed cameras in the Wrexham area ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : This is a matter for consultation between the police, courts, the Crown prosecution service and the appropriate highway authority. The Department has no plans at present to install speed cameras on trunk roads in the Wrexham area.
Environmental Education
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the provision of training for teachers for the delivery of cross-curricular themes, with particular reference to the theme of environmental education.
Sir Wyn Roberts : A number of national curriculum subjects include studies relevant to environmental education. We seek to ensure, through the criteria for the approval of courses, that initial training gives thorough preparation for teaching the national curriculum. We also provide specific grant to support national curriculum-related training for serving teachers. It is essentially for schools and local education authorities to determine what priority to give to particular subject areas.
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the funding provided by Government Departments for the support of information services for environmental education.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The Welsh Office supports information services for environmental education by a variety of means : directly by the Department through non-departmental public bodies with environmental responsibilities ; and by supporting voluntary organisations through grant aid. Specific funding for information services is not separately identified.
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Recycling
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he intends to take to promote actively the market in recycled products and to help local authorities, and others concerned, with meeting Government recycling targets.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The steps being taken are described in chapter 13 of "This Common Inheritance : The Second Year Report" (Cm 2068) a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to provide specific grants to local authorities to enable them to implement their recycling plans designed to meet the Government's target of recycling 25 per cent. of all household waste by the year 2000.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : No. There are long-standing arrangements agreed with the local authority associations in Wales under which they assess the level of provision needed to support a range of services, including recycling of waste, provided by local government. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State takes account of that assessment when deciding how much central Government support should be made available, in total, to local
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authorities. Most of that support, both revenue and capital, is distributed to authorities on the basis of formulae agreed with the Welsh local authority associations.Council Tax
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the issue of draft valuation lists for council tax purposes.
Mr. David Hunt : Billing authorities in Wales have today received copies of the council tax draft valuation lists from the Valuation Office Agency. The valuation lists include valuations for some 1,212, 230 dwellings. The number and distribution of dwellings between each council tax band is summarised by billing authority in the tables. Valuations have been made on the basis of the price, subject to certain assumptions, which dwellings could have fetched had they been sold on 1 April 1991. The valuations were carried out between December 1991 and July 1992. The Valuation Office Agency which was responsible for the valuation exercise, was assisted in its task by private sector valuers.
Members of the public will be able to inspect the valuation list for their district at district council offices.
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|c|Council Tax Valuations:|c|
|c|Percentage of Hereditaments by Band-Draft List|c|
Authority |Band A |Band B |Band C |Band D |Band E |Band F |Band G |Band H |Total
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Alyn and Deeside |9.94 |17.75 |33.02 |18.85 |13.60 |4.86 |1.95 |0.03 |100.00
Colwyn |12.43 |17.60 |23.75 |23.40 |15.16 |4.37 |3.03 |0.26 |100.00
Delyn |7.95 |25.18 |26.03 |17.13 |14.31 |5.98 |3.23 |0.18 |100.00
Glyndwr |13.85 |21.83 |18.97 |17.62 |15.43 |6.95 |4.81 |0.55 |100.00
Rhuddlan |8.39 |22.86 |32.44 |21.70 |9.25 |3.42 |1.84 |0.10 |100.00
Wrexham |20.28 |30.61 |18.01 |15.54 |9.23 |4.07 |2.17 |0.09 |100.00
Carmarthen |13.57 |19.58 |18.45 |19.05 |21.28 |6.54 |1.46 |0.09 |100.00
Ceredigion |10.44 |15.89 |19.62 |23.77 |23.68 |4.96 |1.50 |0.14 |100.00
Dinefwr |19.21 |21.43 |20.01 |16.97 |14.21 |6.90 |1.10 |0.17 |100.00
Llanelli |27.27 |35.77 |16.65 |11.69 |5.74 |1.65 |1.15 |0.09 |100.00
Preseli Pembrokeshire |14.82 |24.09 |17.01 |18.79 |17.91 |5.41 |1.89 |0.07 |100.00
South Pembrokeshire |16.17 |16.91 |22.65 |17.13 |18.96 |5.62 |2.34 |0.21 |100.00
Blaenau Gwent |54.37 |26.99 |9.25 |4.98 |3.32 |0.75 |0.26 |0.06 |100.00
Islwyn |15.82 |54.93 |14.69 |7.57 |5.00 |1.58 |0.36 |0.06 |100.00
Monmouth |2.65 |9.69 |23.10 |18.27 |18.16 |14.55 |12.43 |1.14 |100.00
Newport |14.94 |32.79 |20.30 |16.35 |8.50 |3.72 |2.91 |0.48 |100.00
Torfaen |21.30 |35.26 |23.77 |9.36 |7.15 |2.23 |0.83 |0.09 |100.00
Aberconwy |13.74 |19.73 |22.08 |19.94 |15.01 |5.62 |3.48 |0.40 |100.00
Arfon |25.64 |29.27 |21.03 |12.75 |7.18 |2.94 |1.10 |0.09 |100.00
Dwyfor |13.90 |22.27 |18.91 |19.99 |19.25 |3.77 |1.88 |0.01 |100.00
Meirionnydd |29.21 |24.35 |16.19 |12.08 |12.01 |3.99 |2.05 |0.12 |100.00
Ynys Mon |18.50 |22.77 |15.00 |21.23 |16.04 |3.49 |2.76 |0.21 |100.00
Cynon Valley |60.46 |19.68 |7.74 |7.09 |4.03 |0.78 |0.23 |- |100.00
Merthyr Tydfil |57.04 |25.48 |6.75 |6.00 |3.80 |0.77 |0.16 |0.02 |100.00
Ogwr |20.56 |25.71 |19.33 |15.33 |11.85 |4.27 |2.66 |0.29 |100.00
Rhondda |63.75 |26.76 |5.79 |1.86 |1.50 |0.26 |0.05 |0.03 |100.00
Rhymney Valley |34.21 |33.25 |16.94 |8.52 |4.80 |1.57 |0.63 |0.09 |100.00
Taff Ely |23.59 |29.43 |20.35 |11.39 |8.36 |3.99 |2.68 |0.22 |100.00
Brecknock |15.33 |14.54 |19.65 |15.07 |19.48 |9.16 |6.12 |0.65 |100.00
Montgomeryshire |11.46 |22.33 |19.05 |16.47 |21.46 |6.23 |2.82 |0.19 |100.00
Radnorshire |12.86 |16.55 |16.39 |18.13 |25.89 |6.66 |3.21 |0.30 |100.00
Cardiff |7.63 |24.28 |27.24 |16.23 |14.85 |4.60 |4.57 |0.60 |100.00
Vale of Glamorgan |6.47 |21.19 |20.75 |17.32 |15.56 |7.04 |10.32 |1.36 |100.00
Lliw Valley |19.49 |26.96 |23.48 |18.47 |8.60 |2.32 |0.61 |0.08 |100.00
Neath |20.17 |40.33 |19.97 |10.89 |6.64 |1.41 |0.54 |0.05 |100.00
Port Talbot |21.57 |43.41 |19.54 |9.50 |4.29 |1.22 |0.43 |0.04 |100.00
Swansea |22.19 |24.47 |18.07 |13.47 |12.23 |5.25 |4.00 |0.32 |100.00
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Wales |20.42 |25.97 |19.77 |14.67 |11.79 |4.23 |2.84 |0.29 |100.00
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|c|Hereditaments-Draft List|c|
Authority |Band A |Band B |Band C |Band D |Band E |Band F |Band G |Band H |Total
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Alyn and Deeside |2,960 |5,287 |9,834 |5,613 |4,050 |1,447 |581 |10 |29,782
Colwyn |3,122 |4,420 |5,962 |5,875 |3,805 |1,097 |761 |65 |25,107
Delyn |2,191 |6,941 |7,177 |4,723 |3,945 |1,650 |891 |51 |27,569
Glyndwr |2,535 |3,996 |3,472 |3,225 |2,825 |1,273 |881 |100 |18,307
Rhuddlan |2,030 |5,531 |7,848 |5,250 |2,238 |828 |444 |25 |24,194
Carmarthen |3,279 |4,730 |4,457 |4,602 |5,141 |1,581 |352 |21 |24,163
Ceredigion |3,129 |4,764 |5,883 |7,125 |7,099 |1,488 |450 |43 |29,981
Dinefwr |3,252 |3,627 |3,387 |2,872 |2,405 |1,168 |187 |28 |16,926
Llanelli |8,737 |11,460 |5,333 |3,746 |1,838 |528 |368 |29 |32,039
Preseli Pembrokeshire |4,629 |7,524 |5,313 |5,869 |5,592 |1,690 |590 |21 |31,228
South Pembrokeshire |3,196 |3,343 |4,477 |3,386 |3,748 |1,110 |463 |42 |19,765
Blaenau Gwent |17,569 |8,722 |2,989 |1,609 |1,074 |243 |84 |21 |32,311
Islwyn |4,237 |14,714 |3,936 |2,027 |1,339 |442 |96 |17 |26,788
Monmouth |840 |3,073 |7,324 |5,793 |5,758 |4,614 |3,939 |360 |31,701
Newport |8,237 |18,078 |11,191 |9,013 |4,687 |2,049 |1,604 |266 |55,125
Torfaen |8,010 |13,258 |8,936 |3,519 |2,689 |840 |312 |33 |37,597
Aberconwy |3,418 |4,910 |5,495 |4,963 |3,735 |1,398 |866 |100 |24,885
Arfon |6,163 |7,037 |5,057 |3,065 |1,726 |708 |264 |21 |24,041
Dwyfor |2,007 |3,215 |2,730 |2,886 |2,778 |544 |272 |2 |14,434
Meironnydd |5,209 |4,342 |2,887 |2,155 |2,141 |712 |366 |22 |17,834
Ynys Mon |5,786 |7,123 |4,694 |6,643 |5,017 |1,092 |863 |66 |31,284
Cynon Valley |16,576 |5,397 |2,121 |1,943 |1,104 |213 |63 |1 |27,418
Merthyr Tydfil |14,151 |6,321 |1,674 |1,488 |942 |191 |39 |5 |24,811
Ogwr |11,134 |13,918 |10,465 |8,298 |6,416 |2,312 |1,441 |159 |54,143
Rhondda |21,036 |8,830 |1,911 |613 |495 |86 |17 |10 |32,998
Rhymney Valley |14,050 |13,655 |6,955 |3,497 |1,973 |644 |257 |35 |41,066
Taff Ely |9,076 |11,326 |7,831 |4,382 |3,216 |1,534 |1,031 |85 |38,481
Brecknock |2,795 |2,651 |3,581 |2,747 |3,550 |1,670 |1,115 |118 |18,227
Montgomeryshire |2,651 |5,167 |4,408 |3,811 |4,965 |1,441 |653 |45 |23,141
Radnorshire |1,413 |1,818 |1,800 |1,9992 |2,844 |732 |353 |33 |10,985
Cardiff |9,102 |28,972 |32,512 |19,371 |17,723 |5,489 |5,456 |715 |119,340
Vale of Glamorgan |3,019 |9,888 |9,685 |8,082 |7,260 |3,286 |4,818 |634 |46,672
Lliw Valley |5,154 |7,132 |6,210 |4,885 |2,274 |614 |162 |20 |26,451
Neath |5,511 |11,021 |5,457 |2,976 |1,814 |384 |148 |14 |27,325
Port Talbot |4,551 |9,158 |4,122 |2,005 |906 |258 |90 |8 |21,098
Swansea |17,227 |19,000 |14,029 |10,458 |9,492 |4,074 |3,106 |251 |77,637
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Wales Total |247,588 |314,853 |239,675 |177,869 |142,978 |51,337 |34,410 |3,520 |1,212,230
Cadw
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secreatary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 28 October, Official Report column 70, what has been the cost to the Exchequer of the chief executive of Cadw's visits to (a) the United States in December 1991, and (b) Romania in September 1992.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to Cadw--Welsh Historic Monuments--under its chief executive, Mr. John Carr. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from E. A. J. Carr to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 25 November 1992.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question which asked what costs there had been to the Exchequer of my visits to the United States and Romania in 1991 and 1992 respectively.
My visit to the United States was associated with a Wales Tourist Board marketing initiative--"Wise Wales". The cost of my participation in this was £457.
My visit to Romania was as the UK representative at a Council of Europe seminar designed to offer advice to the Romanian authorities on measures to conserve and present the remains of that country's built heritage. The cost of this visit was £470.00 which was met by the Council of Europe.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Deregulation
Mr. Sproat : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the main measures increasing regulation in any area for which his Department has responsibility, which his Department has caused to be put into effect since 9 April.
Mr. Atkins : The following are the main measures increasing regulation which have been put into effect since the general election :
DED
Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations (N.I.) 1992 No. 262.
Offshore and Pipelines Safety (N.I.) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17))
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (N.I.) 1992 No. 459.
Export of Dangerous Chemicals Regulations (N.I.) 1992 No. 460. Companies (Single Member Private Limited companies) Regulations (N.I.) 1992.
Companies (1986 Order) (Bank Accounts) Regulations (N.I.) 1992 Companies (Disclosure of Interests in Shares) Orders (Imposing Restrictions on Shares) Regulations (N.I.) 1992.
Price Indications (Bureaux de Change) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.
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DENIThe Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations (N.I.) 1992 No. 193.
Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Science) Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 205.
Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Mathematics) Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 233.
The Education (Student Loans) Regulations (N.I.) 1992 No. 279. Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Art and Design) Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 286.
Curriculum (Educational Themes) Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 287. Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Music) Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 288.
Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Irish Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 289. Curriculum (Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets in Technology and Design) Order (N.I.) 1992 No. 290.
Secondary Schools (Admissions Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations (N.I.) 1992 No. 332.
Student Awards Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 363.
Education (School Information and Prospectuses) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 450.
Curriculum (Complaints Tribunals) Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 457. DANI
The Oilseeds Producers (Support System) Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 190.
The Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 235.
The Feedingstuffs Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 270.
The Fertilisers Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 187.
Zootechnical Standards Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 438.
DHSS
The Income-Related Benefits and Social Security (Recoupment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 201.
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 203.
The Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 236.
The Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 269.
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (AmendmentNo. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 271.
The Child Support (1991 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 278 (C. 13).
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 280.
The Income-Related Benefits (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 284.
The Social Security (1990 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 285 (C. 14).
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Deficiency on Winding Up etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 300.
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 304.
The Social Security (Widows Benefit and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 318.
The Income-Related Benefits (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 327.
The Social Security (Jersey and Guernsey) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 328.
The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 330.
The Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 339.
The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 340.
The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 341.
The Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 342. The Child Support (1991 Order) (Commencement No. 2)
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Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 347 (C. 16).The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 390.
The Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 394.
The Income-Related Benefits (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 403.
The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 404.
The Income-Related Benefit (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 435.
The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 444.
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 453.
The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement of Other Forms of Maintenance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 465. The Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 466.
The Child Support (1991 Order) (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 467 (C. 20). The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 470.
The Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 471.
Most of the regulations made by DHSS since the last General Election are amendment or technical regulations which do not increase the total regulatory burden on business.
Mr. Sproat : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the main measures of deregulation, or simplification of regulation, which his Department has carried out, or caused to be carried out, since 9 April.
Mr. Atkins : The impact on business and members of the public is taken into account in assessing any proposals for changes in policy and procedures. Moreover, the scope for deregulation and simplication is kept under constant review in Northern Ireland Departments. The following are the main measures of deregulation or simplication of regulation which have been carried out in Northern Ireland since the last general election :
DED.
Quarries (Metrication) Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 216
Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Factories Metrication etc.) Regulations (NI) 1992 No. 461.
DANI.
The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Consequential Modifications) Order (NI) 1992.
Wages Councils
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was (a) the number of establishments covered by wages councils and (b) the number of employees covered by each wages council, giving the information for the latest available date.
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