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Mr. Dafis : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make it his policy to require environmental impact assessments for all offshore licensing block applications in the 14th round which are within 25 miles of offshore islands within United Kingdom waters.
Mr. Eggar : The consultation procedure which preceded the announcement of blocks available for licensing in the 14th Round enabled environmental bodies to identify all blocks which require environmental assessment at the exploration stage, including any within 25 miles of offshore islands within United Kingdom waters. Companies proposing to operate in such blocks would need to provide an environmental impact statement for assessment before approval could be given to develop any oil or gas discovery.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has for the conduct of environmental impact assessments for allocated blocks for offshore licensing within the 14th round ; and what opportunity experts on coastal and offshore environmental matters and the general public will have to scrutinise such assessments prior to the granting of licences.
Mr. Eggar : Companies are subject to the environmental impact assessment procedure before approval can be given to develop any offshore oil or gas discovery, where this is required in the special conditions attached to their licence.
Companies awarded licences in the 14th round will be required to liaise with the environmental and fisheries bodies consulted prior to the block's release for licensing, and with certain other local and national organisations where appropriate, as well as with the Department of
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Trade and Industry, with regard to the nature and conduct of any environmental assessment required under the special conditions attached to individual blocks. Such assessments may be required before seismic surveying or before exploration drilling, depending on the sensitivities of the block identified during the consultation process.Such conditions are, however, attached to licences when they are granted. The completed assessment will be circulated to the liaison bodies and may be revised in the light of their comments. It would then be used to inform the licensee's activities in the block on matters such as seasonal restrictions on exploration, choice of drilling location, mud formulation to be used, etc.
At present there is no requirement for wider publication of this information, although some existing licensees have made such material more widely available. under the Access to Environmental Information Act 1992, the general public will be able to seek access to such information where is has been required under legislation.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what considerations underlay the decision to limit the requirement for environmental impact assessment under the 14th round of offshore licensing block allocations to blocks within 25 miles of the coast and blocks within designated environmentally sensitive areas.
Mr. Eggar : During the consultation procedure carried out before any blocks were released for licensing in the 14th offshore round, the views of a number of relevant bodies were sought with regard to environmental conditions to be attached to all the areas nominated by the industry as being of interest. Those consulted included the Department of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and their regional equivalents, together with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and a number of other non-statutory bodies representing, for example, fisheries interests. The views of these organisations were the basis of the list of indicative conditions for the 14th round blocks circulated to the industry, a copy of which has recently been placed in the Library of the House. In sensitive areas, these require the licensee to liaise with the advisory bodies ; in the most sensitive areas, those bodies may require the licensee to carry out an environmental assessment before exploration commences.
Since the 11th round, areas within 25 miles of the coast have been recognised as those where fisheries, wildlife and tourism interests are likely to be most intensive and hence in greatest need of protection through such special conditions. The consultation procedure which precedes the announcement of any licensing round enables the bodies listed to draw attention to any areas outside this zone which may require similar conditions to be attached, as well as to any areas within the zone which are particularly vulnerable.
Post Office
Mr. Allen : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to publish the results of the review of the Post Office initiated in June 1992.
Mr. Leigh : The Post Office review was announced on 29 July 1992. The review is not yet completed. A statement will be made to the House in due course.
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Biofuels
Mr. Dafis : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action is currently undertaken by his Department to promote the use and production of biofuels.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 29 January 1993]: The Department of Trade and Industry stimulates the development and use of renewable sources of energy, including biofuels, wherever they have the prospects of being economically attractive and environmentally acceptable. Our programme includes work on dry agricultural wastes such as straw--a precursor for energy crops such as short rotation arable coppice and miscanthus. Recent reports on this work include "The Development of Compacted Straw Fuel, ETSU B 1189" ; "Short Rotation Arable Energy Forestry, Technology Summary 048" ; and "The Potential of Miscanthus as a Fuel Crop, ETSU B 1354". These reports have been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and are available from the renewable energy inquiries bureau at the energy technology support unit, telephone (0235) 432450.
Electricity
Mr. Ingram : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the distribution of subsidies to the electricity supply industry within the United Kingdom under the 20 per cent. EC guidelines.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 29 January 1993] : It is for the European Commission to interpret its guidelines, which are not part of Community law, as it sees fit from time to time. All state aid to the energy sector has been notified to the Commission.
NATIONAL HERITAGE
Listed Buildings
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) what was the planned expenditure in each financial year from 1992-93 onwards by English Heritage regarding listed buildings in Greater London to the present date ;
(2) what was (a) the amount allocated to English Heritage or its predecessor bodies regarding listed buildings in Greater London and (b) the amount spent, for each financial year from 1986-87.
Mr. Brooke : English Heritage's London region has been responsible for a varying range of duties, including archaeology and conservation areas, in addition to listed building work, since April 1986. The figures for each year are not directly comparable as the region's activities and responsibilities have developed and altered over recent years. The following total amounts were allocated by English Heritage to the work of London region, in the financial years 1986-87 to 1992-93 :
|Amount allocated|Amount spent
|(£ million) |(£ million)
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1986-87 |5.9 |4.3
1987-88 |5.9 |6.2
1988-89 |6.5 |6.4
1989-90 |6.9 |6.4
1990-91 |6.7 |6.8
1991-92 |5.8 |5.7
1992-93 |5.5 |<1>
<1> Not yet available.
EMPLOYMENT
Genetically Modified Material
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many premises were licensed for the use and processing of genetically modified material in 1990, 1991 and 1992 ; how many on-site inspections were carried out in each of those years ; how many premises were discovered using such material without a licence in each of those years ; and what action was taken.
Mr. McLoughlin : There are no legal requirements for a licence to use premises for genetic modification work but under the Genetic Manipulation Regulations 1989, persons are required to notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of an intention to do so. The information required is as follows :
Year |Active centres |HSE inspections |Centres failing to|Notices issued
|notify
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1990 |351 |100 |2 |<1>5
1991 |400 |70 |1 |<2>2
1992 |445 |121 |2 |<2>1
<1> Improvement.
<2> Prohibition.
All the notices were served on the centres which had failed to notify. In 1992, work was stopped at both sites which had not notified. A prohibition notice was issued at one ; the second complied with the requirements before enforcement action was completed.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations she has received regarding the level of funding for TECs ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : I have received representations from a number of sources about the levels of funding for TECs. I am satisfied that TECs will have sufficient resources to carry out the objectives agreed in their business plan.
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the bonus points awarded to each TEC.
Mr. McLoughlin : The following table lists the TECs successful in gaining awards in performance-related funding during 1991-92 and gives the number of bonus points earned by each TEC.
TEC name |Bonus points -------------------------------------------------- Barnsley/Doncaster |2.5 Bolton/Bury |2.0 Bradford |1.0 Calderdale/Kirklees |4.0 CAMBSTEC |1.0 Central London |0.5 Devon and Cornwall |1.0 Dorset |3.0 ELTEC |2.0 Gloucestershire |1.0 HAWTEC |2.0 Isle of Wight |0.5 Leeds |1.0 Lincolnshire |3.0 Milton Keynes |1.0 Northumberland |4.0 North Yorkshire |2.0 North West London |0.5 Rochdale |2.0 Rotherham |1.0 Sheffield |1.0 Shropshire |1.0 South and East Cheshire |2.0 Stockport/High Peak |4.0 Sussex |0.5 Teesside |2.0 Thames Valley |1.5 Tyneside |1.0 Wakefield |1.0 West London |1.0 Wolverhampton |0.5
Job Creation, Birmingham
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many new jobs have been created in the Birmingham area in the last five years ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : Estimates for local areas are available only from the biennial census of employment. The latest results relate to 1989 ; estimates for 1991 will be published in April. Over the two years to September 1989 there was a net increase of 30,400 employees in employment in the Birmingham travel-to-work area.
Business Education Partnership
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the national increase or decrease in the budget for the education business partnership for 1993-94 compared with 1992-93.
Mr. McLoughlin : The national budget for education business partnerships for 1993-94 is £2 million, compared with £2.4 million in 1992-93.
Youth Training
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the increase or decrease in real terms of the average unit price for youth training in 1993-94 relative to 1992-93.
Mr. McLoughlin : I am not able to provide a comparison of the average unit prices for YT in 1993-94 and in 1992-93 as the 1993-94 price subject of negotiation between the Department and training and enterprise councils. It is estimated that the average unit price for YT in 1992-93 will turn out to be £2,630.
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Trade Unions
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment she has made of the extra work required by employers as a result of clause 11 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Clause 11 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill gives individuals a greater right to belong to the union of their choice. There is no reason why this measure should entail any extra work for employers.
Training for Work
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the increase or decrease in the national budget for training for work between 1992-93 and 1993-94.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Department is unable to provide a direct comparison of planned expenditure on training for work in 1993-94 and 1992- 93 as training for work does not begin until 1 April 1993. Details of planned expenditure in 1993-94 will be published in the 1993 departmental report.
In 1992-93 the equivalent training and work experience programmes for adults are employment training and employment action. In 1992-93 planned expenditure for Great Britain on employment training is £807 million and on employment action is £178 million.
Construction Sites (Injuries)
Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in how many cases of fatal injury on construction sites in the north-west the victim's identity was unknown for (i) employees, (ii) self-employed and(iii) members of the public in each of the last five years.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Health and Safety Executive has no knowledge of any cases of fatal injuries on construction sites in the north-west during the last five years where the victim's identity was unknown.
Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful criminal prosecutions took place in each of the last five years as a result of investigations into deaths and major injuries on construction sites in the north-west ; and what information he has on how many police investigations were undertaken into deaths and major injuries on such sites in the north-west in each of the last five years.
Mr. McLoughlin : Information on the number of successful and unsuccessful prosecutions taken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following investigations into fatal and major injuries on construction sites is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
HSE does not formally record information on the number of investigations carried out by the police.
Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average (a) fine and/or (b) prison sentence for successful prosecutions following (i) deaths and (ii) major injuries on construction sites in the north west in each of the last five years.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases of (i) hypothermia, (ii) frostbite and (iii) immersion foot were reported on construction sites in the north-west in each of the last five years.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information requested is not available.
Hazardous Substances
Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many investigations have been undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive in the north-west under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 in each year since their introduction.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information requested is not available. Health and Safety Executive field staff monitor compliance with COSHH at premises for which HSE has enforcement responsibility during the course of visits made for a variety of purposes including, for example, preventive inspections and the investigation of complaints, accidents and dangerous occurrences.
Youth Training
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of young people in the London East TEC area seeking a youth training place have received a firm offer.
Mr. McLoughlin : Information on the total number of young people seeking a YT place who have not had a firm offer is not available. London East TEC, in common with all TECs, has been asked to use its best endeavours to ensure that it is bringing all its available resources to bear on providing places for young people who are covered by the YT guarantee.
Wages Inspectors
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff of the wages inspectorate operate in Wales ; and how many are office-based in Wales.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : There are four wages inspectors operating in Wales. Since 1987 wages inspection in Wales has been administered from offices based in Manchester and Bristol.
Wages
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in Wales have been found to be paying below minimum rates set by wages councils in each of the last 10 years ; what is the amount of money calculated to be owed to employees in each of these years ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The latest available information is provided in the following table.
Wales-Wages Inspection
Year |Number of |Amount of arrears
|establishments |assessed
|underpaying
|£
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1982 |821 |225,486
1983 |722 |209,493
1984 |534 |164,156
1985 |609 |198,466
1986 |500 |210,118
1987 |309 |101,247
1988 |446 |100,294
1989 |374 |112,467
1990 |506 |150,424
1991 |619 |271,135
European Agency for Health and Safety at Work
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consideration has been given to Merseyside as a suitable location for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The Government's view is that the case for such an agency has yet to be clearly demonstrated. A number of possible United Kingdom locations were considered in 1990 in connection with a possible United Kingdom bid to host an agency ; Liverpool was amongst these.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will provide the latest figures for numbers of full-time employees on adult rates in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cheshire, (d) Lancashire and (e) the north-west region whose weekly earnings excluding overtime were less than £200 and less than £190 under the headings : manual males, non-manual males and all full-time males ; manual females, non-manual females, and all full-time females, giving total numbers of employees in the sample in each case ; and what is the number of part-time employees on adult rates in (i) Greater Manchester, (ii) Merseyside, (iii)Cheshire, (iv) Lancashire and (v) the north-west region whose hourly earnings excluding overtime were less than £5.40 and less than £4.80 under the following headings : manual females, non-manual females and all part-time females ; manual males, non-manual males and all part-time males, giving total number of employees in the sample in each case.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information available from the "New Earnings Survey" is provided in the following tables. No relevant information is available on part-time men.
Full-time employees on adult rates of pay
whose pay was not affected by absence for the survey pay period
Percentage with average gross weekly earnings
(excluding overtime) below the following amounts:
April 1992
£190 £200
|Sample number|Per cent. |Sample number|Per cent.
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Manual men
Greater Manchester |592 |35.2 |713 |42.4
Merseyside |246 |32.8 |291 |38.7
Cheshire |229 |32.4 |268 |37.9
Lancashire |377 |40.5 |449 |48.2
North West |1,444 |35.5 |1,721 |42.3
Non-manual men
Greater Manchester |274 |14.9 |317 |17.2
Merseyside |122 |15.2 |156 |19.4
Cheshire |73 |9.8 |87 |11.7
Lancashire |147 |16.3 |177 |19.6
North West |616 |14.4 |737 |17.2
All men
Greater Manchester |866 |24.6 |1,030 |29.3
Merseyside |368 |23.7 |447 |28.7
Cheshire |302 |20.8 |355 |24.5
Lancashire |524 |28.6 |626 |34.2
North West |2,060 |24.7 |2,458 |29.4
Manual Women
Greater Manchester |315 |81.0 |333 |85.6
Merseyside |107 |72.8 |119 |81.0
Cheshire |108 |78.3 |114 |82.6
Lancashire |172 |80.8 |184 |86.4
North West |702 |79.1 |750 |84.6
Non-manual women
Greater Manchester |677 |41.1 |789 |47.8
Merseyside |344 |42.8 |396 |49.3
Cheshire |247 |40.6 |282 |46.4
Lancashire |306 |41.4 |363 |49.1
North West |1,574 |41.4 |1,830 |48.2
All women
Greater Manchester |992 |48.7 |1,122 |55.1
Merseyside |451 |47.5 |515 |54.2
Cheshire |355 |47.6 |396 |53.1
Lancashire |478 |50.2 |547 |57.4
North West |2,276 |48.6 |2,580 |55.0
Part time women on adult rates of pay
whose pay was not affected by absence for the survey pay period
Percentage with average gross hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) below the following amounts:
April 1992
£4.80 £5.40
|Sample number|Per cent. |Sample number|Per cent.
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Manual
Greater Manchester |323 |91.0 |341 |96.1
Merseyside |197 |78.5 |220 |87.6
Cheshire |126 |91.3 |130 |94.2
Lancashire |207 |87.7 |220 |93.2
North West |853 |87.0 |911 |93.0
Non-manual
Greater Manchester |379 |63.7 |423 |71.1
Merseyside |202 |59.2 |227 |66.6
Cheshire |154 |63.6 |179 |74.0
Lancashire |227 |64.1 |264 |74.6
North West |962 |62.8 |1,093 |71.3
All
Greater Manchester |702 |73.9 |764 |80.4
Merseyside |399 |67.4 |447 |75.5
Cheshire |280 |73.7 |309 |81.3
Lancashire |434 |73.6 |484 |82.0
North West |1,815 |72.3 |2,004 |79.8
Source: 1992 New Earnings Survey
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
No-smoking Policy
Ms. Walley : To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee if he will introduce a non-smoking policy for all office accommodation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Martin : The Administration Committee's responsibility in respect of no-smoking areas covers only offices occupied by Members and their staff and certain communal areas. I shall nevertheless arrange for the Committee to consider this matter.
HEALTH
GP Fund Holders
Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to introduce capitation funding for general practitioner fund holders.
Dr. Mawhinney : A capitation element has been included in the guidance for setting fund holders' budgets for 1993-94. Work is continuing on refining the methodology used.
Dentistry
Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest figures for the deregistration of adults on NHS dental practice lists from the beginning of the current financial year.
Dr. Mawhinney : Between 1 April and 30 November 1992, 4,066,101 adult patients were removed from national health service dental lists. In the same period 5,987,906 adult patients were added. This represents a net- overall increase of 1,921,805.
NHS Trusts
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department has given to NHS trusts concerning the practice of contracting out medicinal and laboratory services to private companies in which trust employees have a direct pecuniary interest.
Mr. Sackville : Revised guidance on standards of business conduct for national health service management and staff was issued on 20 January in circular HSG(93)5, a copy of which is available in the Library.
Royal Marsden Hospital
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations she has had concerning the Royal Marsden hospital ; and if she will make a statement ;
(2) how many petition signatures she has received to date concerning the future of the Royal Marsden hospital ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : As at 27 January we had received 390 letters from hon. Members and members of the public and a petition containing approximately 420,000 signatures.
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Orthodontic Treatment
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average length of waiting time for patients seeking orthodontic treatment in Newham.
Mr. Sackville : Waiting time information by specialty for district health authorities and national health service trusts is published in "Hospital Waiting Lists, In-Patients and Day Cases", a copy of which is available in the Library.
Tobacco
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list in order for the United Kingdom, and for each country that has banned tobacco advertising which has been studied by the Department's chief economist, the estimated influence of a ban, restrictions on advertising short of a ban, health warnings, price, and parental example to children ; and what estimates were made of the effect of each factor in each country.
Dr. Mawhinney : It is not possible to provide estimates for the influence of all the factors. Available information is as follows : in England, children whose parents both smoke are two and a half times more likely to smoke than children whose parents do not smoke ;
estimates for the reduction in tobacco consumption associated with a 10 per cent. increase in price range between 2 per cent. and 6 per cent. for the United Kingdom and the countries studied ; estimates for the proportional reduction in tobacco consumption associated with an advertising ban range between 4 per cent. and 9 per cent. in the countries studied. It is unclear whether these figures would be replicated in the United Kingdom, given the fall in smoking in the United Kingdom from 45 per cent. of the population in 1974 to 30 per cent. in 1990 and the existing controls on tobacco advertising through the voluntary agreement on tobacco advertising and promotion.
European Year of Older People
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial contribution Her Majesty's Government are making to the European Year of Older People in 1993.
Mr. Yeo : The Department of Health is funding the operation of a secretariat for the year (based at the headquarters of Age Concern England). The total costs for the period to 31 March 1994 are estimated at £291,000, to which the Department of Social Security is contributing £40,000. The Department of Health is also providing an officer on secondment to the secretariat at an annual cost of £18, 000. The Department has set up an advisory group for the year, the costs of which currently stand at approximately £3,000, with a further £5,000 anticipated during the next financial year. It is estimated that the costs of publicity for the year provided through the Department of Health information division will be approximately £135,000.
Grants for specific initiatives forming part of the programme for the year are being considered by a number of Government Departments. It is not possible at this stage to estimate the level of expenditure. The Department of Health has two part-time officers working exclusively in connection with the year at an aggregate annual cost of
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£18,500. A substantial further, unquantifiable, level of staff input is being provided by other Government Departments.The Secretary of State for Health launched the United Kingdom programme for the year on 17 December 1992 in the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre. The Department of Health contributed approximately £14,000 to this event. Individual launch events were also held in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, where additional programmes specific to these parts of the United Kingdom have been developed. The costs of these are being met principally by the Scottish and Welsh Offices and by the Department of Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland. Together with publicity materials for the year and other core support, this additional expenditure is expected to be in the region of £150,000 in total, with further unquantifiable costs. The budget of the European Commission for the year is 7.5 mecu (approximately £5.9 million) to which the United Kingdom's contribution is approximately 17 per cent. before abatement.
Health Authorities and Trusts
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring her Department carries out of the requirement for health authorities and trusts to conduct their business in as open a manner as possible ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : The national health service management executive monitors regional health authorities and NHS trusts on all aspects of their performance. Regional health authorities monitor the performance of district health authorities, including the way they conduct their business.
Mr. Peter Sutcliffe
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement as to how Peter Sutcliffe, a prisoner held in Broadmoor security hospital, was able to smuggle a letter out of that establishment and make unsupervised telephone calls ; and what arrangements will be made at the hospital to prevent such occurrences.
Mr. Yeo : Arrangements for patients' mail and telephone calls in the special hospitals are the responsibility for the special hospitals service authority.
The circumstances in which mail may be opened and inspected, or withheld from patients, are defined in section 134 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Broadmoor hospital policy is that patients may make telephone calls if they have the consent of their clinical team and the intended recipient of the call. All calls are subject to monitoring by the hospital staff.
The authority informs me that they are not aware of any departure from these policies in Mr. Sutcliffe's case.
Nurses, Merseyside
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the North Mersey community national health service trust on the effect of the reduction in numbers of grades C and H nurses in the current reorganisation of district nursing on Merseyside.
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Mr. Sackville : None. The management of nursing services at the North Mersey Community national health service trust is a matter for the trust board. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman, Mr. R. James, for details.
Smoking
Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many staff, as full time equivalents, and at what grade were employed in each district health authority within the Mersey region dedicated to smoking cessation work with the general public in each of the last five years for which figures are available ;
(2) how many clinic sessions were offered and in which discipline in each district health authority within the Mersey region dedicated to smoking cessation work with the general public in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Dr. Mawhinney : This information is not collected centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact Professor A. M. Breckenridge, chairman of Mersey regional health authority, for details.
Breast Screening
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the preliminary results of the breast screening programme ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : We intend to publish a report on the English and Welsh breast screening programme in March 1993 giving data for 1991-92. This report will be published in conjunction with the Scottish report and will cover the three key areas of the programme : acceptability of screening invitation ; quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation.
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