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Environmental Digest for Wales"
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to publish the next edition of his Department's environmental digest for Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The seventh edition of the Environmental Digest for Wales' is due to be published on 31 March 1993.
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Appointments
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will update the information given in his answer to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 30October 1992, Official Report, columns 866-908 ; and if he will state the political affiliation of the appointees where known.
Mr. David Hunt : Information is not collected about the political affiliations, if any, of appointees. Although these are public and well known in some cases, in other cases they are either not known at all or are known only on a private basis.
As the updated information requested is some 50 pages in length, I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library of the House.
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Certificate of Education
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received from educational organisations and schools regarding the future of the certificate of education in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Representations have, so far, been received from the Welsh joint education committee and four secondary schools. I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 2 February 1993.
Youth and Community Services
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the amount spent as a percentage of their budget by each local authority in Wales on youth and community services for young people and adults in each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information requested is given in the table.
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Expenditure on youth and community services as a percentage of all revenue expenditure<1>
|1979-80|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91
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Clwyd |0.61 |0.66 |0.62 |0.60 |0.61 |0.61 |0.56 |0.55 |0.55 |0.57 |0.57 |0.55
Dyfed |1.14 |1.06 |1.02 |1.11 |1.12 |1.06 |1.01 |0.99 |0.95 |0.78 |0.79 |0.89
Gwent |1.24 |1.21 |1.27 |1.37 |1.43 |0.67 |0.66 |0.68 |0.72 |0.77 |0.67 |0.75
Gwynedd |0.47 |0.49 |0.54 |0.59 |0.64 |0.78 |0.94 |0.95 |0.86 |0.87 |0.58 |0.81
Mid Glamorgan |1.18 |1.14 |1.08 |1.15 |1.13 |1.22 |1.61 |1.60 |1.38 |0.84 |0.90 |1.14
Powys |0.82 |0.84 |1.21 |1.51 |1.54 |1.38 |1.34 |1.31 |1.38 |1.67 |3.87 |2.67
South Glamorgan |1.55 |1.30 |1.14 |1.24 |1.28 |1.30 |1.19 |1.14 |1.11 |1.37 |1.25 |1.78
West Glamorgan |0.99 |0.92 |0.89 |0.93 |0.90 |0.85 |0.86 |0.79 |0.77 |0.74 |0.77 |0.78
<1>Calculated using outturn information reported by local authorities for gross revenue expenditure on employees,
running expenses, debt charges and revenue contributions to capital. Definitions changed in 1990-91; hence figures for
this year are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years.
HLCA (Gwynedd)
Dr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many producers are entitled to hill livestock compensatory allowances in Gwynedd ; and how many of those are located in severely disadvantaged areas.
Mr. David Hunt : Some 2,900 claimants in Gwynedd currently receive hill livestock compensatory allowance. Of these, some 1,900 have land located in the severely disadvantaged areas.
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Farm Incomes
Dr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the net farm income for sheep and sheep and cattle farms in severely disadvantaged areas, in both nominal and real terms since 1978.
Mr. David Hunt : Estimates of net farm income based on the results of the farm business survey are provided in the table. Year-on-year comparison can best be made by reference to the indices shown in the table which are based on the results from a constant sample of farms.
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Net Farm Income in Welsh SDAs
Hill and upland Hill and upland
cattle and sheep sheep
Year |Nominal price|Real price |Nominal Index|Real Index |Nominal price|Real price |Nominal Index|Real Index
|£ |£ |£ |£
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1978-79 |7,358 |19,363 |84 |181 |6,867 |18,071 |104 |189
1979-80 |4,082 |9,493 |47 |89 |2,871 |6,676 |43 |69
1980-81 |6,222 |12,200 |67 |107 |5,877 |11,523 |92 |124
1981-82 |7,770 |13,632 |119 |171 |8,808 |15,453 |130 |157
1982-83 |6,746 |11,059 |100 |134 |6,242 |10,233 |100 |113
1983-84 |6,649 |10,389 |93 |119 |8,598 |13,434 |132 |142
1984-85 |7,658 |11,430 |96 |117 |9,740 |14,537 |201 |206
1985-86 |8,353 |11,765 |112 |129 |7,943 |11,188 |138 |133
1986-87 |9,348 |12,805 |113 |127 |9,792 |13,414 |153 |144
1987-88 |12,491 |16,435 |138 |149 |9,380 |12,342 |144 |130
1988-89 |8,489 |10,611 |178 |181 |8,328 |10,410 |204 |175
1989-90 |10,881 |12,507 |109 |102 |9,468 |10,883 |135 |107
1990-91 |8,680 |9,137 |83 |71 |10,804 |11,373 |122 |88
1991-92 |13,457 |13,457 |155 |126 |16,540 |16,540 |153 |105
Note: Real prices and real indices are based on 1989-1992=100.
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Health Authorities (Expenditure)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what independent studies and evaluation exercises he has undertaken of the deprivation factor in the calculation of the health spending formula in the different health authorities in Wales ;
(2) what consultations he has had with the Welsh health authorities on the variation of the capitation formula for procurement and primary health care to correspond to variations in deprivation.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : A review of the relationship between morbidity, social deprivation and health care needs was carried out for the Welsh Office by Dr. Roy Carr Hill of the University of York Centre for Health Economics in 1990. Dr. Carr Hill's report, a copy of which is in the Library of the House, helped to inform my right hon. Friend's decision, following consultation with health authorities, on the structure of the weighted capitation formula for health authority revenue allocations in Wales. The House was informed of this on 21 March 1991, at columns 178-80.
Copies of the relevant consultation paper, "Implementing the White Paper : Options for a Weighted Capitation Revenue Resource Allocation Formula", are in the Library of the House. The treatment of social deprivation is amongst the issues examined in the paper.
My right hon. Friend has made it clear that he is willing to review the formula used in Wales if agreed methods can be devised to distinguish the effects of higher levels of sickness and social deprivation on the relative resource needs of health authorities in Wales.
The Welsh Office will be examining the 1991 census data now becoming available to see how this impacts upon the formula shares of health authorities in Wales. It has also invited Mid Glamorgan health authority to submit a research proposal to examine further how the effects of social deprivation might be reflected specially in the formula and how this might be weighted compared to the overall "sickness factor" currently used. Subject to the research proposal satisfying other authorities and academic referees, central funding towards such research will be considered.
General Practices
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the number of general practices in Wales with (a) no female general practitioner in the practice, (b) a part-time only female general practitioner, (c) a full-time female general practitioner but not in partnership and (d) other ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : The available information relates to partnerships and single-handed practitioners. Of the 550 in Wales as at 1 April 1992 there were :
(a) 281 which had no female practitioner ;
(b) 42 which had one female part-time practitioner ;
(c) 11 female practitioners who practised as single-handed doctors ;
(d) 216 partnerships which had at least one full-time female practitioner.
The information provided relates to principals, unrestricted and restricted, in general practice. Information relating to the number of female trainees and assistants in general practice has not been included, as the data required at individual partnership level is not readily available.
Waste Incinerator (South Glamorgan)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the South Glamorgan health authority concerning the emissions from the waste incinerator stack.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Under the pollution control provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the prime regulatory responsibility for incinerators such as that operated by South Glamorgan health authority at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff rests with the local district council. I understand that Cardiff city council is in close contact with the health authority about the cause of the recent emission problems and how these may be remedied.
Welsh Development Agency (Chairman)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 29 January, Official Report, column 887, what activities he undertook prior to the placing of the advertisement for the chairman of the Welsh Development Agency to secure a suitable field of candidates ; and what recruitment consultants he has hired to assist in the process.
Mr. David Hunt : Quite a lot ; none.
Hospital Doctors
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the number of full-time equivalent (a) consultants, (b) senior registrars, (c) registrars and (d) junior hospital doctors employed in the national health service in Wales ; and what were the equivalent figures for the years 1990 and 1991.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information for 1990 and 1991 is given in the table. No estimate of the position in 1992 can yet be made. This can be compared with the figures for 1979.
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Medical staff in
post as at<1>
|30 September 1979 |30 September 1990 |<2>30 September 1991
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Consultants |614.1 |826.5 |839.7
Senior registrars |112.8 |138.7 |143.8
Registrars |321.6 |357.1 |352.4
Junior hospital doctors<3> 669.6 898.2 866.2
<1>Whole-time equivalents excluding locum staff and hospital dental staff.
<2>Provisional.
<3>House officers and senior house officers.
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School Governors (Ring-binder Contracts)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 1 February, Official Report , column 51, if he will give the cost of each of the two ring-binder contracts for school governors under local management of schools.
Mr. David Hunt : Twenty-two thousand five hundred and seventy-two pounds, and £13,925.
Valleys Initiative (Leaflet Contract)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost of the valleys initiative leaflet contract.
Mr. David Hunt : The values of the six contracts for the production of leaflets on the programme for the valleys were : £22,028.25 ; £10, 360.00 ; £4,639.67 ; £3,279.00 ; £3,050.00 and £1,513.40.
County Councils (Expenditure)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what amount he proposes to transfer to each of the Welsh county councils equivalent to the present expenditure on the independent living fund.
Mr. David Hunt : Successor arrangements to the independent living fund announced on 24 November by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disabled People will involve local authorities working in partnership with the new fund to help people of working age with the most severe disabilities to live independently in the community. The sums within local authorities' standard spending assessments for 1993-94 attributable to their enhanced responsibilities under these arrangements are as follows :
|£ thousands
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Clwyd |230
Dyfed |192
Gwent |253
Gwynedd |130
Mid Glamorgan |308
Powys |65
South Glamorgan |231
West Glamorgan |205
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Total |1,614
Revenue Support Grant (Capital Receipts)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his assumptions in relation to capital receipts in his revenue support grant announcement for local authorities for 1993-94.
Mr. David Hunt : I have, as in previous years, made certain assumptions in relation to capital receipts in the revenue support grant calculations, including those set out in the Local Government Finance Report (Wales) 1993-94 (HC 412) in note 1(d)(v) to table 1.2 on page 13 and in note (f)(vi) to table 1.5 on page 19. All assumptions have been agreed with the local authority associations.
Earnings
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the average weekly earnings of (a) women and (b) men in Wales in each year since 1985.
Mr. David Hunt : The information requested is available from the new earnings survey (part A or E), an annual publication produced by the Employment Department. Copies are available in the Library of the House.
Personal Incomes
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was personal income per head in Wales in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
Mr. David Hunt : The latest available information is for 1990 when the average personal income per head of population in Wales was £7, 236.
Melrose Centre, Shotton
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will visit Clwyd county council social services division, Melrose centre, Shotton to meet the user groups.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Neither I nor my right hon. Friend has plans to do so at present.
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