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Mr. McLoughlin : The information is not available.
Appointments
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether she will update the information given in her answer to the hon. Member for Don Valley on 28 October 1992, Official Report, columns 718-19 ; and if she will state the political affiliation of the appointees where known.
Mr. McLoughlin : The following list shows the appointments my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made since 28 October 1992. Information on the political affiliation of appointees is not kept on record.
Name of Body/Board : Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).
Type of Appointment : Chairman (full-time).
Period of Appointment : From 19 February 1993 to 31 January 1995.
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
(i) Broad practical experience of industrial relations ; (
(ii) Should have a reputation for integrity and an ability to secure agreement on complex issues through negotiations.
Current Remuneration : £65,000 per annum.
Name of Body/Board : Certification officer for trade unions and employers' association.
Type of Appointments : Certification officer.
Period of Appointment : From 6 October 1992 to 5 October 1995. Appointee's Relevant Qualifications : None specified, but experience in industrial relations is the main criterion.
Current Remuneration : £29,820.60 (part-time).
Name of Body/Board : Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members.
Type of Appointment : Commissioner.
Period of Appointment : From 26 November 1992 to 25November 1995.
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications : Qualified barrister, has served as a Magistrate, and was a part-time chairman of industrial tribunals for ten years.
Current Remuneration : £239 per day.
Name of Body/Board : Committees for the Employment of People with Disabilities (CEPDs).
Type of Appointment :
(i) Chairmen .
(ii) Members ( see note below).
Period of Appointment :
7 May 1992 to 31 March 1994.
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25 June 1992 to 31 March 1994.3 July 1992 to 31 March 1994.
19 October 1992 to 31 March 1994.
18 January 1993 to 31 March 1994.
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
Chairmen should have good personal skills in influencing people in order to make a major contribution to the employment of people with disabilities ; should be locally known with good contacts and links with people with disabilities and employers.
Current Remuneration : Nil.
Information on CEPDs members' appointments is not held centrally and is not readily available. The following details may be of use : The Employment Service Regional Directors and Directors for Scotland and Wales appoint members of the 60 CEPDs throughout the country, on behalf of the Secretary of State. Each committee can have up to 14 members. The majority of appointments for Chairmen and members were made at the reconstitution of committees for the period from July 1991 to 31 March 1994.
Name of Body/Board : Equal Opportunities Commission.
Type of Appointment : Commissioner (part-time).
Period of Appointment : From 1 January 1993 to 31 July 1993. Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
Equal Opportunities Director. Appointees are selected on the basis of their qualifications and experience. They do not represent any particular organisation.
Current Remuneration : £96 per day.
Name of Body/Board : Industrial tribunals (England and Wales) and the Industrial tribunals (Scotland)
Type of Appointment : Lay member.
Period of Appointment :
Members are normally appointed for 3 years and may be eligible for reappointment up to the age of 69. In 1992, 1,457 members were reappointed from 25 October. At the same time an additional 699 new members took up their appointments.
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
Practical experience of employee relations in the workplace. Current Remuneration : £110 per day.
Name of Body/Board : National council for vocational qualifications
Type of Appointment :
Members (8)
Periods of Appointment :
From 9 November 1992 to 30 September 1995 (6)
From 1 December 1992 to 30 September 1995 (1)
From 11 January 1993 to 30 September 1995 (1)
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
The representation of interests on the complete Council is three members for education, eight for employers, one for profession and one for trade unions, plus the chairperson. Appointees are chosen for their knowledge and expertise in the area of representation. Current Remuneration : Nil.
Name of Body/Board : Wages Council : Perambulator and Invalid Carriage.
Type of Appointment : Deputy Chairman.
Period of Appointment : From 18 January 1993 to 31 December 1995.
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
Appointee is Deputy Chairman of the General Waste Materials Wages Council and Third member on both the Retail Trades (Non-food) and the Perambulator and Invalid Carriage Councils.
Current Remuneration : £88 per day.
Name of Body/Board : Women's National Commission (WNC) The WNC became the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Employment after the General Election of 1992.
Type of Appointment :
(i) Government Co-Chair (1)
(ii) Elected Co-Chair (1)
(iii) Executive Members (10 Elected by members)
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(iv) Members (50 Representatives of member organisations) Period of Appointment :(i) Two years
(ii) Two years
(iii) One year
(iv) Five years
Appointee's Relevant Qualifications :
The Commission is headed by two co-chairs, one elected by members, one nominated by the Prime Minister. Baroness Denton is currently the Government Co-Chair. While member organisations are approved by Government individual members of the Commission are nominated by those organisations, not personally appointed by Ministers. Of the member organisations three have definite political affiliations. These are :
Labour Party Women's Organisation
Conservative Women's National Committee
Women's Liberal Democrat Party
Current Remuneration : Nil.
Appointments since October 1992
Five new members have been appointed since October 1992 to replace members who have retired from the Commission.
Cash Limits
Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what changes she plans to her Department's cash limits or running costs limits for 1992-93.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made :
The cash limit for class VI, vote 1--programmes and central services--will be reduced by £27,510,000 from £2,481,255,000 to £2,453,745,000. This reduction is mainly the net effect of lower than expected levels of expenditure on employment training and employment action programmes partly offset by increases in expenditure elsewhere on the vote, predominantly business and enterprise, training and education support and running costs (mainly for increased costs associated with the internal reorganisation of the Department and increased costs relating to higher volumes of redundancy payments). There is also an increase in expenditure on projects assisted by the European social fund offset by receipts from the European Communities, and transfers between votes.
The cash limit for class VI, vote 2--Employment Service--will be increased by a token £1,000 from £522,682,000 to £522,683,000. This is mainly the result of an increase in running costs which is chiefly in connection with the increased costs of administration of unemployment benefit payments offset by increased receipts from the Department of Social Security and, therefore, the increase will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.
The running cost limit for the Department of Employment, votes 1 and 2, will be increased by £38,484,000 from £1,205,045,000 to £1,243,529,000 for the reasons outlined above.
The cash limit for class VI, vote 3--Health and Safety Commission and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service--will be decreased by £2,071,000 from £196,936,000 to £194,865,000. This is the result of a reduction in running costs provision to help cover increases on vote 1, partly offset by an increase of £150,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry to provide assistance and advice to the Bulgarian Nuclear Safety Authority.
The running costs limit for the Health and Safety Commission will be decreased by £2,056,000 from
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£151,774,000 to £149,718,000 and the running costs limit for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service will be decreased by £165,000 from £21,467,000 to £21,302,000.Food Service Industry
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals she has to remedy unfair trade practices in the food service industry, especially in regard to young people or students ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 10 December 1992] : If the hon. Member has in mind terms and conditions of employment, these are for employers and employees to negotiate and agree subject to any statutory requirements.
HEALTH
HIV
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will outline the most recent findings of the unlinked anonymous monitoring of HIV prevalence in England and Wales ; what levels of HIV were found in patients of district general hospitals aged between 16 to 49 years ; what projections had been made for this age group ; what plans she has to extend anonymous HIV testing among district general hospital patients or to increase prevention activities ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : The most recent findings from the unlinked anonymised HIV surveys in England and Wales were published in the Public Health Laboratory Services (PHLS) communicable disease report of 1 January 1993, copies are available in the Library.
The results included initial findings from a pilot survey conducted in two London district general hospitals. HIV prevalence in patients aged 16 to 49 attending specialities thought unlikely to be associated with HIV related illnesses was one in 170 for men and one in 600 for women. The great majority of AIDS cases and HIV infection diagnosed in England and Wales has been within this age group. The results of the surveys indicate that HIV remains a cause for concern and that public education work should continue to draw attention to the risks of HIV infection and how these risks can be reduced. The findings from all elements of the anonymised HIV survey programme will be taken into account in the further development of the HIV prevention strategies.
The Day report published by the PHLS in 1990 included a projection of the incidence of AIDS to the end of 1993, but not HIV infections. The Medical Research Council is considering proposals from the PHLS to expand the general hospital study.
Mrs. Tracey Evans
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 25 January, Official Report, column 540, what assessment she has made of the impartiality and thoroughness of the inquiry of the area child protection committee and as to why Mr. Evans was not invited to give evidence or be interviewed.
Mr. Yeo : Government guidance in Working Together under the Children Act 1989' explains that the area child
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protection committee review is a composite review of the reports of individual agencies, completed following reviews by those agencies to establish :whether the agency child protection procedures have been followed ;
whether the case suggests that there is an urgent need to review those procedures and
whether any other action is needed within agencies.
The area child protection committee does not carry out a direct inquiry and it is not normal practice for it to seek evidence from individuals for this purpose.
Community Care
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library her Department's guidance to local authorities to ensure the provision of human aids to communication during community care assessment procedures for deaf or hard of hearing people.
Mr. Yeo : We fully recognise the importance of communication for people with a hearing impairment. The Department's social services inspectorate and the social work services group of the Scottish Office issued practice guidance on care management and assessment in 1991 : "Care Management and Assessment : Practitioners Guide". This document advises local authorities that users and carers should receive every help to speak and act for themselves in the assessment process, including ready access to interpreting services where necessary. Copies are available in the Library. The Department will also be supporting a conference in June for managers in health and social services aimed at improving awareness of the communication needs of people with a hearing impairment.
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