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Mr. Nelson [holding answer 8 February 1993] : None. Banks owe their customers a duty of confidence under the common law in respect of all personal information, and
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the confidentiality of computerised personal information held by banks is covered by the Data Protection Act 1984. The common law duty is set out in the code of banking practice--"Good Banking"- -issued by the banks and building societies. Customers who believe that the code has been breached can take this up with the banking ombudsman. An independent code of banking practice review committee is responsible for reviewing the code. The enforcement of the 1984 Act is the responsibility of the Data Protection Registrar.Mr. Darling : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he will take to ensure that the Bank of England requires banks regulated by it to take adequate precautions to prevent unauthorised disclosure of personal financial data to third parties.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 8 February 1993] : The Bank of England has no specific responsibility for this matter, which falls to the banks themselves, the banking ombudsman and the Data Protection Registrar. If proceedings are brought by customers, the courts will adjudicate on any alleged breach of duty.
Mr. Darling : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will discuss with the Governor of the Bank of England and the chairman of the Securities and Investments Board means of ensuring that banks and financial institutions
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regulated and supervised by them do not disclose personal financial data to third parties without their express consent.Mr. Nelson [holding answer 8 February 1993] : I see no need to do so. The Governor of the Bank of England does not have any specific responsibility for the protection of personal financial data. This is the responsibility of the banks themselves, the banking ombudsman and the Data Protection Registrar. The Securities and Investments Board and the self- regulating organisations are already able to deal with complaints made to them about breach of fiduciary obligations owed to investment business customers.
Petroleum Revenue Tax
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the cost to the Exchequer of offsets against petroleum revenue tax, in each sector of the United Kingdom continental shelf, in each of the last 10 years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 10 February 1993] : The figures required for the United Kingdom and United Kingdom continental shelf are included in the table. A breakdown by sector of the continental shelf is not available.
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|Exchequer cost<1>, £
|million
Deductions |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expenditure<2> |1,800 |2,600 |3,200 |3,100 |2,800 |2,700 |2,400 |3,100 |3,900 |3,400
of which:
-Uplift on qualifying capital expenditure |440 |330 |530 |720 |850 |550 |60 |85 |75 |neg
-Relief for exploration and appraisal
expenditure |110 |420 |430 |370 |300 |360 |500 |600 |750 |700
-Relief for research expenditure |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |15 |20 |20
-Cross field allowance for 10 per cent. of
development expenditure on certain
new fields |- |- |- |- |5 |5 |10 |25 |65 |75
Other deductions
Oil allowance |180 |340 |390 |170 |280 |230 |220 |230 |170 |280
Oil allowance for advance petroleum revenue
tax |320 |310 |180 |50 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Safeguard: a protection for return on capital
cost |280 |400 |380 |500 |840 |575 |55 |45 |45 |95
Tariff receipts allowance |5 |20 |40 |40 |80 |70 |70 |70 |60 |80
Exemption for gas sold to British Gas under
pre-July 1975 contracts |130 |150 |200 |200 |200 |170 |150 |140 |170 |190
<1> For each deduction the marginal cost is shown and therefore the costs are not additive.
<2> Including operating and capital expenditure.
Government Shareholdings
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the quoted shareholdings together with their value, and the percentage of the issued share capital, owned by Her Majesty's Government ; whether in each case the holding is associated with the right to appoint directors, or a golden share ; and which Department has the power of appointment or of the powers of the golden share.
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Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 10 February 1993] : The table shows the ordinary shares held by the Government, their market valuation and the percentage of the issued share capital that they represent. Where a special ("golden") share is held, this is shown together with the department exercising the rights attached and the expiry date, if applicable, on or before which the special share may be redeemed. Where the powers attached to a special share include the appointment of directors, this is shown.
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Government ordinary shareholders in private sector companies
Company |Number of shares |Market valuation |Proportion of issued|Special share |Expiry date |Department
|capital
|(£ million) |(£ million)<1> |per cent.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAA |14.7 |115.7 |3.0 |Yes |DTp
British Airways |3.2 |9.5 |0.4 |No
British Gas |0.1 |0.2 |<2>- |Yes |DTI
British Petroleum |101.2 |270.3 |1.9 |No
British Steel |<2>- |<2>- |<2>- |Yes |31 December 1993 |DTI
BT |1,352.6 |5,627.0 |21.9 |<3>Yes |DTI
Mersey Docks and Harbour Co. |12.4 |35.0 |20.7 |No
Anglian Water |2.6 |12.8 |0.9 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Northumbrian Water |0.3 |1.5 |0.4 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
North West Water |2.7 |13.4 |0.8 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Severn Trent |3.6 |17.2 |1.0 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Southern Water |1.2 |5.9 |0.7 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
South West Water |0.1 |0.6 |0.1 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Thames Water |3.6 |18.2 |0.9 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Welsh Water |1.1 |5.7 |0.7 |Yes |31 December 1994 |WO
Wessex Water |0.6 |3.7 |0.5 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Yorkshire Water |1.6 |8.3 |0.8 |Yes |31 December 1994 |DOE
Eastern Electricity |4.8 |20.6 |1.8 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
East Midlands Electricity |2.5 |10.6 |1.1 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
London Electricity |2.5 |11.0 |1.1 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Manweb |2.2 |10.8 |1.8 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Midlands Electricity |3.1 |14.6 |1.5 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Northern Electric |2.0 |9.9 |1.7 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Norweb |2.7 |13.1 |1.6 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Seeboard |2.6 |12.1 |2.0 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Southern Electric |3.4 |14.7 |1.2 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
South Wales Electricity |1.4 |7.1 |1.4 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
South Western Electricity |2.5 |11.7 |2.0 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
Yorkshire Electricity |2.7 |13.5 |1.3 |Yes |31 March 1995 |DTI
National Power |500.2 |1,495.7 |39.2 |Yes |DTI
PowerGen |317.9 |963.3 |40.7 |Yes |DTI
Scottish Hydro-Electric |13.3 |41.7 |3.5 |Yes |SO
Scottish Power |29.4 |87.1 |3.6 |Yes |SO
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|8,882.7
<1> Close, 8 February
<2> Negligible
<3> Powers include the appointment of a director or directors
British Telecom
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how long the Government intend to retain part of their equity stake in British Telecom ; and in which financial years he plans to make any further disposals of BT shares.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 10 February 1993] : On the 18 November 1992 my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government's intention to sell part of their residual holding of shares in British Telecommunications plc in 1993-94. No decisions have been taken on the size, timing or structure of the sale.
Written Questions
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the advisory cost limit for answering written parliamentary questions in each year since 1980 ; what was the percentage increase in (a) constant and (b) actual terms in each year ; when he next plans to uprate the limit ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Dorrell [pursuant to his reply, 22 January 1993, cols. 437- 38] : The percentage increases shown at constant prices were incorrect. For completeness the amended answer is restated as follows :
Percentage
increase since
preceding change
Year |Advisory cost limit|(a) |(b)
|for answering
|written
|parliamentary
|questions
|£ |At constant prices |Actual
|(indexed by GDP
|deflator)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<1>1980 |50 |- |-
1981 |50 |- |-
1982 |200 |-32 |+300
1983 |200 |- |-
1984 |200 |- |-
1985 |200 |- |-
1986 |200 |- |-
1987 |200 |- |-
1988 |250 |-1 |+25
1989 |250 |- |-
1990 |250 |- |-
1991 |250 |- |-
1992 |400 |+21 |+60
<1> (Unchanged since 1965).
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The advisory cost limit was last increased on 1992 and this followed a major review of costs in 1991.The current level of £400 was fixed as a multiple of eight times the average marginal cost so that only cases of exceptional high cost might be affected and to avoid the need for frequent small increases.
The limit may be increased from time to time in future when costs or policy suggest the need for a change.
HEALTH
Schizophrenia
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients with schizophrenia were discharged from hospital in each year since 1986 ; and how many of these in each year were discharged (a) in less than one month, (b) in less than three months, (c) in less than six months and (d) in less than 12 months.
Mr. Yeo : The table gives the number of discharges from hospitals in England where a diagnosis of schizophrenia was made. 1989-90 is the only year where the quality of the information permits publication.
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"
Discharges with a diagnosis of
schizophrenia from hospitals in
England for 1989-90 (HES)
|Number
----------------------------------
Less than 1 month |19,205
Less than 3 months |27,822
Less than 6 months |30,459
Less than 12 months |32,118
Total for year |38,047
Hospital Beds
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of beds available in each Thames regional health authority in each of the last 10 years.
Dr. Mawhinney : More important than the number of beds is the number of patients treated each year ; this has increased by over a third since 1979. The information available is given in the tables.
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Thames Regional Health Authorities
Ordinary admissions (in-patients and day cases) and total number of average
daily available beds: 1981-1990-91
North West ThameNorth East ThameSouth East ThameSouth West Thames
RHA activity bedRHA activity bedRHA activity bedRHA activity beds
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1981 |462,363|26,947 |521,966|28,357 |507,356|27,217 |362,550|25,267
1982 |437,745|25,852 |561,399|29,298 |511,111|26,816 |348,046|24,021
1983 |457,968|25,342 |578,123|28,741 |537,266|26,356 |363,010|23,719
1984 |474,117|24,529 |592,610|27,951 |560,674|25,260 |378,200|22,994
1985 |481,923|23,816 |608,552|26,854 |567,880|24,297 |389,825|22,210
1986 |486,774|22,905 |600,676|25,982 |566,569|23,096 |403,538|21,141
1987-88 |471,673|21,119 |579,509|24,369 |553,521|21,250 |405,323|20,140
1988-89 |485,567|20,145 |581,780|23,290 |558,721|19,552 |392,936|19,073
1989-90 |531,953|- |649,472|- |616,953|- |443,537|-
1989-90 |551,817|19,221 |688,821|22,199 |626,075|18,461 |454,287|17,888
1990-91 |536,203|18,105 |695,279|20,608 |629,250|17,333 |457,600|16,596
Notes:
1. From 1981 to 1988-89 Activity figures are for in-patients (discharges and
deaths) plus day cases.
2. From 1988-89 to date Activity figures are for in-patients (finished
consultant episodes) plus day cases.
Source: SH3 return 1981-86: KP70 return 1987-88-1990-91.
Thames regional health authorities
Total number of average daily available beds-1981 to 1990-91
|North West Thames|North East Thames|South East Thames|South West Thames
|RHA |RHA |RHA |RHA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1981 |26,947 |28,357 |27,217 |25,267
1982 |25,852 |29,298 |26,816 |24,021
1983 |25,342 |28,741 |26,356 |23,719
1984 |24,529 |27,951 |25,260 |22,994
1985 |23,816 |26,854 |24,297 |22,210
1986 |22,905 |25,982 |23,096 |21,141
1987-88 |21,119 |24,369 |21,250 |20,140
1988-89 |20,145 |23,290 |19,552 |19,073
1989-90 |19,221 |22,199 |18,461 |17,888
1990-91 |18,105 |20,608 |17,333 |16,596
Source: KH03.
NHS Staff Statistics
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community psychiatric nurses, psychiatric social workers, health visitors, district nurses and practice nurses were employed by the national health service in the last five years.
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Mr. Sackville : The figures for psychiatric social workers are not centrally collected. The other information requested is in the table.
Whole-time Equivalents for Community Psychiatric Nurses, Health
Visitors, District Nurses and Practice Nurses in England 1987
to 1991
|1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991
----------------------------------------------------------------
Community |2,770 |3,080 |3,380 |3,600 |3,760
Psychiatric Nurses
Health Visitors |10,730|10,680|10,050|10,480|10,380
District Nurses |9,500 |9,390 |10,160|10,380|9,900
Practice Nurses |2,770 |3,480 |4,630 |7,700 |8,780
Source: Non Medical Manpower Census, form ANC4.
Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
GP Fund Holders
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will review her Department's guidelines on the prevention of queue-jumping by general practitioner fund holders
Dr. Mawhinney : The joint guidance issued to hospital consultants on general practitioner fund holding on 11
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June 1991 by the Department of Health and the Joint Consultants Committee, (Circular EL (91)84), is still valid and a review is not required. It states that :(i) common waiting lists should be used by provider units for urgent and seriously ill patients, and for highly specialised diagnosis and treatment ;
(ii) contract portfolios should be flexible and be worked out in close consultation with the hospital clinicians who have to deliver them ;
(iii) provider units should not offer contracts subject to (i) and (ii) which would disadvantage the patients of other purchasers. Copies of the circular EL(91)84 are available in the Library.
Mr. Jack Thompson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients registered with fund-holding practices are over pensionable age ; and what is the corresponding proportion in the general population.
Dr. Mawhinney : Provisional figures for England in 1991, the latest available, from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys show that 13.08 per cent. of males and 23.55 per cent. of females in the general population are over pension age. Comparable figures for fund-holding practices are not available centrally.
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements she has made to monitor the financial procedures and health care quality of fund-holding general practitioner practices ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : Under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, regional health authorities have primary responsibility for the management and monitoring of the scheme. Regulations require fund holders to manage the fund efficiently and effectively and to submit income and expenditure returns regularly to family health service authorities. Their accounts are subject to external audit by the Audit Commission.
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fund-holding general practitioner practices (a) are running and (b) have approval from her Department in (i) Cheltenham and (ii) Gloucestershire ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : The South Western regional health authority is responsible for the management of the general practitioner fundholding scheme in these areas. The hon. Member may wish to contact Ms. Rennie Fritchie, the RHA chairman, for details.
Public Appointments
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what public appointments she has made since 1 November 1992 ; and what information she has on the political affiliations of those appointed.
Dr. Mawhinney : Since 1 November 1992, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have made the following appointments. Executive BodiesEnglish National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting--1 appointment (Chairmen)
TribunalsMental Health Review Tribunals--2 appointments Registered Homes Tribunal--3 appointments (Chairmen)
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Advisory BodiesCommittee on Dental and Surgical Materials-- 6 appointmentsCommittee on the Safety of Medicines--13 appointments
Expert Advisory Group on Aids--6 appointments
Standing Medical Advisory Committee--1 appointment
Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food-- 1 appointment
Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food-- 1 appointment Joint Planning Advisory Committee--2 appointments
Joint Action for Implementation group--3 appointments
Advisory Group on Rehabilitation--6 appointments
National Disability Information Project Steering Group-- 1 appointment
NHS AuthoritiesDental Practice Board--1 appointment (Chairman) Health Education Authority--2 appointments
Prescription Pricing Authority--3 appointments
Regional Health AuthoritiesWest Midlands RHA--1 appointment (Chairman)
Yorkshire RHA--2 appointments
North East Thames RHA--1 appointment (Chairman), 4 appointments (Members)
Mersey RHA--1 appointment (Chairman)
South Western RHA--5 appointments
District Health Authorities--All appointments as chairpersons Northumberland DHA
North Yorkshire DHA
Bradford DHA
Rotherham DHA
Harrow DHA
Hounslow and Spelthorne DHA
North Bedfordshire DHA
Bloomsbury and Islington DHA
West Berkshire DHA
Isle of Wight DHA
Liverpool DHA
Macclesfield DHA
NHS Trusts
Northern Region--
Newcastle Mental Health--2 appointments
Northumbria Ambulance Service 1 appointment (Chairman), 1 appointment (Member)
Freeman Group of Hospitals--2 appointments
Yorkshire Region--
St. James' University Hospital--1 appointment
Bradford Hospitals--1 appointment
Leeds General Infirmary--1 appointment
Trent Region--
Northern General--3 appointments
Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport Service--3 appointments Doncaster Royal Infirmary and the Montague Hospital--3 appointments East Anglian Region--
Norfolk Ambulance--2 appointments
Anglian Harbours--2 appointments
North West Thames Region--
Central Middlesex Hospital--1 appointment
Mount Vernon Hospital--1 appointment
Hillingdon Hospital--2 appointments
North Hertfordshire--2 appointments
North East Thames Region--
Royal London Hospital--1 appointment (Chairman), 1 appointment (Non- Executive Director)
Royal Free Hospital--1 appointment
Southend Health Care--1 appointment
North Middlesex Hospital--1 appointment
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital--2 appointments
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South East Thames Region--Guys and Lewisham Hospital--1 appointment
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital--1 appointment
South West Thames Region--
Homewood--2 appointments
Lifecare--2 appointments
St. Helier--2 appointments
Royal Surrey County and St. Luke's Hospital--1 appointment Croydon Community--3 appointments
Kingston Hospital--1 appointment
Wessex Region--
West Dorset Mental Health--1 appointment (Chairman) ; 2 appointments (Non- Executive Directors)
West Dorset Community--1 appointment (Chairman)
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases--2 appointments West Dorset General Hospitals--2 appointments
Oxford Region--
Nuffield Orthopaedic--2 appointments
South Western Region--
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Mental Handicap--1 appointment East Gloucestershire--1 appointment
Weston Area--1 appointment
Taunton and Somerset--1 appointment
West Midlands Region--
First Community Health--1 appointment
Mental Health Foundation of Mid-Staffordshire--2 appointments Rugby--2 appointments
Walsall Hospitals--3 appointments
Mersey Region--
Wirral Hospital--1 appointment (Chairman)
St. Helen's and Knowsley Hospital--1 appointment (Chairman) ; 2 appointments (Non-Executive Directors)
Royal Liverpool University Hospital--1 appointment (Chairman) ; 1 appointment (Non-Executive Director)
Aintree Hospital--1 appointment
Wrightlington Hospital--1 appointment
North Western Region--
Mid Cheshire Hospitals--1 appointment
Christie Hospital--1 appointment (Chairman) ; 1 appointment (Non-Executive Director)
Manchester Central Hospitals and Community Care--1 appointment (Chairman) ; 2 appointments (Non-Executive Directors)
For information on third wave trusts I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 2 February at column 153 . Information on the political affiliation of appointees is not collected.
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