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EglintonCo Londonderry
Dr. Gallagher and partners
The Health Centre
Strabane
Co Tryone
Northern Board
Dr. Hegan and partners
Rosehall Medical Centre
Glengormley
Co Antrim
Dr. Campbell and partners
The Health Centre
Greenisland
Co Antrim
Dr. McAteer and partners
The Health Centre
Ballyclare
Co Antrim
Dr. Stevenson and partners
The Health Centre
Whiteabbey
Co Antrim
Dr. Patterson and partners
The Health Centre
Portglenone
Co Antrim
Dr. Thompson and partners
Crumlin
Co Antrim
and
Dr. Gallagher and partner
Glenavy
Co Antrim
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total number of general practitioner practices in Northern Ireland at the latest available date.
Mr. Hanley : At February 1993 there were 354 general medical practices in Northern Ireland.
SCOTLAND
Dental Treatment
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many courses of dental treatment were undertaken in each health board area in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Mr. Stewart : The information is set out in the table. The figures from 1 October 1990 are for adults only, as under the new dental contract introduced from that date children are now treated under capitation arrangements to provide continuing care, and no longer undergo individual courses of treatment. At 31 March 1992, 622,000 children were registered with dentists in Scotland under capitation arrangements.
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Numbers of courses of national health service dental treatment in Scotland by health board area
Health board |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990<3> |1990<1><4> |1991-92<2>
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Argyll and Clyde |258,537 |263,704 |271,769 |197,957 |44,640 |206,277
Ayrshire and Arran |250,239 |250,350 |254,617 |186,728 |42,018 |187,757
Borders |72,514 |74,807 |78,839 |59,132 |14,646 |65,622
Dumfries and Galloway |88,106 |92,049 |94,113 |69,199 |14,491 |71,512
Fife |208,259 |213,290 |220,942 |158,218 |38,178 |160,124
Forth Valley |150,978 |157,174 |160,965 |117,794 |26,838 |130,389
Grampian |292,001 |292,106 |303,233 |218,533 |55,136 |267,042
Greater Glasgow |513,945 |527,965 |537,454 |393,481 |93,387 |441,154
Highland |101,489 |104,525 |111,009 |82,916 |19,793 |94,050
Lanarkshire |300,227 |306,231 |309,381 |224,996 |48,213 |219,558
Lothian |458,153 |471,551 |490,115 |355,469 |85,992 |396,777
Orkney |8,147 |8,231 |8,598 |6,599 |1,968 |7,438
Shetland |5,551 |6,445 |7,604 |5,713 |1,832 |6,589
Tayside |268,986 |275,142 |284,822 |210,381 |47,108 |222,697
Western Isles |10,029 |9,347 |9,239 |6,116 |1,307 |7,553
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Scotland |2,987,161 |3,052,917 |3,142,700 |2,293,232 |535,547 |2,484,539
<1> New contract for general dental services introduced on 1 October 1990.
<2> With effect from 1 April 1991 the method of collecting statistical information was changed to reflect
financial years.
<3> January to September.
<4> October to December.
Incomes
Mr. Davidson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to paragraph 1 of his letter of 20 January to Scottish hon. Members, what assessment he has made of the number of people in Scotland whose income will fall or remain constant in real terms during the coming year ; and what proportion of these he classifies as being on a low wage.
Mr. Stewart : My right hon. Friend has not made any assessment of the number of people in Scotland whose real income will fall or remain unchanged during the coming year. Accordingly, my right hon. Friend has not assessed the proportion on low wages, however defined.
I note, however, that the independent forecasters, whose projections on the economy are regularly monitored by the Scottish Office Industry Department, expect that Scottish GDP will rise, on average, by 1.3 per cent. in 1993 and 2.3 per cent. in 1994. I am confident that this will be reflected in an overall rise in real incomes for the people of Scotland.
Trunk Roads
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a breakdown of the planned expenditure on (a) new construction and improvement, (b) structural maintenance and (c) current maintenance on trunk roads by his Department for 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995- 96.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 5 February 1993] : Planned expenditure on trunk roads in Scotland for the forward year 1993-94 in the following categories is as follows :
|1993-94£ million
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New construction and improvement |167.2
Structural maintenance |33.0
Current maintenance |30.6
Corresponding figures for 1994-95 and 1995-96 are not yet available. The totals of (a) capital and (b) current planned expenditure on trunk roads in these years is as follows :
|1994-95 |1995-96
|£ million|£ million
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Capital |217 |225
Current |33 |34
Disadvantaged Areas
Dr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the net farm income for sheep and sheep and cattle farms in severely disadvantaged areas, in both nominal and real terms, for each year since 1978.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 4 February 1993] : Estimates of net farm income based on results of sample surveys are provided in the following table. Indices are shown in the table based on results from constant samples of farms to allow reliable year to year comparisons.
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Mainly sheep Sheep and cattle
|Cash terms |Adjusted for |Indices cash terms|Adjusted for |Cash terms |Adjusted for |Indices cash terms|Adjusted for
|inflation |inflation |inflation |inflation
Average 1989-90 Average 1989-90
to 1991-92=100 to 1991-92=100
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1978-79 |8,100 |21,500 |74 |184 |6,900 |18,400 |48 |120
1979-80 |5,700 |16,200 |49 |106 |3,500 |8,200 |26 |56
1980-81 |5,800 |11,300 |52 |97 |3,100 |6,100 |27 |51
1981-82 |9,700 |17,200 |99 |163 |11,000 |19,400 |87 |144
1982-83 |7,400 |13,400 |75 |115 |9,500 |15,600 |74 |113
1983-84 |6,000 |9,400 |72 |106 |7,500 |11,700 |66 |97
1984-85 |8,400 |12,600 |94 |132 |6,100 |9,100 |60 |84
1985-86 |13,200 |19,600 |144 |190 |8,400 |11,900 |84 |111
1986-87 |7,100 |9,700 |79 |101 |3,600 |4,900 |34 |43
1987-88 |10,200 |13,300 |118 |146 |9,300 |12,000 |102 |125
1988-89 |10,700 |13,300 |105 |122 |12,500 |15,500 |129 |150
1989-90 |9,300 |10,800 |97 |105 |9,300 |10,800 |105 |113
1990-91 |9,300 |9,700 |95 |93 |8,400 |8,800 |92 |91
1991-92 |9,600 |9,600 |108 |102 |10,500 |10,500 |102 |96
1992-93<1> |11,600 |11,100 |131 |118 |11,300 |10,900 |111 |100
<1> Forecast.
Source: Farm Accounts Scheme.
Notes:
1. Cash figures deflated by the retail price index, 1991-92=100.
2. The levels of income have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
3. In 1983-84 the lower size limit for farms in the sample was reduced therefore the figures in 1983-84 and later are not fully comparable with earlier years.
Lothian Health Board
Dr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of (a) nursing and midwifery staff, (b) managerial staff and (c) clerical and administrative staff in Lothian health board in each year since 1989.
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Mr. Stewart [holding answer 12 February 1993] : The information requested is as follows :
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Staff in Lothian health board at 30 September
|1989 |1990 |1991 |<1>1992
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(a) Headcount
Nursing and midwifery<2> |10,891 |10,577 |10,668 |10,592
Managerial<3><4> |93 |119 |135 |183
Administrative and clerical |2,607 |2,652 |2,659 |2,692
(b) Whole time equivalent
Nursing and midwifery<2> |9,510.0|9,219.9|9,152.4|9,012.9
Managerial<3><4> |93.0 |118.5 |135.0 |180.1
Administrative and clerical |2,180.9|2,221.6|2,220.2|2,230.8
<1>Data for September 1992 are provisional.
<2>Nursing and midwifery includes qualified, unqualified and staff
in training. The decrease in numbers between 1991 and 1992 are
largely accounted for by the Project 2000 student nurses who are
excluded from the 1992 figures.
<3>1989 figures include administrative and clerical staff on grade
18 and above. 1990-91 includes grades 7 and above.
<4>The increase in numbers in this group is partially accounted for
by the transfer of some professional staff to senior manager
grades.
Red Deer
Mr. Norman Hogg : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which public, voluntary and private sector interests he and his officials have met in order to discuss their responses to the Government's 1991 consultation paper on red deer legislation ; when such meetings took place ; and what conclusions were drawn from the exercise.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 12 February 1993] : During 1992 my officials held meetings with representatives of the Association of Deer Management Groups, the British Deer Society, the Forestry Commission, the Red Deer Commission, the Scottish Landowners' Federation, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link and the World Wide Fund for Nature to discuss the review of deer legislation in the light of the responses to the consultation paper. I have also had subsequent discussions with the chairman of the Red Deer Commission. In the light of these meetings, and after scrutiny of all responses to the consultation paper, I announced on 21 December 1992 that I had asked the Red Deer Commission to give further consideration to the key points arising from the consultation exercise with a view to making detailed recommendations for possible legislative changes.
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PRIME MINISTER
Smoking
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Prime Minister what provisions govern the imposition of no-smoking policies by operators of (a) trains, (b) aeroplanes, (c) buses and (d) taxis.
The Prime Minister : The Government believe that decisions on whether or not smoking should be permitted on public transport are a matter for the operators concerned.
On the railways, British Rail has the power to ban smoking by virtue of British Rail byelaw 20. On the London Underground, smoking is banned under a London Transport byelaw made under section 67 of the Transport Act 1962, as amended by paragraph 5(1) of schedule 3 to the Transport (London) Act 1969 and section 37 of the Transport Act 1981.
Under article 53 of the Air Navigation Order 1989, the commander of an aircraft is empowered to decide on whether passengers should or should not be allowed to smoke.
Bus operators are entitled to ban smoking on their vehicles under section 6 of the Passenger Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors and Passengers) Regulations 1990.
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There are no statutory provisions for taxi drivers to ban smoking in their vehicles. In line with their commitment in the "Health of the Nation" White Paper, the Government have undertaken to seek an opportunity to amend the relevant legislation to allow them to do so.Mercenaries
Mr. Conway : To ask the Prime Minister what action the Government take to ensure that individuals known to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to have been mercenary soldiers to whom consular advice or assistance has been given are notified to the Ministry of Defence.
The Prime Minister : The Ministry of Defence would not expect the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to notify them routinely of individuals who had sought consular advice or assistance, unless there were reason to believe that the individual concerned might be a serving or former member of the armed forces.
Nuclear Materials
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to raise the matters of nuclear weapons testing, nuclear reprocessing and the international trade in nuclear explosive materials during his meeting with President Clinton on 24 February.
The Prime Minister : I expect to have wide ranging discussions with President Clinton and members of his Administration.
Scott Inquiry
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Prime Minister how members of the public can contribute to the Scott inquiry.
The Prime Minister : Members of the public who have information to contribute to the inquiry may write direct to Lord Justice Scott at 1 Palace street, London, SW1E 5HE.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Prime Minister what resources Her Majesty's Government have made available to the Scott inquiry to pay for travel costs, overnight accommodation and subsistence of witnesses invited from (a) the United Kingdom and (b) abroad.
The Prime Minister : Lord Justice Scott will be provided with the resources that he considers necessary to conduct his inquiry.
World Summit for Children
Mr. Battle : To ask the Prime Minister what specific targets his Government are setting for itself in terms of allocating resources for clean water, sanitation and basic education, in light of agreements made at the world summit for children.
The Prime Minister : In the financial year 1991-92, one quarter of our bilateral aid to developing countries allocatable by sector was spent on clean water, sanitation and education.
Rural Areas
Mr. Ancram : To ask the Prime Minister what responsibilities the Department of Trade and Industry has for trade and industry in rural areas.
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The Prime Minister : The Department of Trade and Industry and its regional offices liaise closely in the delivery of services with other Government Departments and agencies where necessary. This includes the Department of the Environment which has responsibility for rural development policy and the Rural Development Commission.
Coastal and Marine Issues
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Prime Minister if he will unify departmental responsibility for coastal and marine matters including incidents of oil pollution.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 12 February 1993] : No. The present division of responsibilities within Government for coastal and marine matters provides a comprehensive system of management. Coastal issues cannot be artificially isolated from the mainstream of policy-making across Government. Responsibility for preventing and responding to marine pollution lies clearly with the Department of Transport, which liaises with other Departments as appropriate.
EC Regulations
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with his EC partners concerning transfer of undertakings and protection of employment regulations.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 12 February 1993] : The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 implement the EC acquired rights directive 1977. The European Commission is expected to make proposals to revise the directive shortly.
Departmental Library
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 9 February, Official Report, column 551, what use has been made of the book by his Office ; and what account the Government have taken of the substance of the final chapter of the book in considering possible prosecutions arising out of the case.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 12 February 1993] : The matters discussed in the book are the subject of Lord Justice Scott's inquiry. It is necessary to await the judge's report and recommendations.
WALES
Quangos
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list each body in Wales run by a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation stating in respect of each of them the total budgeted public expenditure for 1992-93 and 1993-94 for which they are responsible.
Mr. David Hunt : There are 16 executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Welsh Office. They are listed in the following table which shows original plans for the current year, and planned expenditure for 1993-94 (where appropriate, expenditure is shown in both gross and net terms).
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Welsh Office Executive NDPBs
£ million
Non-departmental |1992-93 Plans |1993-94 Plans
Public Body (NDPB)
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Welsh Development Agency |Gross |166.8 |171.4
|Net |75.7 |61.6
Development Board for Rural |Gross |23.6 |25.4
Wales |Net |15.8 |16.3
Cardiff Bay Development |Gross |40.0 |53.0
Corporation |Net |35.1 |45.0
Wales Tourist Board |Gross |15.4 |15.3
|Net |13.5 |13.7
National Museum of Wales |Gross |15.0 |15.6
|Net |14.0 |14.1
National Library of Wales |Gross |5.8 |6.4
|Net |5.7 |6.2
Sports Council for Wales |Gross |8.2 |8.9
|Net |5.8 |6.4
Land Authority for Wales |Gross |9.5 |13.0
|Net |<1>Nil |<1>Nil
Housing for Wales<2> |Gross |132.4 |139.6
|Net |124.4 |132.1
Countryside Council for Wales |Gross |17.3 |19.9
|Net |17.3 |19.8
Curriculum Council for Wales |1.6 |1.4
Welsh National Board for |Gross |9.9 |1.6
Nursing, Midwifery and |Net |9.8 |1.5
Health Visiting<3>
Royal Commission on Ancient
and Historical Monuments
in Wales |1.2 |1.1
Further Education Funding
Council<4> |2.0 |143.3
Higher Education Funding
Council<4> |0.5 |179.0
Wales Youth Agency |0.4 |0.4
<1> The Land Authority's activities are funded by self-generated resources, supported by borrowing.
<2> Figures include special needs management allowance, but exclude capitalised interest, tax relief
grants and local authority transfers.
<3> The decrease in provision from 1992-93 to 1993-94 reflects that from 1 April 1993, new arrangements
for funding education and training will operate as the Welsh National Board ceases to be responsible for
funding the salaries of teachers following changes introduced by the
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992.
<4> The increase in provision from 1992-93 to 1993-94 reflects that from 1 April 1993 the Funding
Councils take on their full responsibilities.
Information and Publicity
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the value of the printing contracts won by the Wilprint Group in each financial year since 1988-89.
Mr. David Hunt : The value of all contracts awarded to the Wilprint Group by the Welsh Office for financial years 1988-89 and 1989-90 can be supplied only at disproportionate cost. The figures for succeeding years are :
|£
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1990-91 |255,266
1991-92 |157,356
1992-93 |46,470
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many residential places have been made available within specialist residential units for drug and alcohol abusers in Wales, as a whole and according to each local authority area, during each of the last 10 years ;
(2) how many patients have been treated at residential specialist units for drug and alcohol abusers in Wales in each of the last 10 years, according to each local authority areas.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is not available in the form requested. The following table gives details of places, and patients present on 31 March, in each year for which the information is available, in residential facilities registered with county social service departments offering places specifically for the treatment and/or rehabilitation of drug and alcohol misusers. It does not include in-patient facilities at medical establishments.
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Facilities registered with Social Services
Departments offering treatment and /or
rehabilitation care for people who are alcohol
and/or drug
dependent
|1987|1988|1989|1990|1991|1992
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Dyfed
Place |- |- |23 |23 |29 |29
Residents |- |- |21 |23 |23 |27
Gwent
Place |- |- |19 |19 |19 |19
Residents |- |- |13 |17 |16 |11
Gwynedd
Place |- |- |- |- |7 |7
Residents |- |- |- |- |4 |6
Mid Glamorgan
Place |12 |12 |12 |12 |12 |12
Residents |12 |9 |12 |9 |11 |9
South Glamorgan
Place |24 |40 |40 |24 |24 |24
Residents |14 |39 |33 |21 |18 |18
Wales
Place |36 |52 |94 |78 |91 |91
Residents |26 |48 |79 |70 |72 |71
Note:-
There were no facilities registered with Social
Services Departments offering treatment and/or
rehabilitation for people who are alcohol and/or
drug dependent in Clwyd, Powys and West Glamorgan.
Welsh Development Agency
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the percentage of the Welsh Development Agency's annual gross budget met by grant-in-aid in each year since 1986, as to (a) planned budget and (b) outturn.
Mr. David Hunt : The information is shown in the following table :
|Percentage of WDA's|Percentage of WDA's
|planned gross |gross outturn met
|budget met by |by grant-in-aid
|grant-in-aid
Year
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1986-87 |41.3 |44.0
1987-88 |60.5 |53.0
1988-89 |54.8 |53.8
1989-90 |53.5 |52.3
1990-91 |54.1 |54.4
1991-92 |54.5 |55.1
1992-93 |44.9 |<1>44.9
<1>Figure based on forecast outturn.
M4 (Bypass)
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the completion date of the M4 Brynglas tunnels bypass schemes ; and what provision has been made for penalty payments if the contracts are not completed on time.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The current contract completion date is August 1994. The conditions of contract for this scheme contain the normal provision for financial payments to the Department for late completion.
Equal Opportunities
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to make a statement on the Welsh Economic Council consequent upon his receipt of the formal response from the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Mr. David Hunt : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on 11 February 1993, at column 731.
Public Transport
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people have been employed in public transport in Wales in each year since 1979 by (a) bus services, (b) train services and (c) other.
Mr. David Hunt : Levels of employment in public transport in Wales are given in the following table. Figures are available only for years when a census of employment was carried out and the results prior to 1981 are not comparable with later years. Separate figures for road and rail services are not available.
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September |Employees in
|employment
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1981 |16,700
1984 |13,800
1987 |12,400
1989 |13,100
Source: Employment Department
<1>Scheduled road passenger transport,
urban railways, freight and passenger
railways. (Standard Industrial
Classifications) (Revised) 1989: 7100
and 7210)
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of (a) bus services and (b) train services in Wales in each year since 1979.
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