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District/district |Local electors |Area (hectares)
electoral area and
wards
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District of Moyle |10,708 |49,210
Ballycastle
Bonamargy and Rathlin |791 |1,438
Dalriada |834 |83
Glentaisie |668 |62
Kinbane |663 |3,848
Knocklayd |719 |165
|------- |-------
|3,675 |5,596
Giant's Causeway
Ballylough |648 |1,252
Bushmills |661 |851
Carnmoon |637 |3,088
Dunseverick |633 |3,742
Moss-Side and Moyarget |611 |3,988
|------- |-------
|3,190 |12,921
The Glens
Armoy |653 |2,796
Glenaan |891 |1,594
Glenariff |852 |5,302
Glendun |774 |8,919
Glenshesk |673 |12,082
|------- |-------
|3,843 |30,693
District/district |Local electors |Areas (hectares)
electoral area and
wards
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District of Newry and Mourne |57,369 |90,316
Crotlieve
Burren and Kilbroney |1,822 |4,652
Clonallan |2,217 |264
Derryleckagh |2,063 |1,491
Mayobridge |1,837 |5,478
Rostrevor |1,992 |3,234
Seaview |2,145 |129
Spelga |1,769 |7,903
|------- |-------
|13,845 |23,151
Newry Town
Ballybot |1,845 |136
Daisy Hill |1,920 |151
Drumalane |1,967 |202
Drumgullion |2,038 |151
St Mary's |1,918 |162
St Patrick's |2,168 |199
Windsor Hill |1,992 |157
|------- |-------
|13,848 |1,158
Slieve Gullion
Creggan |1,700 |6,001
Crossmaglen |1,772 |1,834
Fathom |1,858 |2,646
Forkhill |2,090 |4,387
Silver Bridge |1,893 |5,672
|------- |-------
|9,313 |20,540
The Fews
Bessbrook |1,737 |624
Camlough |1,766 |3,842
Derrymore |1,843 |739
Donaghmore |1,748 |6,595
Newtownhamilton |1,691 |7,732
Tullyhappy |1,749 |6,494
|------- |-------
|10,534 |26,026
The Mournes
Annalong |1,935 |3,853
Binnian |1,749 |6,561
Kilkeel Central |2,306 |625
Kilkeel South |2,135 |450
Lisnacree |1,704 |7,952
|------- |-------
|9,829 |19,441
District/district electoral area
and wards Local
electors Area
(hectares)
District of Newtownabbey-- 56,105 15,071
Antrim Line
Ballyhenry 2,387 89
Burnthill 2,339 48
Collinbridge 2,153 448
Glebe 2,317 88
Glengormley 2,338 51
Hightown 2,092 57
Mallusk 2,372 2,364
15,998 3,145
Ballyclare Ballyclare North 2,363 179
Ballyclare South 2,269 178
Ballynure 1,850 4,540
Ballyrobert 2,701 2,545
Doagh 2,100 2,706
11,283 10,148
Macedon
Abbey 2,335 188
Cloughfern 2,277 330
Coole 2,251 49
Dunanney 1,849 66
Valley 2,455 191
Whitehouse 2,126 72
13,293 896
University
Ballyduff 2,303 52
Carnmoney 2,280 86
Hawthorne 1,953 74
Jordanstown 2,400 188
Monkstown 2,243 145
Mossley 2,268 143
Rostulla 2,084 194
15,531 882
District/district |Local electors |Area (hectares)
electoral area and
wards
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District of North Down |55,042 |8,158
Abbey
Bangor Castle |2,183 |167
Bloomfield |2,323 |145
Conlig |2,284 |901
Harbour |2,146 |72
Rathgael |2,056 |51
Whitehill |2,149 |44
|------- |-------
|13,141 |1,380
Ballyholme and Groomsport
Ballycrochan |2,706 |157
Ballyholme |2,009 |79
Ballymaconnell |2,209 |225
Ballymagee |2,204 |75
Broadway |2,341 |113
Churchill |2,336 |81
Groomsport |2,231 |731
|------- |-------
|16,036 |1,461
Bangor West
Bryansburn |2,351 |68
Clandeboye |2,255 |667
Crawfordsburn |2,043 |640
Dufferin |2,045 |84
Princetown |2,216 |156
Silverstream |2,101 |54
Spring Hill |2,300 |101
|------- |-------
|15,311 |1,770
Holywood
Craigavad |2,082 |1,928
Cultra |2,056 |649
Holywood Demesne |2,232 |180
Holywood Priory |2,023 |451
Loughview |2,161 |339
|------- |-------
|10,554 |3,547
District/district |Local electors |Area (hectares)
electoral area and
wards
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District of Omagh |31,414 |112,990
Mid-Tyrone
Beragh |1,477 |6,095
Drumnakilly |1,584 |7,339
Gortin |1,357 |9,043
Killyclogher |1,434 |218
Owenkillew |1,391 |17,498
Sixmilecross |1,393 |7,857
Termon |1,485 |8,445
|------- |-------
|10,121 |56,495
Omagh Town
Camowen |1,521 |176
Coolnagard |1,683 |223
Dergmoney |1,594 |140
Drumragh |1,582 |405
Gortrush |1,634 |239
Lisanelly |1,533 |1182
Strule |1,396 |173
|------- |-------
|10,943 |1,538
West Tyrone
Clanabogan |1,543 |8,781
Dromore |1,458 |4,027
Drumquin |1,436 |13,318
Fairy Water |1,409 |9,413
Fintona |1,523 |3,871
Newtownsville |1,492 |7,153
Trillick |1,498 |8,394
|------- |-------
|10,350 |54,957
District/district |Local electors |Area (hectares)
electoral area and
wards
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District of Strabane |25,552 |86,165
Derg
Castlederg |1,566 |544
Clare |1,726 |8,965
Finn |1,552 |3,812
Glenderg |1,665 |17,094
Newtownstewart |1,580 |4,755
Sion Mills |1,516 |695
|------- |-------
|9,605 |35,865
Glenelly
Antigarvan |1,573 |4,681
Dunnamanagah |1,483 |9,435
Plumbridge |1,447 |20,502
Slievekirk |1,494 |6,607
Victoria Bridge |1,530 |8,154
|------- |-------
|7,527 |49,379
Mourne
Ballycolman |1,568 |57
East |1,687 |86
North |1,673 |479
South |1,798 |168
West |1,694 |131
|------- |-------
|8,420 |921
|------- |-------
|1,153,385 |1,415,761
Safe Seas
Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what response he has made to the European Commission on its proposal for setting up a committee on safe seas contained in the communication from commissioners on a common policy on safe seas ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Norris : The United Kingdom has warmly welcomed the Commission's communication "A Common Policy for Safe Seas", which closely mirrors the Government's views on the need for action to improve the level of maritime safety in Community waters. Along with other member states, we approve in principle the Commission's proposal for a Committee on Safe Seas, and are currently considering what its terms of reference should be.
A614
Mr. Tipping : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans there are to make the A614 in Nottinghamshire dual carriageway.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : We do not have any proposals in the trunk road programme to upgrade the A614 in Nottinghamshire to dual carriageway standard.
Railway Rolling Stock
Mr. Alison : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what conclusions he has reached following his Department's consultative exercise on the provision of rolling stock following the privatisation of British Rail.
Mr. Freeman : I intend to ask British Rail to establish rolling stock companies and to transfer its existing passenger rolling stock to these by 1 April 1994. Our provisional view is that there should be three rolling stock companies. Each should have a mixed portfolio of different types and ages of stock which they would lease to franchisees and BR's operating divisions pending franchising. Wherever reasonably practicable franchisees should have more than one potential source of supply for rolling stock in any particular market segment. More
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detailed work is in hand to determine how the fleet should be divided between the companies ; what role the companies should take in the maintenance of their stock ; and, whether, for example, individual BR maintenance depots should be associated with each rolling stock.The companies will initially be publicly owned and will invest as necessary to renew their fleets. Our intention is to transfer the companies to the private sector as soon as practicable.
During the course of the consultative exercise a number of ideas have been put forward for the early involvement of private sector expertise and capital. I expect to reach conclusions shortly on the role which the private sector might take in working with the public sector in developing an operating lease market. I will then be inviting those interested to bring forward specific proposals.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
British Coal Pension Scheme
Mr. Hardy : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) when British Coal last made normal contributions to mineworkers' pension funds ; and if members are continuing to make contributions ; (2) what sum British Coal now owes to the industry's pension funds to cover the cost of making pension payments to the staff made redundant and retiring early between April 1983 and April 1992.
Mr. Eggar : These are matters for British Coal and the trustees of the pension schemes.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the latest valuation of the assets of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme.
Mr. Eggar : This is a matter for British Coal and the trustees of the staff superannuation scheme.
Riot Control Units
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many export licences his Department has granted for armoured anti-riot units since 1979.
Mr. Heseltine : This would require examination of all export licences for military goods to all destinations since 1979 which could be done only at disproportionate expense.
Plutonium
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representation his Department's export control office had at the non- proliferation seminar on plutonium held at Rhodes House, Oxford, on 21 April.
Mr. Heseltine : Two officials from my Department's Export Control Organisation attended the seminar.
Nuclear Safety
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what response he has made to the Greenpeace report, "Vessel Head Penetration Cracking in Nuclear Reactors", published in March 1993, a copy of which has been sent to him.
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Mr. Eggar : I have not received a copy of this report.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what visits to the Trawsfynydd nuclear plant have been made by International Atomic Energy safety inspectors on OSART safety assessment missions since the plant opened ; and if he will make a statement on the current safety status of the plant.
Mr. Eggar : There have been no International Atomic Energy Agency operational safety and review team--OSART--missions to Trawsfynydd. Both reactors remain shut down while the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate completes its assessment of Nuclear Electric's safety case for restart.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps the chief nuclear inspector at Her Majesty's nuclear installations inspectorate is taking to consider measures to prevent vessel head penetration cracking in Sizewell B.
Ms Janet Anderson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when his proposals in respect of the assisted areas map were submitted to the European Commission ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : After the review of the assisted areas map has been completed the Government's proposals will be put to the Commission for article 92 state aids clearance.
Dan-Air
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has had regarding the competition implications of the takeover of Dan-Air by British Airways.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : All representations received are treated in confidence. All relevant considerations were taken into account in the advice of the Director General of Fair Trading to my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade and in his decision not to refer the proposed acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
Sodium Hexacyanoferrate
Mr. Gapes : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of sodium hexacyanoferrate is (a) manufactured in the United Kingdom, (b) imported into the United Kingdom and (c) exported from the United Kingdom ; and what are the locations where sodium hexacyanoferrate is produced in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Sainsbury : Sodium hexacyanoferrate is not separately identified in the United Kingdom statistical classifications ; therefore, the information is not available.
Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
Mr. Butterfill : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many obligations remain outstanding for drilling (a) firm and (b) contingent wells under the 11th and 12th United Kingdom offshore licensing rounds.
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Mr. Eggar : There are 309 outstanding obligation wells from the 11th and 12th rounds of offshore licensing. Of these, 193 are firm obligations, and 116 conditional.
Shipbuilding Intervention Fund
Dr. Godman : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bury, South (Mr. Sumberg), of 21 April, Official Report, column 119 , about the change of rules governing the shipbuilding intervention fund, which took effect from 1April, if the grant to be paid at the maximum permitted level refers to vessels under construction on 1 April as well as those to be constructed after 1 April ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : The concession applies only to those vessels for which offers of grant were made on or after 1 April.
Explosion, Liverpool
Mr. Parry : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the recent explosion which occurred in Liverpool 8.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 20 April 1993] : I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the gas explosion at 148 High Park street on 30 December 1992. This was dealt with by the police authorities and the Health and Safety Executive which, I understand, have decided to take no further action.
Economic Task Force
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will create an economic task force for the industrial areas of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
Mr. Sainsbury [holding answer 27 April 1993] : My right hon. Friend has no plans to do so.
HEALTH
Myelograms
Mr. Godsiff : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many myelograms were conducted in the national health service in each year since 1989-90 and in the first six months of 1992-93.
Mr. Sackville : This information is not available centrally. The latest estimate of episodes involving myelogram procedures, held by the Department, for the year 1989-90 is 18,230. This figure includes radiculograms as well as myelograms.
Older Patients
Ms Lynne : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to monitor the NHS purchasing arrangements to identify whether there is discrimination against older patients.
Mr. Sackville : We have set in place mechanisms for monitoring purchasers' performance and ensuring that they are accountable to Ministers and to the public they serve. Health authorities as purchasers are expected to develop contracting arrangements which accurately reflect the needs of all of their resident population.
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Contact Lenses
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received questioning the safety of contact lenses ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : The College of Ophthalmologists wrote to the Chief Medical Officer to bring to his attention the increase in contact lens- induced microbial keratitis. The Department has met the representatives of the four eye care professional bodies : College of Ophthalmologists, British College of Optometrists, Association of Optometrists, and the Association of British Dispensing Opticians. The working group chaired by the Department has drafted guidance for the eye care professions including a leaflet for patients. The Department has consulted the industry on the content of these drafts and a further meeting of the working party, together with representatives of the industry, will be held on 27 May with the aim of finalising the documents.
The Department will fund the publication of the guidance.
Nurses
Mr. Harvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance has been issued to health authorities and trusts on providing newly qualified nurses with information about national vacancies ;
(2) what guidance has been issued to health authorities and trusts on the provision of careers counselling services for nursing students ;
(3) what plans she has to establish schemes to enable newly qualified nurses who are unemployed to consolidate their education.
Mr. Sackville : Health authorities and trusts are aware that the Employment Service has details of national vacancies and that the English National Board runs a Resource and Careers Service Department.
Regional health authorities have chosen to manage the position of newly qualified nurses themselves by adopting a variety of approaches such as expansion of flexible working patterns, job sharing, short-term contracts and clearing house schemes.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the current state of discussions within the Nursing and Midwifery Staffs Negotiating Council regarding outstanding clinical grading appeals.
Mr. Sackville : The management side of the council awaits a response from the staff side to an offer on 31 March about a number of procedural changes aimed at significantly speeding up the appeals process. The management side made the proposals in support of the initiative requiring regional health authorities to draw up plans to clear outstanding appeals by 31 October 1993.
NHS Trusts
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the chairs and non-executive directors of NHS trusts had previous professional experience within the NHS before their appointment.
Dr. Mawhinney : This information is not available centrally.
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Overseas Manufacturers (Inspection)
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the annual cost of providing teams to inspect plants overseas which manufacture products for use in the NHS ;
(2) how many people are employed by her Department to inspect plants overseas which manufacture medical products for use in the national health service.
Dr. Mawhinney : The equivalent of 6.7 full-time inspectors from the Department of Health and the Medicines Control Agency together were employed in the inspection of medical device and licensed medicinal product manufacturers overseas in 1992-93. The estimated cost--staff, travel and subsistence expenses--of providing these services was £595, 000.
Dentistry
Mrs. Wise : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many approvals were successfully processed by the Dental Estimates Board ; and what was the value of that work approved for each month since April 1991 ;
(2) how many requests for prior approval were received by the Dental Estimates Board ; and what was the value of that work which dentists wished to carry out, for each month since April 1991.
Dr. Mawhinney : The information in the table shows the number of applications for prior approval submitted by general dental practitioners in England and Wales to the Dental Practice Board for the period April 1991 to March 1993. We have no reason to believe that the DPB failed to process any applications made during this period. The value of the dental work for which these applications were made is not routinely collated by the DPB.
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