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Trent RHA
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the chairman of the Trent regional health authority is expected to retire or reach the end of his term of office ; and if she will make a statement.
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Dr. Mawhinney : Sir Michael Carlisle's current term of office ends on 31 July 1994.
Food Hygiene
Mr. Garrett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the recent Food Safety Week initiative ; and what action her Department is taking to promote food hygiene.
Mr. Sackville : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 8 June at cols. 242-43.
Occupational Therapy
Ms Lynne : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been (a) the average and (b) the maximum waiting time for occupational therapy for patients within each district health authority in each of the last 10 years ; and how many people were on each waiting list.
Mr. Sackville : Many patients waiting for occupational therapy are admitted under another specialty and are not recorded on separate occups not available centrally.
WALES
NHS Administration
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of administrative staff and the administrative cost of the NHS in Wales in each year since 1987.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information requested is listed as follows :
Aggregated administrative
cost in financial year<2>
|Thousands
------------------------------
1987-88 |57,811
1988-89 |63,725
1989-90 |73,767
1990-91 |86,321
1991-92 |106,439
<2>Source: Summarised
accounts of Health
Authorities, Welsh Health
Common Services Authority,
Family Health Service
Authorities (formerly Family
Practitioner Committees) (
includes the Dental Practice
Board costs (and represents
the 5 per cent. contribution
paid by the Welsh Office to
Department of Health in
support of Dental Practice
Board's running costs
apportioned for salaries
only)) and the Health
Promotion Authority for
Wales.
Aggregated administrative
cost in financial year<2>
|Thousands
------------------------------
1987-88 |57,811
1988-89 |63,725
1989-90 |73,767
1990-91 |86,321
1991-92 |106,439
<2>Source: Summarised
accounts of Health
Authorities, Welsh Health
Common Services Authority,
Family Health Service
Authorities (formerly Family
Practitioner Committees) (
includes the Dental Practice
Board costs (and represents
the 5 per cent. contribution
paid by the Welsh Office to
Department of Health in
support of Dental Practice
Board's running costs
apportioned for salaries
only)) and the Health
Promotion Authority for
Wales.
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Radon Gas
Mr. Jonathan Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many homes in Wales are estimated to have radon gas contamination above 200 becquerels per cubic metre of air.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The National Radiological Protection Board survey estimates that up to 3,000 homes in Wales may have radon levels above the Government action level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre of air.
As measurements are completed, householders whose homes are found to have concentrations above the action level, (which is half that recommended by the European Commission), are advised of the actions which they should consider.
The results of further research, to more accurately delineate areas where concentrations may be higher than average, are expected in the spring of 1994. Meanwhile, free tests of radon levels are available to concerned householders living in areas where concentrations may be elevated.
Diabetics
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the incidence of renal failure among diabetics, expressed as (a) the total number and (b) the percentage of all diabetics in each area health authority in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is not collected centrally.
Secretary of State (Visits)
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many times he has visited the Principality since 1979.
Mr. Redwood : I have visited Wales on many occasions in the past as part of previous ministerial duties ; on business and in a personal capacity.
Hospitals (Complaints)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many complaints were (a) submitted, (b) investigated and (c) substantiated for each hospital unit in Wales and for each year since the health commissioner was established.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is not available in the form requested. However, the number of complaints received by the Health Service Commissioner for Wales, and subsequently investigated, since the office was established, are as follows :
|Complaints received|Investigated
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<1>1973-74 |21 |2
1974-75 |51 |16
1975-76 |43 |6
1976-77 |43 |10
1977-78 |41 |5
1978-79 |52 |8
1979-80 |31 |5
1980-81 |42 |5
1981-82 |38 |6
1982-83 |33 |6
1983-84 |49 |3
1984-85 |37 |9
1985-86 |34 |6
1986-87 |44 |5
1987-88 |39 |7
1988-89 |37 |4
1989-90 |33 |3
1990-91 |51 |3
1991-92 |79 |4
1992-93 |67 |8
<1> From 1 October 1973.
Complaints are often made up of more than one grievance. Information on those aspects of the complaint that are either upheld or not upheld is not collected separately for Wales.
The information is available in the annual reports of the Health Service Commissioner, copies of which are held in the Library of the House.
Consultant Surgeons
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what action he intends to take to ensure that consultant surgeons in Wales are giving the NHS value for money during their contracted sessions ;
(2) by what method he intends to monitor the hospital trusts in Wales to ensure that consultant surgeons are required to reach a threshold of operating time during their NHS contracted sessions.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : It is a matter for individual health authorities and NHS trusts to satisfy themselves that consultant surgeons are fulfilling the terms of their NHS contracts.
Lead Water Pipes
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information his Department holds on the number of households in each local authority area that have lead pipes through which drinking water flows.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The most recent available information is from the 1981 Welsh house condition survey. Estates, for each county, of the number of dwellings with a lead service pipe to the cold water tap in the kitchen are shown in the following table. District information is not available.
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|Number
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Clwyd |19,600
Dyfed |12,800
Gwent |13,300
Gwynedd |6,600
Mid Glamorgan |34,800
Powys |4,300
South Glamorgan |65,600
West Glamorgan |33,500
Information on lead water pipes is currently being collected in the Welsh house condition survey for 1993, the results of which will be available around the end of the year.
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Fertility Treatment
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many people in Wales have undergone fertility treatment in each year since 1987 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) how much money has been spent by the NHS in Wales on providing fertility treatment in each year from 1987 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) what percentage of those women who received fertility treatment in Wales in each year from 1985 to 1991 carried to full term ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : This information is not held centrally.
Fostering
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children in Wales are in foster care between the ages of (a) 0 and four years, (b) four and eight years, (c) eight and 12 years and (d) 12 and 16 years respectively.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The most recently available information on the numbers of children in local authority foster care in Wales relates to the numbers placed at 31 March 1991 under the Boarding Out Regulations 1988. The numbers of age group are shown in the following table :
Number of children in local
authority foster care at31 March
1991
Age group |Number
-------------------------------------
Aged Under 5 |407
5-9 |514
10-15 |744
16 and over |285
These figures do not include children placed under private fostering arrangements.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (a) the total population, (b) the total capital budget for 1993-94 and (c) the total revenue budget for 1993-94 for (i) Colwyn borough, (ii) Aberconwy, (iii) Arfon, (iv) Taff-Ely, (v) Dyfed and (vi) Gwynedd councils.
Mr. Redwood : The information requested is given in the following table.
Forecast capital expenditure and revenue budgets for 1993-94(a)
|Total population|Gross capital |Net revenue
|expenditure |expenditure
|£000 |£000 |£000
|(b) |(c) |(d)
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Colwyn |56,500 |11,757 |7,899
Aberconwy |53,900 |8,978 |8,890
Arfon |56,100 |16,476 |10,169
Taff Ely |98,400 |11,096 |16,884
Dyfed |350,900 |17,814 |254,317
Gwynedd |240,100 |14,706 |166,859
(a) Provisional.
(b) 1991 mid-year estimate (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys).
(c) Local authority April 1993 forecast.
(d) Budget.
NHS Staff
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) district nurses, (b) community midwives, (c) health visitors, (d) community psychiatric nurses and (e) practice nurses are or were employed in the national health service in Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 7 June 1993] : Detailed breakdowns of nursing staff employed by district health authorities and national health service trusts into occupational groups such as those requested are not considered reliable. However information on the whole-time equivalent numbers of all nursing and midwifery staff is listed in table 1.
Information on the whole-time equivalent numbers of practice nurses employed by general medical practitioners is listed in table 2.
Table 2 Practice nurses employed by general medical practitioners as at 1 October Year |Number --------------------- 1988 |194 1989 |268 1990 |459 1991 |524 1992 |519 <1> In addition there are about 1, 000 student nurses who have been reclassified as students from nurses following the introduction of Project 2000 nursing education reforms
Table 2 Practice nurses employed by general medical practitioners as at 1 October Year |Number --------------------- 1988 |194 1989 |268 1990 |459 1991 |524 1992 |519 <1> In addition there are about 1, 000 student nurses who have been reclassified as students from nurses following the introduction of Project 2000 nursing education reforms
SCOTLAND
Clyde Fishermen
Mr. Gallie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the number of applications for additional days at sea made by fishermen registered in the Clyde ports to date.
Sir Hector Monro : To date seven applications for additional days at sea have been received by fishermen with vessels registered in the Clyde ports. All such applications will be considered carefully and fishermen will be notified of the outcome of their applications in due course.
Forestry Conservation
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) those areas of Forestry Commission land which are sites of special scientific interest and (b) those areas of Forestry Commission land which are eligible for sites of special scientific interest status but are not classed as sites of special scientific interest land.
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Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 25 May 1993] : The following list names those sites of special scientific interest which are wholly or partly on Forestry Commission land, grouped under each of the commission's forest districts. I am not aware of any areas of Forestry Commission land which are potentially sites of special scientific interest but which have still to be designated.
England-- Chilterns Forest District
Dancers End
Hodgemoor
Homefield
Maulden Heath
Maulden Wood and Pennyfathers Hills
Potton Wood
Shabbington
Waterperry
Cornwall and North Devon Forest District
Deptford Farm Pastures
Goonhilly
Marsland to Clovelly Coast
Whiteleigh Meadows
Dorset Forest District
Avon Valley
Blackdown
Ebblake Bog
Holt and West Moors Heaths
Hurn Common
Hyde Heath
Lulworth Park and Lake
Moors River
Morden Bog
Oakers Bog
Poole Harbour
Rempstone Heath
Town Common
Turners Puddle Heath
Wareham Forest Sites
Forest of Dean Forest District
Dingle Woods
Dymock Woods
Edgehills Quarry
Haugh Wood
Meezy Hurst
Nagshead
Oakenhill Railway Cutting
Shorn Cliffe Caswell Wood
Soudley Ponds
Speech House Oaks
Upper Wye Gorge
Kielder Forest District
Birky Cleugh
Butterburn Flow
Cauldbeck Flow
Christianbury Crags
Coom Rigg Moss
Falstone Moss
Felecia Moss
Gowany Knowe Moss
Grain Heads Moss
Haining Head Moss
Hobbs Flow
Hummel Knowe Moss
Irthing Gorge
Kershope Bridge
Kielder Head and Emblehope Moors
Kingwater
Roman Walls Lough
The Lakes
Lakes Forest District
Bowness Knott
Buttermere Fells
Claife Tarns and Mires
Eden Gorge
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