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NHS Employmnent Contracts
Mr. Spellar : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department gives to health authorities and trusts regarding employment contracts with particular reference to clauses designated to prevent staff speaking to the media.
Dr. Mawhinney : Where explicit clauses on safeguarding confidentiality are included in individual contracts of employment, they must not conflict with the principles set out in the advice "Guidance for staff on relations with the public and the media" EL(93)51, issued recently by Sir Duncan Nichol to all health authorities and trusts. A copy of the guidance is available in the Library.
Children's Health Records
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of chldren now have parent-held records ;
(2) what percentage of purchasing authorities are contracting for parent- held records.
Mr. Bowis : Information from the British Paediatric Association, which has produced a model personal child health record, shows that 107 district health authorities are contracting for the record. Information on the number of children who have been issued with the record is not available centrally.
GP Fund Holders
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of general medical service funds is for budget holding in (a) 1990-91, (b) 1991-92, (c) 1992-93, (d) 1993-94 and (e) 1994-95.
Dr. Mawhinney : The main component of spending on the general medical services--GMS--non-cash-limited element, consists of the payment of general practitioners fees and expenses. Arrangements are identical for fund holders and non-fund holders and no special allocations are made to the former. For the cash-limited component, the proportion of funds allocated by the Department to regional health authorities specifically for GP fund holders is shown in the table. Regional health authorities can supplement the national funding from their revenue allocations for hospital and community health services. Information on supplementary funding is not available centrally. No decisions have been taken on the funding to be made available in 1994-95.
Funds allocated to Regional
Health Authorities for
Practice Fund Management
Allowance and GP Fundholder
Practice Staff as a
proportion of total GMS
cash-limited allocation
|Per cent.
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1990-91 |1
1991-92 |8
1992-93 |11
1993-94 |<1>18
<1> Estimated as 1993-94
allocations have not yet been
finalised.
Hospital Admission Times
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the guaranteed admission times for hospital treatment for each health authority.
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Dr. Mawhinney : As purchasers of health care, district health authorities will shortly be publishing their first annual report on performance achieved by their providers against all patients charter standards.
Junior Doctors (Working Hours)
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health further to her answer of 7 June, Official Report, column 44, what plans she has to assess the actual hours worked over 83 per week by junior doctors ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : We continue to make clear to health authorities and trusts that, as well as monitoring reductions in the contracted hours of junior doctors and dentists, they should ensure that actual hours of duty do not exceed contracted hours. We are determined to ensure that junior doctors and dentists see real improvements in their working lives from the new deal.
Learning Disabilities
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adult training centres exist in each local authority for people with learning disabilities ; what places are available ; and what figures she has on the number of people assessed as suitable for admission to an adult training centre for whom there are currently no places available.
Mr. Bowis : The latest available information on the number of adult training centres, and the number of places available in them, by local authority, is published in "Adult Training Centres for People with Learning Disabilities and Local Authority Day Centres for Adults, at 31 March 1991, England", a copy of which is available in the Library.
Information on the number of people assessed as suitable for admission to an adult training centre for whom there are currently no places available is not available centrally.
Corporate Affairs Intelligence Unit
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the budget for the corporate affairs intelligence unit for 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.
Mr. Sackville : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 22 February at columns 482-83.
Dental Health
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make a statement on how the dental health care of children is being improved ; and what further plans she will bring forward ; (2) what monitoring of adult and child dental health care her Department is now doing ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : The provision of dental treatment and the monitoring of the dental health of all age groups of the population is a matter for district health authorities to undertake jointly with family health services authorities. Health authorities also arrange for the screening of teeth of children in state-funded schools at least three times in each child's school life.
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The Department conducts decennial surveys of the dental health of adults and children alternately each five years. The last survey of adults was carried out in 1988. A survey of children is now in progress. The 1983 child dental health survey, copies of which are available in the Library, showed that among eight-year-olds, the proportion with some active decay in their permanent dentition had decreased from 40 per cent. in 1973 to 17 per cent. in 1983 and among 14-year-olds from 61 per cent. to 37 per cent.Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to bring forward new proposals for dental remuneration ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : We shall announce our proposals in due course.
Water Fluoridation
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what indemnities have been given by Yorkshire regional health authority to Yorkshire Water plc against all claims
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arising from fluoridation of water supplies ; if she will place a copy of the indemnity in the Library ; and if she will make a statement.Dr. Mawhinney : Though indemnities against liabilities arising from fluoridation may be provided, Yorkshire Water plc has not yet sought them.
South-West Health Authorities
Mr. Tyler : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give details of the chairmen and non-executive members appointed to the South West regional health authority and to NHS trusts in the south-west, listing their current occupations and whether their main residence is within the authority or trust area.
Dr. Mawhinney : A list of all such appointees and the most recent information about their occupations, where this is held, is shown in the table. Where possible, people appointed to health authorities and national health service trusts are expected either to live or work in, or have other connections with the area served by the authority or trust.
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Name and Position
in authority
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South Western Regional Health Authority
Regional Chairman: |Ms R. Fritchie
Non-executive members: |Mr. U. Woodburn
Mr. D. Strachan |Management Consultant
Dame M. Fry |Former Chairman
Sir J. Kingman |Vice Chancellor, University of Bristol
Vacancy |-
Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust
Chairman: |Lady S. Beesley
Non-executive directors: |Mr. A. Eve
Mr. G. Lane |Director of Operations
Mr. G. Simon |Solicitor/Consultant
Mr. P. Beloe |Food Service Director
Mrs. M. Melling |Freelance Training Consultant
East Somerset NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. M. Carter
Non-executive directors: |Mr. T. Chappell
Mr. T. George |Solicitor
Mr. J. Keegan |Senior Lecturer in Military History
Mrs. P. Clark |-
Vacancy |-
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Mental Handicap NHS Trust
Chairman: |Reverend T. McCabe
Non-executive directors: |Mrs. M. Bristow
Mr. A. Bell |Shipping Consultant
Ms F. Hunt |Freelance Writer and Supply Teacher
Mr. R. Stephens |Solicitor
South Devon Health Care NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. A. Boyce
Non-executive directors: |Mr. M. Hawkins
Mr. M. Dobson |Chartered Accountant
Mrs. M. Ridgway |Secretary
Mr. K. Holmes |Chartered Accountant
Mr. G. Crosscombe |Civil Engineering Manager
East Gloucestershire NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. C. Thomson
Non-executive directors: |Mrs. S. Pullen
Mrs. J. Ralph |Voluntary Worker
Mrs. M. Baynham |Secretary
Mr. T. Griffin |Surveyor
Dr. G. Shephard |Retired General Practitioner
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. J. Stocks
Non-executive directors: |Mr. R. Clark
Mr. P. Swan |Group Finance Director
Dr. P. Mason |Retired Medical Officer
Mrs. J. Barrie |Stockbroker
Mrs. M. Pollard |Voluntary Worker
Western Area NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. J. Dickson
Non-executive directors: |Mr. R. Norton-Collins
Mr. J. Williams |Chartered Accountant
Mr. M. Marsh |Architect
Mr. J. Bailey |Solicitor
Mrs. G. Lewis |Retired Secretary
Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust
Chairman: |Capt. Mrs. A. Kirby-Harris
Non-executive directors: |Lady F. Banham
Mr. A. Wilkes |Chartered Accountant
Mrs. J. Dunkley |Part-time Lecturer
Maj. Gen. I. Baxter |Retired Army Officer
Mr. S. Young |Chartered Accountant
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. T. Durie
Non-executive directors: |Professor B. Pickering
Mr. J. Woolley |Chief Executive
Mr. H. Harrison |Farmer
Mr. P. Sherwood |Retired Chief Executive
Mrs. V. Cox |Nurse
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
Chairman: |Sir M. Knight
Non-executive directors: |Mr. G. Andrews
Mr. S. Pearce |Chartered Accountant
Mr. J. Nash |Retired Schoolmaster
Miss D. Dibble |Retired Manager/Buyer
Mr. J. Urquhart |Pharmacist
Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust
Chairman: |Councillor C. Williams
Non-executive directors: |Dr. D. Fox
Mr. J. Kendal |Former Deputy Managing Director
Professor P. Parsloe |Pro Vice Chancellor
Mr. T. Bishop |Strategic Planning Manager
Mr. D. Moffat |Businessman
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. A. Galsworthy
Non-executive directors: |Mr. J. Williams
Mr. G. McCabe |-
Mr. E. Latham |Retired Chairman
Mrs. D. Henderson |Former Manager
Mr. C. Micklewright |Finance Director
Phoenix NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. D. Smith
Non-executive directors: |Mr. R. Maggs
Mr. K. Oxtoby |Chartered Electrical Engineer
Mrs. J. Stevens |Occupational Psychologist and Management Consultant
Mr. T. Kent |Redeployment Manager
Mrs. J. Nation |Housewife
Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. A. Beauchamp
Non-executive directors: |Mrs. G. Beeching
Mr. J. Nicholas |Property Developer
Mr. E. Distin |Chartered Surveyor
Mrs. I. Miles |Manager
Vacancy |-
Gloucestershire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mrs. J. Guillebaud
Non-executive directors: |Mrs. J. Soutter
Mr. M. Warner |Managing Director
Mr. R. Bretherton |Solicitor
Mr. C. Raymond |Independent Financial Broker
Southmead Health Services NHS Trust
Chairman: |Professor I. Silver
Non-executive directors: |Mr. A. Checkley
Mr. J. Portch |Company Director
Ms K Lyon |Lecturer
Mrs. R. Frankham |Chartered Accountant
Mr. R. Johnson |Solicitor
Avon Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. D. Miller
Non-executive directors: |Dr. A. Antonelli
Mr. S. Johnson |Financial Consultant
Mrs. A. Foot |Adult Education Tutor
Mr. J. King |Retired Journalist
West Country Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. J. Pease-Watkin
Non-executive directors: |Mrs. H. Bucklar
Mr. J. Luttrell |Farmer and Forester
Mrs. B. Collard |Locum Pharmacist
Lt. Col. R. Perkins |Farmer
Mr. P. Egan |Chartered Accountant
Exeter and District Community Health NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mrs. S. Russell
Non-executive directors: |Mrs. A. Halse
Mr. M. Domaille |Proprietor of Residential Home
Miss M. Stokes |Retired Midwife
Mr. A. Acton |Chartered Accountant
Professor A. Roy |Retired Chief of Surgical Services
Avalon NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mrs. M. Topp
Non-executive directors: |Sir D. Allen
Ms C. Baron |HM The Queen
Mr. J. White |Part-time Lecturer
Lady E. Gass |Committee Member
Mr. M. Pleeth |Retired Chief Executive
Severn NHS Trust
Chairman: |Mr. P. Parkhouse
Non-executive directors: |Mr. T. Boore
Mr. J. Colquhoun |Solicitor
Ms S. Thame |Trainer and Management Consultant
Mrs. C. Elwes |Commissioner
Mr. C. Manners |Industrial Consultant
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust
Chairman: |Professor Dame M. Turner-Warwick
Non-executive directors: |Mr. D. Lamb
Mrs. E. Tranah |Solicitor
Mr. J. Wendover |Deputy Diretor
Mr. H. Ball |Director
Mrs. A. Mayes |Lecturer
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Pharmacists
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library copies of her correspondence with the chairman of the Pharmaceutical Services National Committee concerning the modification or withdrawal of proposals for changes in the remuneration for pharmacists.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the outcome of her meeting with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee on Tuesday 15 June.
Dr. Mawhinney : The Department had a short, constructive meeting about the longer-term arrangements for pharmacists' remuneration and the elements of the settlement for 1993-94. Another formal meeting has been arranged for next month, with less formal joint working in the meantime to develop options further.
Neo-natal Units
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action she is taking to ensure adequate provision of lung surfactant in NHS neo-natal intensive care units ; and if she will make a statement ;
(2) what action is being taken by her Department to improve nursing staff levels in NHS neo-natal units ; and if she will make a statement ;
(3) what new resources or policy initiatives are being devoted by her Department to increasing the number of temperature monitors, blood pressure monitors, ventilators and incubators available in NHS neo-natal units, and to updating existing equipment ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : Allocations of funds to health authorities for purchasing health care services including neo-natal services are made on the basis of the size, age, distribution and relative health of their resident populations. Specific arrangements about staffing and equipment are matters for local decision. The Clinical Standards Advisory Group, set up by the United Kingdom Health Ministers, was asked to examine access to and availability of a number of specialised services, including neo-natal intensive care following the introduction of the national health service reforms. Its report and the Government's response will be published shortly. Health care purchasers and providers will need to take account of these in making decisions about future provision.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received from the British Association of Perinatal Medicine on the appropriate provision of paediatric consultants for each neo-natal unit ; what response she has made ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : No recent representations have been received from the British Association of Perinatal Medicine.
Young Smokers
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has for each year since 1988 on the prevalence of 11 to 15- year-old smokers.
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Mr. Sackville : Information relating to the prevalence of smoking among 11 to 15-year-olds is available from the biennial Office of Population Censuses and Surveys "Smoking Among Secondary School Children", as shown in the table. A copy of the publication is available in the Library.
Prevalence of smoking cigarettes
among secondary school children, by sex
England
1988-90
Per cent.
All Age
|Pupils|11 |12 |13 |14 |15
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Boys
1988
Regular |7 |- |2 |5 |8 |17
Occasional |5 |3 |2 |5 |7 |7
1990
Regular |9 |- |2 |6 |10 |25
Occasional |6 |4 |4 |5 |8 |10
Girls
1988
Regular |9 |- |- |4 |12 |22
Occasional |5 |1 |1 |5 |7 |9
1990
Regular |11 |1 |2 |9 |16 |25
Occasional |6 |1 |3 |6 |8 |12
Notes:
1. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole figure.
2. "-": nil or less than 0.5.
Source: OPCS Smoking Among Secondary School Children.
Definitions: Regular smokers are those pupils who smoke at
least one cigarette a week. Current smokers who smoke less
than one cigarette a week are classified as occasional
smokers.
Help Us to Help You"
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the budget for the "Help Us to Help You" campaign.
Dr. Mawhinney : All regional and district health authorities, family health services authorities, national health service trusts, directly managed hospital units and community health councils have been sent copies of a "Help Us to Help You" information pack, which gives advice about how to develop a local campaign. The total cost of producing the packs was £31,870. Copies of the packs will be placed in the Library.
Paediatric Beds
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many intensive therapy unit beds for children there were in each of the last five years ; and what was the total child population in each of those years ;
(2) how many times in each of the last five years a child has been refused admission to children intensive therapy unit beds ; and how many child intensive therapy unit beds are closed at present ; (3) what information she has on the children intensive therapy unit beds in each other EC country, and the total number of children in each of those countries ;
(4) what was the number of (a) paediatric beds and (b) intensive care paediatric beds in each region in each of the last 10 years.
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Mr. Sackville [holding answer 10 June 1993] : Figures showing the number of beds allocated for paediatric care in each regional health authority from 1987-88 to 1991-92 are shown in the table with details of the population. For earlier years, from 1981, statistics were calculated on a different basis and are not comparable. Although the figures show a decline in bed numbers in the period, patient activity has increased, due to the extended use of day surgery, decreases in lengths of stay, and developments in medical practice. Although the child population has remained fairly constant at around 9.5 million--under 16--patient activity in
paediatricsincreased by 58 per cent. between 1981 and 1988-89 and by 11.3 per cent. between 1988-89 and 1991-92.
Information on the number or management of designated paediatric intensive therapy beds here or in other European community countries is not available centrally. However, the Department has funded an independent survey of the beds currently available within the national health service as part of a review of the need for intensive care facilities for critically ill children which a working party established by the British Paediatric Association is carrying out. Its report is due in the autumn. We expect that it will help health authorities in assessing the needs of their child population and negotiating contracts with hospital provider units to meet these needs.
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Average of daily number of available paediatric beds
Region |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91
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Northern |825 |778 |742 |714
Yorkshire |949 |897 |885 |871
Trent |1,058 |979 |936 |883
East Anglian |291 |295 |293 |289
North West Thames |737 |659 |620 |587
North East Thames |783 |728 |605 |620
South East Thames |906 |817 |812 |810
South West Thames |n/a |546 |526 |492
Wessex |444 |494 |495 |472
Oxford |363 |428 |426 |413
South Western |617 |577 |554 |548
West Midlands |1,227 |1,194 |1,145 |1,120
Mersey |810 |775 |715 |673
North Western |1,284 |1,263 |1,256 |1,177
Special Health Authorities |520 |485 |469 |445
England:
Total paediatric beds |<1>10,814|10,894 |10,479 |10,127
Child (under 16) (000s)
Population |9,528.1 |9,507.4 |9,528.8 |9,593.8
<1> Excludes figure for South West Thames-n/a 1987-88.
Health Visitors
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by clinical grade and specialty for each district health authority and regional health authority the number of health visitor staff employed as at 1 April.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 11 June 1993] : The latest information available is shown in the table.
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Health visitors employed at district level by clinical grade September 1991 (whole-time equivalent)
Region/district |Scale F |Scale G |Scale H |Scale I |Total
health authority
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England Total |230 |8,230 |1,620 |300 |10,380
Northern RHA |10 |550 |100 |20 |680
Yorkshire RHA |30 |630 |140 |20 |820
Trent RHA |10 |810 |150 |40 |1,000
East Anglian RHA |0 |300 |60 |20 |370
North West Thames RHA |40 |590 |150 |30 |820
North East Thames RHA |10 |570 |140 |30 |750
South East Thames RHA |0 |540 |130 |30 |700
South West Thames RHA |10 |510 |60 |10 |590
Wessex RHA |20 |530 |80 |20 |650
Oxford RHA |10 |470 |90 |20 |580
South Western RHA |20 |530 |110 |0 |670
West Midlands RHA |20 |890 |160 |40 |1,110
Mersey RHA |10 |380 |90 |10 |500
North Western RHA |40 |940 |150 |10 |1,150
FHSA |- |0 |- |- |0
Northern RHA |10 |550 |100 |20 |680
HQ and Units |0 |100 |20 |10 |120
Hartlepool |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
North Tees |0 |30 |0 |0 |30
South Tees |- |0 |0 |- |0
East Cumbria |0 |30 |0 |- |30
South Cumbria |- |30 |10 |- |40
West Cumbria |- |20 |10 |0 |30
Darlington |- |20 |0 |- |20
Durham |- |20 |10 |- |30
North West Durham |- |20 |0 |0 |20
South West Durham |- |20 |10 |- |30
Northumberland |0 |70 |10 |- |70
Gateshead |- |40 |10 |0 |50
Newcastle |0 |40 |10 |10 |60
North Tyneside |- |- |- |- |-
South Tyneside |- |30 |0 |0 |30
Sunderland |- |60 |10 |0 |70
Yorkshire RHA |30 |630 |140 |20 |820
Hull |0 |50 |10 |- |60
East Yorkshire |0 |30 |10 |- |40
Grimsby |- |30 |0 |- |30
Scunthorpe |0 |30 |10 |0 |50
Northallerton |- |20 |0 |0 |20
York |- |50 |0 |0 |50
Scarborough |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Harrogate |- |10 |0 |0 |20
Bradford |- |70 |10 |0 |90
Airedale |0 |30 |10 |- |40
Calderdale |10 |50 |10 |0 |60
Huddersfield |- |40 |10 |- |50
Dewsbury |0 |- |10 |0 |10
Leeds |10 |120 |40 |0 |170
Wakefield |0 |30 |0 |10 |40
Pontefract |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Trent RHA |10 |810 |150 |40 |1,000
North Derbyshire |- |60 |10 |0 |70
Southern Derbyshire |- |80 |10 |10 |100
Leicestershire |- |160 |30 |10 |200
North Lincolnshire |- |40 |0 |0 |50
South Lincolnshire |- |40 |10 |- |50
Bassetlaw |- |10 |0 |0 |20
Central Nottinghamshire |0 |40 |20 |0 |60
Nottingham |0 |120 |20 |10 |150
Barnsley |0 |50 |10 |- |50
Doncaster |10 |60 |10 |- |70
Rotherham |0 |50 |10 |0 |70
Sheffield |- |90 |10 |10 |110
East Anglian RHA |0 |300 |60 |20 |370
Cambridge |- |40 |10 |0 |50
Peterborough |- |40 |10 |- |40
West Suffolk |- |40 |10 |0 |50
East Suffolk |- |50 |10 |0 |60
Norwich |0 |50 |20 |0 |80
Great Yarmouth and Waveney |- |30 |0 |0 |40
West Norfolk and Wisbech |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Huntingdon |- |20 |0 |- |20
North West Thames RHA |40 |590 |150 |30 |820
North Bedfordshire |0 |40 |10 |- |50
South Bedfordshire |- |40 |20 |- |60
North Hertfordshire |- |30 |10 |0 |40
East Hertfordshire |10 |50 |10 |0 |80
North West Hertfordshire |- |40 |10 |- |50
South West Hertfordshire |0 |30 |10 |- |40
Barnet |0 |10 |10 |0 |20
Harrow |- |30 |10 |0 |40
Hillingdon |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Hounslow and Spelthorne |20 |50 |30 |0 |90
Ealing |- |60 |20 |10 |90
Riverside |0 |60 |10 |10 |90
Parkside |10 |100 |20 |0 |120
North East Thames RHA |10 |570 |140 |30 |750
Basildon and Thurrock |0 |40 |10 |0 |50
Mid Essex |- |40 |10 |0 |50
North East Essex |- |50 |10 |0 |50
West Essex |- |40 |0 |- |40
Southend |- |30 |10 |0 |50
Barking Havering and Brentwood |0 |50 |10 |0 |70
Hampstead |- |20 |10 |- |30
City and Hackney |0 |40 |10 |0 |50
Newham |- |40 |10 |10 |60
Tower Hamlets |0 |50 |20 |0 |70
Enfield |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Haringey |0 |20 |10 |0 |40
Redbridge |- |30 |10 |0 |40
Waltham Forest |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Bloomsbury and Islington |0 |60 |20 |0 |80
South East Thames RHA |0 |540 |130 |30 |700
Brighton |- |30 |10 |- |40
Eastbourne |- |50 |10 |0 |60
Hastings |- |20 |0 |0 |30
South East Kent |- |40 |10 |0 |50
Canterbury and Thanet |- |50 |0 |0 |50
Dartford and Gravesham |- |40 |10 |- |40
Maidstone |- |30 |10 |0 |40
Medway |0 |50 |10 |- |60
Tunbridge Wells |- |30 |0 |0 |40
Bexley |- |40 |10 |- |40
Greenwich |0 |30 |20 |0 |50
Bromley |- |40 |10 |10 |60
West Lambeth |- |20 |10 |0 |30
Camberwell |- |20 |10 |- |40
Lewisham and North Southwark |0 |50 |20 |10 |80
South West Thames RHA |10 |510 |60 |10 |590
North West Surrey |- |0 |- |- |0
West Surrey and North East Hampshire |- |60 |10 |0 |60
South West Surrey |0 |40 |0 |- |40
Mid Surrey |0 |40 |0 |0 |40
East Surrey |- |40 |10 |0 |40
Chichester |- |30 |0 |- |40
Mid Downs |0 |60 |10 |0 |70
Worthing District |- |40 |10 |0 |50
Croydon |- |60 |0 |0 |60
Kingston and Esher |- |- |- |- |-
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton |- |50 |10 |0 |60
Wandsworth |- |30 |10 |- |40
Merton and Sutton |- |70 |10 |- |80
Wessex RHA |20 |530 |80 |20 |650
East Dorset |0 |90 |10 |10 |100
West Dorset |- |40 |10 |- |40
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire |0 |90 |10 |- |100
Southampton and South West Hampshire |10 |70 |20 |0 |110
Winchester |- |30 |0 |- |40
Basingstoke and North Hampshire |- |30 |10 |0 |40
Salisbury |0 |30 |0 |0 |40
Swindon |- |50 |10 |0 |50
Bath District |0 |80 |10 |0 |100
Isle of Wight |- |20 |0 |- |20
Oxford RHA |10 |470 |90 |20 |580
East Berkshire |0 |60 |10 |0 |80
West Berkshire |0 |80 |10 |10 |100
Aylesbury Vale |- |30 |0 |- |30
Wycombe |- |50 |10 |0 |60
Milton Keynes |0 |40 |10 |0 |50
Kettering |- |40 |10 |0 |50
Northampton |0 |60 |10 |0 |80
Oxfordshire |- |100 |20 |10 |130
South Western RHA |20 |530 |110 |0 |670
Bristol and District |10 |170 |20 |0 |210
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |- |60 |30 |- |90
Exeter |0 |40 |0 |- |50
North Devon |- |20 |0 |- |30
Plymouth |- |50 |20 |- |70
Torbay |- |40 |10 |- |40
Cheltenham and District |0 |30 |10 |- |40
Gloucester |0 |60 |10 |0 |70
Somerset |0 |50 |10 |- |70
West Midlands RHA |20 |890 |160 |40 |1,110
HQ and Units |- |0 |0 |- |0
Bromsgrove and Redditch |0 |40 |0 |0 |40
Herefordshire |- |30 |0 |0 |40
Kidderminster and District |0 |30 |0 |- |30
Worcester and District |10 |40 |10 |- |60
Shropshire |- |80 |10 |0 |90
Mid Staffordshire |0 |40 |10 |- |50
North Staffordshire |- |80 |10 |0 |90
South East Staffordshire |- |50 |10 |0 |50
South Warwickshire |0 |30 |0 |0 |40
East Birmingham |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
North Birmingham |- |30 |10 |0 |40
West Birmingham |- |30 |10 |0 |40
Coventry |- |50 |0 |0 |50
Dudley |0 |60 |0 |0 |70
Sandwell |- |50 |10 |0 |70
Solihull |- |70 |10 |0 |80
Walsall |- |20 |20 |10 |50
Wolverhampton |- |50 |10 |0 |60
North East Warwickshire |0 |20 |0 |0 |20
South Birmingham |0 |70 |20 |10 |100
Mersey RHA |10 |380 |90 |10 |500
Chester |- |- |0 |- |0
Crewe |- |30 |10 |- |40
Halton |- |60 |0 |0 |70
Macclesfield |- |20 |10 |- |30
Warrington |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
Liverpool |0 |60 |30 |0 |90
St. Helens and Knowsley |0 |60 |10 |0 |80
Southport and Formby |- |20 |0 |0 |30
South Sefton |- |30 |10 |0 |40
Wirral |0 |70 |10 |0 |80
North Western RHA |40 |940 |150 |10 |1,150
Lancaster |- |30 |0 |0 |30
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde |20 |70 |20 |- |110
Preston |- |40 |0 |- |40
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley |0 |70 |10 |- |80
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale |- |60 |10 |0 |70
West Lancashire |0 |30 |10 |- |40
Chorley and South Ribble |- |50 |10 |- |50
Bolton |0 |60 |10 |- |70
Bury |0 |30 |10 |- |40
North Manchester |0 |40 |10 |0 |50
Central Manchester |0 |30 |10 |0 |40
South Manchester |- |40 |0 |0 |40
Oldham |10 |50 |10 |- |70
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Product Marking
Mr. Riddick : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what proposals his Department has to require all retail products (a) to be labelled in metric units and (b) to be labelled with their price per metric unit of weight.
Mr. McLoughlin : All existing requirements for retail products to be marked with their weight or volume and for unit prices to be displayed are to be amended in accordance with the Units of Measurement Directive 1989.
Package Tours
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has had from the Association of British Travel Agents regarding the consequences of the EC package tour directive on its members.
Mr. McLoughlin : My Department maintained close contact with ABTA during the negotiation of the directive and during the preparation of the implementing regulations.
Wood
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total annual value of imports into the United Kingdom of wood and wood- related products.
Mr. Needham : In 1992, total United Kingdom imports of wood and wood -related products were valued at £2.6 billion.
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UKAEA Constabulary
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has for the future of the UKAEA constabulary ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The future of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority constabulary will need to be considered in the context of the study I have set in hand to advise on options for the future of the Atomic Energy Authority. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Mr. Hayes) on 1 April 1993, Official Report, column 407.
Anti-dumping Cases
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the anti-dumping and countervailing action cases filed against British companies by United States steel companies ; what progress has been made in each case ; and what representations have been made by the DTI to the European Community and to the Government of the USA.
Mr. Needham : On 19 January 1993, the US Department of Commerce--DOC --imposed final duties on certain United Kingdom lead and bismuth carbon steel products as follows :
Company |Countervailing Duty|Anti-Dumping Duty
|Per cent. |Per cent.
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United Engineering Steels |12.69 |25.82
Allied Steel and Wire |20.33 |25.82
Glynwed |00.00 |25.82
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Following this decision, the US International TradeCommission-ITC-UPheld the United States steel
However, in a separate anti-dumping case concerning steel rails exported by British Steel plc, the ITC rejected the United States industry's allegations of injury.
The US DOC have also imposed provisional countervailing and anti-dumping duties of 19.13 per cent. and 109.22 per cent. respectively on plate products produced by British Steel plc. Final determinations are expected on 21 June.
The Government are particularly concerned about countervailing duties imposed on the grounds that British Steel and others are still benefiting from subsidies paid prior to privatisation. We totally reject this allegation and have argued our case strenuously and in detail with the United States authorities. The European Commission has also taken up our case in its actions against the United States under the GATT subsidies and anti-dumping codes.
My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade has raised the privatisation issue on several occasions in writing with Ron Brown, the US Secretary of Commerce, and his predecessor. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Industry also raised the subject with Mr. Brown in Paris on 2 June.
Space Planes
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what policy he has towards the development of space planes ; and what studies, research or demonstration projects he supported in 1992-93 and proposes to support in 1993-94.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Government recognise the importance of securing access to space for satellite manufacturers at the most economical cost and the role which reusable launchers, such as spaceplanes, might play in reducing those costs. The Government believe that the case for the development of such vehicles would need to be judged in the context of the likely international competition for the supply of launch services, the evolution of the uses of space and the costs of development.
The Government firmly believe that the development of such vehicles could only be afforded on an international collaborative basis and recognise the efforts made by United Kingdom companies to establish collaborative links with European and other industrial partners. The Government supported studies of winged launchers and spaceplanes through the European Space Agency--ESA--during 1992-93 and are supporting ESA studies of a rocket- assisted demonstration vehicle during 1993-94.
Textiles
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the President of the Board of Trade which issues he will raise in relation to the international trade in textiles when he next meets his EEC counterparts.
Mr. Needham : The provisional GATT agreement on future arrangements for international trade in textiles forms part of the continuing Uruguay round negotiations which are regularly discussed by the EC Council of Ministers.
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Bankruptcies
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what are the latest figures for bankruptcies.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : Information on insolvencies is regularly published by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry, in "Business Briefing" ; copies are available in the Library of the House. Figures for the first quarter of 1993 were published on 14 May 1993.
Post Office
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he last met the chairman of the Post Office ; and what was discussed.
Mr. McLoughlin : My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade last met Michael Heron, the chairman of the Post Office, on 19 May. They discussed various matters relating to the Post office and the Post Office review.
I had an introductory meeting with the chairman on 8 June.
Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many sub-post offices and post offices in the United Kingdom receive (a) remuneration in the form of basic payment and (b) payment for transactions carried out of less than £5,000, £6,000, £7, 000, £8,000, £9,000, £10,000, £11,000 and £12,000 a year.
Mr. McLoughlin [holding answer 16 June 1993] : Some 2,700 offices receive remuneration in the form of fixed payment, rather than on a scale reflecting units of work transacted. The vast majority of these are paid less than £5,000. The remaining offices are paid on a sliding scale. Of these, some 4,150 offices are paid less than £10, 900, and 8,240 offices between £10,900 and £30,150. Precise information is not available in the form requested on numbers of offices falling into £1,000 bands.
Radioactive Sand
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the application of (a) the export licence re gime and (b) radioactive materials transport regulations to the export of sand from beaches and estuaries found to be radioactively contaminated.
Mr. Needham : There is no requirement for an export licence for sand under the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992 unless it contains radioactive materials or properties as specified in the order. Equally, if sand or other material falls within the International Atomic Energy Agency definition of radioactive material, its transport would need to comply with that organisation's standards and international regulations for the transport of hazardous cargoes by air or sea.
EC Technology Report
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he received a copy of the European Commission report EUR 14456 of 1992, "Technology and the Future of Europe" ; and what assessment he has made of the relevance of the report to the impact of emerging technologies on the British industrial economy.
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Mr. McLoughlin : This report, which has only recently been brought to my attention, offers a useful analysis of how we have got to where we are in Europe, what challenges we are facing, what technologies are becoming important, what effects these technologies are having on us and what changes we are likely to see in future years. Thus the report makes a useful contribution to the debate on how emerging technologies are affecting the economies of Europe.
Nuclear Safety
Mr. Hood : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make available the paper submitted to the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations by the nuclear installations inspectorate on generic safety issues in Magnox nuclear reactors.
Mr. Eggar : No. However, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Ainger) on 25 May 1993, Official Report, column 488. I understand that the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate proposes to place a copy of its report on generic Magnox power station issues in the Library of the House in due course.
Steel Imports
Mr. Oppenheim : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the cost to British industry of trading restraints on steel imports.
Mr. Needham : A precise estimate cannot readily be made, but the cost is likely to be small. In 1992 United Kingdom steel imports were unrestricted except from North Korea. For 1993, Community-wide quotas or tariff quotas are also in force against the Commted last year for only 1.17 per cent. of total United Kingdom steel consumption. The Government have made it clear in the Community that such measures should not be applied after this year unless they are clearly justified.
Assisted Areas
Mr. Devlin : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he has yet submitted to the European Commission the Government's proposal for a new assisted areas map.
Mr. Heseltine : The Government's proposals for a new assisted areas map were submitted to the European Commission on 15 June for approval. As soon as Commission approval has been received, the proposed new map will be published. In order not to prejudice
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negotiation with the Commission and to avoid uncertainty, no information on the proposed map will be released until Commission approval has been received.Mr. Milburn : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 7 June, Official Report, column 171, if it is his intention to publish the outcome of his Department's assisted areas review before the end of July.
Mr. Heseltine [holding answer 16 June 1993] : I hope to announce the outcome of the review before the House rises for the summer recess.
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