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Village Halls
The information is not available centrally.
Radiographers
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the structure and financing of training of radiographers in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Since 1 April 1993 the training of pre- registration radiographers comes within the Towards 2000 arrangements to ensure that NHS has sufficient numbers of adequately trained staff available to meet employers' requirements. Funding for this training is provided centrally while post-registration training is a matter for employers.
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Dental Health
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients of general dental practitioners in Wales have been recorded as having been infected as the result of cross-infection from hand-pieces that have not been autoclaved.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the change in real terms of invalidity benefit payments in Wales in each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Estimates of government expenditure on sickness and invalidity benefits in Wales are given in the table. The figures are expressed in real terms at 1990-91 prices using the retail prices index.
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Sickness and invalidity
benefits
Estimated expenditure at
1990-91 prices
|£ million
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1979-80 |317
1980-81 |301
1981-82 |308
1982-83 |312
1983-84 |298
1984-85 |325
1985-86 |340
1986-87 |347
1987-88 |372
1988-89 |376
1989-90 |384
1990-91 |404
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WALES
River Pollution
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures are being taken in Wales this summer to warn farmers of the environmental dangers of silage effluent entering river systems ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The National Rivers Authority recently issued a press release warning farmers of potential problems this year and urging that caution be exercised in the collection and disposal of silage effluent. The authority also offers advice to farmers by way of programmes of farm visits ; by talks to representative organisations and by relevant leaflets which are available free of charge at the authority's offices.
The Government's code of good agricultural practice on the protection of water provides detailed practical advice on avoiding pollution. In addition, under the ADAS free farm visits programme, farmers are offered assistance with farm waste plans, or free pollution advice. The Government's farm waste plan programme launched in a pilot area last year is being extended into two further areas in Wales so that more farmers will have the opportunity of benefiting from these plans.
Water Disconnections
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by year for the last five years, and by each water authority the number of (a) domestic and (b) industrial water disconnections made.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : The number of domestic water disconnections is set out in the table. Information on the number of industrial water disconnections is not held centrally. Separate figures for domestic only disconnections are not available prior to 1989-90.
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Domestic disconnections by water companies in Wales
|DWR CYMRU |Statutory water
|companies<1>
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1989-90 |1,243 |113
1990-91 |1,305 |0
1991-92 |2,938 |13
1992-93 |2,316 |132
<1>Chester Waterworks Company and Wrexham and East Denbighshire
Water Company.
University of Wales
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of full-time staffed academic posts at each of the constituent colleges of the university of Wales in each of the past five years.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on the total number of full-time academic staff in post at each constituent college of the university of Wales, as collated and published by the "Universities Statistical Record", is shown in the table. The report for 1992-93 is not yet published.
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Full-time academic staff Colleges of the |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 University of Wales --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aberystwyth |382 |365 |388 |387 |404 Bangor |394 |397 |414 |422 |436 St. Davids, Lampeter |72 |72 |76 |79 |74 Swansea |488 |499 |496 |556 |592 College of Medicine |355 |368 |360 |395 |395 Cardiff |606 |868 |900 |925 |952 University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology<1> |338 |- |- |- |- <1>From 1988 the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology merged with University of Wales College Cardiff. Source: "University Statistics, Volume one-Students and Staff" published annually by Universities' Statistical Record.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the change in the number of academic staff posts in the university of Wales over the last four years.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on the complement of academic staff posts in the university of Wales is not held centrally.
Special Needs Housing
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made concerning the number of required housing places needed by people with learning disabilities in Wales in each of the next five years.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Social services departments' own estimates are that a minimum of 90 places will be required in Wales for each year for individuals in the community needed to move into accommodation of their own. In addition, we are intending to resettle 110 individuals from long- stay hospitals in 1993-94 and 1994-95. Resettlement programmes have yet to be finalised for subsequent years.
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GP Fund Holders
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the range of allocations given to all general practitioner fund holders for all hospital care which they purchase, showing the highest and lowest per capita expenditure for the practice population ; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for the range.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The per capita allocations to fund holders for the purchase of hospital services in 1993-94 range from £48.13 to £128.09. Individual allocations reflect the nature and extent of these services with which patients in the practice have been provided over previous years.
Flooding
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received on the subject of the recent flooding incidents in (a) the Meirionnydd area and (b) the Aberconwy area ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Redwood : There have been numerous representations on a range of issues relating to the recent flooding in the Aberconwy area. My right hon. Friend the Minister of State and I were also able to hear at first hand some of the problems being experienced, when we visited the area in the aftermath of the floods. One representation has been received, in respect of the Meirionnydd area.
General Practitioners
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average list size for general practitioners in Wales in each year since 1980.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is given as follows :
Average list size for
general practitioners
in Wales
(as at 1 October)
|Average
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1980 |2,086
1981 |2,057
1982 |2,013
1983 |1,975
1984 |1,946
1985 |1,914
1986 |1,881
1987 |1,849
1988 |1,851
1989 |1,819
1990 |1,813
1991 |1,794
1992 |1,743
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the budget of the Wales tourist board in each year since 1988-89 ; and what is the proposed budget for next year.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The Wales tourist board's net budget provision since 1988 is shown as follows :
|Net total £ million
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1988-89 |9.211
1989-90 |9.815
1990-91 |10.488
1991-92 |11.229
1992-93 |13.636
1993-94 |13.658
The board's budget for 1994-95 has not yet been determined.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to alleviate the financial and other difficulties which will befall those farmers in Wales who have not submitted fully completed IACS forms to the Welsh office by the deadline set ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood : The governing EC regulations stipulate the information which farmers have to provide and the time scale within which they are required to do so. The Commission has indicated that the rules allow some flexibility in analysing the information submitted to avoid imposing unjustified penalties. I will take full advantage of this flexibility when the EC has clarified the extent of it.
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Coastal Radioactivity
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment has been made during the clean-up of homes and other buildings along the north Wales coast, following the recent flooding, of the spread of radioactive contamination from the Irish sea and the sea shore inland.
Mr. Redwood : No such assessment was necessary as the recent flooding in north Wales was due to excessive rainfall and no homes or other buildings were affected by seawater.
SCOTLAND
Clyde Dredging
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what information he has about reduced levels of dredging being carried out by Clydeport ; and what representations he has made to Clydeport about the dredging of the Clyde ;
(2) if he will make it his policy to introduce legislation to oblige Clydeport to dredge the Clyde either in whole or in part ; (3) what policy proposals he has to ensure that the River Clyde is adequately dredged in the future ;
(4) who is responsible for dredging the Clyde.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Clydeport Ltd., as successor to the former Clyde Port authority, has a permissive power to dredge the Clyde river channel to the extent that it is considered necessary for the maintenance and improvement of the port, but has no statutory duty to dredge.
It remains the Government's policy that port authorities, including Clydeport Ltd., should manage their businesses on a commercial basis and that the costs of dredging should be met by chartary of State for Scotland what information he has about the consequences of reduced levels of dredging of the Clyde for (a) navigation, (b) flooding and (c) the environment.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I understand that a study to examine the effects of the cessation of dredging of the River Clyde, commissioned by Clydeport Ltd., and Strathclyde regional council, with the aid of European regional development fund grant support, reported in September 1989. Its main conclusions were that (
(a) Available draught for navigation would be reduced : (
(b) Extreme high tide levels would not increase significantly. However, low water levels in extreme weather conditions would be considered higher than at present. This could cause some increase in the risk and incidence of indirect flooding in the unlikely event of several extreme rainfall events occurring in short succession ; and (
(c) mudbanks would build at the sides of the channel, particularly at wider parts of the river.
Local Government
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received about community councils in his consultation paper on local government in Scotland.
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Mr. Stewart : Five hundred and eighty-two responses to the consultation paper "Shaping the New Councils" commented on the future role of community councils, including 475 from community councils themselves. The responses ranged from those in favour of retaining the existing powers for community councils to those in favour of an expanded role.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what specific support local authorities receive from his Department to enable them to contribute to the dredging of the Clyde.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Government do not support local authorities directly in relation to operations such as dredging. It is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate resources from within the total made available to them as they see fit.
Community Councils
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy towards the Association of Scottish Community Councils ; and if he will meet representatives of the Association of Scottish Community Councils to discuss the future of community councils.
Mr. Stewart : The Association of Scottish Community Councils will provide a welcome focal point for community council activity in Scotland. My officials have already met representatives of the association to discuss their views on the future role of community councils. These are being taken into account in our deliberations on local government reform.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy towards a continuing role for community councils.
Mr. Stewart : I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Paisley, South (Mr. McMaster) on 10 June, Official Report, columns 275-76.
Multiple Occupation Houses
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what information he has on the number of houses in multiple occupation in each local authority area ;
(2) how many local authorities have initiated resolutions for the licensing of houses in multiple occupation, under the order made in terms of the Civil Government (Scotland) Act 1981 ;
(3) how many Scottish local authorities have introduced a registration scheme for houses in multiple occupation ; and what provisions are made to ensure that these premises are provided with reasonable means of escape in case of fire ;
(4) what proposals he has to encourage local authorities to introduce a licensing or registration scheme for houses in multiple occupation.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Information is not held centrally on the number of houses in multiple occupation or on the number of resolutions for licensing schemes as they do not require the Secretary of State's approval. He has approved registration schemes in eight authorities.
Housing authorities' powers to ensure houses in multiple occupation have reasonable means of escape in case of fire are not dependent on their being registered or
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licensed. An authority can require a landlord to carry out works to provide a means of escape. If he does not do so, the authority may carry out the works itself and bill the landlord. The fire authority can close all or part of a house in multiple occupation immediately if it considers that there is a serious threat to life.Guidance notes were issued in August 1991 suggesting how housing authorities might effectively exercise their powers to deal with houses in multiple occupation, including their powers to establish registration and licensing schemes.
Hospital Building
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his planned capital expenditure on hospital building for the next five years in Greater Glasgow, Lothian and Lanarkshire health boards.
Mr. Stewart : It is not possible to provide capital expenditure figures on hospital building for the next five years for Greater Glasgow, Lothian and Lanarkshire health boards. Health boards and trusts have been given provisional capital allocation figures for 1994-95 and 1995-96 only. These reflect only the consequences in those years of the 1993-94 allocations and do not take into account new starts in 1994-95 or 1995-96.
The figures are as follows :
Provisional Capital Allocations
Health Boards/Trust |1994-95 |1995-96
|£ million |£ million
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater Glasgow Health Board |20.048 |18.984
Southern General Hospitals NHS Trust |2.122 |1.755
Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust |0.263 |0.800
Yorkhill NHS Trust |3.081 |2.907
Lothian Health Board |18.580 |13.485
West Lothian NHS Trust |0.470 |1.175
Lanarkshire Health Board |9.895 |10.909
Monklands and Bellshill NHS Hospital
Trust |2.579 |1.887
Nursing Homes
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 18 June, Official Report, column 759 if he will describe the steps taken to ensure that health boards carry out their statutory duty to inspect nursing homes at least twice a year, and that the person registered actually does provide or make arrangements for the provision of medical serices for residents ; and how many nursing homes have had adverse reports since the statutory requirements came into force.
Mr. Stewart : Health boards have a statutory responsibility, under the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 as amended, to visit and inspect all nursing homes in their area at least twice a year. If that duty is not carried out, the health board is in contravention of section 4(3) of the Act. Details of registration and inspection visits are contained in health board annual reports. It is the responsibility of the health board registration and inspection team to ensure that the person registered provides, or makes provision for, medical services for residents. Nursing home residents are entitled to receive the same range of NHS services as they would expect to receive in their own homes.
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Information is not collected centrally about nursing homes who receive adverse reports. It is for health boards to take action on homes which require to improve their standards.House of Commons
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the answer from the Secretary of State for Health to the hon. Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw) of 21 June, Official Report, columns 34-39, if he will publish a list of awards given to voluntary organisations under the equivalent legislation in Scotland in 1992-93.
Mr. Stewart : In 1992-93, grants totalling £5.2 million were awarded to 156 voluntary organisations under section 10(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and £956,000 to 49 organisations under section 16B of the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978. Taking the two schemes together, this represents a real terms increase of 8 per cent. over 1991-92 and of 132 per cent. over 1978-79. Details are given in the table :
Grants paid to voluntary organisations in 1992-93 under Section 10(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 Organisation |£ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aberdeen and North East Association for Mental Health |6,473 Aberlour Child Care Trust |18,059 Action on Phobias Association |299 Age Concern Scotland |73,693 All Saints Church/Care Management Project |14,518 Alternative to Detention Project |13,401 Association of Local Voluntary Organisations (Lanark) |26,021 Alzheimers Scotland |98,128 Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations |23,583 Annandale and Eskdale Council for Voluntary Service |27,507 Apex Trust Scotland Ltd. |179,987 Argyll and Bute Federation of Councils on Alcohol |44,685 Arran Council for Voluntary Service |17,520 Assynt Centre |550 British Association for Adoption and Fostering. |31,000 Banff and Buchan Resource Information and Development Group Exchange |26,037 Badenoch and Strathspey Council of Social Service |28,345 Barnardos-Tayside Young Abusers Project |42,957 Barony Housing Association |25,000 Barra and Vatersay Council of Social Service |27,725 Berwickshire Association of Voluntary Service |14,809 Borderline |1,200 Borders Pre-5 Voluntary Forum |16,699 Brittle Bone Society |250 Bute Community Links |22,607 Caithness Mental Health Support Group (Drop In Centre) |3,995 Caithness Voluntary Group |27,027 Call Centre |18,070 Care In Action (Scotland) |35,506 Carers National Association |40,229 Carolina House Trust |6,500 Community and Voluntary Organisations Council |19,858 Centre for Housing Research |12,500 Childline Charitable Trust |10,000 Childline Scotland |31,854 Children In Scotland |94,340 Childrens Hospice Association Scotland |4,000 Church of Scotland Board for Social Responsibility |117,562 Comhairle Nan Sgoiltean Araich |16,912 Community Service Volunteers |850 Crossroads |37,986 Cruse Bereavement Care |1,108 Dementia Services Development Centre |74,072 Dail Scotland |12,096 Disability Scotland |229,700 Disablement Income Group |5,175 Disfigurement Guidance Centre |150 Dumfries & Galloway Mental Health Association |3,000 Dundee Association for Mental Health |1,099 East Lothian Voluntary Organisations Network |18,398 Edinburgh Association for Mental Health |3,960 Eric Liddle Centre Appeal |24,000 Ettrick and Lauderdale Council of Social Service |13,903 Falkirk District Association for Mental Health |2,000 Family Care |28,856 Family Mediation Scotland |64,031 Glasgow Council for Single Homeless |15,000 Gordon Rural Area Information Network |27,864 Hamilton and East Kilbride Befriending |3,599 Handynet |32,978 Harris Council of Social Service |18,982 Headway House Association |899 Highland Federation of Councils for Voluntary Service |195 Home-Start Consultancy |25,000 Huntly Mental Health Association |1,941 Intermediate Treatment Resource Centre |29,647 Inverclyde Voluntary Association for Mental Health |12,748 Islay and Jura Council for Voluntary Service |30,107 Kincardine and Deeside Council for Social Service |30,525 Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes Association of Voluntary Organisations |20,000 Kyle and Carrick Council of Voluntary Organisations |15,188 Levenmouth Council of Social Service |1,974 Lewis Council of Social Service |33,471 Link: Glasgow Association for Mental Health |2,968 Marriage Counselling Scotland |91,998 Midlothian Voluntary Action |12,726 Mobile Projects Association (Scotland) |17,800 National Schizophrenia Fellowship Scotland |11,770 National Children's Home (NCH) |59,185 National Foster Care Association (HQ) |34,340 Nithsdale Council of Voluntary Service |20,493 North and West Sutherland Council of Social Service |13,903 Penumbra |64,927 Perth and Kinross Association of Voluntary Service |16,778 Perth Association of Mental Health |1,400 Play Matters |4,500 Plus National |37,311 Positive Help |20,000 Quarriers/Scottish Child and Family Alliance Borders Development |21,875 Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (HQ) |98,698 Rehab Scotland |15,000 Ross and Cromarty Council of Social Service |26,550 Roxburgh Association of Voluntary Service |14,407 RSSPCC-Overnewton Centre |77,452 Scottish Association for Mental Health (HQ) |104,004 Stillbirth and Neo-natal Death Society |2,600 Scottish Adventure Playground Association for Handicapped Children |650 Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters |21,143 Scottish Association for Victim Support Schemes |642,500 Scottish Child Minders Association |75,035 Scottish Council for Single Parents |30,859 Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (Give As You Earn) |15,000 Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (HQ) |290,770 Scottish Home Visiting Resource and Training Unit |1,500 Scottish Society for Mental Health (Homes) |38,057 Scottish Society for Mental Health (Respite Care) |25,774 Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |242,204 Scottish Association for the Deaf |7,628 Scottish Child Law Centre |20,000 Scottish Community Education Council |4,700 Scottish Downs Syndrome Association |300 Scottish Institute of Human Relations |16,875 Scottish Pre-School Play Association |101,103 Scottish Refugee Council |5,957 Scottish Spina Bifida Association |500 Scottish Spinal Cord Injury Association |14,699 Scottish Users Network |1,000 Scottish Womens Aid Ltd. |95,141 Scottish Council for Single Homeless |13,921 Sense In Scotland |49,550 Shelter |19,300 Shetland Council of Social Service |30,532 Skye and Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations |25,060 South Ayrshire Link-Up Consortium |16,560 Speyside and District Council of Social Service |21,097 Stepping Stones |34,038 Stewartry Council for Voluntary Service |21,068 Stirling and District Association for Mental Health |11,000 Stirling Council of Social Service |22,385 Strathclyde Out Of School Care |5,180 Talbot Association |14,821 The Corner Group |660 The Pillar Project |8,134 The Richmond Fellowship |26,939 The Rock Trust-Society of St. Francis |3,300 The Salvation Army |1,399 The Thistle Foundation |66,000 Torry/Kincorth Team for Confused Elderly People |731 Tweeddale Association for Voluntary Service |13,427 Uist Council of Social Service |22,347 United Kingdom/United States Exchange Programme |3,150 Voluntary Organisations North East Fife |14,200 Voluntary Groups-East Sutherland |20,567 Voluntary Action-Inverness |21,333 Voluntary Action Orkney |34,590 Voluntary Action West Lothian |21,229 Voluntary Association of Nairn Groups |14,261 Volunteer Development Scotland |109,201 West Lothian Voluntary Council for Disabled People |625 Waverley Care Trust |20,000 Wellspring |1,154 Who Cares? Scotland |5,000 Wigtown Council for Voluntary Service |23,862 Women's Royal Voluntary Service |1,000 Women's Support Group |5,000 Young Families Now |18,036
Grants paid to voluntary organisations in 1992-93 under section 16B of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 Organisation |£ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Action On Smoking And Health Scottish Committee 102,000 Age Concern Scotland |8,100 Aids Care Education And Training (Scotland) |7,000 Alzheimers Scotland |30,000 Bells Palsy Self Help Group |4,400 Breast Care And Mastectomy Association |7,840 British Association Of Immediate Care |1,800 British Red Cross |500 Brook Advisory Centre |7,000 Cancerlink |6,100 Childrens Hospice Association Scotland |15,000 Community Service Volunteers |11,700 Dementia Services Development Centre |20,600 Disability Scotland |28,439 Enuresis Resource And Information Centre |2,000 Epilepsy Association Scotland |3,300 Family Planning Association |15,700 Leukaemia And Cancer Childrens Fund |35,000 Medical Commission On Accident Prevention |2,400 Muscular Dystrophy Group-Scottish Council |3,200 National Association For The Welfare Of Children In Hospital |5,400 National Aids Trust |35,000 National Association For The Childless |1,800 National Childbirth Trust |15,487 National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland) |4,400 Natural Family Planning Group |1,400 Play In Scottish Hospitals |16,800 Play Matters |1,750 Primary Immunodeficiency Association |6,270 RSSPCC-Overnewton Centre |13,120 Scottish Aids Monitor |102,000 Scottish Association For Mental Health |23,500 Scottish Association Of Sign Language Interpreters 2,000 Scottish Catholic Marriage Advisory Council |2,200 Scottish Child And Family Alliance |3,400 Scottish Cot Death Trust |2,500 Scottish Council On Alcohol |131,250 Scottish Drugs Forum |85,850 Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention Group 72,000 Scottish Huntingtons Association |15,850 Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association |3,500 Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service |7,500 Scottish Partnership Agency |46,192 Sense In Scotland-National Deaf Blind & Rubella Association |12,500 St. Andrews Ambulance Association |11,407 Stillbirth And Neonatal Death Society |2,700 The British Fluoridation Society |5,900 Twins And Multiple Birth Association |1,000 Volunteer Development Scotland |10,790
Woodlands
Mr. Gallie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the area of new private planting of commercial coniferous woodland, excluding native pine and broadleaf planting, in each year between 1987-88 and 1991-92 in the United Kingdom ;
(2) what is the forecast of private planting of commercial coniferous woodland in the United Kingdom, excluding native pine, for 1993-94 and 1994 -95.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 24 June 1993] : The information is given in the table. It shows the areas of conifer planting and restocking--other than native pine--which have been undertaken, or are expected to be undertaken, with the aid of Forestry Commission grants.
(hectares) Year ended 31 RestockTotal March New planting ------------------------------------ 1988 |21,326|2,527 |23,853 1989 |22,347|2,659 |25,006 1990 |10,251|2,566 |12,817 1991 |8,909 |2,956 |11,865 1992 |7,460 |3,811 |11,271 1993<1> |5,671 |3,475 |9,146 1994<2> |8,500 |3,000 |11,500 1995<2> |9,100 |3,000 |12,100 <1> Provisional. <2> Estimate.
DEFENCE
Equipment Exhibition
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) of 30 April, Official Report, column 590, from which countries buyers have been invited to attend the Royal Navy and British Army equipment exhibition in September.
Mr. Aitken : it has been the consistent practice of successive Administrations not to release details of invitations to attend British forces equipment exhibitions. Invitations are issued on a confidential basis and it would be a breach of trust to disclose details.
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for
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Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) of 30 June, Official Report, column 591, if he is yet in a position to announce the projected cost of mounting the Royal Navy and British Army equipment exhibition to be held in September ; and what was spent on such events (a) in 1991 and (b) in 1992.Mr. Aitken : I have little to add to my reply of 30 April. As was the case in 1991, all direct costs will be recovered from participating companies. There was no British military equipment exhibition in 1992.
Environmental Policy
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his Department's policy on the purchase and use of (a) recycled paper, (b) low-energy light bulbs, (c) tropical hardwoods, (d) peat and (e) cars with catalytic converters.
Mr. Aitken : It is MOD policy that all procurement decisions take account of the environmental implications of the available options. Accordingly, recycled paper is purchased for all types of paper stationery applications wherever it can be obtained at a reasonable cost and is adequate to the task. Low-energy light bulbs are fitted as replacements wherever suitable light fittings are available and energy-efficient lighting systems are installed during building refurbishment programmes. Softwoods and other materials are used in preference to tropical hardwoods whenever possible ; where the use of hardwoods is considered essential, our contracts specify that only hardwoods obtained from sustainably managed sources are to be used. Existing guidelines permit the use of peat based soil improvers on the defence estate. These are currently being reviewed and will take into account the outcome of current DOE work on peat extraction and use. Most types of vehicles purchased by my Department run on diesel fuel, with petrol engines being restricted to certain specialised vehicles. When the latter are purchased, we stipulate that they should be fitted with catalytic converters.
Low Flying
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has about the crash between a low-flying Tornado and helicopter near Kendal and the near-miss between another low-flying Tornado north of Skipton ; if he will set up and publish the result of inquiries into both incidents ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley : The mid-air collision between a RAF Tornado GR1, on a routine training sortie and a civilian Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter, carrying out a pipeline inspection, occurred on 23 June 1993. Tragically, the two people in the helicopter were both killed in the accident. The Tornado aircraft landed safely at BAe Warton with no injuries to the service personnel. An RAF board of inquiry has been convened and in addition an investigation will be carried out by the air accident investigation branch. A summary of the findings will be published.
A Logan Air Shorts 360 aircraft has filed an airmiss report, involving a Tornado aircraft, with the Civil Aviation Authority. The incident occurred at 1924 hours on 22 June 1993 and will be fully investigated by the independent joint airmiss working group (JAWG). The JAWG's report will be published.
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HMS Repulse
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the release of coolant from HMS Repulse on 20 June ; what quantity of radioactivity was released ; how many personnel were contaminated in the accident ; and what is the estimated cost of the clean- up operation.
Mr. Hanley : The quantity of coolant spilt was about one pint and its radioactive content was barely detectable above background levels. No contamination was detected on the three personnel involved. The cost of the clean-up operation was negligible.
Budget and Personnel
Mr. Ainger : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the April 1990, April 1993 and projected April 1996 figures for (a) the budget of, (b) the number of civilian personnel employed at and (c) the number of military personnel employed at (i) RNAD Trecwn, (ii) RNAD Milford Haven, (iii) RAF Brawdy, (iv) P & EE Pendine, (v) Merrion camp, Castlemartin, (vi) Penally camp, (vii) Manorbier range and (viii) HM mooring and marine salvage depot, Pembroke dock.
Mr. Hanley : On current plans, the details requested are as follows :
Personnel
|Budget |Civilian |Military
|£ million
---------------------------------------------------------------
(i) RNAD Trecwn<1>
April 1990 |12.1 |381 |0
April 1993 |8.6 |378 |0
(ii) RNAD Milford Haven closed in March 1991. It operated as
a sub-depot of RNAD Trecwn and its budget was contained within
the overall Trecwn budget-figures given under (i) above. In Apr
1990, it employed 161 civilians.
(iii) RAF Brawdy<2>
April 1990 |n.a. |147 |799
April 1993 |5.9 |82 |143
April 1996 |n.y.d. |77 |88
(iv) P & EE Pendine<3>
April 1990 |n.a. |59 |11
April 1993 |9.6 |58 |12
April 1996 |n.y.d. |58 |12
(v) Merrion camp, Castlemartin<4>
April 1990 |2.9 |51 |4
April 1993 |3.2 |51 |4
April 1996 |n.y.d. |51 |4
(vi) Penally camp
April 1990 |n.a. |11 |0
April 1993 |0.6 |14 |0
April 1996 |n.y.d. |15 |0
(vii) Manorbier range
April 1990 |0.4 |8 |2
April 1993 |0.4 |7 |3
April 1996 |n.y.d. |7 |3
(viii) HM Mooring and Marine Salvage Depot, Pembroke dock<5>
April 1990 |2.2 |148 |1
April 1993 |3.2 |127 |0
April 1996 |n.y.d. |<6>- |<6>-
<1>RNAD Trecwn is scheduled to close in March 1996.
<2>RAF stations did not have individual budgets prior to the
introduction of the new management strategy in 1991.
<3>Budget figures for 1990 are not available on the same basis
as those for 1993 and 1996 because of changes introduced under
the new management strategy. Strength numbers refer only to
Ministry of Defence personnel and do not include Property
Services Agency staff or contractor staff.
<4>Budget figures include contributions from the federal
German Army of £1,700,000 for 1990 and £2,000,000 for 1993 and
1996. An additional 50 season civilian casuals were or will be
employed for each year.
<5>Budget and personnel figures include marine services and
the shore establishment project office.
<6>Subject to review.
Personnel Overseas
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Shersby) of 19 October 1992, Official Report, column 162, on the number of British military personnel in the United States of America, how many British service personnel are stationed in (a) Ascension Island, (b) Belize, (c) Brunei, (d) Cambodia, (e) Canada, (f) Cyprus, (g) Diego Garcia, (h) the Falkland Islands, (i) Gibraltar, (j) Hong Kong, (k) Turkey, (l) Western Sahara, (m) Western Samoa and (n) Yugoslavia ; and what is the estimated cost to public funds for each of these countries.
Mr. Hanley : I will write to the hon. Member.
Rapid Reaction Corps
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 14 June, Official Report, columns 477-78, what are the types of divisions that Germany, Italy, Turkey, Greece, the United States of America and Spain will be providing for the rapid reaction corps ; and what details he has concerning the personnel and equipment that will be provided by these countries to the rapid reaction corps.
Mr. Hanley : The types of divisions to be provided to the ACE rapid reaction corps if required are as follows :
Germany : one armoured division
Italy : one mechanised division and elements of corps troops (including a reconnaissance brigade)
Turkey : one mechanised division
Greece : one mechanised division
United States : one mechanised division
Spain : one light infantry division
Each division will be manned and equipped in accordance with national establishments and inventories.
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