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Miss Widdecombe : Information is collected when a trainee leaves youth training. As some trainees who were on schemes in January 1992 and January 1993 will not yet have left, reliable figures are not available. In January 1991, of those on youth training schemes in Great Britain 27 per cent. were aged 16, 46 per cent. were 17 and 27 per cent. were 18 or over.
Redundancy
Mr. Clapham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated total amount spent on redundancy pay since 1979.
Miss Widdecombe : Primary responsibility for the payment of statutory redundancy payments lies with employers. Information is not available on the number or costs of payments made by employers. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State may make payment from the national insurance fund to employees whose employer is unable to pay. The redundancy fund was merged with the national insurance fund in February 1991. The cost of payments for each available year is as follows :
£ million Year |Cost -------------------- 1979-80 |19.3 1980-81 |42.0 1981-82 |53.0 1982-83 |72.2 1983-84 |69.0 1984-85 |57.1 1985-86 |54.6 1986-87 |50.2 1987-88 |34.9 1988-89 |32.4 1989-90 |25.7 1990-91 |67.6 1991-92 |131.8
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WALES
Accident and Emergency Hospital Units
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for the latest year, for each accident and emergency hospital unit in Wales, (a) the total number of patients admitted for treatment, (b) the number of patients admitted at night and (c) the number of nights that the unit was closed for admissions.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Information on the number of patients admitted to a hospital bed as an in-patient following treatment at an accident and emergency department, the number admitted at night and the number of nights that each unit is closed for admissions is not available centrally.
The available information relates to the number of out-patient attendances at accident and emergency departments and is given in the table :
|Total out-patient
|attendances at
|accident and
|emergency
|departments 1991-92
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ysbyty Glan Clwyd |36,957
H M Stanley |2,942
Ysbyty Maelor |52,039
Flint Community |4,119
Holywell Community |9,519
Llangollen |1,927
Mold Community |18,558
Ruthin Community |2,806
Chirk Community |2,458
Colwyn Bay Community |2,624
Denbighshire Infirmary |5,818
West Wales General |21,920
Llandovery |1,548
Cardigan |4,689
Aberaeron |542
Bronglais |14,497
Tregaron |231
Prince Phillip |37,005
Nevill Hall |41,702
Blaenavon H C Unit |3,802
Monmouth |2,053
Tredegar |3,904
Blaina |1,859
Ebbw Vale |1,857
Royal Gwent |65,410
County, Griffithstown |10
Mt Pleasant, Chepstow |4,178
Pontypool |8,068
Ysbyty Gwynedd |24,530
Llandudno General |14,994
Bryn Beryl |1,835
Dolgellau and Barmouth |2,813
Ffestiniog Memorial |4,660
Stanley Sailors |6,186
Tywyn and District War Memorial |3,714
Bronygarth |2,358
Prince Charles |49,380
Aberdare |18,162
Mountain Ash |12,754
Princess of Wales |47,294
Bridgend General |676
Maesteg |1,518
Llwynypia |18,967
Treherbert |31
Caerphilly District Miners |14,625
Aberbargoed |3,130
Redwood |2,772
East Glamorgan |44,641
Withybush |27,278
Tenby |3,540
South Pembrokeshire |6,444
Llandrindod Wells |7,577
Llanidloes |1,761
Montgomery CI |4,399
Victoria Memorial |4,161
Bro Ddyfi Community |4,280
Breconshire War Memorial |8,850
Builth Cottage |4,868
Ystradgynlais |2,962
University Hospital of Wales |394
Cardiff Royal Infirmary |90,037
Barry Community |8,127
Whitchurch |347
Singleton |30,510
Morriston |65,841
Glydach War Memorial |34
Gorseinon |317
Neath General |35,401
|---
Total |935,120
National Health Service (Incident Reports)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information his Department collects on the volume of untoward incident reports at national health service provider units in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The Welsh Office does not routinely collect information of this general nature.
Economically Inactive People
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many and what percentage of (a) men between 16 and 65 years and (b) women between 16 and 60 years were recorded by the 1991 census in Wales as economically inactive ;
(2) how many people, and what percentage of adults aged between 16 years and the pensionable age, were recorded by the 1991 census in Wales as economically inactive.
Mr. Redwood : The numbers and percentages of (a) males, (b) females and (c) adults in Wales aged between 16 years and the pensionable age recorded by the 1991 census as economically inactive are given in the table. "Economically Inactive" includes housewives, students and others who are making an important contribution to community life.
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|Economically |Percentage of
|inactive |resident population
|aged 16 to 59/64
|per cent.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Males aged 16 to 64 |164,933 |18.8
Females aged 16 to 59 |303,722 |37.5
Persons aged 16 to 59/64 |468,655 |27.8
Source: Aggregated from 1991 Local Base Statistics.
Note: Information for age-groups 16 to 65 and 16 to 60 for men and women
respectively are not available.
Forestry Commission
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current value of the assets of the Forestry Commission in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The latest valuation of the Forestry Commission's assets in Wales, as at 31 March 1992, was £651.6 million.
Hospital Infection Control
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of directly-managed hospital units and hospital trusts in Wales indicating whether or not they have established an infection control committee and an infection control team.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Welsh Office guidance issued in 1990 required all Welsh health authorities to establish infection control committees and infection control teams for all hospitals.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of hospital-acquired infection in Wales and the number of lost bed days from such infection.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : This information is not held centrally.
Food Poisoning
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has by county of the number of cases of food poisoning for each month of 1993 to date ; and what were the figures in 1992 and 1991 for the comparable period.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information requested is given in the table :
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Notifications of food poisoning-(data are for weeks ending)
1993 |January |February |March |April |May
|8 January to 29 |5 February to 26 |5 March to 2 April |9 April to 30 April|7 May to 28 May
|January |February
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clwyd |31 |28 |29 |35 |89
Dyfed |31 |14 |33 |15 |61
Gwent |20 |19 |38 |28 |32
Gwynedd |3 |8 |8 |4 |17
Mid Glamorgan |50 |42 |37 |38 |66
Powys |8 |7 |14 |11 |11
South Glamorgan |102 |83 |98 |86 |155
West Glamorgan |34 |37 |29 |32 |65
|--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Wales |279 |238 |286 |249 |496
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1992 |January |February |March |April |May
|10 January to 31 |7 February to 28 |6 March to 3 April|10 April to 1 May |8 May to 29 May
|January |February
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Clwyd |36 |35 |29 |14 |84
Dyfed |11 |38 |31 |51 |47
Gwent |25 |28 |42 |42 |29
Gwynedd |5 |4 |7 |5 |10
Mid Glamorgan |31 |22 |41 |30 |81
Powys |4 |4 |3 |3 |10
South Glamorgan |22 |10 |18 |37 |36
West Glamorgan |30 |28 |35 |30 |56
|--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Wales |164 |169 |206 |212 |353
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1991 |January |February |March |April |May
|11 January to 1 |8 February to 1 |8 March to 5 April|12 April to 3 May |10 May to 31 May
|February |March
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Clwyd |29 |17 |42 |42 |78
Dyfed |25 |23 |42
|--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Wales |148 |133 |189 |143 |222
Notifications for 1993 are weekly figures combined to represent months. For prior years, similar groupings are presented to provide
comparative data. Figures may have been corrected in the quarterly and annual updates.
Source: Registrar General's Weekly Return (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys).
Day Surgery
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance his Department issues to (a) general practitioner fund-holders and (b) health authorities on the specifications they should include in their contracts with providers of day unit surgery to reduce the special risks attendant upon day surgery.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The Welsh Office has not issued any guidance on this matter to commissioners of health care as, in general, service specifications for developments of this kind are for local agreement, drawing on examples of best practice and professional advice.
Optical Appliances Vouchers
Dame Jill Knight : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the total number of optical appliances vouchers redeemed in Wales in each year since 1986 ; and what was the total cost of the optical appliances voucher scheme in Wales in each year since 1986.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is given in the table :
|Optical appliance|Total cost of the
|vouchers |optical appliance
|redeemed<1> |voucher scheme
|(£000)<2>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1986-87 |<3>107,000 |2,087
1987-88 |180,380 |3,341
1988-89 |158,000 |3,265
1989-90 |152,710 |3,595
1990-91 |176,350 |4,278
1991-92 |205,260 |5,597
1992-93 |<4>227,170 |-
<1> Number of vouchers paid for by Family Health Service Authorities
during the financial year. Figures are based on atwo per cent. sample.
<2> Accrued expenditure relating to payments to opticians for value of
vouchers excluding replacement and repair costs under the voucher
scheme.
<3> The voucher system came into operation on the 1 July 1986.
<4> Provisional.
Chemist Shops
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of small chemist shops or pharmacies located in each local authority area in the counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd in (a) 1980, (b) 1985 and (c) 1992.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The number of pharmacies in each of the counties in question as well as the number of pharmacies receiving essential small pharmacy scheme payments is given in the table. The information is not available at local authority area level.
Number of pharmacies
|Total<1> |Receiving essential
|small pharmacy
|scheme payments<2>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clwyd
1980 |89 |n/a
1985 |83 |8
1992 |88 |5
Gwynedd
1980 |63 |n/a
1985 |59 |9
1992 |62 |4
<1> As at 31 December for 1980 and 1985 and at 31 March 1992.
<2> As at October 1985 and September 1992.
n/a Not available.
Pensioners
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of pensioners in each district authority area in Wales were in (a) sheltered housing and (b) residential care in each year since 1987.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The proportions of persons aged 65 and over living in residential care homes in each year since 1987 are shown in the table. Data at district level are not readily available. Information on the numbers living in sheltered housing is not held centrally.
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Rate per 1,000 population aged 65 and over
|1987|1988|1989|1990|1991|1992
---------------------------------------------------
Clwyd |41.5|42.2|41.5|40.6|40.4|36.8
Dyfed |28.6|29.0|30.9|30.5|30.4|30.3
Gwent |19.5|21.1|19.9|18.7|18.2|16.8
Gwynedd |36.5|39.7|41.1|39.9|39.3|38.3
Mid Glamorgan |20.9|22.4|23.1|23.3|24.5|22.7
Powys |30.3|31.6|31.6|31.8|32.9|30.8
South Glamorgan |32.5|33.9|34.7|34.7|32.7|31.3
West Glamorgan |20.4|20.3|19.1|18.3|16.7|15.9
Wales |28.1|29.3|29.4|28.9|28.5|27.0
House Renovation Grants
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what statistics he has collected on the level of expenditure on house renovation grants by each Welsh district council in the present financial year ; which authorities have confined themselves to grants aiding unfit houses only ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The forecast gross capital expenditure on house renovation grants in 1993-94 for each Welsh district council is given in the table. The authorities whose April forecast does not include expenditure on discretionary renovation grants are Delyn borough council, Islwyn borough council, Radnorshire district council and Lliw Valley borough council.
Local authorities' April forecast of
expenditure on renovation grants
1993-94<1>
|£000
--------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |2,784
Colwyn |3,136
Delyn |1,817
Glyndwr |1,494
Rhuddlan |1,894
Wrexham Maelor |3,503
Carmarthen |4,486
Ceredigion |5,767
Dinefwr |2,898
Llanelli |4,796
Preseli Pembrokeshire |6,268
South Pembrokeshire |4,787
Blaenau Gwent |6,501
Islwyn |5,700
Monmouth |1,640
Newport |5,068
Torfaen |2,961
Aberconwy |2,099
Arfon |3,816
Dwyfor |2,979
Meirionnydd |1,613
Ynys Mon |5,163
Cynon Valley |6,947
Merthyr Tydfil |4,285
Ogwr |6,742
Rhondda |9,163
Rhymney |6,103
Taff Ely |3,879
Brecknock |2,389
Montgomeryshire |4,773
Radnorshire |1,997
Cardiff |23,820
Vale of Glamorgan |4,681
Port Talbot |3,796
Lliw Valley |3,728
Neath |3,974
Swansea |9,848
|----
Total |177,295
<1> Local authorities' April forecast
of expenditure. Includes
discretionary and mandatory
renovation grants.
GP and GDP Surgeries
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the dental surgeons practising under the national health service in each local authority area in the counties of Gwynedd and Clywd in (a) 1980, (b) 1985 and (c) in each year since 1990 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he will list the general practitioner surgeries located in each local authority area in the counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd in (a) 1980, (b) 1985 and (c) 1992.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Lists of individual general dental surgeons and general practitioner surgeries are not maintained centrally. Each family health service authority maintains local directories of dentists and doctors.
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Welsh Language Projects
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the specific Welsh language projects which he has funded since 1987 under section 21 of the Education Act 1980 ; and what plans he has to fund further such projects.
Sir Wyn Roberts : A wide variety of activities has been funded under section 21 of the Education Act 1980 since April 1987. These activities range from long-term programmes extending over many years to the production of a single school book. While it is not possible to define these important activities as separate projects, the list sets out all the organisations which have been funded under this scheme.
County councils
Clwyd
Dyfed
Gwent
Gwynedd
Mid Glamorgan
Powys
South Glamorgan
West Glamorgan
Resource Centres
Canolfan Astudiaethau Iaith, Bangor
National Language Unit, Treforest
UC Aberystwyth--Resources Centre
Welsh Joint Education Committee
Welsh Language Education Development Committee (PDAG)
Theatre in education TIE companies
Clwyd TIE
Coracle
Crwban
Cyfri 3
Fran Wen
Gwent TIE
Iolo Morgannwg
Man a Man
Powys TIE
West Glamorgan TIE
Other organisations
Acen
Agricultural Training Board
BBC Educational Broadcasts
Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
Centre for Alternative Technology
Clwyd Language Centre
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Coleg Normal BangorConsortium for Assessment and Testing in Schools (CATS) Cymru Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC)
Cyngor y Dysgwyr (Welsh Learners Council)
David Watson (Computer Project)
Eisteddfod yr Urdd Taff Elai (Urdd Eisteddfod at Taff Ely) Gwent College of Higher Education
Gwynedd Health Authority
Keep Wales Tidy
London Welsh School
Media Education Centre (MEC)
Microelectronics Unit (MEU) Cymru
Mid Glamorgan Fire Service
National Centre for Religious Education
National Educational Resources Information Service (NERIS) National Language Centre, Nant Gwrtheyrn
National Museum Schools Service
National Scientific Association
North East Wales Institute
Pili Palas
Pioneers
Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg (Parents for Welsh Medium Education) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
School Broadcasting Council for Wales
School Curriculum Development Council
School Curriculum Industry Partnership
South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
Student Bursary Scheme
Techniquest
The Welsh Collegium
Trinity College, Carmarthen
UC Aberystwyth
UC Bangor
UC Cardiff
UC London (Speech Therapy project)
UC Swansea
University of Glamorgan (formerly Polytechnic of Wales) University of Wales Registry
University of Wales Welsh Language Teaching Centre
Urdd Gobaith Cymru
Wales Youth Work Partnership
Welsh Books Council
Welsh College of Music and Drama
West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
Women into Science and Engineering (WISE)
Workers Education Association
Zoological Society of Wales
A circular inviting applications for funding next year will be issued shortly.
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