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General government receipts as a percentage of GDP<1> Receipt/financial |1979-80 |1980-81 |1981-82 |1982-83 |1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |<2>1993-94 year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) Income tax<3> |10.1 |10.4 |11.2 |10.8 |10.2 |10.0 |9.9 |10.0 |9.7 |9.1 |9.4 |9.9 |9.9 |9.4 |9.1 (b) Corporation tax<4> |2.3 |2.0 |1.9 |2.0 |2.0 |2.6 |3.0 |3.5 |3.7 |3.9 |4.2 |3.9 |3.2 |2.6 |2.3 (c) Capital gains tax<5> |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.3 |0.3 |0.3 |0.5 |0.2 |0.3 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 (d) Inheritance tax |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.3 |0.3 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 (e) Value added tax |4.0 |4.7 |4.6 |4.9 |5.0 |5.7 |5.4 |5.6 |5.6 |5.7 |5.7 |5.6 |6.1 |6.2 |6.1 (f) National Insurance<6> |7.2 |7.5 |7.7 |7.7 |7.5 |7.1 |6.8 |6.9 |6.8 |6.8 |6.4 |6.4 |6.3 |6.1 |6.1 (g) Excise duties<7> |3.9 |3.9 |4.4 |4.2 |4.4 |4.3 |4.2 |4.3 |3.9 |3.8 |3.5 |3.6 |3.9 |3.7 |3.9 (h) Council tax |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |0.2 |2.0 |1.2 |1.4 |1.3 CC rates<8> |3.3 |3.7 |4.2 |4.3 |4.0 |4.0 |3.9 |4.1 |4.0 |4.1 |3.9 |- |- |- |- (i) NNDR |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |0.0 |2.1 |2.4 |2.3 |2.0 (j) Other GG receipts |7.7 |8.1 |9.3 |9.3 |9.3 |9.4 |8.6 |6.7 |6.6 |6.1 |6.3 |5.2 |4.9 |4.9 |5.0 <1>GDP adjusted for the abolition of domestic rates. <2>Estimates published in the November 1993 FSBR. <3>Including surtax. <4>Including advance corporation tax (ACT). <5>Including estate duty. <6>Includes National Insurance surcharge. <7>Includes hydrocarbon oils, tobacco, beer, wine and made wine, spirits, cider and perry. <8>Includes Northern Ireland rates until 1990. They are then included under NNDR.
Correspondence
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of correspondence received by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's agencies receives (i) an
acknowledgement within five days and (ii) a substantive reply within 15 days.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 17 December 1993] ; Letters answered by Treasury Ministers are generally acknowledged on receipt. Last year, 78 per cent. of such letters handled within central Treasury received a substantive reply within 15 working days. Statistics are not available on correspondence answered by officials in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Parliamentary Answers
Mr. Barnes : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list the numbers of answers given to each of the top 20 hon. Members in rank order in Session 1992-93.
Mr. Newton : The Members receiving the most written answers to questions in Session 1992-93, as recorded on the House of Commons Library's POLIS database, were as follows :
|Number
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1. The hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. Smith) |1,611
2. The hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) |1,058
3. The hon. Member for Ceredigion and Pembroke, North (Mr. Dafis) |1,039
4. The hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. Morgan) |811
5. The hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) |681
6. The hon. Member for Wakefield (Mr. Hinchliffe) |677
7. The hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms Walley) |651
8. The hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) |647
9. The hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) |632
10. The hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Mr. Cousins) |574
11. The hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones) |572
12. The hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) |571
13. The hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) |546
14. The hon. Member for Bristol, South (Ms Primarolo) |542
15. The hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) |538
16. The hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) |537
17. The hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth (Mr. Michael) |532
18. The hon. and learned Member for Montgomery (Mr. Carlile) |511
19. The hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith) |480
20. The hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) |451
NORTHERN IRELAND
EU Structural Funds
11. Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he last met representatives of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action to discuss the subject of the distribution of European Union structural funds ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Wheeler : My right hon. and learned Friend met representatives of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action on 18 January to discuss a range of issues including the next round of the EC structural funds.
Forestry
12. Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the area planted with forest trees on private land in Northern Ireland last year.
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Mr. Ancram : The area of forest trees grant aided by the Department of Agriculture in 1992-93 was 911 hectares.
Border Roads
13. Mr. Ainger : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many roads crossing the border with the Republic are closed ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Wheeler : There are 291 border crossing points recognised by the British and Irish Governments, of which 103 are currently subject to closure order.
The Government remain committed to maintaining security and to curbing the ability of terrorists to exploit the border. The responsibility for any inconvenience resulting from the closure of roads rests squarely on the terrorists.
Electricity Generation
14. Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with electricity generators concerning further generating capacity in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Tim Smith : None. Following the privatisation of the electricity industry in Northern Ireland responsibility for ordering new generating capacity rests solely with Northern Ireland Electricity plc. Northern Ireland's immediate power requirements will be met by the planned construction of an electricity interconnector with Scotland.
Security
15. Mr. Spring : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the current security situation in the Province.
25. Mr. Cyril D. Townsend : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on security in Northern Ireland.
Sir John Wheeler : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Mr. Maginnis).
Student Grants
16. Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will increase the block grant to education and library boards in Northern Ireland to enable discretionary grants to be paid to all students who are offered places on vocation-oriented courses at further and higher education institutions.
Mr. Ancram : No. The amount of funding to be made available for discretionary awards is a matter for each education and library board to determine in the light of the total resources at its disposal.
Vehicles
17. Mr. Clifford Forsythe : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vehicles there are in Northern Ireland in the categories (a) private, (b) goods and (c) heavy goods vehicles.
Mr. Tim Smith : In December 1992, the date of the last annual census of vehicles licensed in Northern Ireland, there were 502,027 cars and motor cycles, 37,007 light goods vehicles and 16,289 heavy goods vehicles.
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Dublin Bombing
18. Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what requests for assistance in tracing the perpetrators of the 1973 Dublin bombing he has received from the Irish authorities ; what has been his response ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Wheeler : I assume the hon. Gentleman is referring to the bombing attack which took place in Dublin on 17 May 1974. Requests between police forces for assistance with ongoing criminal investigations are made on a confidential basis.
Political Developments
19. Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the latest political developments for Northern Ireland.
Mr. Ancram : The Government have intensified their efforts to develop dialogue between the two Governments and the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland. I am holding further private, bilateral discussions with the Northern Ireland parties, following on earlier discussions last autumn, and we are continuing discussions with the Irish Government on matters of mutual interest, including constitutional issues. It remains our objective to return to multilateral talks involving the two Governments and four main constitutional parties at an appropriate point.
Prospects for Peace
20. Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the prospects for peace in the Province.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : The prospects for peace are principally governed by the future conduct of Sinn Fein/Provisional IRA. The joint declaration provides a balanced framework for democracy. It promotes the interests and aspirations of all sections of the community in Northern Ireland while compromising no essential principle. It provides a clear opportunity for Sinn Fein to become fully involved in democratic politics. It is now up to it first to renounce violence and to do so for good.
Labour Statistics
21. Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the level of unemployment in Northern Ireland in December 1991 and at the latest available date.
Mr. Tim Smith : At 12 December 1991 there were 101,270 unemployed claimants in Northern Ireland representing 13.6 per cent. of the work force. The most recent figures show that at 9 December 1993 there were 99,947 unemployed claimants in Northern Ireland representing 13.3 per cent. of the work force.
Political Parties
22. Mr. Riddick : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what future talks he plans with the political parties in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Ancram : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Members for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn) and for Falkirk, West (Mr. Canavan).
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Police Authority
23. Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on his discussions with the chair of the Police Authority on the future of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
27. Mr. McAvoy : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had with the chair of the Police Authority concerning the future of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
30. Mr. Watson : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had with the chair of the Police Authority concerning the future of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
Sir John Wheeler : The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and I held discussions with the chairman and members of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland on 13 December. We discussed the operation of the tripartite structure of policing in Northern Ireland and improvements necessary to clarify roles, responsibilities and lines of accountability.
26. Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on his proposals for the future of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
Sir John Wheeler : I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. and learned Friend gave the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) on 17 December 1993, Official Report, columns 1057-58.
Irish Government (Talks)
24. Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the talks he has had with the Irish Government relating to Northern Ireland.
29. Mr. Parry : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the talks he has had with the Irish Government relating to Northern Ireland.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton, South (Mr. Devlin) and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mr. Corbett).
Cross-border Trade
28. Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the latest cross-border trade figures between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Mr. Tim Smith : The information requested is not available from United Kingdom Government sources. However I refer my hon. Friend to tables 9A and 9B of "Trade Statistics"--December 1992--published by the Central Statistics Office, Dublin, a copy of which is in the Library. These are the latest available figures.
Strip Searches
Ms Corston : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many strip searches have been carried out in prison institutions in the last five years in Northern Ireland.
Sir John Wheeler : The purpose of full searching of prisoners in Northern Ireland is to detect items such as explosives, weapons, drugs and other illegal items in order to reduce the risk of escape and the potential for injury to prisoners, staff and visitors.
Ms Corston : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons alternative electronic methods are not used in place of strip searching in prison institutions.
Sir John Wheeler : There are no mechanical or electronic devices which can detect the wide range of contraband capable of being secreted on a prisoner's person.
Northern Ireland Economy
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the current estimated figure of the Northern Ireland economy ; what percentage of this is privately run ; what percentage is in the public sector ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Wheeler : The gross domestic product--GDP--of Northern Ireland in 1992 was £11,475 million at factor cost. An industrial breakdown of GDP is published in the December 1993 edition of the Central Statistical Office publication "Economic Trends", but GDP is not divided into public sector and private sector components.
Potatoes
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the individual grants from the Local Enterprise Development Unit or the Industrial Development Board that have been taken up in each of the past five years by companies in the potato processing sector.
Mr. Tim Smith : The amounts of grants taken up by companies in the potato processing sector in each of the last five years were as follows :
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Grants paid by the Industrial Development Board
Name of company |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |Total
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Tyto (NI) Ltd. |311,502 |- |19,044 |79,162 |394,064 |803,772
Tri-Sum Snacks Ltd. |- |- |- |2,897 |- |2,897
Ballymoney Foods Ltd. |14,964 |72,927 |66,933 |- |- |154,824
Avondale Foods (Craigavon) Ltd. |43,193 |3,500 |5,750 |4,750 |72,215 |129,408
Avondale Foods Ltd. |- |- |73,699 |186,423 |54,750 |314,872
Munchie Foods Ltd. |- |313,647 |121,500 |- |- |435,147
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |369,659 |390,074 |286,926 |273,232 |521,029 |1,840,920
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Grants paid by the local enterprise development unit
Name of company |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |Total
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Balmoral Packaging |98,900 |- |11,343 |- |- |102,243
J. J. Quinn |4,800 |- |10,200 |- |- |15,000
Melmount Foods Ltd. |13,539 |- |5,216 |17,397 |- |36,152
Munchie Foods Ltd. |16,114 |1,012 |- |- |- |17,126
North Down Foods |12,898 |- |3,751 |312 |- |16,961
Brian Chapman |- |4,727 |- |- |- |4,727
Glens of Antrim Potatoes |- |667 |21,950 |- |- |22,617
Malachy Scullion |- |45,859 |11,281 |13,926 |11,584 |82,650
Mr. and Mrs. V. Semple |- |1,387 |- |5,363 |- |6,750
Cullen Allen and Co. Ltd. |- |- |5,506 |7,253 |- |12,759
Seamus Donnelly |- |- |1,000 |- |- |1,000
Oliver Kearney |- |- |- |4,200 |- |4,200
Foyle Chipping |- |- |- |- |13,620 |13,620
Willowbrook Farm |- |- |- |- |1,439 |1,439
Robbie Pac |- |2,100 |105,216 |- |- |107,316
|---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |----
Total |144,251 |55,752 |175,463 |48,451 |26,643 |450,560
Tied Cottages
Dr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) male and (b) female agricultural workers live in tied cottages in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Ancram : No official figures are available for the number of agricultural workers living in tied cottages. However, based on the results of the 1992 earnings of hired labour survey, it is estimated that there were 170 male agricultural workers living in a house or cottage provided by their employer in 1992. No female workers are recorded as living in such accommodation.
HEALTH
Regional Budgets
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the budget for each regional health authority in real terms in each year from 1990 to 1995.
Mr. Sackville : Revenue expenditure by regional health authority for the years 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93 is shown in the table. Figures are at 1990-91 prices. Information is not yet available for subsequent years.
Regional Health Authority Expenditure
|1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
|£ |£ |£
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Northern RHA |27,478,537 |59,513,076 |76,381,350
Yorkshire RHA |42,094,481 |61,031,661 |120,150,053
Trent RHA |21,981,765 |163,408,188|156,923,670
East Anglian RHA |19,510,247 |42,799,580 |47,488,086
North West Thames RHA |18,672,204 |54,023,761 |110,434,860
North East Thames RHA |26,709,607 |177,877,094|206,053,038
South East Thames RHA |32,250,181 |234,430,266|144,510,066
South West Thames RHA |70,499,365 |139,774,170|151,590,767
Wessex RHA |14,664,593 |23,456,189 |88,797,258
Oxford RHA |15,815,923 |46,282,644 |51,341,427
South Western RHA |13,755,806 |80,806,944 |87,290,815
West Midlands RHA |53,916,553 |104,086,235|130,368,208
Mersey RHA |14,706,421 |22,465,660 |35,066,712
North Western RHA |26,804,020 |61,085,551 |68,555,968
Source: Annual accounts for regional health authorities.
Notes
1. The table shows the total revenue expenditure of regional health
authorities-RHAs.
2. The figures for 1991-92 and 1992-93 are not comparable with those
for 1990-91-which pre-date the national health service reforms. In
particular:
The introduction of capital charges and other changes in accounting
policy mean that the figures do not have the same basis.
Many RHAs became directly involved in the purchase of healthcare and
related services for their region. Their 1991-92 and 1992-93
expenditure, therefore, includes substantial costs for patient
treatment incurred under contracts with healthcare providers.
3. Following the implementation of the NHS reforms significant
variations developed in the extent to which RHAs took on, retained or
devolved, management support and operational services and the
purchase of healthcare and in the extent to which their costs were
borne or recharged to users. The expenditure of individual RHAs has
also been influenced by other factors including variations in the
size of the total populations served and the number of district
health authorities comprising each region.
NHS Trusts
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health who are those people currently appointed to serve on national health service trusts.
Dr. Mawhinney : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 17 January at column 385 for details of those appointed as chairmen and non-executive directors of national health service trusts. The appointment of executive directors rests with individual trusts.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what repayments of public divided capital were requested and paid by each NHS trust in the Northern region in 1991-92 and 1992-93.
Mr. Sackville : There were no repayments of public dividend capital requested or paid by any national health service trust in the Northern region in 1991-92 or 1992-93.
Performance Review
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the remit of the chief medical officer's review of guidance on doctors' performance.
Dr. Mawhinney : The terms of reference for this group, which was established in October 1993 are :
"To review current guidance and procedures relating to doctors whose performance appears to fall below acceptable standards. In the light of this review to make recommendations by 31 December 1993 to the Secretary of State for any necessary changes and further work needed".
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Departmental Fuel Bills
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by location for each of her Department's properties in the Doncaster area the annual fuel heating bills by year for the last four years.
Mr. Sackville : The Department has no properties in the Doncaster area. Information is available on national health service properties as follows :
Site |Year |Fuel cost
| £
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Doncaster Royal Infirmary |1990-91 |286,418
|1991-92 |<1>-
|1992-93 |328,770
Loversall Hospital |1990-91 |170,457
Tickhill Road Hospital |1991-92 |226,726
St. Catherine's Hospital |1992-93 |209,988
Conisbrough Hospital |1990-91 |18,003
(Closed August 1992) |1991-92 |31,793
|1992-93 |n/a
Montagu Hospital |1990-91 |50,235
|1991-92 |<1>-
|1992-93 |58,950
<1>-Information incomplete
NB: Loversall, Tickhill Road and St. Catherine's
Hospitals are all served by the same fuel system
The figures include the costs of the fossil fuels consumed by these sites-- coal, gas and oil. It is not possible to identify the precise amounts for heating bills.
Paracetamol
Ms Corston : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will take steps to reduce the incidence of self poisoning with paracetamol by ensuring that it is marketed only when it contains methanion, to minimise liver damage.
Mr. Sackville : There are serious reservations about the addition of an antidote--usually methionine--to such a widely used product, which is safe in normal use. This would expose possibly millions of people for sometimes lengthy periods to the antidote unnecessarily. The supply of paracetamol is controlled in terms of the strength and pack size which may be supplied without the supervision of a pharmacist and the labelling must clearly state the recommended dose, with a warning that this should not be exceeded.
NHS Management Executive
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration the NHS management executive has given to advising newly appointed chairmen of the general time commitment expected of them for the remuneration they are paid ; and what are the reasons for the decision reached.
Dr. Mawhinney : The national health service management executive has routinely provided guidance to new chairmen that their time commitment to their NHS authority or trust would be up to three days a week. No such guidance was issued to chairmen of fourth-wave NHS trusts, since at the time of their appointment the management executive's task force on corporate governance had not reported. The management executive will be issuing new guidance on chairmen's roles and responsibilities in a code of accountability for NHS boards to take
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effect from 1 April 1994, which will be based upon a requirement to fulfil clearly described responsibilities on a part-time basis.Liquid Medicines
Ms Jowell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of children being poisoned by liquid medicines have been reported to her Department in the past five years.
Mr. Sackville : This information is not available centrally.
Physically Disabled People
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) elderly and (b) younger physically disabled people in the Doncaster area are currently accommodated in (i) private sector homes and (ii) council-owned homes.
Mr. Bowis : The latest available figures are for 31 March 1992. The percentages of residents in staffed residental care homes for elderly people in the Doncaster area were 37 per cent. in local authority homes and 58 per cent. in private homes. The percentages of residents in staffed residential care homes for younger physically disabled people were 100 per cent. in local authority homes and 0 per cent. in private homes.
Barnet FHSA
Mrs. Wise : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many directors, managers, advisers and administrators have been employed by the Barnet family health services authority in 1991, 1992 and 1993 ;
(2) how many directors, managers, advisers and administrators are currently employed by the Barnet health authority ;
(3) how many directors, managers, advisers and administrators have been employed by the Barnet district health authority in 1991, 1992 and 1993.
Dr. Mawhinney : Regions are only required to supply this information in an aggregated regional form. The hon. Member may wish to contact Sir William Doughty, chairman of North West Thames regional health authority, for details.
Mental Health
Ms Jowell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received about a review of the Mental Health Act 1983 ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Bowis : We have received a wide measure of support for the proposal, published in August 1993 in the report of the internal review of legal powers on the care of mentally ill people in the community, to amend the Mental Health Act with a new power of supervised discharge. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 28 December 1993 that she will be seeking the earliest opportunity to amend the Act to introduce this power. We have also received some representations including one from the Mental Health Act Commission for a wide review of the Act.
Ms Lynne : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social workers were working in the mental health field in each of the last five years.
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Mr. Bowis : This information is not available centrally.
Ms Lynne : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements are in place to deal with patients with mental health problems who require admission to hospital but for whom no bed is available.
Mr. Bowis : It is for health authorities to make arrangements to provide appropriate care and treatment for those who require admission to hospital.
Edgware General Hospital
Mrs. Wise : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors and nurses have been employed at Edgeware general hospital in 1991, 1992 and 1993.
Dr. Mawhinney : The Wellhouse trust comprises Edgware and Barnet general hospitals. Available information on doctors of the trust is shown in the table.
Hospital and community health
service doctors-30 September 1992
|Number
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Number |70
Whole time equivalent |40.2
The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. Tony Orton, chairman of the Wellhouse trust, for a breakdown of the numbers of doctors at each hospital and for the details of nursing staff.
Sharon Dalson
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has received the reports of the inquiry into the homicide of her children by Sharon Dalson, a former in-patient at a mental hospital.
London Hospitals
Ms Jowell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in London had their hospital admissions cancelled twice in the last three years.
Mr. Sackville : This information is not available centrally.
Mesothelioma
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans her Department has to respond to the findings of the Peto report about the projected increase in the number of deaths from mesothelioma.
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