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Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister when he was first informed that the Foreign Secretary intended to issue a direction to the accounting officer in respect of the Pergau project.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 10 February 1994] : In February 1991.
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions Tan Sri Arumugam, joint managing director, GEC-Malaysia, has visited his office in the past three years ; and if he will list the occasions.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 17 February 1994] : Once, in 1992, on the occasion of an official dinner for the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Prime Minister what views he received from President Yeltsin on the NATO ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs during his discussion with him on Tuesday 15 February ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 18 February 1994] : I described the specific terms of the North Atlantic Council's response to the United Nations Secretary General's request for NATO assistance at Sarajevo. I agreed with President Yeltsin that our objectives were the same. Both the United Kingdom and Russia wanted to see an effective ceasefire implemented in Sarajevo, with heavy weapons brought under United Nations control. We both strongly supported the negotiations for a peaceful settlement.
We discussed President Yeltsin's decision to send a personal emissary to Belgrade. He told me that he was considering sending additional Russian troops to assist UNPROFOR in maintaining control over heavy weapons. I welcomed this, and agreed with President Yeltsin that it was important for Russia and her western partners in the European Union and the United States to use their channels of influence to promote a ceasefire in Sarajevo and an overall settlement. President Yeltsin stressed that Russia wished to be a full participant in this process, and I welcome his Government's announcement on 17 February that the additional forces will be made available to UNPROFOR.
Mr. Rendel : To ask the Prime Minister which of Her Majesty's Government's Departments have been incorporated into integrated regional offices since 1992.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 18 February 1994] : New Government offices for the regions will come
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into being in April, combining the existing regional offices of the Departments of the Environment, of Employment, of Trade and Industry and of Transport.Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the ratio of trained nurses to carers working in (a) London's and (b) England's national health service hospitals in (i) 1992 and (ii) 1993.
Mr. Sackville : The available information for 1992-93 is shown in the table.
The number of in-patients is not collected centrally. The table shows the number of ordinary admissions, which is the term used for in-patient consultant episodes.
|Ordinary admissions,|Nursing and mid- |(includes midwifery |wifery staff (WTE) |admissions) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ London |1,158,449 |61,570 England |7,829,403 |378,790 Notes: Admission figures are for the year 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993. Nursing figures are taken at 30 September 1992 and are for nursing and midwifery, including traditional learners but exclude Project 2000 nursing students who are supernumerary, and those nurses who have transferred to senior management terms and who cannot be identified separately from other senior managers.
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the level of net NHS current expenditure on primary health care excluding hospital and community health service expenditure for each year since 1973- 74 ; and what was the net expenditure each year on (i) administration including executive council, family practitioner committee or family health service authority administration and general practitioner practice administration, (ii) prescription items and (iii) other items including the remuneration of primary health care professionals, expressed in 1993-94 prices adjusted by (a) the gross domestic product deflator and (b) changes in input unit costs.
Mr. Sackville : Primary health care consists of the community health and family health services. The information available, excluding expenditure on the community health services, is shown in the table. Indices are not available to adjust drugs bill, other FHS, and family health services authorities' expenditure for changes in input unit costs.
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Family health services net expenditure England £ million Year |<1>Family health|<2>Drugs bill |<3>Drugs bill |<4>Other family |<3>Other family |<5>FHSA |<3>FHSA |services |expenditure |expenditure at |health services |health services |administrative |administrative |expenditure |1993-94 prices |expenditure |expenditure at |expenditure |expenditure at |1993-94 prices |1993-94 prices --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1973-74 |522 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |13 |83 1974-75 |630 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a 1975-76 |854 |277 |1,141 |577 |2,371 |n/a |n/a 1976-77 |993 |361 |1,308 |632 |2,291 |n/a |n/a 1977-78 |1,123 |461 |1,470 |662 |2,111 |n/a |n/a 1978-79 |1,329 |554 |1,589 |775 |2,224 |n/a |n/a 1979-80 |1,549 |633 |1,555 |916 |2,251 |n/a |n/a 1980-81 |1,923 |766 |1,592 |1,157 |2,403 |n/a |n/a 1981-82 |2,208 |876 |1,660 |1,331 |2,522 |n/a |n/a 1982-83 |2,547 |1,009 |1,784 |1,538 |2,719 |n/a |n/a 1983-84 |2,730 |1,130 |1,909 |1,600 |2,704 |n/a |n/a 1984-85 |3,010 |1,192 |1,917 |1,818 |2,925 |n/a |n/a 1985-86 |3,188 |1,275 |1,943 |1,914 |2,917 |45 |69 1986-87 |3,419 |1,378 |2,040 |2,041 |3,022 |47 |69 1987-88 |3,802 |1,536 |2,160 |2,265 |3,185 |49 |69 1988-89 |4,293 |1,744 |2,298 |2,549 |3,358 |55 |72 1989-90 |4,531 |1,942 |2,393 |2,589 |3,189 |67 |82 1990-91 |5,156 |2,080 |2,371 |3,076 |3,507 |104 |118 1991-92 |5,944 |2,317 |2,484 |3,627 |3,889 |136 |146 1992-93 |6,593 |2,641 |2,727 |3,952 |4,081 |162 |167 <1>Net expenditure, after taking account of patient charges and other receipts, on the General Medical, General Dental, General Ophthalmic and Pharmaceutical Services. Excludes administrative costs of FHSAs and other bodies and GP Fundholders budgets for purchasing secondary care services. Information is based on the relevant year's Appropriation Account. <2>Represents the cost of items prescribed by GPs. Dispensing fees are not included. Costs are not separately identifiable in 1973-74 and 1974-75. <3>Converted to 1993-94 prices using GDP deflator. <4>Balance of net FHS expenditure minus the cost of the drugs bill. Consists mainly of the cost of remuneration and practice expenses of FHS contractors. <5>Net administrative expenditure of Family Health Services Authorities (known as Family Practitioner Committees before September 1990, and as Executive Councils before April 1974). The administrative functions of FHSAs and their predecessors have changed over time as their management responsibilities have been developed. Expenditure was not separately identifiable in the period 1974-75 to 1984-85. Excludes expenditure on national administrative bodies such as the Prescription Pricing Authority and the Dental Practice Board. Information is based on FHSAs' income and expenditure accounts.
Mr. Illsley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the amount, recipient and date of all the grants made by Barnsley family health services authority since 1990.
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Mr. Sackville : Detailed information is not held centrally. The information in the annual accounts of Barnsley family health services authority is shown in the table.
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Year |Grants to general |Grants to supervisors|Practice teams and |Practice teams and |medical service |of ophthalmic |premises |premises |trainers |optician trainees |improvements- |improvements- |Revenue |Capital |£ |£ |£ |£ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990-91 |29,294 |1,250 |-<1> |<1>9,897 1991-92 |30,935 |750 |0 |216,699 1992-93 |19,714 |1,500 |0 |139,498 <1>In 1990-91 the expenditure was reported on a different basis to that in subsequent years i.e. as "improvement grants", not analysed between revenue and capital. Source: Barnsley Family Health Services Authority's annual accounts.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will state the value of consultancy contracts awarded by her Department each year since 1988, both in current prices and at constant 1994 prices.
Mr. Sackville : Expenditure on fees and expenses for contracts awarded by the Department of Health paid under the general management consultancy budget for the financial years 1989-90 to 1992-93 was :
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