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Sir Hector Monro: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Library of the House.
National Health Service
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much money has been transferred from each health board in Scotland to local authorities under resource transfer arrangements in respect of reductions in NHS continuing care beds for (a) learning disabilities, (b) psychiatric care, (c) geriatric care, (d) psycho-geriatric care and (e) physical disabilities in each year since 1991 92; and if he will make a statement on the level of resource transfer to local authorities;
(2) how much money will be transferred from each health board in Scotland to local authorities under resource transfer arrangements in respect of planned reductions in NHS continuing care beds from 1 April for (a) learning disabilities, (b) psychiatric care, (c) geriatric care, (d) psycho -geriatric care and (e) physical disabilities;
(3) how many NHS continuing care beds were available in each health board area in Scotland for (a) learning disabilities, (b) psychiatric care, (c) geriatric care, (d) psycho-geriatric care and (e) physical disabilities for each year since 1991 92; (4) how many NHS continuing care beds were staffed in each health board area in Scotland for (a) learning disabilities, (b) psychiatric care, (c) geriatric care, (d) psycho-geriatric care and (e) physical disabilities in each year since 1991 92; (5) how many additional NHS continuing care beds each health board in Scotland plans to close from 1 April for (a) learning disabilities, (b) psychiatric care, (c) geriatric care, (d) psycho-geriatric care and (e) physical disabilities and over what timescales; and what Government targets have been set for such closures;
(6) what was the average number of occupied NHS continuing care beds in each health board area in Scotland for (a) learning disabilities, (b) psychiatric care, (c) geriatric care, (d) psycho-geriatric care and (e) physical disabilities for each year since 1991 92.
Mr. Lang : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Library of the House.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Mr. Graham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount in grants and compensation given to landowners for protecting sites of special scientific interest in each of the last three years; and if he will list those grants or compensations which exceed £10,000 in any financial year.
Sir Hector Monro: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Libraries of the House.
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Trusts
Mrs. Ray Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the provisions of section 9 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 conferring concurrent jurisdiction on the Sheriff court in respect of trusts below an annual income threshold will be brought into force; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Only a small number of cases has so far been brought before the Court of Session. We are studying how these cases have progressed in order to consider the need to confer concurrent jurisdiction on the sheriff court.
Market Testing
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his current calculation of the costs of preparation for market testing in his Department in terms of (a) payments to consultants and (b) other costs.
Mr. Lang: I shall write to hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Libraries of the House.
Forestry Commission
Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a list of the Ordnance Survey grid references for each tract of land disposed of by the Forestry Commission during the years 1992 and 1993.
Sir Hector Monro: Lists giving details of the areas of forest land sold by the Forestry Commission in each calendar year since 1981 are held in the Library of the House. These do not include the Ordnance Survey grid references which could be provided only at
disproportionate cost.
Surveys
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 27 October, Official Report , columns 852-56 , if he will place in the Library copies of the awareness of right to buy and rents to mortgages, public knowledge and perception of local government, water and sewerage, sustainable development, car crime, Scottish crime, NHS staff in Scotland, further and higher education for Scotland and Scottish Office central inquiry unit surveys.
Mr. Lang: I shall write to hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Libraries of the House.
HIV/AIDS
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of his Department's funding for HIV and AIDS has been allocated to the voluntary sector for each year since 1985.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I shall write to hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Libraries of the House.
Forestry
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he has instructed the director general of the Forestry
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Commission to create a next steps agency of the Forestry Authority; and if he will make a statement;(2) what plans he has to create a next steps agency of the Forestry Authority; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 25 October 1994]: I shall write to hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Libraries of the House.
Kidney Patients
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients were admitted to hospital with kidney stones in each year of the last five years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 27 October 1994]: Numbers of in-patient and day case admissions to hospital where the principle diagnosis was calculus of kidney and ureter (ICD9 592) for calendar years 1989 1993 are shown in the table.
1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 ------------------------------------ 2,510 |2,650|3,286|3,722|3,646
Land Ownership and Use
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total amount of land owned by the Scottish Office, in hectares; and how much of this land is held for productive agricultural reasons.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 28 October 1994]: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of the signed letter in the Libraries of House.
WALES
M4
Mr. Gareth Wardell: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what action he proposes to remedy the lengthwise defect in the newly surfaced inside lane of the eastbound carriageway of the M4 on the approach to Junction 47.
Mr. Gwilym Jones: Yesterday I had the opportunity of passing along the M4 motorway at junction 47. Having spoken to my officials I can assure the hon. Gentleman that there is no lengthwise defect in the newly surfaced inside land of the eastbound carriageway. The present thin layer of material was laid on what was already a sound foundation and has been examined and checked by road engineers.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the amount of accumulated capital receipts for each local authority in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The latest available information is given in the following table.
Usable cash backed accumulated
capital receipts at 31 March
1994 (a)
|£ 000
--------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |967
Colwyn |924
Delyn |-
Glyndwr |283
Rhuddlan |334
Wrexham Maelor |981
Carmarthen |1,857
Ceredigion |2,069
Dinefwr |370
Llanelli |1,056
Preseli Pembrokeshire |2,,725
South Pembrokeshire |1,641
Blaenau Gwent |2,876
Islwyn |359
Monmouth |4,905
Newport |8,125
Torfaen |3,271
Aberconwy |1,793
Arfon |207
Dwyfor |314
Meirionnydd |-
Ynys Mon |60
Cynon Valley |-
Merthyr Tydfil |1,072
Ogwr |3,326
Rhondda |1,570
Rhymney Valley |1,107
Taff Ely |3,003
Brecknock |1,769
Montgomeryshire |1,574
Radonrshire |450
Cardiff |20,383
Vale of Glamorgan |5,716
Lliw Valley |2,211
Neath |481
Port Talbot |550
Swansea |268
Clwyd |2,216
Dyfed |1,318
Gwent |7,205
Gwynedd |2,615
Mid Glamorgan |3,915
Powys |431
South Glamorgan |2,563
West Glamorgan |1,971
Total Districts |78,597
Total Counties |22,234
Total Wales |100,831
Housing
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many new homes were completed by local authorities in Wales in 1978 79 and 1993 94; and how many he expects will be completed in 1994 95 and 1995 96.
Mr. Gwilym Jones: Information on the number of local authority dwellings built, for calendar years since 1975 and quarterly since 1989, has been published in table 2.3 of "Welsh Housing Statistics No 14 1994", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Forecasts of completions in 1994 95 and 1995 96 are not available.
Sheep Premium
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 26 October, Official Report, column 661, how many farmers in Wales have not yet received payment of their advance payments with respect to the 1994 sheep annual premium scheme other than those whose claims involve queries or quota problems.
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Mr. Redwood: All claims, other than those on which there are queries, or quota problems, have now been passed for payment.
Public Appointments
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many public appointments his predecessor was (a) responsible for making in 1979 or which (b) required his approval; and if he will divide these figures into (i) appointments to executive bodies, (ii) appointments to advisory bodies and (iii) other appointments; (2) if he will list the bodies to which he or his predecessor was responsible for appointing or where appointment required his or his predecessor's approval in (a) 1979 and (b) today; and if he will list the total funding from the Welsh Office for these bodies in (a) cash prices and (b) current prices;
(3) if he will list the bodies that his Department funded (a) in 1979 and (b) today; and if he will list the total funding from the Welsh Office for these bodies in (a) cash prices and (b) current prices.
Mr. Redwood: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Departmental Running Costs
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total running costs each of his Department in (a) 1979 and (b) today in cash and current prices.
Mr. Redwood: The available information is as follows:
Welsh Office running costs
|Cash terms |1994-95 prices
|£ million |£ million
------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |17.8 |45.0
1994-95 |68.3 |68.3
The increase in running costs reflects the assumption of
additional functions by the Welsh Office, for example,
further responsibilities for industry, higher education and
training and agricultural grants. In addition, the figures
for 1994-95 reflect superannuation charges, which were not
included in the data for 1979-80.
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list showing the total number of employees in his Department broken down by grade for (a) 1979 and (b) today; and what is the corresponding pay bill in each case in cash prices and current prices.
Mr. Redwood: The total number of permanent staff employed by my Department in December 1979, broken down by grade is:
|Total Number
Grade |Employed
--------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |1
Grade 2 |2
Grade 3 and Equivalents |13
Grade 4 and Equivalents |3
Grade 5 and Equivalents |55
Grade 6 and Equivalents |98
Grade 7 and Equivalents |159
SEO and Equivalents |150
HEO and Equivalents |219
EO and Equivalents |412
AO and Equivalents |643
AA and Equivalents |537
Industrial Staff |227
Fast Streamers |11
The corresponding pay bill in this year was £14,900,000. This equates to £37,000,000 in current prices.
The total number of permanent staff employed by my Department on 1 November 1994, broken down by grade is:
|Total number
Grade |employed
--------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |1
Grade 2 |2
Grade 3 and Equivalents |12
Grade 4 and Equivalents |7
Grade 5 and Equivalents |49
Grade 6 and Equivalents |33
Grade 7 and Equivalents |178
SEO and Equivalents |145
HEO and Equivalents |300
EO and Equivalents |505
AO and Equivalents |603
AA and Equivalents |450
Industrial Staff |142
Fast Streamers |21
The corresponding paybill for this year is £47,805,000. The staffing and paybill figures for 1979 include details for ancient monuments and schools inspection. The figures for 1994 include Cadw but not the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector. The 1994 paybill figures include superannuation charges.
The Welsh Office employs 54 fewer staff of grades one to seven and SEO than in 1979, and 84 fewer of all grades. During this period it has also taken on extra functions.
Investment Projects
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list those public investment projects within his Department's responsibility which have attracted private capital and which have been commenced since November 1993;
(2) how much private capital has been invested in public investment projects within his Department's responsibility since the 1992 autumn statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones: Private finance forms a significant part of many programmes. The Welsh Office and its sponsored bodies levered in £400,000,000 of private funding in 1993 94 and this is forecast to increase to £407,000,000 in 1994 95. It is not practicable to list individual projects.
Health Service Staff (Suspension)
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) consultants (i) are currently suspended on pay from their duties for disciplinary reasons, (ii) were suspended on pay in each of the last five years from their duties for disciplinary reasons and (iii) were suspended before their case was
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heard for (A) less than three months, (B) between three and six months, (C) between six and 12 months and (D) over 12 months; and what is and was the cost of (i) and (ii) including temporary or locum replacement.Mr. Richards: This information is not held centrally.
Spencer Stuart Consultants
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many contracts his Department or Government agencies responsible to his Department have entered into with Spencer Stuart consultants in the last two years.
Mr. Redwood: The Welsh Office has not entered into any contracts with Spencer Stuart consultants in the last two financial years. Information for Government agencies responsible to the Welsh Office is not held centrally.
Cardiff Royal Infirmary
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 17 October, Official Report , column 80 , what assessment the director of the Welsh Office health department made of the report on the implementation of fire prevention works at Cardiff Royal infirmary in the course of discussions with South Glamorgan health authority.
Mr. Redwood: The report confirmed the health authority's previous assessment of the fire and clinical risks at Cardiff Royal infirmary, which had been shared with the director of the health department. These risks have driven the work to find alternative arrangements and for this reason I was keen that the public should see the full report. My decision announced on 20 October to agree in principle the authority's strategic plan clears the way to tackle the risks.
Market Testing
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current calculation of the costs of preparation for market testing in his Department in terms of (a) payments to consultants and (b) other costs.
Mr. Redwood: The costs of supporting my Department's programme of market testing in the period 1 April 1992 to 30 June 1994 are as follows: (a) consultancy support £246,000 and (b) other costs £691,000.
On average market testing to date results in savings of one fifth in the costs being tested.
Morriston Hospital
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to make an announcement in relation to the contract for operating the Morriston hospital cardiac surgery unit.
Mr. Redwood: I hope to make a decision early next year.
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list each occasion on which he or his Department met each of the bidders for the contract tendered for the Morriston hospital cardiac surgery unit; how many of the meetings took place (a) before and (b) after the submission of the tender; and in each case whether the initiative for the meeting took place at (i) his or (ii) the bidders' request.
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Mr. Redwood: I have not met any of the bidders since the competitive tendering process began. I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on what date the completed tenders were first received from each of the bidders for the Morriston hospital cardiac surgery unit; and on what date he received any completed re-tendering exercises from any of the bidders.
Mr. Redwood: The tenders were received by the project board's deadline of 15 June, 1994. There has been no re-tendering.
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement in relation to the tendering procedure for the Morriston hospital cardiac surgery unit; and if he will give details of rules and regulations pertaining to variations to the terms of the contract under the tender procedure, to the prohibitions and exclusions relating to re- tendering (a) prior to and (b) after the closing date specified, and contacts between bidders and his Department in relation to re-tendering procedures.
Mr. Redwood: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Police Authorities
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will make a statement on the reasons for not publishing standard spending assessments for police authorities in Wales;
(2) if he will now publish the standard spending assessments for police forces in Wales (a) for 1994 95 and (b) for each of the previous 10 years.
Mr. Gwilym Jones: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to him on 4 July at column 91 .
Tuberculosis
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer by the Secretary of State for Health of 17 October, Official Report , column 131 , what consultations he has had with South Glamorgan health authority concerning the provision of accommodation for the national TB reference laboratory; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood: I have had no formal consultations with South Glamorgan health authority on accommodation for this unit. Management of the unit is a matter for the Public Health Laboratory Service board.
Between 1988 and 1992 officials at the Welsh Office convened discussions between South Glamorgan health authority, the PHLS and the University of Wales college of medicine about the implementation of the recommendations of the Evans report into microbiology services, including the TB reference laboratory, in south Glamorgan.
Dentists
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many community dentists were employed in each family health service authority area of Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Redwood: Information relating to staff in post in the community dental service is given in the following table.
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|Staff in post as at
Family health |30 September
service authority |1993<1>
areas
------------------------------------------------------------
Clwyd |10.4
Dyfed |12.6
Gwent |14.1
Gwynedd |8.3
Mid Glamorgan |9.3
Powys |5.0
South Glamorgan |15.5
West Glamorgan |11.8
<1> Whole-time equivalents. Excluding locum staff. Includes
staff in NHS trusts within the FHSA areas.
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his most up to date estimate of the number of community dentists who will be employed in Wales in (a) 1996, (b) 1998 and (c) 2000; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood: It is a matter for health authorities to decide how many community dentists to employ in light of local circumstances. The Green Paper " Improving NHS Dentistry " restates the Government's commitment to the NHS and its intention to strengthen the safety net function of the community dental service.
National Botanic Garden
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 17 October, Official Report , column 79 , what consultants were commissioned by his Department to consider the feasibility of establishing a national botanic garden for Wales; by what method the consultants were chosen; and if he will give the approximate capital cost within which they have been asked to work.
Mr. Redwood: The consultants commissioned by my Department to consider the feasibility of a national botanic garden for Wales are ERES, Castle buildings, Womanby street, Cardiff CF1 2RG. They were chosen following a competitive tendering procedure. No approximation of the capital costs of the project were given to the consultants.
Ethnic Health Projects
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer given by the Secretary of State for Health of 17 October, Official Report , column 135 , what proposals he has to extend funding in Wales for experimental projects comparable to those being offered by the NHS ethnic health unit in England.
Mr. Redwood: I have no proposals at present.
Departmental Property
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what properties are owned or leased by his Department for the use of Ministers; what was the total running cost for each property for the latest year available broken down into (a) furniture and fittings, (b) maintenance, (c) staffing, including the number of butlers, cooks and housekeepers, (d) food and hospitality and (e) other costs; what is the estimated value of each property; and how many times in the latest year the property was stayed in overnight by a Minister.
Mr. Redwood: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
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Countryside Council
Sir Wyn Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) whether he will review the functions of the Countryside Council for Wales with a view to those functions being transferred to local and national Government;
(2) what plans he has to reduce overhead costs of the Countryside Council for Wales.
Mr. Redwood: A recently conducted review of the work of the Council has indicated that there could be scope for elected bodies to play an increased role in the
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delivery of certain of its present functions. My Department will now be discussing these proposals, and the general issue of running costs, with the council.Quangos
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total expenditure on quangos, training and enterprise councils and the national health service in Wales by his Department for each year since 1979, in cash and 1994 95 prices.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 27 October 1994]: The information requested is shown in the following table:
Welsh Office expenditure 1979-80 to 1994-95 (£ million)
NDPBs<1> TECs<2> NHS
|Cash |1994-95 prices<3>|Cash |1994-95 prices<3>|Cash |1994-95 prices<3>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |N/A |N/A |- |- |465.5 |1,179.1
1980-81 |N/A |N/A |- |- |598.6 |1,281.5
1981-82 |100.0 |195.2 |- |- |682.1 |1,331.5
1982-83 |86.0 |156.7 |- |- |750.2 |1,367.0
1983-84 |74.0 |128.9 |- |- |796.2 |1,386.5
1984-85 |78.0 |129.3 |- |- |861.0 |1,427.7
1985-86 |74.0 |116.3 |- |- |919.5 |1,444.5
1986-87 |70.0 |106.8 |- |- |988.2 |1,508.3
1987-88 |100.0 |144.9 |- |- |1,097.5 |1,590.4
1988-89 |130.0 |176.5 |- |- |1,220.5 |1,657.3
1989-90 |250.0 |317.4 |- |- |1,324.4 |1,681.5
1990-91 |320.0 |376.0 |- |- |1,490.6 |1,751.3
1991-92 |370.0 |408.9 |- |- |1,710.1 |1,890.1
1992-93 |400.0 |425.4 |103.6 |110.2 |1,912.9 |2,034.1
1993-94 |678.0<4> |698.3<4> |98.9 |101.9 |1,986.6 |2,046.2
Sources:
<1> "Public Bodies", first published in 1982 and successive years by the Cabinet Office.
<2> Responsibility for TECs in Wales transferred on 1 April 1992 from the Department of Employment to the Welsh Office.
<3> Figures derived using latest GDP deflators.
<4> Provisional figures only until publication of 1994 "Public Bodies".
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General Practitioner Lists
Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in the mid Glamorgan family health services authority area have been removed from the GP's list and how many have been (a) under 18 years, (b) women over 60 years, (c) men over 65 years of age, (d) registered disabled people, (e) in receipt of repeat prescriptions and (f) recorded as having been previously removed from a GP's list in each of the last four years.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 1 November 1994]: This information is not available in the form requested.
I understand that some 50,858 patients were removed from GP's lists in mid Glamorgan during 1993, according to data held by the mid Glamorgan family health services authority. A further 33,904 patients were removed between 1 January and 31 August 1994.
The most common reasons for the removal of 99 per cent. of these patients were moving home, emigration, adoption, death and the retirement of the GP.
In 1993 only 0.8 per cent. or 407 patients were deregistered at the request of the GP. They all had the opportunity to register with another GP. We do not keep records by age in the Welsh Office.
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