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Blood Transfusion Centres
Mr. Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will meet the chairman of the National Blood Authority to seek reconsideration of the decision to close blood transfusion centres at Brentwood, Liverpool, Lancaster, Oxford and Plymouth.
Mr. Sackville: These matters are the responsibility of the National Blood Authority, which has undertaken a thorough and widespread consultation. Full consideration will be given to the results of the consultation before decisions are made.
Respite Care
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will detail the average costs for the full time respite care provided by local councils and the health service.
Mr. Bowis: The cost for respite care varies across the country and depends on the type of care provided and it is for purchasers of this service to decide the best way of meeting individual needs in a cost effective way. Community care funding for this year included £20 million extra for respite and home care services rising to £30 million next year.
Performance-related Pay
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will detail the criteria and methods for assessing performance-related pay in the national health service for (a) doctors and (b) nurses.
Mr. Malone: We have no plans to introduce performance related pay for doctors and nurses.
Operations
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will detail, by region, for each of the last five financial years, (a) the number of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector, (b) the number of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the
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private sector as a percentage of total national health service operations, (c) the number of national health service patients treated in the private sector and (d) the number of national health service patients treated in the private sector as a percentage of total national health service patients treated;(2) if she will detail, by region, for each of the last five financial years, (a) the cost of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector, (b) the cost of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector as a percentage of the total cost of national health service operations, (c) the average cost per patient of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the private sector and (d) the average cost per patient of national health service operations by clinical specialisation undertaken in the state sector;
(3) if she will detail by region over each of the last five financial years (a) the average length of stay for national health service patients by clinical specialisation treated in the private sector and (b) the average length of stay for national health service patients treated, by clinical specialisation, in the state sector.
Mr. Sackville: Information on the average length of stay by specialty in national health service hospitals in England is published in "Hospital Episode Statistics, Volume 1", copies of which are available in the Library. The latest published information is for 1991 92. The other information requested is not available centrally.
Carers
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the contribution that full-time domestic carers make to care in the community.
Mr. Bowis: The Government acknowledge the vital contribution to community care made by full and part-time carers. One of the key aims of our community care reforms is to ensure that service providers make support for carers a high priority. That is why community care funding for this year included an extra £20 million for respite and home care services, rising to £30 million next year. It is also why carers are involved alongside users when needs are assessed and plans made for them to be met and why we have encouraged local authorities to give carers the right to request that their own needs be assessed.
NHS Pay Arrangements
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will detail new costs associated with establishing local pay arrangements in the national health service.
Mr. Malone: A major support programme has been mounted by the National Health Service Executive to assist trusts to prepare for establishing local pay arrangements. The estimated expenditure on this support programme in 1994 95 is £500,000. Any additional costs for individual trusts and other employing authorities will be more than offset by savings which they can expect from increased flexibility in the use of staff. Local pay will enable NHS employers to target rewards more closely to improvements in the quality and quantity of healthcare.
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EMPLOYMENT
Training
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the proportion of entrants to adult training schemes who leave the schemes to take up part-time employment; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions; (2) what is the proportion of entrants to training for work schemes who leave the scheme without a qualification; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions; (3) what is the proportion of entrants to adult training schemes who leave the schemes without a qualification; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions; (4) what is the proportion of entrants to training for work schemes who leave the scheme to take up part-time employment; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions;
(5) how many places were filled on each training scheme in each of the last 10 years;
(6) what is the proportion of entrants to youth training scheme who leave the schemes early; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions;
(7) what is the proportion entrants to youth training schemes who leave the schemes to take up part-time employment; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions;
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(8) what is the proportion of entrants to adult training schemes who leave the scheme to take up full-time employment; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions;(9) what is the proportion of entrants to training for work schemes who leave the scheme early; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions;
(10) what is the proportion of entrants to adult training schemes who leave the schemes early; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions;
(11) what is the proportion of entrants to training for work schemes who leave the scheme to take up full-time employment; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions.
(12) what is the proportion of entrants to youth training schemes who leave the schemes without a qualification; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions; (13) what is the proportion of entrants to youth training schemes who leave the schemes to take up full-time employment; and what it has been in each of the last 10 years for each of his Department's regions.
Mr. Paice: As the information is contained in a large number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Library.
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the amount spent by his Department on each training programme in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Paice: The information requested is provided in the following table:
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Training, Educational and Enterprise Programme Expenditure (£ million)
|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94
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Job Training Programme |232.9 |219.4 |286.2 |272.3
Wider Opportunities Training
Programme |22.2 |26.0
Other Occupational Training |4.7 |7.0 |16.5 |24.2
Open Tech/Learning |18.1 |17.6 |14.5 |15.9
New Job Training Scheme |0.9 |66.9
Adult Training |200.8 |10.9
Employment Training |419.0 |1,096.6|1,76.4 |737.4 |629.5
Training for Work |762.0
Learning for Work |14.0
Workstart Pilots
Skill Choice |7.0
Open Learning Credit |2.0
Youth Training Scheme |836.2 |869.9 |939.1 |1,064.9|993.2 |976.0
Youth Training/Credits |823.4 |746.4 |617.0 |642.0
Training and Education Support |62.5 |56.4 |47.2 |52.3 |37.1 |39.0
Training Access Points |6.4
Training of Trainers |10.7
National Council for Vocational
Qualifications (Net) |0.5 |3.7 |3.8 |3.0 |2.6 |3.7 |3.9 |4.0
Careers Officer Training |0.4 |0.7 |0.4 |0.5 |0.5 |0.4 |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.1
Careers Service Strengthening |11.9 |12.5 |12.9 |13.9 |14.8 |17.0 |17.6 |18.7 |19.1 |21.0
Career Development Loans |0.3 |0.2 |0.7 |1.4 |3.8 |5.4 |6.9 |8.0
Skills Training Agency (Net) |3.6 |10.8 |-5.5 |-6.8 |10.5 |19.9 |4.3
Residual Schemes |10.0
Technical Vocational and
Education Initiatives |26.3 |40.6 |71.9 |60.7 |87.8 |129.1 |135.1 |140.7 |118.5 |119.0
Non Advanced and Work
Related Further Education |65.6 |112.8 |114.9 |110.0 |101.9 |103.2 |105.4 |101.3 |103.0
Special Temporary Employment
Programme |5.0
Compacts/Education Business
Partnerships/Education
Initiatives/Careers Service
Partnerships |1.2 |3.6 |6.5 |12.5 |12.6 |12.0
Enterprise in Higher Education |5.8 |10.5 |13.3 |14.7 |13.0
Careers Guidance Review Implementation |6.3
Careers Libraries |6.0
Other Education Initiative |6.5
National Record of
Achievement |2.3 |2.0
Careers Service
Enterprise Training |4.5
Business Growth
Training/Business and
Enterprise Training |21.3 |48.0
Business and Enterprise
Support/Employer Investment
in People |161.8 |149.2 |132.0
Enterprise Allowance Scheme |80.1 |108.4 |149.7 |200.7 |196.7 |170.9 |133.1
Local Enterprise Agencies |2.0 |1.9 |1.9
Small Firms Advisory |1.1 |4.9 |7.7 |7.8
Small Firms Information
Service |2.9 |2.8
Small Firms Information
Service |0.9
Other Enterprise and Small
Firms Initiatives |0.2 |0.4 |0.3 |1.8 |0.7 |0.7 |0.0
Youth Enterprise Initiative |1.5 |1.3 |3.6 |5.5 |4.4 |2.6 |5.0
Local Initiative Fund |9.9 |48.2 |49.7 |50.0
TEC Challenge |13.0
Small Firms Loan Guarantee
Scheme (net) |10.8 |11.0 |3.7 |3.9 |5.7 |16.5 |27.5 |1.5
Administration |15.2 |21.1 |20.2 |20.6 |154.0 |191.1 |239.3 |196.5 |205.5 |198.9
Note:
Administration costs are included. However, prior to 1988-89 costs of administration were included in the main programme
costs. From 1988-89 they are shown separately.
Expenditure up to and including 1990-91 is for GB. Expenditure in 1991-92 is England/Wales and expenditure from 1992-93 is
England only.
Quangos
Mr. Sykes: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment which quangos his Department has abolished since 1979.
Ms Widdecombe: The following public bodies, listed in the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies", the "Pliatzky Report", Cmnd 7797 January 1980, and editions of "Public Bodies" since its establishment in 1982, have been abolished.
Executive Bodies
Co-operative Development Agency
23 Industry Training Boards as follows:
Air Transport and Travel
Carpet Industry
Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products
Chemical and Allied Products
Clothing and Allied Products
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Cotton and Allied TextilesDistributive Industry
Engineering (mainstream only. The Engineering Construction ITB remains)
Food, Drink and Tobacco
Footwear, Leather and Fur Skin
Foundry
Furniture and Timber
Hotel and Catering
Iron and Steel
Knitting, Lace and Net
Man-made Fibres Producing Industry
Paper and Paper Products
Petroleum (later, Offshore Petroleum)
Printing and Publishing
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Road TransportRubber (later Plastics Processing)
Ship Building
Wood, Jute and Flax
Industrial Training Research Unit Ltd.
Manpower Services Commission (later Training Commission) National Dock Labour Board
Underwater Training Centre
34 Wages Councils as follows:
Aerated Waters (England and Wales)
Aerated Waters (Scotland)
Boot and Shoe Repairing
Button Manufacturing
Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making
Corset
Cotton Waste Reclamation
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland)
Flax and Hemp
Fur
General Waste Materials Reclamation
Hairdressing Undertakings
Hat, Cap and Millinery (Great Britain)
Lace Finishing
Laundry
Licensed Non-Residential Establishment
Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods
Made up Textiles
Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower
Perambulator and Invalid Carriage
Pin, Hook and Eye, and Snap Fastener
Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring
Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain)
Retail Food and Allied Trades (created in 1979 from the merger of 6 separate Councils)
Retail Trades Non-Food (created in 1979 from the merger of 3 separate Councils)
Rope, Twine and Net
Rubber Proofed Garment Making Industry
Sack and Bag
Shirtmaking
Toy Manufacturing
Unlicensed Place of Refreshment
Wholesale Mantle and Costume
Advisory Bodies
Advisory Committee on Homeworking
Advisory Committee on the Resettlement of Ex-regular Members of the Armed Forces
Advisory Committee on Women's Employment
Advisory Group on Enterprise Training
Advisory Panel on Deregulation
125 Area (formerly District) Manpower Boards
Careers Materials Advisory Committee
Careers Service Advisory Council for England
220 District Advisory Committees created under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944--replaced by 60 Committees for the Employment of Disabled People
Industrial Language Training Advisory Committee
Manpower Services Committee for Scotland
Manpower Services Committee for Wales
National Steering Group for Local Collaborative Projects under the Adult Training Strategy
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