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Mr. Sackville: This is a matter for the South and West regional health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact Ms Rennie Fritchie, regional chairman, for details.
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Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice was given by his Department to the Wessex regional health authority prior to the settlement of the legal action by the Wessex regional health authority against Wessex Information Systems. [38268]
Mr. Sackville: The Department did not give any advice in relation to this case.
Diseases
Mr. Hinchcliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) cholera, (b) typhoid fever, (c) paratyphoid fever, (d) dysentery, (e) food poisoning and (f) diphtheria, were notified in 1993 and 1994. [38536]
Mr. Sackville: The information is shown in the table:
Cases reported in England and Wales
|1994
|1993 |(provisional)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Cholera |23 |30
Typhoid fever |175 |236
Paratyphoid fever |93 |134
Dysentery |6,841 |6,961
Food poisoning (total) |68,587 |82,587
Diphtheria |6 |9
Notification of infectious diseases are published annually in
the MB2 Series (Communicable Disease Statistics), copies of
which are available in the Library. The latest available
publication is Series MB2 No. 20 (1993).
Suicide
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are his strategies for the reduction of deaths from suicide in (a) adults and (b) adolescents. [38537]
Mr. Bowis: A wide range of initiatives are being pursued. The key themes of our suicide prevention work are improving mental health services, increasing public awareness of mental health issues, targeting occupational and demographic groups at particular risk of suicide, and reducing access to means. The overall suicide rate has now fallen in each of the last four years.
In addition, we have a comprehensive strategy to improve child and adolescent mental health. Most recently, public awareness work in support of World Mental Health Day focused particularly on young people.
Health of the Nation"
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he is taking to address "Health of the Nation" targets for obesity. [38593]
Mr. Sackville: Measures to address obesity include:
activity by the nutrition task force programme to reduce the proportion of fat in the diet;
proposals from the physical activity task force for helping more people to be more active more often;
a major campaign being developed by the Health Education Authority to promote regular moderate physical activity and to highlight the contribution of physical activity to the prevention of obesity; and
research reviews of effective intervention with regard to the prevention and treatment of obesity.
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Deliberate Self Harm
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the incidence of deliberate self harm amongst (a) adults and (b) adolescents, annually from 1987. [38539]
Mr. Sackville: This information is not available centrally.
Market Testing
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 6 June to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown), Official Report , column 28 , if he will place in the Library a list of the contacts for hospital and health services awarded so far under competitive tendering process by each NHS trust in England since 6 June. [39650]
Mr. Sackville: The information will be placed in the Library.
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to answers of 13 January, Official Report, columns 255 56 and 28 March, Official Report, column 568, which NHS clinical services and which non- clinical services are currently being market tested; and if he will list the companies tendering for business and the location of each market testing operation. [39651]
Mr. Sackville: The only new entry to the list provided in January would cover the market testing of perfusionist services by one trust. The list covers services which one or more NHS trust has market tested in recent years, as notified to the NHS Executive's market testing database. The other information is not available centrally.
Private Patients
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private inpatients and how many private outpatients were seen within the NHS and using NHS facilities by region and in total in (a) 1989 90 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available. [39386]
Mr. Sackville: Information on the number of private
patients--finished consultant episodes--treated in national health service hospitals in England by region of treatment for 1989 90 is contained in the annual publication, "Hospital Episode Statistics". Similar information on private outpatient attendances is contained in "Outpatient and ward attenders". The latest year for which figures are available for is 1993 94. Copies of the publications are in the Library.
Hospitals
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information the NHS Executive has on the number of hospitals in each region and in total in England at 1 April; [39387]
(2) what is the Department's definition of a hospital; [39388] (3) if he will review the decision not to collect centrally the number of hospitals in England. [39389]
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Mr. Malone: I refer the right hon. Member to reply I gave her on 16 May Official Report, columns 173-76. There are no plans to collect additional information centrally.
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new hospitals were (a) begun and (b) completed in each year since 1974. [39391]
Mr. Sackville: The information is not available centrally in the form requested. Information is collected on reported major capital projects, and this information is shown in the table.
Capital schemes in the NHS Calendar year |Start on site |Finish on site ------------------------------------------------------------ 1980 |16 |8 1981 |34 |10 1982 |44 |15 1983 |36 |38 1984 |51 |32 1985 |47 |44 1986 |52 |38 1987 |60 |51 1988 |70 |65 1989 |73 |75 1990 |56 |66 1991 |52 |81 1992 |51 |63 1993 |20 |77 1994 |61 |55 Notes: 1. Information was first collected for starts on site after 1 January 1980. 2. Prior to 1 January 1986 reporting was on a voluntary basis for schemes with a works cost over £2 million. 3. Returns became mandatory for schemes with a works cost over £1 million from 1 January 1986. 4. With the introduction of the Capital Investment Manual ( CIM), reporting thresholds were changed to over £1 million total cost from September 1994.
Hospital Closures
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish an updated list of all hospital closures that have been referred to his Department for decision, including those awaiting a decision, giving the nature of all organisations objecting, the decision, if any, and date. [39390]
Mr. Sackville: An updated list of proposed closures and changes of use considered by Ministers for the period from January 1992 to September 1995 will be placed in the Library. All except Higham Grange rehabilitation centre and Hartford Hall rehabilitation hospital have been contested by the relevant community health council. Other organisations may have objected but full details could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Ministers approved all the proposals except the proposed closure of Ponteland and Lemington hospitals, Newcastle. No decision has been made on Booth Hall children's hospital, Manchester, while the consultation process is subject to judicial review.
Abortions
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of abortions were carried out by the NHS in each (i) district health authority, (ii) regional health
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authority and (iii) in total in each of the last five years; and what was the total number of abortions performed in each year. [39649]Mr. Sackville: The information will be placed in the Library. The total number of abortions--residents and non-residents--performed in each year are published for the years 1990 to 1992 in "Abortion Statistics 1992" (OPCS Series AB no.19, table 2). The corresponding figures for 1993 and 1994 are published in "Legal abortions in England and Wales 1994" (OPCS Monitor series 95/8, table 1), copies of which are available in the Library.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies, for each year from 1991 92 to 1994 95; and for each of these years, what was the total monetary sum (i) misappropriated in such frauds and (ii) subsequently
recovered. [39138]
Mr. Sackville [holding answer 24 October 1995]: The details of all forms of fraud committed by employees of the Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies are as follows:
|Amount |Amount Recovered
Total Cases |Misappropriated £|£
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991-92
Department-1 |171.50 |171.50
Agencies-Nil |Nil |Nil
NDPBs-Nil |Nil |Nil
1992-93
Department-2 |20.80 |Nil
Agencies-Nil |Nil |Nil
NDPBs-1 |4,700 |Nil
1993-94
Department-3 |9,652.45 |Nil
Agencies-Nil |Nil |Nil
NDPBs-Nil |Nil |Nil
1994-95
Department-3 |14,388.12 |<1>2,869.62
Agencies-1 |50.00 |50.00
NDPBs-1 |300.00 |300.00
<1> Not a final figure. Recovery action is being pursued inappropriate
cases.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Classroom Assistants
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classroom assistants were employed in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools for each year since 1988. [39149]
Mr. Robin Squire: The available information is shown in the table.
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Full-time equivalents of education support staff<1> in maintained schools in England 1992-95 Position in January each year Year |Primary |Secondary ------------------------------------------------- 1992 |32,483 |16,969 1993 |36,441 |17,770 1994 |41,117 |19,466 1995 (provisional) |46,324 |21,463 <1> Nursery assistants, special needs support staff and other support staff including librarians, technicians, medical care staff and child care assistants.
Voucher Scheme
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list the companies that have been shortlisted to administer the voucher scheme; [39150]
(2) how many companies have submitted bids to run the voucher scheme; [39151]
(3) what estimates she has received from those companies shortlisted to administer the voucher scheme for the cost of administering the voucher scheme; [39152]
(4) when she expects to announce which company will be appointed to administer the a voucher scheme. [39153]
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Mr. Robin Squire: Of the 170 companies which expressed an interest in administering the nursery voucher scheme, 10 were invited to tender for the contract. Details of the tenders, including the names of the companies and their proposed fees, are covered by commercial confidentiality. The company appointed to administer the scheme will be announced shortly.
School Reorganisations and Closures
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which local education authorities have school reorganisation or closure proposals under consideration by her Department; how many surplus places will be removed by each local education authority as a result of their proposals; and which authorities, since the submission of their proposal to her Department, have been waiting for a decision for (a) up to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to none months, (d) nine to 12 months and (e) in excess of 12 months. [39154]
Mrs. Gillan: The table lists proposals under consideration by the Department for the closure, alteration or establishment of county and voluntary schools; the number of places that it proposed will be removed as result of the proposals, where this is a factor and the number involved is known; and the length of time the proposals have been under consideration.
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Proposals under
consideration for
|Places |(a) |(b) |(c) |(d) |(e)
|proposed to be
|removed where |Up to |In excess of
LEA |known |3 months |3-6 months |6-9 months |9-12 months |12 months
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon |- |- |- |- |- |2
Barnet |- |- |2 |- |- |-
Bexley |- |2 |- |- |- |-
Birmingham |210 |1 |- |- |- |-
Buckinghamshire |- |- |2 |- |- |2
Bury |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Cambridgeshire |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Cheshire |27 |3 |6 |- |- |-
Croydon |- |- |- |1 |- |1
Cumbria |- |6 |4 |- |- |-
Dorset |- |- |2 |3 |- |-
Dudley |- |1 |- |- |- |-
East Sussex |330 |3 |5 |- |- |-
Essex |217 |3 |2 |- |1 |1
Gloucestershire |- |- |- |- |1 |-
Greenwich |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Hammersmith and Fulham |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Hampshire |60 |- |1 |- |- |-
Haringey |- |- |- |- |1 |-
Harrow |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
Hertfordshire |350 |3 |6 |2 |- |-
Humberside |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Kent |103 |7 |5 |- |1 |6
Kirklees |160 |1 |- |- |- |-
Lancashire |- |- |1 |3 |2 |1
Lincolnshire |- |- |1 |1 |- |-
Liverpool |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Newcastle |148 |1 |- |- |- |-
Norfolk |34 |- |10 |1 |1 |-
Northamptonshire |19 |4 |- |- |- |-
Northumberland |- |- |1 |- |1 |1
North Yorkshire |- |3 |- |- |- |1
Nottinghamshire |578 |- |5 |- |2 |-
Oldham |218 |- |1 |- |- |-
Oxfordshire |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Richmond upon Thames |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Salford |177 |- |1 |- |- |-
Sefton |- |1 |- |1 |- |-
Solihull |60 |2 |- |- |- |-
Somerset |- |- |- |- |- |1
South Tyneside |128 |1 |- |- |- |-
Stockport |- |- |4 |- |- |-
Suffolk |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Surrey |60 |1 |7 |- |- |-
Tameside |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Tower Hamlets |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Waltham Forest |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Wandsworth |266 |- |1 |- |- |-
Warwickshire |203 |- |1 |1 |- |-
West Sussex |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Wigan |321 |- |- |- |- |2
Wiltshire |107 |5 |5 |1 |- |-
Wirral |72 |- |1 |- |- |-
Wolverhampton |208 |- |1 |- |- |-
Primary School Class Sizes
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage and how many primary school pupils are currently in classes of
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(a) 31 to 35, (b) 36 to 40 and (c) 40-plus in each local education authority and in total; and what were the equivalent figures in January 1994. [39380]Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Numbers and percentages of pupils in single teacher classes of size in maintained primary schools
in each local education authority area in England 1994 to 1995
Position in January each year
31-35 36-40 41+
|Number of |Number of
|pupils |Percentage<1>|pupils |Percentage<1>|pupils |Percentage<1>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1994
City |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Camden |542 |6.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Greenwich |2,301 |13.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Hackney |499 |3.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Hammersmith |795 |11.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Islington |892 |6.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Kensington and Chelsea |418 |8.3 |36 |0.7 |0 |0.0
Lambeth |816 |5.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Lewisham |1,318 |7.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Southwark |2,331 |12.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Tower Hamlets |601 |4.6 |37 |0.3 |0 |0.0
Wandsworth |1,471 |10.5 |150 |1.1 |45 |0.3
Westminster |352 |4.9 |76 |1.1 |0 |0.0
Barking |1,183 |8.3 |232 |1.6 |0 |0.0
Barnet |2,319 |11.1 |115 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Bexley |5,838 |31.6 |72 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Brent |1,819 |9.6 |338 |1.8 |0 |0.0
Bromley |10,239 |46.8 |146 |0.7 |0 |0.0
Croydon |4,667 |19.6 |229 |1.0 |0 |0.0
Ealing |4,001 |19.6 |145 |0.7 |0 |0.0
Enfield |7,201 |35.2 |36 |0.2 |0 |0.0
Haringey |657 |3.9 |75 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Harrow |3,472 |22.2 |72 |0.5 |0 |0.0
Havering |4,030 |21.3 |146 |0.8 |0 |0.0
Hillingdon |4,422 |24.9 |431 |2.4 |43 |0.2
Hounslow |4,570 |28.7 |749 |4.7 |0 |0.0
Kingston upon Thames |5,299 |56.0 |185 |2.0 |0 |0.0
Merton |2,783 |22.6 |268 |2.2 |63 |0.5
Newham |1,201 |5.4 |116 |0.5 |0 |0.0
Redbridge |8,054 |50.3 |402 |2.5 |0 |0.0
Richmond upon Thames |869 |8.8 |112 |1.1 |153 |1.5
Sutton |4,552 |38.8 |144 |1.2 |0 |0.0
Waltham Forest |3,088 |17.8 |112 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Birmingham |25,730 |26.9 |1,373 |1.4 |61 |0.1
Coventry |4,940 |19.5 |601 |2.4 |0 |0.0
Dudley |6,524 |27.1 |369 |1.5 |604 |2.5
Sandwell |8,863 |32.7 |1,312 |4.8 |0 |0.0
Solihull |6,200 |34.1 |511 |2.8 |0 |0.0
Walsall |5,066 |22.8 |511 |2.3 |0 |0.0
Wolverhampton |4,774 |22.3 |381 |1.8 |0 |0.0
Knowsley |5,271 |31.0 |644 |3.8 |0 |0.0
Liverpool |11,660 |24.5 |918 |1.9 |42 |0.1
St. Helens |4,586 |31.6 |851 |5.9 |0 |0.0
Sefton |7,742 |31.6 |475 |1.9 |41 |0.2
Wirral |5,410 |18.8 |474 |1.6 |44 |0.2
Bolton |7,010 |31.8 |1,608 |7.3 |428 |1.9
Bury |5,087 |32.6 |1,024 |6.6 |128 |0.8
Manchester |8,446 |20.5 |1,173 |2.9 |0 |0.0
Oldham |7,746 |36.9 |779 |3.7 |92 |0.4
Rochdale |7,300 |39.8 |552 |3.0 |168 |0.9
Salford |5,603 |25.2 |1,127 |5.1 |87 |0.4
Stockport |6,813 |28.2 |1,265 |5.2 |101 |0.4
Tameside |10,943 |51.1 |1,136 |5.3 |0 |0.0
Trafford |7,729 |41.9 |1,340 |7.3 |82 |0.4
Wigan |7,572 |29.0 |2,380 |9.1 |45 |0.2
Barnsley |5,185 |26.0 |376 |1.9 |95 |0.5
Doncaster |6,296 |23.7 |1,252 |4.7 |0 |0.0
Rotherham |2,334 |10.4 |235 |1.1 |0 |0.0
Sheffield |6,821 |18.1 |1,460 |3.9 |0 |0.0
Bradford |8,214 |25.6 |567 |1.8 |0 |0.0
Calderdale |4,942 |28.3 |326 |1.9 |0 |0.0
Kirklees |8,391 |26.8 |981 |3.1 |0 |0.0
Leeds |16,686 |28.2 |2,719 |4.6 |0 |0.0
Wakefield |8,738 |32.3 |1,258 |4.7 |0 |0.0
Gateshead |1,786 |10.8 |76 |0.5 |0 |0.0
Newcastle upon Tyne |5,083 |24.8 |760 |3.7 |0 |0.0
North Tyneside |3,408 |22.7 |447 |3.0 |50 |0.3
South Tyneside |2,915 |20.1 |489 |3.4 |52 |0.4
Sunderland |4,022 |15.4 |222 |0.8 |0 |0.0
Isles of Scilly |31 |18.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Avon |25,695 |34.1 |1,058 |1.4 |0 |0.0
Bedfordshire |7,314 |19.7 |1,701 |4.6 |49 |0.1
Berkshire |15,220 |27.0 |1,070 |1.9 |0 |0.0
Buckinghamshire |16,670 |29.1 |2,310 |4.0 |92 |0.2
Cambridgeshire |13,979 |25.2 |1,100 |2.0 |0 |0.0
Cheshire |27,187 |32.6 |2,922 |3.5 |84 |0.1
Cleveland |10,863 |18.8 |2,523 |4.4 |0 |0.0
Cornwall |12,409 |32.4 |1,032 |2.7 |0 |0.0
Cumbria |8,568 |22.1 |732 |1.9 |85 |0.2
Derbyshire |25,613 |34.1 |4,055 |5.4 |314 |0.4
Devon |19,328 |24.9 |1,847 |2.4 |0 |0.0
Dorset |17,562 |42.6 |580 |1.4 |0 |0.0
Durham |13,729 |26.5 |1,283 |2.5 |0 |0.0
East Sussex |18,862 |39.8 |435 |0.9 |0 |0.0
Essex |29,961 |25.2 |768 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Gloucestershire |10,644 |25.4 |479 |1.1 |0 |0.0
Hampshire |40,820 |31.5 |3,484 |2.7 |0 |0.0
Hereford and Worcester |9,432 |20.1 |478 |1.0 |0 |0.0
Hertfordshire |20,658 |26.8 |600 |0.8 |86 |0.1
Humberside |21,804 |28.1 |3,973 |5.1 |137 |0.2
Isle of Wight |1,672 |23.9 |190 |2.7 |0 |0.0
Kent |40,873 |33.0 |697 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Lancashire |39,104 |33.4 |5,884 |5.0 |124 |0.1
Leicestershire |13,760 |19.2 |673 |0.9 |0 |0.0
Lincolnshire |11,975 |25.2 |667 |1.4 |0 |0.0
Norfolk |10,584 |18.5 |445 |0.8 |146 |0.3
North Yorkshire |12,653 |22.9 |965 |1.7 |84 |0.2
Northamptonshire |9,402 |20.2 |188 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Northumberland |6,301 |33.0 |1,559 |8.2 |41 |0.2
Nottinghamshire |17,125 |20.8 |2,658 |3.2 |164 |0.2
Oxfordshire |5,242 |13.7 |563 |1.5 |45 |0.1
Shropshire |8,530 |25.5 |555 |1.7 |0 |0.0
Somerset |10,074 |28.9 |402 |1.2 |0 |0.0
Staffordshire |24,238 |27.8 |5,720 |6.6 |780 |0.9
Suffolk |5,386 |13.2 |222 |0.5 |0 |0.0
Surrey |13,064 |19.2 |635 |0.9 |42 |0.1
Warwickshire |11,984 |28.8 |756 |1.8 |0 |0.0
West Sussex |10,459 |20.6 |475 |0.9 |0 |0.0
Wiltshire |11,784 |25.7 |401 |0.9 |0 |0.0
England |978,995 |25.7 |92,481 |2.4 |4,697 |0.1
1995 (provisional)
City |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Camden |569 |6.3 |36 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Greenwich |2,433 |13.8 |72 |0.4 |50 |0.3
Hackney |569 |4.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Hammersmith |1,294 |16.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Islington |1,055 |8.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Kensington and Chelsea |221 |4.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Lambeth |540 |3.4 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Lewisham |1,072 |5.8 |73 |0.4 |47 |0.3
Southwark |2,446 |12.5 |37 |0.2 |0 |0.0
Tower Hamlets |728 |4.8 |0 |0.0 |50 |0.3
Wandsworth |1,238 |8.7 |221 |1.6 |0 |0.0
Westminster |607 |8.8 |39 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Barking |994 |6.6 |271 |1.8 |52 |0.3
Barnet |2,179 |10.4 |112 |0.5 |0 |0.0
Bexley |7,761 |38.9 |73 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Brent |2,098 |11.2 |158 |0.8 |188 |1.0
Bromley |11,305 |50.5 |291 |1.3 |0 |0.0
Croydon |5,863 |23.2 |110 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Ealing |4,059 |18.9 |78 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Enfield |8,156 |39.5 |36 |0.2 |0 |0.0
Haringey |1,006 |5.8 |39 |0.2 |0 |0.0
Harrow |4,080 |25.0 |72 |0.4 |0 |0.0
Havering |4,625 |23.9 |37 |0.2 |0 |0.0
Hillingdon |4,320 |23.6 |427 |2.3 |86 |0.5
Hounslow |4,863 |29.1 |787 |4.7 |41 |0.2
Kingston upon Thames |5,960 |61.4 |256 |2.6 |0 |0.0
Merton |2,938 |23.3 |223 |1.8 |138 |1.1
Newham |2,604 |11.0 |76 |0.3 |0 |0.0
Redbridge |7,902 |48.8 |435 |2.7 |0 |0.0
Richmond upon Thames |1,980 |19.8 |0 |0.0 |60 |0.6
Sutton |4,214 |34.8 |114 |0.9 |0 |0.0
Waltham Forest |3,330 |18.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Birmingham |27,064 |28.0 |1,080 |1.1 |107 |0.1
Coventry |7,016 |26.2 |784 |2.9 |75 |0.3
Dudley |5,506 |22.6 |562 |2.3 |867 |3.6
Sandwell |9,902 |35.8 |871 |3.1 |42 |0.2
Solihull |6,589 |35.4 |917 |4.9 |0 |0.0
Walsall |5,875 |25.5 |511 |2.2 |42 |0.2
Wolverhampton |5,220 |23.9 |626 |2.9 |0 |0.0
Knowsley |5,349 |29.4 |899 |4.9 |52 |0.3
Liverpool |11,288 |24.3 |1,023 |2.2 |230 |0.5
St. Helens |4,496 |30.6 |1,011 |6.9 |0 |0.0
Sefton |7,775 |31.0 |1,018 |4.1 |0 |0.0
Wirral |5,449 |18.6 |627 |2.1 |0 |0.0
Bolton |8,190 |36.2 |1,982 |8.8 |194 |0.9
Bury |5,633 |36.0 |801 |5.1 |0 |0.0
Manchester |9,026 |21.4 |1,008 |2.4 |177 |0.4
Oldham |7,853 |36.5 |782 |3.6 |188 |0.9
Rochdale |7,542 |39.0 |473 |2.4 |87 |0.4
Salford |6,128 |27.0 |753 |3.3 |94 |0.4
Stockport |6,962 |28.2 |849 |3.4 |47 |0.2
Tameside |10,553 |48.4 |738 |3.4 |0 |0.0
Trafford |8,455 |44.6 |1,193 |6.3 |41 |0.2
Wigan |8,941 |33.6 |2,347 |8.8 |87 |0.3
Barnsley |5,625 |28.0 |383 |1.9 |193 |1.0
Doncaster |6,692 |25.5 |1,605 |6.1 |41 |0.2
Rotherham |2,961 |13.0 |308 |1.4 |0 |0.0
Sheffield |9,467 |24.1 |1,408 |3.6 |244 |0.6
Bradford |9,500 |28.7 |1,207 |3.7 |0 |0.0
Calderdale |5,558 |30.3 |108 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Kirklees |10,466 |32.5 |1,733 |5.4 |91 |0.3
Leeds |18,551 |30.6 |2,428 |4.0 |266 |0.4
Wakefield |8,420 |30.2 |2,070 |7.4 |54 |0.2
Gateshead |2,084 |12.3 |153 |0.9 |0 |0.0
Newcastle upon Tyne |5,854 |28.7 |756 |3.7 |134 |0.7
North Tyneside |4,467 |29.7 |413 |2.7 |50 |0.3
South Tyneside |2,766 |18.9 |747 |5.1 |103 |0.7
Sunderland |3,410 |12.8 |191 |0.7 |0 |0.0
Isles of Scilly |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
Avon |25,550 |32.8 |1,277 |1.6 |92 |0.1
Bedfordshire |8,288 |21.4 |1,531 |4.0 |509 |1.3
Berkshire |14,692 |25.3 |828 |1.4 |85 |0.1
Buckinghamshire |17,591 |29.5 |2,944 |4.9 |670 |1.1
Cambridgeshire |14,211 |25.5 |735 |1.3 |0 |0.0
Cheshire |26,906 |31.5 |3,196 |3.7 |213 |0.2
Cleveland |11,332 |19.4 |2,527 |4.3 |0 |0.0
Cornwall |12,878 |32.8 |1,039 |2.6 |87 |0.2
Cumbria |10,374 |26.2 |968 |2.4 |110 |0.3
Derbyshire |27,071 |35.1 |5,414 |7.0 |474 |0.6
Devon |21,844 |27.5 |1,770 |2.2 |45 |0.1
Dorset |17,058 |40.4 |980 |2.3 |0 |0.0
Durham |14,215 |27.2 |1,240 |2.4 |0 |0.0
East Sussex |19,221 |39.8 |470 |1.0 |0 |0.0
Essex |30,666 |24.8 |979 |0.8 |230 |0.2
Gloucestershire |11,044 |25.4 |551 |1.3 |0 |0.0
Hampshire |41,963 |32.4 |1,967 |1.5 |46 |0.0
Hereford and Worcester |10,011 |20.7 |481 |1.0 |41 |0.1
Hertfordshire |22,320 |28.1 |692 |0.9 |42 |0.1
Humberside |22,058 |27.7 |4,393 |5.5 |445 |0.6
Isle of Wight |1,749 |24.8 |111 |1.6 |0 |0.0
Kent |43,201 |33.6 |722 |0.6 |285 |0.2
Lancashire |42,290 |35.0 |6,298 |5.2 |244 |0.2
Leicestershire |15,730 |21.1 |1,413 |1.9 |424 |0.6
Lincolnshire |13,595 |27.7 |955 |1.9 |82 |0.2
Norfolk |11,793 |20.0 |218 |0.4 |55 |0.1
North Yorkshire |16,110 |28.4 |1,598 |2.8 |50 |0.1
Northamptonshire |10,244 |21.2 |332 |0.7 |0 |0.0
Northumberland |6,720 |34.9 |1,269 |6.6 |41 |0.2
Nottinghamshire |19,413 |23.4 |3,186 |3.8 |543 |0.7
Oxfordshire |5,940 |15.2 |384 |1.0 |98 |0.3
Shropshire |9,304 |27.0 |668 |1.9 |0 |0.0
Somerset |10,140 |28.3 |583 |1.6 |53 |0.1
Staffordshire |25,921 |29.4 |4,569 |5.2 |657 |0.7
Suffolk |6,142 |14.5 |254 |0.6 |0 |0.0
Surrey |11,382 |16.6 |647 |0.9 |89 |0.1
Warwickshire |12,906 |30.4 |899 |2.1 |175 |0.4
West Sussex |12,219 |23.0 |660 |1.2 |0 |0.0
Wiltshire |14,007 |29.5 |696 |1.5 |0 |0.0
England |1,047,741 |26.8 |97,882 |2.5 |10,103 |0.3
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Training for Work
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is (a) the average number of training for work leavers who gained a qualification or credits towards a qualification and (b) the number of leavers entering employment in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 (i) nationally and (ii) for each training and enterprise council. [39778]
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Mr. Paice: As the information requested contains a large amount of data, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library.
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent on the training for work programme in each year between 1991 and 1995 and what is the projected account in 1995 96; what was the number of starts and filled places in each year; and what is the projected figure for 1995 96. [39776]
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Mr. Paice: In April 1993, training for work replaced employment training and employment action. The information requested is given in the following table.
|1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Provisional|1995-96
|(1) |(2) |(3) |outturn |planned
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expenditure
(£ million) |753.7 |766.8 |760.2 |683.0 |574.0
Starts (000s) |252 |291 |292 |280 |225
Filled places
(000s) |119 |105 |124 |95 |92
Notes:
1. In the expenditure figures for 1991-92, the ET element relates to England and
Wales and the EA element relates to England, Scotland and Wales.
2. In the expenditure figures for 1992-93, the ET element related to England only and
the EA element related to England and Scotland
Training Costs
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average amount spent by employers on training each of their employees in 1992 and 1994. [39779]
Mr. Paice: The data requested are not available.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the budget for each training and enterprise council for 1995 96. [39777]
Mr. Paice: The budget made available to each training and enterprise council in England by the Department for 1995 96 is shown in the following. The responsibility for TECs in Wales lies with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
TEC budgets 1995-96
|£
----------------------------------------------------
South East
Hampshire |27,323,756
Heart of England |12,535,357
Isle of Wight |3,638,642
Kent |36,282,620
Milton Keynes and North Bucks |11,127,628
Surrey |12,128,689
Sussex |22,550,765
Thames Valley Enterprise |31,720,395
London
Aztec |12,254,997
Centec |23,865,389
Cilntec |20,391,148
London East |36,266,110
North London |20,674,806
North West London |11,157,405
Solotec |19,115,941
South Thames<1> |33,827,403
West London |18,620,229
Eastern
Bedfordshire |13,021,470
Cambstec |7,849,613
Essex |31,658,402
Greater Peterborough |11,207,428
Hertfordshire |20,838,636
Norfolk and Waveney |24,523,751
Suffolk |15,019,798
South West
Devon and Cornwall |43,815,751
Dorset |14,574,980
Gloucestershire |14,241,391
Somerset |12,359,270
Westec |27,879,781
Wiltshire |12,223,966
West Midlands
Birmingham |34,557,562
Central England |10,400,327
Coventry and Warwickshire |24,665,865
Dudley |9,882,928
Hawtec |12,895,288
Sandwell |12,664,294
Shropshire |11,977,681
Staffordshire |28,901,500
Walsall |8,003,525
Wolverhampton |9,781,984
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham |18,273,503
Leicester |22,313,670
Lincolnshire |22,918,889
North Derbyshire |10,661,439
North Nottinghamshire |15,957,808
Northamptonshire |12,516,841
Southern Derbyshire |17,104,924
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley and Doncaster |24,942,444
Bradford and District |17,376,587
Calderdale and Kirklees |19,763,424
Humberside |33,126,307
Leeds |20,043,842
North Yorkshire |15,406,306
Rotherham |11,174,354
Sheffield |20,634,318
Wakefield |10,704,117
North West
Bolton and Bury |15,017,992
Cumbria |17,843,301
Eltec (East Lancs) |19,840,603
Lawtec (Lancs West) |28,822,730
Manchester |43,011,107
Metrotec Ltd. (Wigan) |11,090,965
Normidtec |15,382,978
Oldham |9,109,551
Rochdale |9,539,178
South and East Cheshire |13,971,563
Stockport/High Peak |12,050,452
Merseyside
Cewtec |20,880,534
Merseyside |52,238,640
Qualitec |8,336,638
North East
County Durham |25,698,704
Northumberland |14,150,915
Sunderland City |16,478,872
Teeside |31,069,685
Tyneside |37,505,997
<1> South Thames TEC: the figure shown is the
1995-96 allocation which will be reallocated to the
receiver and the successor TECs.
Race for Opportunity"
Mr. Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the launch of the business in the community campaign "Race for Opportunity". [40361]
Mrs. Gillan: The Government warmly welcome the move by major companies to champion "Race for Opportunity". These companies recognise the diverse talents and business opportunities which our multiracial society has to offer. Champions of the campaign will take full account of the ethnic minority community in all aspects of their business, from marketing and purchasing to employment, and they will strive to become good corporate citizens. Such efforts are to be congratulated.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Trials (Media Coverage)
Mr. Soley: To ask the Attorney General how many trials have been stopped in the last three years as a result of media coverage, in how many cases media coverage has been cited by the court as a reason for returning a not guilty verdict; and if he will list the cases. [38319]
The Attorney-General: There is no central record of cases coming within the criteria set out in the hon. Member's question. The two prosecuting authorities for which I have responsibility--Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office--have identified the following cases in which criminal proceedings have been stayed on the grounds of "abuse of process" because the court has held that media coverage has made a fair trial impossible.
Name |Date |Charge
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony Grunwell |June/July 1993: |Theft from motor
|Snaresbrook |vehicle
|Crown
|Court
R. v. Reade, Morris |15 October 1993: |Conspiracy to
and Woodwiss |Central Criminal |pervert the course
|Court |of justice
R. v. Hassan and |24 July 1995: |Conspiracy to
Caldori |Isleworth Crown |distribute
|Court |counterfeit
|currency
R. v. Geoffrey |24 October 1995: |Causing grievous
Knights |Harrow Crown |bodily harm
|Court
R. v. Zaheer and |11 October 1995: |Violent disorder
Others |Harrow Crown
|Court
The table is compiled from individual recollection and is not necessarily exhaustive.
The inquiries referred to above have identified two cases where media coverage has been a factor, but not the only factor, in a decision to quash convictions. Those cases related to proceedings against Michelle Taylor and Lisa Taylor (11 June 1993) and Vincent Wood (6 July 1995).
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Barings Bank
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Attorney General (1) if all information requested by the Serious Fraud Office from the Singapore authorities has been handed over; [38400]
(2) what action he is taking in respect of the decision of judicial managers and prosecutors in Singapore with regard to access for Serious Fraud Office investigators to documentation in Singapore relating to Barings. [38401]
The Attorney-General: Baring Futures (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is under the control of judicial managers appointed by the Singapore High Court to which the Serious Fraud Office made an application for an order that the judicial managers disclose certain company records. That application was not granted and the SFO is currently appealing the decision to the Court of Appeal of Singapore.
I have myself corresponded with my counterpart in Singapore.
SOCIAL SECURITY
National Minimum Wage
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Secuirty (1) what assessment he has made of the number of people who would claim to be entitled to specific benefit if a national minimum wage was introduced at £3.50 per hour, £4 per hour and £4.50 per hour for all employees aged 18 years and over; [36765]
(2) what estimates he has made of the effect on the level of expenditure on specific benefits if a national minimum wage was introduced at (a) £3.50 per hour, (b) £4 per hour and (c) £4.50 per hour for all employees aged 18 years and over. [36766]
Mr. Roger Evans: No assessment has been made.
National Insurance Numbers
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will sanction the use of national insurance numbers as a means of reference by (a) the Student Loans Company and (b) the universities and colleges admission system. [37066]
Mr. Heald: We have a policy of restricting the use of national insurance numbers to national insurance, tax and social security benefit- related purposes.
State Pensions
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the amount of (a) the widow's payment and (b) the Christmas bonus in the year 1996 97 if they had been uprated (i) in line with earnings and (ii) in line with prices since the date when they were announced and the date when they were introduced. [38161]
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Mr. Heald: The information is not available in the format requested. Since 1988, benefit upratings have been based on movement in the retail prices index over the preceding September to September period. Data on
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earnings growth in the period September 1994 to September 1995 are not yet available. The available information is in the table.Column 809
Column 1 |Column 2 |Column 3 |Column 4 |Column 5 |Column 6 |Column 7 |Column 8
Benefit/allowance |Date |Date |Rate at |Rate when |Current rate |Rate at April |Rate at April
|introduction |introduced |announcement |introduced |1996 if |1996 if
|announced |amount at |amount at
|Column 4 |Column 5
|uprated by |uprated by
|prices since |prices since
|date at |date at
|Column 2 |Column 3
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Christmas bonus |November |December |10.00 |10.00 |10.00 |69.75 |69.75
| 1972 | 1972
Widow's payment |December |April 1988 |1,000.00 |1,000.00 |1,000.00 |1,584.65 |1,473.20
| 1985
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 pence.
2. The retail prices index (all items) up to September 1995 as published by the Central Statistical Office has been used for uprating.
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the percentage change in the real value of the pensioners' Christmas bonus since it was first paid; to what amount it would have to be changed to restore its original value; and if he will increase it this Christmas. [39653]
Mr. Heald: If the £10 Christmas bonus had been uprated in line with prices since it was first paid in December 1972, it would be £67.15 at December 1995. The £10 bonus represents about 15 per cent. of this figure. We have no plans to increase the bonus.
Notes:
1: Figures rounded to nearest 5 pence.
2: The retail prices index (all items) up to September 1995 as published by the Central Statistical Office has been used for prices uprating.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to pay the state retirement pension from the actual birthday of the claimant; and if he will make a statement. [39392]
Mr. Heald: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mrs. Fyfe) on 28 April, Official Report, column 715.
National Insurance
Mr. Nigel Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the national insurance yield in a full year from extending employers' class 1A national insurance contributions to all non-cash or dividend remuneration currently defined as income for income tax purposes but not for national insurance purposes. [39111]
Mr. Heald: The estimate is £250 million based on 1994 95 figures.
Social Security Expenditure
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the social security spending as a percentage of gross domestic product for each year since 1978. [38820]
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Mr. Burt: I refer the hon. Member to the reply to the hon. Member for Mid-Kent (Mr. Rowe) on 23 March, Official Report, column 342.
Fraud
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were the savings made by his Department in tackling organised method of payment fraud in 1993 94 and 1994 95; what were the reasons for any changes in savings; and what new policies his Department intends to take to increase substantially the savings by tackling organised method of payment fraud. [37591]
Mr. Heald: We have adopted a number of preventative measures as key elements of our strategy for tackling fraud. The redesign of the order book has dramatically reduced the incidence of counterfeiting and manipulation, and the use of secure delivery arrangements for order books to post offices has significantly reduced losses in transit. This has meant a reduction in the Benefits Agency's organised fraud teams' detected savings from £54.8 million for method of payment fraud in 1993 94 to £20.3 million in 1994 95.
We intend to continue the policy of enhancing preventive measures such as the electronic stop notice system in the south-east of England and the incentive scheme for post offices to identify fraudulent encashments. The benefit payment card which is scheduled to begin roll-out in 1996 will replace payment by order books and giro cheques. It is estimated it will help eliminate fraud of £140 million a year.
Alongside this preventive work, organised fraud teams will continue to examine new organised fraud trends that may emerge and develop their intelligence and operational capabilities to detect and investigate this type of fraud.
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