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DUCHY OF LANCASTER

Scott Inquiry

Mr. Robin Cook: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he has (a) read or received and (b) authorised civil servants or any other persons to collate or receive copies of draft sections of Sir Richard Scott's report circulated by Sir Richard Scott to Ministers, civil servants and other persons. [10218]

Mr. Freeman: I have been asked to reply.

I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister today.

Mr. Cook: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what is the total cost of salaries since 1992 paid to persons in the Deputy Prime Minister's Office and the Office of Public Service employed on a part-time or full-time basis in any connection in relation to the Scott inquiry. [10217]

Mr. Freeman: I have been asked to reply.

I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the reply given to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn) by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary on 8 November 1995, Official Report, column 861.

Civil Servants (Industry Links)

Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many serving civil servants are involved in the scheme to improve links with industry; [8761]

Mr. Willetts: There are several different interchange schemes with industry and commerce, including secondments, short-term attachments, non-executive opportunities and joint training programmes. In 1995, over 600 civil servants participated in these schemes.

In 1995, 57 civil servants held non-executive appointments within private sector companies. The companies involved are as follows:


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In no cases do individuals receive payment, although some companies pay a small amount to the employing Department.

Deregulation

Mr. Corbett: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list those European capitals he has (a) visited and (b) plans to visit to discuss deregulation and give the total estimated cost to public funds of these visits. [5877]

Mr. Freeman [pursuant to his reply, 14 December 1995, c. 749]: I regret that the figure quoted as the estimated travel costs associated with the visits already undertaken is incorrect. The correct information is:


WALES

Newspaper Advertising

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the expenditure of his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental

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public bodies on newspaper advertising by title for each year since 1990-91; and what estimate he has made for 1995-96 based on expenditure to date and existing plans. [6574]

Mr. Hague: The information is not collected in the format requested. Expenditure on press advertising for my Department and its executive agency, Cadw, since 1990 is set out in the following table. Figures are not held centrally for NDPBs.

£ thousands
YearWelsh OfficeCADW(18)
1990-91251n/a
1991-92341(19)n/a
1992-9335034
1993-9426958
1994-9524735
1995-9639426

(18) Cadw was set up as an executive agency in April 1991.

(19) Figures are not readily available and can be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

School Milk

Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide figures for the consumption of milk under the European Union school milk scheme for each of the last five years in both primary and secondary schools in Wales; and if he will make a statement on the projected effect on school milk consumption in Wales of the Government's planned cut in subsidy for the provision of milk in schools, and its net effect on the Welsh Office budget after taking into account any loss of European Union subsidy. [8464]

Mr. Hague: The total milk consumption in primary and secondary schools in Wales--including for catering--funded by the scheme was as follows:

Academic yearLitres (millions)
1990-913.7
1991-923.9
1992-934.0
1993-943.2
1994-952.9

As the funds to local authorities are provided by the intervention board executive agency, there will be no effect on the Welsh Office budget.

Play Groups

Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many pre-school play groups there are in each of the counties of Wales. [9331]

Mr. Richards: The latest available figures provided by Wales PPA are for 1994-95. They are taken from the annual report 1994-95, and are as follows:

Number
Clwyd81
Dyfed45
Mid Glamorgan83
South Glamorgan93
West Glamorgan25
Gwent74
Gwynedd27
Powys38
Wales466

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These do not include combined parent and toddler play groups.

Mr. Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the amount of part-time and full-time employment generated by the play group movement. [9328]

Mr. Richards: This information is not held centrally.

Long-stay Hospitals

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people suffering from (a) mental handicap and (b) mental illness, are currently being cared for in long-stay hospitals in Wales; what is Welsh Office policy for providing aid in the community for the residents of each of the long-stay hospitals; and what is the target date for each hospital for ending the current mode of care for patients. [9337]

Mr. Hague: Numbers of residents in (a) mental handicap and (b) mental illness long stay hospitals at 31 March 1994--latest available validated statistical data--are given in the following table. These figures exclude those hospitals that were open as at 31 March 1994 but have subsequently closed.

The mental illness strategy aims to promote the development of a multi-agency approach to the delivery of services, with a range of mental health care within community settings supported by appropriate hospital and residential care. The mental handicap strategy promotes care within the community with additional help and support as appropriate. The resettlement of individuals should take place only after a full multi-agency assessment. Hospitals will be closed only when appropriate alternative provision is in place and when local approval has been reached.

Local approval has been agreed for the closure of Talgarth, Powys (1997), Hensol, Mid Glamorgan (1999) and Llanfrechfa Grange, Gwent (1997). The remaining hospitals do not yet have an agreed closure date.

March 31 1994
Mental handicap resident patients
Bryn-y-Neuadd159
Hensol244
Ystrad Mynach Bungalow Units18
Ely207
Llanfrechfa Grange92
Bronllys30
Brynhyfryd33
Llys Maldwyn41
Other hospitals103
Wales total(20)927
Mental illness resident patients
Cefn Coed Hospital, West Glamorgan251
Whitchurch Hospital, South Glamorgan299
Pen-y-Fal Hospital, Gwent191
Talgarth Hospital, Powys139
St. Cadoc's Hospital, Gwent(21)198
St. David's Hospital, Dyfed204
Other hospitals1,145
Wales total(20)2,427

(20) Excluding residents in hospitals that have closed since 31 March 1994.

(21) Figures for St. Cadoc's include old age psychiatry beds at St. Woolos.

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Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with learning difficulties there are in long-stay hospitals in each of the health authority areas in Wales at the latest date for which information is available; what were the corresponding figures five and 10 years ago; and what he forecasts the figure will be in 12 months and two years time. [9960]

Mr. Hague: The information requested is as follows.

Patients resident in hospitals for people with learning disabilities

(22)1985(22)1989(23)1994
Clwyd745215
Dyfed834549
Gwent38328693
Gwynedd272253159
Mid Glamorgan461388268
Powys191152104
South Glamorgan375324207
West Glamorgan1065532
Wales1,9451,555927

(22) At 5 April.

(23) At 31 March.

No forecasts of the number of residents in hospitals have been made by the Welsh Office.

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