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Bryn-y-Neuadd Long-stay Hospital
Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current annual cost of running Bryn-y-Neuadd long-stay hospital at Llanfairfechan; and what was the corresponding cost, in 1996 prices, five and 10 years ago. [9961]
Mr. Hague: Details of individual hospital expenditure has not been available centrally since 1990-91. The annual cost of running Bryn-y-Neuadd long-stay hospital for 1990-91 and 1985-86 at 1996-97 prices was £6.653 million and £5.840 million respectively.
Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many residents there are at present in the Bryn-y-Neuadd long-stay hospital at Llanfairfechan; what was the corresponding number five and 10 years ago; and what he forecasts the number will be in 12 months and two years time. [9962]
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Mr. Hague: The information requested is as follows:
| Learning disability | Mental illness | |
|---|---|---|
| 1985(31) | 234 | 0 |
| 1989(31) | 223 | 0 |
| 1994(32) | 159 | 23 |
(31) At 5 April.
(32) At 31 March.
No forecasts of the number of residents in hospitals have been made by the Welsh Office.
Mr. Wigley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what date it was planned, in the context of the all-Wales strategy for mentally handicapped adults and children of 1983, that Bryn-y-Neuadd hospital at Llanfairfechan, would be phased out of its role as a long-stay hospital for people with learning difficulties; what plans he has to continue to pursue that objective; and what is the new revised target date for achieving their objective. [9963]
Mr. Hague:
No date for closure has been agreed and no formal consultation has taken place. Additional Welsh Office funds have been agreed for 1997-98 and 1998-99 which will provide support for a phased process of resettlement which will enable over 500 people to move from long-stay institutions into more appropriate forms of alternative care. Resettlement from Bryn-y-Neuadd will commence when resources become available. The possibility of providing additional funding will be reviewed in three years time.
Mr. Win Griffiths:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in (a) cash and (b) real terms the amount of money made available for Tai Cymru in each year from 1990-91 to 1996-97 and the number of houses which (i) his Department estimated would be built and (ii) were built in each year up to 1994-95. [10042]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
The available information on the capital programme is as follows:
| 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plans | Outturn | Plans | Outturn | Plans | Outturn | Plans | Outturn | Plans | Forecast outturn | Plans | |
| Net capital expenditure: | |||||||||||
| Cash terms | 92.2 | 92.2 | 106.4 | 107.4 | 115.5 | (33)151.7 | 122 | 122.1 | 111.9 | 111.9 | 93.5 |
| Real terms(34) | 106.9 | 106.9 | 116.1 | 117.2 | 121.1 | 159.1 | 124.3 | 124.4 | 111.9 | 111.9 | 91.0 |
| Units started | n/a | 3,660 | 3,900 | 4,439 | 4,000 | 4,340 | 4,000 | 4,318 | 4,000 | 3,900 | 3,500 |
| Units completed | (35)3,000 | 3,060 | 3,500 | 3,548 | 4,000 | (36)5,274 | 4,050 | 4,408 | 4,000 | 4,180 | 3,550 |
n/a - not available.
(33) Includes £35 million allocated by the Secretary of State under the acquisition initiative.
(34) Constant 1994-95 prices.
(35) Includes 900 rehabilitation.
(36) Includes 1,198 purchased under the acquisition initiative.
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For 1996-97 I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the House on Wednesday 13 December, Official Report, columns 1002-7.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the level of total standard spending in (a) 1995-
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96 and (b) 1996-97 excluding amounts made available to police authorities. [10034]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The amount of total standard spending in Wales, excluding that made available to the police authorities, is £2,466,247,000 in 1995-96 and £2,535,937,000 in the provisional 1996-97 settlement.
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Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in (a) cash and (b) real terms the revenue support grant for local authorities in each of the years from 1990-91 to 1996-97. [10036]
Mr. Jones: The information requested is given in the following table.
| Year | Cash | at 1990-91 prices |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 1,139.9 | 1,139.9 |
| 1991-92 | 1,235.3 | 1,162.7 |
| 1992-93 | 1,619.5 | 1,464.8 |
| 1993-94 | 1,668.2 | 1,466.0 |
| 1994-95 | 1,738.9 | 1,500.0 |
| 1995-96 | 1,717.0 | 1,441.5 |
| 1996-97(37) | 1,790.4 | 1,462.9 |
(37) Provisional.
Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of (a) the maximum council tax increase each local authority will be able to make in 1996-97 while respecting his capping criteria and (b) the levels of local authority spending in (i) 1995-96 and (ii) 1996-97 allowing for statutory increases. [10040]
Mr. Jones: Council tax increases consistent with my right hon. Friend's proposed capping principles will depend on his final settlement proposals. These will be announced at the end of this month. The latest available estimate of local authority net revenue spending for 1995-96 is £2,883.9 million. Local authorities have yet to set their budgets for 1996-97.
Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the (a) level of additional funding for education in Wales provided by the revenue support grant for 1996-97 and (b) the additional funding made available for education in England. [10278]
Mr. Richards: My right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget statement on 28 November allowed for planned public spending on schools in England in 1996-97 to rise by £878 million, of which £774 million is being channelled through the local government revenue settlement. Comparable resources for Wales were included in the £85 million increase in total standard spending announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales on 28 November.
With the agreement of the Welsh local authority associations, and with the exception of community care resources, the Government do not identify funding for local government in Wales in respect of particular services.
Mr. Griffiths:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in (a) cash and (b) real terms the amount made available for local authority capital provision for housing in each year from 1990-91 to 1996-97. [10041]
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Mr. Jones:
The information requested is given in the following table.
| Cash prices | Constant 1994-95 prices | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 190.3 | 220.6 |
| 1991-92 | 194.3 | 212.0 |
| 1992-93 | 279.4 | 292.9 |
| 1993-94 | 263.9 | 268.9 |
| 1994-95 | 265.7 | 265.7 |
| 1995-96 | 267.6 | 260.4 |
| 1996-97 | 258.1 | 244.5 |
(38) Government provision announced prior to the start of each financial year.
Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (a) cash and (b) real terms the amounts made available to local authorities for housing renovation grants in each year from 1990-91 to 1996-97, the estimates made at the time of the number of grants which would be awarded and the number which were so awarded in each year from 1990-91 to 1996-97. [10043]
Mr. Jones: The information is given in the following tables:
| Year | Cash prices | Constant 1994-95 prices |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 95.3 | 110.5 |
| 1991-92 | (39)109.7 | (39)119.7 |
| 1992-93 | 169.3 | 177.5 |
| 1993-94 | 171.9 | 175.1 |
| 1994-95 | (40)184.0 | (40)184.0 |
| 1995-96 | 179.1 | 174.3 |
| 1996-97 | 179.6 | 170.1 |
(39) Includes £5.9 million for Exchequer contributions for 1991-92.
(40) Includes an extra £7 million made available during the year.
| Plans | Outturn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 23,500 | 28,288 |
| 1991-92 | 9,989 | 19,663 |
| 1992-93 | 20,300 | 15,802 |
| 1993-94 | 23,100 | 16,152 |
| 1994-95 | 17,700 | 15,061 |
| 1995-96 | 16,400 | (41)16,300 |
| 1996-97 | 17,000 | n/a |
(41) Estimated.
n/a = not available.
The numbers of grants completed in 1990-91 and 1991-92 include a significant number approved under the Housing Act 1985. Different grant arrangements were brought into effect from 1 July 1990 under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. All figures include disabled facilities grants.
Figures given for plans made assumptions about the mix of types of grant to be awarded and the associated average costs: no targets by type were set for authorities.
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Mr. Griffiths:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he made of the cost of the teachers' pay award for (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97 when calculating the revenue support grant; and what are those costs for 1995-96. [10284]
Mr. Richards:
We expect pay awards in the public sector, including those subject to the recommendations of the School Teachers' Review Body, to be met through increased efficiency and other economies. The local government revenue settlements for 1995-96 and 1996-97 reflect that policy.
During the 1996-97 settlement discussion, the Welsh local authority associations estimated the cost of the 1995-96 pay award at £19 million.
Mr. Griffiths:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of local government spending was made up by the revenue support grant in each year since 1990-91. [10035]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
The following table shows, from 1990-91 to 1995-96, revenue support grant as a percentage of the total expenditure on services to which revenue support grant may apply. The expenditure figures used were obtained from local authorities' outturn information for years up to 1993-94 and from information on budgets for 1994-95 and 1995-95.
| Per cent. | |
|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 51 |
| 1991-92 | 50 |
| 1992-93 | 61 |
| 1993-94 | 64 |
| 1994-95 | 62 |
| 1995-96 | 58 |
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Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in (a) cash and (b) real terms (i) the total amounts and (ii) the amounts per pupil that each local education authority was permitted to borrow for capital work on schools in each local government financial settlement from 1990-91 to 1996-97. [10037]
Mr. Richards: Most of the borrowing by local education authorities to fund capital work on schools since 1990-91 has been covered by unhypothecated basic credit approvals. Accordingly each authority decides how much of its approved borrowing is allocated to schools.
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