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Gateside School for the Deaf
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future of the services provided by Gateside school for the deaf to
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(a) children in the new Renfrewshire council's area and (b) other unitary authorities. [9371]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: It will be for the new Renfrewshire council and for the two other councils whose areas are currently served by staff based at Gateside school to determine how to discharge their statutory duties in respect of children belonging to their areas who have special educational needs arising from hearing impairment.
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Mr. Galloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the rate of medical accidents and hospital acquired infections, injuries and fatalities in the Greater Glasgow health board area in each year since 1979. [9543]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: With the exception of 1979, for which year comparable figures are not available centrally, (i) the number of discharges after medical accidents and (ii) the number of deaths after medical accidents are shown in the tables.
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| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care(9) | 50 | 38 | 37 | 57 | 47 | 62 | 5 | 11 |
| Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use(10) | 344 | 382 | 380 | 445 | 452 | 503 | 465 | 394 |
| Total | 394 | 420 | 417 | 502 | 499 | 565 | 470 | 405 |
| 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995(8) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care(9) | 13 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 76 | 54 | 91 | 87 |
| Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use(10) | 551 | 444 | 454 | 609 | 509 | 549 | 633 | 534 |
| Total | 564 | 451 | 466 | 647 | 585 | 603 | 724 | 621 |
(8) 1995 data provisional.
(9) These figures include: (a) hospital acquired infections but exclude: (b) accidental overdoses of drugs and cases where the wrong drug was given in error (c) surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reactions by the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure.
(10) These figures include: (a) correct drug properly administered in therapeutic or prophylactic dosage, as the cause of any adverse effect but exclude (b) accidental overdose of drugs and cases where the wrong drug was given in error (c) administration with suicidal or homicidal intent.
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| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care(11) | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use(12) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
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| 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care(11) | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use(12) | 1 | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | -- | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
(11) These figures include: (a) hospital acquired infections but exclude: (b) accidental overdoses of drugs and cases where the wrong drug was given in error (c) surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reactions by the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure.
(12) These figures include: (a) correct drug properly administered in therapeutic or prophylactics dosage, as the cause of any adverse effect but exclude: (b) accidental overdose of drug and cases where the wrong drug was given in error (c) administration with suicidal or homicidal intent.
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Over the same period the number of in-patients and day cases in the Greater Glasgow health board area rose by 35 per cent. from 183,178 to 248,129.
Scottish Office Pensions Agency
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has for the privatisation of the Scottish Office Pensions Agency; and if he will make a statement. [10105]
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 18 January 1996]: I have no plans to privatise the agency.
TRANSPORT
Goods and Public Service Vehicle Drivers
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in how many instances in the last five years an applicant for goods vehicle and public service vehicle licence has received a licence despite having a criminal record. [10192]
Mr. Norris: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that schools and local education authorities check school bus drivers' credentials, including any criminal convictions, with the police; [10190]
- (2) what steps he is taking to improve liaison between the police, schools and local education authorities concerning checking applications for school bus drivers and similar positions. [10191]
Mr. Norris: Individual schools and local education authorities are responsible for checking the credentials of all those who work with children in their charge and for appropriate liaison with police forces.
Road Rage
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans he has to introduce psychological counselling for road rage; and if he will make a statement; [9917]
- (2) what proposals he has to combat road rage by psychological counselling. [9918]
Mr. Norris: The courts may impose a probation or combination order on an offender, who is supervised by a probation officer required to assess the offender's motivations, pattern of offending and relevant problems
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and devise a supervision programme designed to address them. This can include mandatory or voluntary counselling and treatment where the offender has reacted inappropriately to a situation on the road. Consideration is being given to whether anything further needs to be done.
MOTs
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to review the need to issue annual reminders to motorists to have MOTs as part of his policy to reduce pollution from cars; and if he will make a statement. [10412]
Mr. Norris: We have no plans to review the need for mandatory annual MOT reminders. I believe that the benefits would be minimal: motorists already receive an annual vehicle excise duty reminder and cannot at that stage relicense their vehicles without a current MOT test certificate.
We are, however, exploring in the context of MOT computerisation the matter of garages being able voluntarily to issue MOT reminders.
TREASURY
Profit-related Pay Schemes
Mr. Mike O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer that proposals he has for (a) reviewing and (b) improving profit-related pay schemes. [8310]
Mr. Jack: The operation of this tax relief is kept under regular review. Action is taken when necessary to ensure that the relief continues to meet its policy objectives.
Value Added Tax
Mr. Alfred Morris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount per week a married couple with two children on average male earnings is estimated to have paid in VAT, at today's prices, in the year 1978-79; and what he estimates a similar family will pay in 1995-96. [8530]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: A married couple with two children on average earnings paid VAT of £7.36 per week in 1978-79, in 1995-96 prices, and an estimated £21.40 in 1995-96. Since 1978-79, the real take-home pay of such a family has risen by £80 per week.
Private Finance Initiative
Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list and give full details of all applications for
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capital schemes from the west midlands region seeking PFI approval for 1994-95 and 1995-96; and in each case (a) which have been approved, (b) which are still awaiting approval and (c) which were originally the subject of bids for full funding from Treasury. [9205]
Mr. Jack: Full details of applications for capital schemes from the west midlands region could be provided only at disproportionate cost, due to the diverse numbers of organisations involved with PFI throughout the public sector.
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