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Asylum Seekers
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions have been held between his Department and local authority associations concerning the Children Act 1989 and its implementation for the need of asylum seekers' children following the implementation of the Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations; and if he will make a statement. [11079]
Mr. Bowis: The implications of the benefit changes of asylum seekers and their children were discussed as part of a regular series of meetings between my officials and officers of the local authority associations. Discussions have continued informally. Department of Health and Department of the Environment officials are meeting the local authority associations to discuss details of a special grant which will assist local authorities with any unavoidable additional costs arising under homelessness legislation of the Children Act.
Mobile Phones
Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the mobile telephones which have been supplied to his Department in each of the last eight years have been cloned; and on what dates. [11010]
Mr. Horam: There have been five instances of cloning in the Department in 1995.
Private Finance Initiative
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish details of the consortia that have been successful in private finance initiative bids. [11211]
Mr. Horam: The main contractors, where their details are available, who have successfully bid for private finance initiative schemes with a capital value over £1 million are shown in the table. Information on smaller schemes is not available centrally.
| Scheme | Contractor |
|---|---|
| Northern and Yorkshire | |
| Royal Victoria: magnetic resonance imager | GVD Finance (Siemens Group) |
| Yorkshire RHA: clinical waste incinerator | YWE (Yorkshire Water Enterprises) |
| St. James's University Hospital: combined heat and power plant | YCL Ltd. (Yorkshire Cogan Ltd.) |
| Tees Health Authority: residential accommodation for elderly and elderly mentally ill | ANS Ltd. (Associated Nursing Services) |
| South Tyneside: pathology services | Cleveland Medical Laboratories Ltd. |
| Royal Victoria Infirmary: car park | Centreland Group/Gordon Durham/Dent |
| United Leeds Teaching Hospital: power station | ULTH Charitable Trust/Medley |
| Trent | |
| Leicester Mental Health: office accommodation | Raynsway Properties Ltd. |
| Doncaster Health Care NHS Trust: clinical waste incinerator | Motherwell Bridge Envirotec Ltd. |
| Anglia and Oxford | |
| North Bedfordshire Health Authority: residential accommodation for elderly mentally ill | Health and Care (UK) Ltd. |
| Royal Berks. and Battle: car park etc. | Proteam (Hemdean Investments and Lovell Construction) |
| South Buckinghamshire: new district general hospital | Healthcare Group (Taylor Woodrow, Nexus, NWS Bank, Granada TFM, CODA, Hoare Lea and Partners, Waterman Partnership, Northcroft) |
| North Thames | |
| Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow: office accommodation | Sun Life Properties |
| New River Health Authority: office accommodation | Markheath PLC |
| Kensington Chelsea and Westminster: staff accommodation | Higgs and Hill |
| Brent and Harrow: residential accommodation elderly mentally ill | CHS Ltd. |
| Herts. Health Agency: office accommodation | Possfund Custodian Trustees |
| Hillingdon Health Agency: office accommodation | Hayes Cottage Nursing Home Ltd. |
| North Herts. NHS Trust: pathology services | UCL Engineering |
| Havering Hospital NHS Trust: estates services | Honeywell Control Systems Ltd. |
| South Thames | |
| South-East London Commissioning Agency and Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham FHSA: office accommodation | Parks Incorporated |
| Kings Healthcare: clinical waste incinerator | Clinical Waste Ltd. |
| South-East Kent Health Authority: clinical waste incinerator | Dyvells |
| East Sussex Health Authority: nursing homes | ANS Ltd. |
| Kent and Canterbury Hospital: staff accommodation | Bradford and Northern Housing Association |
| Frimley Park Hospital: magnetic resonance imager | Lister Bestcare |
| Epsom General Practitioner Fundholders: day surgery unit | EMP (Environmental and Medical Products) Ltd. |
| Eastbourne Hospitals: clinical waste incinerator | Clinical Waste Ltd. |
| Merton Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority: residential accommodation for elderly mentally ill | Haven Healthcare PLC |
| Mid Sussex (Princess Royal Hospital): magnetic resonance imager | The Diagnostic Co. Ltd. (now Westminster Healthcare) |
| St. Peters Hospital: housing redevelopment and management | Landmark Housing Association/Hunter and Partners architects/Bird and Bird legal |
| South and West | |
| Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority: clinical waste incinerator | South and West Water PLC and Hull Waste Co. |
| Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch: clinical waste incinerator | Whiterose Environmental |
| West Midlands region | |
| Alexandra Healthcare: clinical waste incinerator | Medical Waste International Ltd. |
| Birmingham Heartlands: car park | Transcare |
| Herefordshire Community Health: office accommodation | Belmont Abbey |
| North-West | |
| Oldham Hospital NHS Trust: clinical waste incinerator | White Rose Environmental |
| Bolton Health Authority: clinical waste incinerator | White Rose Environmental |
| North Manchester NHS Trust: magnetic resonance imager | Lister Bestcare |
| Royal Liverpool University Hospital: car park | Transcare Health Ltd./Team Services UK Ltd. |
| Aintree Hospitals: patient hotel | St. Andrews Homes/Sedex House |
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NHS Staff Salaries
Mr Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the salary costs of employing (a) general and senior managers, (b) administrative and clerical staff and (c) nursing and midwifery staff in each year since 1989-90. [11212]
Mr. Malone:
This information is contained in table 7.9 of "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics for England," produced annually by the Department of Health, copies of which are available in the Library.
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| £000 | |
|---|---|
| General and senior managers | 723,361 |
| Nurses and midwives | 6,184,015 |
| Administrative and clerical | 1,582,129 |
Source:
1. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
2. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.
Under-age Working
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inspections of work places have been undertaken in each year since 1979; and how many have revealed under-age working. [10774]
Mr. Bowis: The information is not available centrally.
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to the need for further protection for children against illegal employment; and if he will make a statement. [11002]
Mr. Bowis: I consider that the current legal system for protecting children who choose to work is adequate. Enforcement of the law in this area is a matter for local authorities.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Departmental Officials
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 15 January, Official Report, column 408, (1) if he will place in the Library a list of all those of his Department's officials who have disclosed a current interest, indicating where they are based and the industry and the nature of the interest they have; [10476]
- (2) how many of his Department's officials have a current interest which they have disclosed; how many are based overseas; and how many have an interest with a business concern that is associated with the arms trade. [10475]
Mr. Hanley: We are unable to provide the information without incurring disproportionate cost.
Tibet
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of China about religious freedom in Tibet and about the refusal of the Chinese authorities to recognise the Tibetan candidate for Panchen Lama; and if he will make a statement. [10424]
Mr. Hanley
[holding answer 22 January 1996]: My right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary raised our concerns about the situation in Tibet during his discussions with the Chinese Prime Minister, and with the Chinese Foreign Minister, during his visit to Peking earlier this month.
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