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After-school Care Initiative
Mr. Chisholm: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money will be available in Scotland in 1996-97 for the after-school care initiative. [7742]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 19 January 1996]: The out-of-school child care initiative has offered good value for money in its first three years of operation, with 5,467 places created in Scotland to date. The scheme will continue to be delivered in Scotland until March 1999 by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Around £500,000 will be made available for each of the three years.
General Practitioners (Rural Areas)
Mrs. Ray Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many general practitioners were practising in rural areas in Scotland in (a) 1990 and (b) 1995. [11583]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 23 January 1996]: The numbers of general medical practitioners working in rural areas in Scotland at 1 October 1990 and 1 October 1995 were 394 and 441 respectively.
WALES
Ministerial Visits (Schools)
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many local education authority (i) nursery, (ii) infants, (iii) primary and (iv) high schools he visited in 1995. [9073]
Mr. Hague: I have visited the following schools in 1995:
Primary
Llanfihangel Rhydithon Primary, Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
Caerleon Endowed Junior School (V.A.), Caerleon, Gwent.
Secondary
Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw, Trevethin, Gwent.
Bassaleg Comprehensive School, Bassaleg, Gwent.
Darland High School, Rossett, Clwyd.
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Mr. Richards: During 1995, no visits were made to independent schools by my right hon. Friend, but I visited Craig-y-Parc--Scope--school, Pentyrch, mid-Glamorgan and Llandovery college, Dyfed. I also visited Penrhos-Rydal college in my constituency as the local Member of Parliament.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the total in grants paid to opted-out schools in Wales was in (a) 1993, (b) 1994 and (c) 1995; and if he will make a statement. [10725]
Mr. Richards: The information on a financial year basis is as follows:
| LMS element | Central services element | School meals element | Total annual maintenance grant | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 3,687,648 | 561,195 | 83,423 | 4,332,266 |
| 1993-94 | 12,123,231 | 1,785,845 | 200,096 | 14,109,172 |
| 1994-95 | 19,259,649 | 2,238,152 | 464,948 | 21,962,749 |
| Special purpose grants | Capital grants | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 208,708 | 516,967 | 5,057,941 |
| 1993-94 | 1,002,942 | 6,195,751 | 21,307,865 |
| 1994-95 | 849,768 | 7,349,278 | 30,161,795 |
Annual maintenance grant is recouped from the local authority in which the school is situated.
Trade Missions
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will name, by company title and head office address, the companies which participated in the Welsh trade mission to Indonesia and the specific products they were promoting; [11812]
- (2) what appraisal is made of the human rights conditions in countries which are to be visited under the auspices of the Welsh Office trade mission programme; [11814]
(3) what information on human rights issues was given to participants in the recent trade mission to Indonesia; [11817]
(4) what steps were taken to inform participants in the Welsh Office trade mission to Indonesia of the human rights conditions in that country. [11815]
Mr. Hague: The following companies participated on the Indonesian leg of the recent Welsh Office trade mission to Indonesia and Singapore.
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Trade missions are essentially commercial events in which individual companies develop contacts with potential partners in the target market.
Members of this mission were provided with briefing about the commercial situation in Indonesia.
Mrs. Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he raised the question of human rights during his recent visit to Indonesia; and if he will make a statement. [11818]
Mr. Hague:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Delyn (Mr. Hanson) by the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd, North-West (Mr. Richards) on 26 January, Official Report, column 478.
Mr. Peter Bottomley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what legal action is outstanding in the case of Patient C, subject of an inquest in north Wales. [11926]
Mr. Richards:
I believe that no legal action is outstanding in respect of the High Court proceedings commenced by originating summons which resulted in a declaration leading to the withdrawal of mechanical feeding and the consequent death of Patient C, who had been in a persistent vegetative state. Further legal action is involved in connection with the inquest which is due to be resumed and it is also possible that further legal action will take place if claims are pursued in the courts on behalf of C's estate or family, but the Welsh Office has no direct knowledge concerning such claims.
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Mr. Barry Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital funding allocations have been made to local education authority schools for the new unitary authority of Flintshire for 1996-97. [12421]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
Flintshire county council has been issued with a basic credit approval of £66.441 million for 1996-97, which allows borrowing for any capital purpose including schools. Essentially the Government provide moneys, and borrowing approval to local government on an unhypothecated basis and it is up to the council to determine the use of such resources.
In addition, Hawarden high school, Deeside, has been awarded funding of £250,000 commencing in 1995-96 under the technology schools initiative. Of this £120,000 will be issued to Flintshire county council in 1996-97 as a supplementary credit approval.
Under the popular schools initiative supplementary credit approval of £155,000--phased over three years from 1995-96--has been offered to Clwyd local education authority and Flintshire county council in respect of an extension to Ewloe Green county primary school.
Mr. Llew Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to publish new guidelines for planning in Wales. [12687]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
Comments on the draft planning policy guidance (Wales) documents issued in July have been thoroughly evaluated and my right hon. Friend will be making a decision shortly on what planning policy guidance to publish in Wales.
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