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Primary Care (Out-of-hours Centres)
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with health authorities concerning the provision of out-of-hours centres for primary care and the issuing of new guidelines with respect to such centres; and if he will make a statement. [12948]
Mr. Hague: My officials met representatives of family health services authorities on 2 November 1995 to discuss the new arrangements for delivering GP out-of-hours services. The arrangements provide an opportunity for GPs to organise their emergency services in ways that will maintain and improve patient care.
Pembrokeshire NHS Trust
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when his Department's officialS received a copy of the draft report produced by the auditors of Pembrokeshire NHS trust, Coopers and Lybrand, into the circumstances leading up to, and the financial implications of, the departure of the chief executive of the Pembrokeshire NHS Trust in 1994. [13002]
Mr. Richards: Welsh Office officials received a copy of a draft on 30 June 1995. Questions arising on the draft were raised by officials who are now considering a further draft. Whether a final report is submitted at a future date to the Secretary of State will be for the Audit Commission to determine.
Cash Limits
Sir Wyn Roberts: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes he is proposing to make to the cash limits for his Department and the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales for the current year. [13543]
Mr. Hague:
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the cash limit on class XV, vote 1 will be reduced by £1,799,000 from £24,557,000 to £22,758,000; the cash limit on class XV,
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vote 2 will be reduced by £4,256,000 from £659,934,000 to £655,678,000; the cash limit on class XV, vote 3 will be increased by £5,500,000 from £561,690,000 to £567,190,000; the cash limit on class XV, vote 5 will be reduced by £2,724,000 from £1,789,920,000 to £1,787,196,000 and the cash limit on class XV, vote 7 will be reduced by £500,000 from £8,746,000 to £8,246,000.
The decrease in the cash limit for vote 1 arises mainly from a transfer of a forecast underspend on cash limited agricultural grants to the resources for demand-led agricultural grants including hill livestock compensatory allowances and compensation payments for the control of animal diseases.
The net reduction in the cash limit for vote 2 comprises mainly a transfer of £750,000 from class I, vote 3 for the local initiative fund and a transfer of £5,000,000 to class XV, vote 3.
The cash limit increase on vote 3 relates to a transfer from class XV, vote 7 for Welsh Office administration capital and a transfer from class XV, vote 2 for the central Government roads programme.
The cash limit reduction on vote 5 results mainly from a transfer from cash limited resources within the vote to meet higher than forecast expenditure on demand-led family health services.
The decrease in the cash limit for vote 7 results from fewer than expected tenders being received for school inspections.
None of the proposed changes adds to the overall level of public expenditure.
Mr. Pickthall:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which local education authorities have sought from her Department improved funding for students of dance and drama in the past two years. [10349]
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Mr. Forth:
The Department is in frequent contact with local authorities to discuss a wide range of issues. It is not possible to identify from the Department's records every instance in which the issue of funding for dance and drama students may have arisen during the course of those discussions. However, my right hon. Friend has within the past two years received letters from Lancashire and Sutton local authorities proposing that a wider range of dance and drama courses should be designated for mandatory awards.
Mr. Blunkett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list, by local education authority, the total amount of balances held by schools in England according to the latest figures. [11747]
Mr. Robin Squire:
The following table shows the aggregate balances held by the schools maintained by each local education authority in England at the end of the financial year 1994-95.
1. The figures (derived from the LMS outturn statements for 1994-95 published by LEAs under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988) cover all county, voluntary and special schools. Prior to 1994-95 special schools were covered by LMS only in the case of 8 LEAs
2. All figures represent surpluses net of deficits.
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National Vocational Qualifications
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average cost per place of delivering NVQ levels 1, 2 and 3 for (a) the unemployed funded by training and enterprise councils and (b) those in work attending further education courses or day release. [12753]
Mr. Paice: The information requested is not available.
Jobcentres (Advertised Pay Rates)
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average pay rate on offer at each jobcentre in England for the latest week for which figures are available. [12841]
Mr. Forth: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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