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Hospital Care
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how he proposes to enable hospital doctors to participate in decisions about hospital care; and if he will make a statement. [31003]
Mr. Hague: All NHS hospital services in Wales are provided by NHS trusts. To achieve such status all applicants were required to demonstrate the full involvement in management of their senior professional staff, especially clinical consultants. It is also a statutory requirement that the executive directors of each hospital trust should include a medical practitioner.
UK Forum of Mobility Centres
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what further assistance he plans to give the United Kingdom forum of mobility centres to promote and develop its work. [31020]
Mr. Hague: There are no members of the UK forum in Wales. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) by my hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disabled People on Wednesday 14 February, Official Report, column 650.
Wind Turbines
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the gross output of electricity produced from wind turbines in Wales in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. [30737]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: Electricity generated by wind schemes in Wales in each of the years since 1993 was approximately as follows:
| Year | GWh |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 110 |
| 1994 | 167 |
| 1995 | 171 |
I expect the output to continue to rise year by year as more wind farms come into operation.
Tai Cymru
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of Tai Cymru's annual budget is spent on central administration; and if he will make a statement.[30738]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: In the current year, I expect Tai Cymru's administration costs to be less than 2 per cent. of its total programme.
Electricity Consumption
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the gross consumption of electricity in Wales in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. [30739]
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Mr. Gwilym Jones: Gross electricity consumption in Wales in each of the financial years since 1993 was as follows:
| Year | GWh |
|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 16,363 |
| 1993-94 | 16,589 |
| 1994-95 | 15,869 |
Eisteddfodau
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what evaluation he has made of the attraction to tourists of the annual international eisteddfod at Llangollen; and if he will make a statement. [30741]
Mr. Hague: The Wales tourist board has made no evaluation of the international eisteddfod specifically as a tourist attraction.
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what evaluation he has made of the attraction to tourists of the (a) annual national eisteddfod and (b) national Urdd eisteddfod; and if he will make a statement. [30743]
Mr. Hague: The national eisteddfod and Urdd national eisteddfod are important culture festivals which annually attract upwards of 150,000 and 80,000 visitors respectively. It has been estimated that the national eisteddfod brings over £3 million to the local economy of the area it visits.
Vaccination and Immunisation
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children have been vaccinated in schools as part of the school health service; and if he will make a statement. [30742]
Mr. Hague: The information requested is not collected in this format.
Pontypool Bypass
Mr. Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the name of the contractor currently working on the Pontypool bypass; and if financial penalty clauses were included in the contract. [30808]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: Shepherd Hill Civil Engineers Ltd. is the contractor for the A4042 Cwmbran roundabout improvement.
The contract allows for liquidated damages to be applied in the normal way for late completion.
Mr. Murphy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when roadworks on the Pontypool bypass, A4042, will be completed. [30979]
Mr. Jones:
The roadworks on the A4042 Cwmbran roundabout are currently scheduled to finish on 15 June 1996.
Mr. Llwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to improve prostate cancer screening; and if he will make a statement. [30780]
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Mr. Hague:
I have no plans at present to introduce a NHS screening programme for prostate cancer in Wales. They key aim of any screening programme must be to secure a demonstratable improvement in health by increasing length of life and enhancing quality of life. There is, as yet, no evidence that this would be achieved in relation to prostate cancer. Although screening is not routinely available to NHS patients, individual patients can be tested on request. This may be of benefit where there is a family history of the disease.
The Government remain interested in assessing the value of prostate cancer screening programmes.
Mr. Llwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the age profile and employment status of the current unitary authority councillors in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [30752]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
The information requested is not held centrally.
Mr. Llwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes his Department is evaluating in respect of the existing funding arrangements for Care and Repair Cymru; and if he will make a statement. [30760]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
There are currently no proposals to change the funding arrangements for Care and Repair Cymru.
Mr. Llwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the future of Care and Repair Cymru. [30750]
Mr. Jones:
Care and Repair Cymru has been developing and monitoring roles for new and existing schemes respectively. Its future roles will be considered in the light of responses to the consultation paper "The Welsh Office and Local Government: Redefining the Relationship" and the plans of local authorities.
Mr. Llwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the present waiting list for open heart surgery in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [30762]
Mr. Hague:
About 400 patients are currently waiting for open heart surgery in Wales and will be treated within 12 months.
Mr. Murphy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what steps he is taking to safeguard NHS dentistry services in (a) Torfaen, (b) Gwent and (c) Wales; [30981]
(3) what steps he is taking to increase the number of dentists in (a) Torfaen, (b) Gwent and (c) Wales. [30982]
Mr. Hague:
On 21 September last year, my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd, North-West (Mr. Richards) announced details of a £3 million initiative to attract more dentists into Wales. The initiative enabled Welsh health
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authorities to offer grants of up to £50,000 to attract new dentists into their areas. Grants of £25,000 were available for most parts of the Torfaen area.
By the end of April, nearly £2 million has been offered in grants for:
(2) what measures he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentists in Wales; [31006]
| Wales | Gwent | Torfaen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New practices | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| Existing practices being expanded | 12 | 2 | |
| New community dental service posts | 16 | 3 | 1 |
School Inspections
Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list (a) pre-school, (b) primary, (c) secondary and (d) special school registered inspectors and their teams who are currently involved in school inspections, and, using the same categories, those registered inspectors and their teams who are not currently involved in inspections; [30840]
- (2) if he will list the current (a) levels and (b) types of other full or part-time employment of registered inspectors and their teams, and, in the case of retired inspection personnel, their last paid employment. [30841]
Mr. Hague: These are matters for Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools in Wales. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library of the House.
Welsh Language
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much additional finance has been provided to teach Welsh as a second language to students of constituent colleges of the university of Wales for each year since 1989; and if he will make a statement. [30747]
Mr. Hague: The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has made the following allocations to the constituent colleges of the university of Wales under its Welsh for adults programme:
1993-94: £304,500
1994-95: £431,600
1995-96: £1,116,255
1996-97: £1,179,500.
Comparable information for the period prior to 1993-94 is not available.
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