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Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many parliamentary questions to his Department have been referred for answer to non-departmental public bodies for which he has responsibility, in each of the last six parliamentary sessions, and so far in the 1995-96 Session; and if he will make a statement. [38698]
Mr. Hague [holding answer 22 July 1996]: The information requested is available only for the 1994-95 and current parliamentary Sessions.
1994-95 | 1995-96
| Number of Parliamentary Questions referred to NDPBs | 38 | 37
| |
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I have the discretion to decide whether, in answering a parliamentary question, I should ask the chief executive of the relevant NDPB to write direct to the hon. Member as an operational matter. Copies of all letters are placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients receiving (a) hip replacement, (b) cataract extraction, (c) kidney transplant and (d) hernia operations carried out by the NHS in Wales had to wait
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for (i) more than six months, (ii) more than nine months, (iii) more than 12 months, (iv) more than 15 months and (v) more than 18 months in the most recent year for which figures are available. [38850]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The available information is given in the following table. Not all hospitals provide the relevant data and therefore percentages are based only on cases where full data are available. There is no information on kidney transplant patients for 1995-96 but in the preceding year all such patients had their operations within six months.
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Operation | More than 6 months | More than 9 months | More than 12 months | More than 15 months | More than 18 months |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hip replacements | 27.9 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
Cataract extraction | 30.2 | 19.1 | 10.3 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
Hernia operations | 16.4 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
(9) Based on data available for 1,529 hip replacements, 8,551 cataract extractions and 3,502 hernia operations.
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Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by family health services authority the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives, (d) health visitors, (e) administration and clerical staff and (f) managers in (i) 1990, (ii) 1992, (iii) 1994 and (iv) 1995. [39201]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The available information is given in the following table. It relates to general medical practitioners, the staff they employed and the staff directly employed by the former family health services authorities but does not include staff employed by NHS trusts or the former health authorities.
1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1995 | |
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Clwyd | ||||
Doctors(10) | 224 | 226 | 228 | 230 |
Practice nurses | 53 | 37 | 70 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 262 | 281 | 298 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 39 | 54 | 56 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 15 | 15 | 16 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 59 | 59 | 57 |
Dyfed | ||||
Doctors(10) | 212 | 221 | 225 | 227 |
Practice nurses | 69 | 82 | 87 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 217 | 292 | 291 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 34 | 45 | 55 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 12 | 14 | 11 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 52 | 60 | 61 |
Gwent | ||||
Doctors(10) | 243 | 245 | 249 | 252 |
Practice nurses | 77 | 87 | 85 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 292 | 268 | 271 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 44 | 49 | 49 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 7 | 8 | 8 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 60 | 68 | 64 |
Gwynedd | ||||
Doctors(10) | 152 | 157 | 163 | 167 |
Practice nurses | 49 | 55 | 54 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 166 | 177 | 188 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 31 | 32 | 35 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 14 | 16 | 15 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 46 | 49 | 47 |
Mid Glamorgan | ||||
Doctors(10) | 296 | 306 | 304 | 296 |
Practice nurses | 76 | 99 | 144 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 358 | 364 | 544 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 26 | 41 | 84 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 13 | 15 | 17 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 69 | 74 | 68 |
Powys | ||||
Doctors(10) | 79 | 78 | 85 | 87 |
Practice nurses | 22 | 21 | 22 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 115 | 101 | 112 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 17 | 18 | 23 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 8 | 10 | 10 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 26 | 30 | 27 |
South Glamorgan | ||||
Doctors(10) | 234 | 239 | 245 | 250 |
Practice nurses | 56 | 63 | 69 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 272 | 298 | 324 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 48 | 56 | 57 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 7 | 10 | 10 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 60 | 65 | 66 |
West Glamorgan | ||||
Doctors(10) | 195 | 204 | 211 | 210 |
Practice nurses | 56 | 75 | 80 | n/a |
GP receptionist/secretarial(11) | 262 | 274 | 317 | n/a |
Practice management staff | 36 | 56 | 44 | n/a |
FHSA managers | n/a | 6 | 9 | 9 |
FHSA administrative and clerical staff(12) | n/a | 48 | 47 | 48 |
(10) Numbers of unrestricted principals.
(11) Includes receptionists, secretarial/clerical staff and computer operators but excludes practice managers.
(12) Includes managers.
n/a = Reliable information is not yet available.
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Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the overall number of (a) administrative staff, (b) managerial staff, (c) nurses, (d) junior doctors and (e) other medical staff employed in each region for each of the last four years. [39202]
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Mr. Jones: The available information is given in the following table. The figures relate to staff directly employed by health authorities, NHS trusts, Welsh Health Common Services Authority and family health services authorities but excludes GPs and the staff they employ.
1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Administrative and clerical staff(13) | 9,498 | 10,082 | 9,905 | 9,875 |
Managers | 893 | 1,159 | 1,292 | 1,350 |
Nursing and midwifery staff(14) | 25,555 | 25,422 | 25,220 | 24,728 |
Junior doctors(15) | 1,472 | 1,561 | 1,604 | 1,651 |
Other medical staff(16) | 1,333 | 1,371 | 1,438 | 1,493 |
(13) Including managers, some of whom have been reclassified from other staff groups in recent years.
(14) Excluding pre-registration learner nurses.
(15) House officers, senior house officers, registrars and senior registrars.
(16) Other grades in the hospital service and medical staff in the community service.
Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in each education authority in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [39192]
Mr. Hague: The information requested is as follows:
Primary | Secondary | |
---|---|---|
Blaenau Gwent | 7,416 | 3,949 |
Bridgend | 12,729 | 9,129 |
Caerphilly | 17,807 | 11,981 |
Cardiff | 29,092 | 19,450 |
Carmarthenshire | 15,453 | 11,845 |
Ceredigion | 5,661 | 4,949 |
Conwy | 8,568 | 3,098 |
Denbighshire | 8,284 | 6,580 |
Flintshire | 13,875 | 10,057 |
Gwynedd | 9,904 | 7,267 |
Isle of Anglesey | 5,949 | 4,938 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 6,571 | 4,551 |
Monmouthshire | 6,646 | 5,224 |
Neath Port Talbot | 13,508 | 9,120 |
Newport | 14,302 | 9,489 |
Pembrokeshire | 10,702 | 8,067 |
Powys | 11,060 | 8,071 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff | 25,404 | 17,627 |
Swansea | 21,774 | 14,230 |
Torfaen | 9,370 | 6,492 |
The Vale of Glamorgan | 11,796 | 5,556 |
Wrexham | 11,757 | 6,796 |
Wales | 277,628 | 188,466 |
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