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Parliamentary Questions

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.

Parliamentary session

	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.

Hospital Waiting Times

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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Percentage of cases(9) admitted in 1995-96 who waited

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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NHS Staff

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.

Staff in post at 1 October (whole-time equivalent numbers except for doctors)

	1990	1992	1994	1995
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.

Staff in post at 30 September (whole-time equivalent numbers)

	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.

Pupil Numbers

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:

Number of full time equivalent pupils as at January 1995 in local education authority maintained schools

	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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