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Mr. Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what plans he has to meet representatives of the North Wales health authority to discuss revenue funding for the proposed north Wales cancer treatment centre; [11207]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: My right hon. Friend has no plans to meet the health authority. Welsh Office officials are discussing revenue funding with the health authority and an announcement will be made shortly.
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the performance targets set for the North Wales Ambulance Service. [11670]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The standard set for Conwy, Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey is that in response to a 999 call an emergency ambulance should arrive at the scene of the incident within eight minutes for 50 per cent. of calls and within 21 minutes for 95 per cent. The corresponding times for Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham are eight minutes and 18 minutes.
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the percentage of general practitioners who are fundholders in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [11673]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: Fifty-two per cent. of general practitioners in Wales are fundholders covering 52 per cent. of the population.
Mr. William Powell: To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, how many clergy enjoying full incumbent status are aged (a) over 70 years and (b) over 80 years. [11073]
Mr. Alison: At 31 December 1996, there were 31 ministers of incumbent status aged 70 or over, of whom 12 were aged 80 or over.
Mr. William Powell: To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners if he will list (a) those suffragan bishops for whose salaries the
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commissioners are responsible, with their dates of appointments, (b) such suffragan sees as are currently vacant and (c) those assistant bishops for whose salaries the commissioners are responsible. [11071]
Mr. Alison: The suffragan and full-time assistant bishops whose stipends the commissioners are empowered to pay and their dates of appointment are as follows:
See | Suffragan see | Bishop's name | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham | Aston | John Austin | 3 September 1992 |
Blackburn | Burnley | Martyn Jarrett | 2 February 1994 |
Lancaster | John Nicholls | 25 April 1990 | |
Bristol | Swindon | Michael Doe | 29 September 1994 |
Canterbury | Dover | Richard Llewellin | 9 October 1992 |
Maidstone | Gavin Reid | 9 October 1992 | |
Ebbsfleet | John Richards | 29 April 1994 | |
Richborough | Edwin Barnes | 20 July 1995 | |
Carlisle | Penrith | Richard Garrard | 21 September 1994 |
Chelmsford | Barking | Roger Sainsbury | 17 January 1991 |
Colchester | Edward Holland | 5 January 1995 | |
Bradwell | Laurie Green | 23 February 1993 | |
Chester | Birkenhead | Michael Langrish | 2 March 1993 |
Stockport | Geoffrey Turner | 21 September 1994 | |
Chichester | Horsham | Lindsay Urwin | 30 November 1993 |
Coventry | Warwick | Anthony Priddis | 3 July 1996 |
Derby | Repton | Henry Richmond | 30 January 1986 |
Durham | Jarrow | Alan Smithson | 21 September 1990 |
Ely | Huntingdon | John Flack | 8 January 1997 |
Exeter | Crediton | Richard Hawkins | 2 July 1996 |
Plymouth | John Garton | 3 July 1996 | |
Glucester | Tewkesbury | John Went | 25 January 1996 |
Gildford | Dorking | Ian Brackley | 25 January 1996 |
Hereford | Ludlow | John Saxbee | 29 April 1994 |
Lichfield | Shrewsbury | David Hallatt | 22 July 1994 |
Stafford | Christopher Hill | 7 March 1996 | |
Wolverhampton | Michael Bourke | 29 September 1993 | |
Lincoln | Grantham | William Ind | 23 October 1987 |
Grimsby | David Tustin | 25 January 1979 | |
Liverpool | Warrington | John Packer | 13 November 1996 |
London | Fulham | John Broadbent | 25 September 1996 |
Kensington | Michael Colclough | 25 September 1996 | |
Stepney | John Sentamu | 25 September 1996 | |
Willesden | Graham Dow | 22 May 1992 | |
Edmonton | Brian Masters | 20 December 1984 | |
Manchester | Hulme | Colin Scott | 13 September 1984 |
Middleton | Stephen Venner | 2 February 1994 | |
Bolton | David Bonser | 13 September 1991 | |
Newcastle | Assistant Bishop | Kenneth Gill | 1 September 1980 |
Norwich | Lynn | David Conner | 2 February 1994 |
Thetford | Hugo de Waal | 17 January 1992 | |
Oxford | Buckingham | Colin Bennetts | 29 April 1994 |
Dorchester | Anthony Russell | 2 February 1988 | |
Peterborough | Brixworth | Paul Barber | 25 January 1989 |
Ripon | Knaresborough | Malcolm Menin | 2 December 1986 |
Rochester | Tonbridge | Brian Smith | 2 November 1993 |
St. Albans | Bedford | John Richardson | 23 February 1994 |
Hertford | Robin Smith | 25 January 1990 | |
St. Edmunds and Ipswich | Dunwich | Tim Stevens | 17 November 1995 |
Salisbury | Ramsbury | Peter Vaughan | 21 April 1989 |
Sherborne | John Kirkham | 1 December 1976 | |
Sheffield | Doncaster | Michael Gear | 2 March 1993 |
Southwark | Kingston | Martin Wharton | 3 November 1992 |
Woolwich | Colin Buchanan | 1 December 1996 | |
Croydon | Wilfred Wood | 25 July 1985 | |
Southwell | Sherwood | Alan Morgan | 1 September 1989 |
Truro | St. Germans | Graham James | 23 February 1993 |
Wakefield | Pontefract | John Finney | 14 May 1993 |
Winchester | Basingstoke | Geoffrey Rowell | 2 February 1994 |
Southampton | Jonathan Gledhill | 20 November 1996 | |
Worcester | Dudley | Rupert Hoare | 29 September 1993 |
York | Hull | James Jones | 2 November 1994 |
Selby | Humphrey Taylor | 1 September 1991 | |
Whitby | Gordon Bates | 9 June 1983 | |
Beverley | John Gaisford | 7 March 1994 | |
Europe | in Europe | Henry Scriven | 9 February 1995 |
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The following suffragan sees are currently vacant, one of which will be filled by the person named:
See | Suffragan See | Bishop's name |
---|---|---|
Bath and Wells | Taunton | Not yet announced |
Chichester | Lewes | Not yet announced |
Oxford | Reading | Canon Dominic Walker |
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, what has been the Church Commissioners' expenditure for the payment of bishops' capital expenses in each year since 1986. [10948]
Mr. Alison: The following figures for diocesan bishops' houses, which include both a chapel and office accommodation for bishops' staff, show the total capital expenditure, excluding fees, from 1986 to 1995, the last year for which figures are currently available. The figures, at December 1995 prices, are net of sale proceeds of any surplus property and also include the purchases of property where appropriate.
1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diocesan bishops | 482,087 | 706,433 | 494,322 | 469,947 | 645,155 | 660,897 | 314,192 | 480,653 | 732,103 | 678,457 |
Suffragan and full-time assistant bishops | 136,160 | 427,608 | 204,161 | 684,680 | 591,468 | 80,323 | 2,557 | 3,815 | 31,113 | 27,202 |
No new moneys were made available for grants for the housing of suffragan and full-time assistant bishops from 1991.
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Mr. Hughes: To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, what has been the Church Commissioners' expenditure for the payment of bishops' revenue expenses in each year since 1986. [10949]
Mr. Alison: The table shows the total revenue expenditure from 1986 to 1995, the last date for which figures are currently available, at December 1995 prices. The figures for diocesan bishops' houses include expenditure on furnishings and gardens, but exclude fees and are net of rental income for accommodation not occupied by bishops.
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1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diocesan bishops | 1,438,666 | 1,325,950 | 1,482,657 | 1,316,418 | 1,616,873 | 1,661,259 | 1,405,465 | 1,487,894 | 1,744,283 | 1,417,489 |
Suffragan and full-time assistant bishops | 172,761 | 124,340 | 179,326 | 189,973 | 172,698 | 126,810 | 113,048 | 187,134 | 154,205 | 206,745 |
Bishops' administrative costs | 4,724,549 | 5,121,197 | 5,439,570 | 5,565,365 | 6,278,517 | 6,718,993 | 6,785,396 | 7,060,791 | 7,199,430 | 7,414,000 |
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