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TREASURY
Taxation (Personal Allowances)
Mr. Alan Howarth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of (a) the numbers gaining and (b) the cost of extending to married women the additional personal allowance currently payable to a married man whose wife is incapacitated. [15416]
Mr. Jack: I regret that the information requested is not available.
Incapacity Benefit
Mr. Alan Howarth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his current estimate of the tax yield from claimants of incapacity benefit; and how many claimants had tax deducted from their benefit by the Benefits Agency, during (i) 1995-96 and (ii) 1996-97 to date. [15417]
Mr. Jack: The estimated tax yield from taxable incapacity benefit for 1996-97 is about £60 million.
The number of claimants who had no other source of income from which the tax could be collected and who have had the tax deducted from their benefit by the Benefits Agency in 1995-96 is about 25,000. A reliable estimate for 1996-97 to date is not available.
Invalid Care Allowance
Mr. Olner:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of making invalid care allowance tax free when the recipient is also in receipt of a non-state pension. [15589]
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Mr. Jack:
The estimated cost for 1997-98 of exempting invalid care allowance from tax for all claimants is about £20 million. A reliable estimate of the cost for claimants who are in receipt of a non-state pension is not available.
Mr. Matthew Banks:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Government have designated a competent customs administration to have national responsibility in the United Kingdom for the customs information system convention agreed at the Cannes European Council in June 1995. [16264]
Mr. Oppenheim:
I can advise that HM Customs and Excise is designated as the customs administration with national responsibility for the customs information system in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Robin Cook:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total cost of salaries since 1992 paid to persons in his Department employed on a part-time or full-time basis in any capacity relating to the Scott inquiry. [14538]
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
[holding answer 6 February 1997]: The direct and quantifiable salary cost of officials in my departments wholly or partly employed on matters relating to the Scott inquiry since 1992 is approximately £510,970. This figure is the identifiable salary cost of officials for their work on the Scott inquiry, although, with one or two exceptions, none of these officials was engaged exclusively on the inquiry. In addition, other officials were inevitably involved from time to time, but the direct cost of their involvement is unquantifiable.
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Mrs. Wise:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since 1979 the numbers of (a) registered beds and (b) occupied beds in (i) registered private hospitals/clinics, (ii) registered private nursing homes and (iii) all registered establishments in Scotland, showing separately those which were for (1) acute specialties, (2) mental illness, (3) people with learning difficulties, (4) people with physical disabilities, (5) maternity and (6) other purposes. [15455]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
Information in the level of detail requested is not collected centrally. Table A shows available information on the number of homes and hospitals registered under the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938, as amended, or the Mental Health Acts 1960 to 1984, the total number of beds, and the category of services provided for each year since 1987. Table B provides details of the number of patients resident in these establishments by category as at 31 March in each year since 1994.
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(8) Provisional.
(9) The figures on the number of establishments providing an Acute Surgical or Acute Medical services are believed to be under reported in 1994 and 1995.
(10) Private nursing homes and hospitals subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended), or the Mental Health Act 1960-1984.
(11) It is not strictly possible to distinguish hospitals from nursing homes from the information available.
(12) Because a nursing home/hospital may provide more than one service, the total number of the services provided will exceed the total number of registrations.
Information prior to 1987 is not available.
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| As at 31 March | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1995(13) | 1996(13) | |
| Elderly long stay | 11,723 | 11,407 | 12,411 |
| Elderly with mental impairment or learning difficulties | 2,615 | 3,400 | 3,319 |
| Learning difficulties (other than elderly) | 314 | 279 | 331 |
| Mental illness (other than elderly) | 121 | 80 | 139 |
| Physical handicap (other than elderly) | 231 | 263 | 280 |
| Acute--medical | 32 | 14 | 10 |
| Acute--surgical | 76 | 35 | 59 |
| Convalescence | 72 | 80 | 32 |
| Terminal care | 201 | 176 | 157 |
| Other | 291 | 310 | 407 |
| All residents | 15,676 | 16,044 | 17,145 |
(13) Provisional.
(14) Private nursing homes and hospitals subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1939 (as amended), or the Mental Health Act 1960-84.
Information prior to 1994 is not available.
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Scottish Natural Heritage
Mr. Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the principal terms of all the agreements entered into by Scottish Natural Heritage which contain provision for profits forgone; [15665]
- (2) if he will list the principal terms of each management agreement entered into by Scottish Natural Heritage in which sums greater than £100,000 are to be paid to a landowner or land user. [15666]
Mr. Kynoch [holding answer 13 February 1997]: Details of all management agreements entered into by Scottish Natural Heritage appear in its annual reports, copies of which are laid before Parliament.
HEALTH
NHS Pay
Mr. Chris Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list salaries and wages costs for(a) general
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and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff by NHS region for the financial years (i) 1994-95 and (ii) 1995-96. [14576]
Mr. Malone:
The information requested is given in the tables. The figures for 1995-96 are provisional.
| £ thousand | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive board members, general and senior managers | Nursing and midwifery | Administrative and clerical | |
| Northern and Yorkshire region | 100,963 | 856,849 | 199,376 |
| Trent region | 59,387 | 598,343 | 139,380 |
| Anglian and Oxford region | 70,363 | 586,048 | 148,005 |
| North Thames region | 122,388 | 974,093 | 285,923 |
| South Thames region | 112,835 | 843,465 | 243,981 |
| South and West region | 84,420 | 808,721 | 183,149 |
| West Midlands region | 70,588 | 624,969 | 166,298 |
| North-west region | 93,474 | 885,274 | 212,515 |
| Special health authorities | 1,633 | 6,268 | 3,650 |
| Total England | 716,051 | 6,184,030 | 1,582,268 |
Source:
1. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.
2. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
Notes:
1. The figures are based upon gross costs including employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions.
2. The figures given are for hospital and community health services only. Family health services authorities and other health bodies are excluded as comparable figures are not collected centrally.
| £ thousand | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive board members, general and senior managers | Nursing and midwifery | Administrative and clerical | |
| Northern and Yorkshire region | 106,748 | 858,526 | 207,741 |
| Trent region | 73,403 | 593,534 | 147,138 |
| Anglian and Oxford region | 77,800 | 584,241 | 148,637 |
| North Thames region | 131,490 | 961,004 | 288,111 |
| South Thames region | 123,920 | 851,819 | 260,783 |
| South and West region | 94,534 | 828,535 | 193,640 |
| West Midlands region | 88,513 | 643,408 | 172,177 |
| North-west region | 92,188 | 889,850 | 221,207 |
| Special health authorities | 1,781 | 5,857 | 3,765 |
| Total England | 790,377 | 6,216,774 | 1,643,199 |
Source:
1. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.
2. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
Notes:
1. The figures are provisional.
2. The figures are not directly comparable with those of earlier years due to changes in the definitions of the staff categories.
3. The figures are based upon gross costs including employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions.
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Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total figure in performance-related pay given to former family health service authority mangers for recruiting new GPs to fundholding between 1990-91 and 1995-96. [14845]
Mr. Malone: Such information is not collected centrally.
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