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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Corporate Community Involvement
Mrs. Ballard: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what research her Department has conducted into company giving or corporate community involvement, with particular reference to gender balance. [15203]
Mr. Michael: I have been asked to reply.
The Research and Statistics Division of the Home Office is conducting a series of Local Voluntary Activity Surveys (LOVAS) in order to measure levels of voluntary activity across England. These surveys will include some information about corporate community involvement.
In addition, three of the organisations to which the Home Office, through its Voluntary and Community Unit, gives core funding--Business in the Community, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Directory of Social Change--are currently carrying out research into various aspects of company giving and corporate community involvement.
Social Services Funding
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list for each social services board his estimate of the additional funding which will be made available this winter; [14591]
- (2) if he will list by health authority the dates on which social services departments within each health authority were invited to make applications for additional funding to assist with managing pressures over this winter, indicating the deadlines they were given for completing their funding applications. [14596]
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Mr. Galbraith: The Government have provided an additional £25 million to Health Boards in Scotland on a weighted capitation basis to assist with managing winter pressures. It is for Health Boards to work together with other local agencies, including Social Work Departments, to ensure robust plans are in place to cope with increases in demand over the winter. They must determine the most effective use of the additional resources.
University Tuition Fees
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if his Department will pay the tuition fee for the final year of a four year university course for EU students studying at Scottish universities. [15080]
Mr. Wilson: Eligible EU students undertaking full-time courses of higher education at institutions in Scotland will receive assistance towards their tuition costs on the same basis as Scottish domiciled students.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Government Property Lawyers
Mr. Laxton: To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement about the Quinquennial Review of the Government Property Lawyers. [16664]
The Attorney-General: In accordance with the Government's Policy on periodic reviews of executive agencies the Treasury Solicitor will set in hand this month a thorough review of the Government Property Lawyers. The remit for this review will be as follows:
To carry out a review of the Government Property Lawyers, in accordance with Cabinet Office (OPS) guidance and agreed timetable by
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The results of the review will be announced in the Spring.
Mr. MacShane:
To ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to the oral Statement by the Secretary of State for International Development on 5 November 1997, Official Report, column 332, if he will instruct officials to serve coffee and tea furnished by suppliers who adhere to fair trade standards in his Department. [15493]
The Attorney-General:
I refer to the answer given yesterday to my hon. Friend by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, Official Report, column 617. All procurement decisions in my Departments are based on the Government's policy of value for money.
(a) evaluating performance of the Agency since launch;
(b) thoroughly re-examining the case for: abolition, privatisation, contracting out, market testing, rationalisation or merger with other areas of government, and agency or NDPB status, with a view to reaching a future status which will provide the most appropriate and cost effective way of carrying out the functions so as to deliver best value for money and service; and
(c) making recommendations accordingly to the Treasury Solicitor on which he can advise the Attorney-General.
In order to ensure that all options are considered fully, comments from interested parties will be welcome. Comments should be sent by 5 December to the following address:
Mr. C. A. Woolley
Treasury Solicitor's Department
Room 253
Queen Anne's Chambers
28 Broadway
London SW1H 9JS.
Health Authority Deficits
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the (a) actual deficits and (b) projected deficits of each health authority as a percentage of their budget for the last three years; [14274]
- (2) if he will list the (a) actual deficits and (b) projected deficits of each health (i) trust and (ii) authority as a percentage of their budgets for the last three years. [14275]
Mr. Win Griffiths
[holding answer 4 November 1997]: The following tables provide the information requested. The Trust figures are based on audited accounts for 1995-96 and 1996-97 and on estimated operational planning figures for 1997-98. The Health Authority figures for 1995-96 and 1996-97 are taken from audited accounts. Those for 1997-98 were derived from monitoring returns and relate to authorities' current financial plans.
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| Health authority | 1995-96 Deficit as a percentage of income | 1996-97 Deficit as a percentage of income | 1997-98 Deficit as a percentage of income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clwyd DHA | -0.65 | n/a | n/a |
| Gwynedd DHA | -0.78 | n/a | n/a |
| Mid Glamorgan DHA | -0.32 | n/a | n/a |
| West Glamorgan DHA | -0.24 | n/a | n/a |
| Bro Taf HA | n/a | -- | -1.7 |
| Dyfed Powys HA | n/a | -0.54 | -2.0 |
| Gwent HA | n/a | -0.39 | -0.4 |
| Morgannwg HA | n/a | -- | -0.8 |
| North Wales HA | n/a | -1.04 | -2.4 |
Figures based on data provided by health authorities' monitoring returns.
n/a=relates to Health Authority reorganisation.
(4) 1997-98 figures based on Operational Plan estimates as submitted by Trusts.
n/a=not applicable as Trust was not/is not in existence.
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Ann Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which hospitals in Wales do not meet the current fire regulations. [15288]
Mr. Win Griffiths:
Firecode Policy and Principles 1994 requires Chief Executives of NHS Trusts to endorse an annual certificate of Statutory and Firecode compliance and put in place work programmes which will satisfactorily address all fire certification and Firecode requirements by April 2000. All Trusts have this in place.
Mr. Stunell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (a) his Department's policies and initiatives designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and (b) the departmental policies and initiatives designed to reduce other greenhouse gases; if he will estimate for each the annual reduction in tonnage of greenhouse gas emissions achieved in the most recent year for which figures are available compared to those for 1990; and what estimate he has made of further reductions, or increases, predicted for 2000 and 2010, assuming continuation of current policies. [15549]
Mr. Win Griffiths:
I refer the hon. Member to the United Kingdom's Second Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which was published in February 1997. It reports the UK's progress on implementing its programme for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and gives a projection of what the programme is expected to deliver by 2000. The report projects forward what the current programme is expected to achieve to 2020.
Mr. Jenkin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if the Welsh Office plans to fund all four years of study by students from Wales at Scottish Universities; how many students from Wales are currently in the fourth year of a degree course at a Scottish University; and what assessment he has made of the cost of funding this fourth year. [16092]
Mr. Hain:
There were around 100 students from Wales in the fourth year of first degree courses at Scottish institutions in 1996-97 (the latest year for which figures are available). As in England, students from lower-income families will have the whole of their tuition fees paid for
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them in the fourth as in the previous three years, whilst others may have part of their fees paid, depending on an assessment of their parents', spouses' or own income.
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