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Social Exclusion Unit

Mr. Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the operation of the Social Exclusion Unit in Wales. [69036]

Mr. Hain: The remit of the Social Exclusion Unit covers England only. However, its members and officials from the Welsh Office keep in regular contact to ensure that best practice and good ideas are shared. From time to time, the Unit also draws on expertise from Wales or visits projects in the Principality.

I am a member of the Ministerial Network which guides the work of the Unit. This ensures that Wales has a voice at an early stage in the development of policy with an impact beyond England and that Welsh experience and innovations can be considered as part of the wider process of policy formulation.

The Secretary of State has ensured that policies to combat social exclusion are given renewed priority in the Welsh Office and in future this will become the responsibility of the National Assembly.

North West Wales NHS Trust

Mrs. Betty Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many of (a) the applicants and (b) those interviewed for the Chairmanship of the North West Wales NHS Trust were (i) male and (ii) female. [69034]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones: Eight people applied for the Chair of the North West Wales NHS Trust, all male. Three were shortlisted and interviewed for the Chair appointment.

In future this will become the responsibility of the National Assembly.

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Health Authority Funding

Mrs. Betty Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was distributed to each health authority and NHS trust in Wales in each of the last three years. [69035]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones: The Department provided funding to health authorities to purchase health care as set out in the following table. NHS trusts receive most of their funding from their local health authority with additional amounts from other health bodies under contracts to provide health care. A table showing the total income of NHS trusts is also provided.

£ million

Health authorities1995-96 (4)
Clwyd269.954
Dyfed240.122
Gwent292.284
Gwynedd167.592
Mid Glamorgan374.718
Powys92.384
South Glamorgan305.089
West Glamorgan246.401

£ million

Health authorities1996-97 (5)1997-98
Bro Taf547.699552.929
Dyfed Powys350.832362.580
Gwent380.139393.071
Morgannwg375.359376.415
North Wales465.655487.461

(4) District health authority and family health services authority income

(5) On 1 April 1996 the eight DHAs and eight FHSAs merged to form five health authorities


£ million

NHS trust1995-961996-971997-98
Bridgend & District NHS Trust69.06284.17989.648
Cardiff Community NHS Trust58.19459.99862.647
Carmarthen & District NHS Trust40.50341.68843.911
Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust24.05625.67925.961
Clwydian Community Care NHS Trust65.52166.53268.910
Derwen NHS Trust22.96424.405--
East Glamorgan NHS Trust50.90351.51653.416
Glan Clwyd NHS Trust62.49268.48370.027
Glan Hafren NHS Trust95.98973.61274.022
Glan y Mor NHS Trust--73.61274.022
Gwent Community NHS Trust60.28961.10362.080
Gwynedd Community NHS Trust50.11652.76853.908
Gwynedd Hospitals NHS Trust61.20465.45566.420
Llandough Hospital NHS Trust59.69064.40066.940
Llanelli Dinefwr NHS Trust31.77433.51533.985
Mid Glamorgan Ambulance NHS Trust8.6279.3079.974
Morriston Hospital NHS Trust73.72477.99385.089
Nevill Hall NHS Trust43.43546.73547.988
North Glamorgan NHS Trust--61.70362.802
North Wales Ambulance NHS Trust13.02813.78714.207
Pembrokeshire NHS Trust43.15444.853--
Pembrokeshire/Derwen NHS Trust----69.073
Powys Healthcare NHS Trust43.24844.92044.544
Rhondda Healthcare NHS Trust31.91032.83934.954
South East Wales Ambulance NHS Trust18.14018.37418.941
Swansea NHS Trust59.34263.94668.507
University Dental Hospital NHS Trust8.4928.9849.184
University Hospital of Wales NHS Trust166.848187.587189.136
Velindre Hospital NHS Trust13.82617.31018.536
West Wales Ambulance NHS Trust10.98912.30812.880
Wrexham Maelor NHS Trust57.71461.09163.815

Note:

A dash denotes that the trust was not operational in the year.

Source:

Audited annual accounts of health authorities, family health services authorities and NHS trusts 1995-96 to 1997-98

In future this will become the responsibility of the National Assembly.


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HOME DEPARTMENT

Electronic Warfare

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 25 January 1999, Official Report, column 75, on electronic warfare, if he will take lead responsibility for electronic warfare attacks on (a) the banking system, (b) utilities, (c) telecommunications, (d) air traffic control, (e) areas currently the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence and (f) areas currently within the responsibility of the Cabinet Office. [68312]

Mr. Straw: Following my answer on 25 January 1999, Official Report, column 79, there is to be no change of responsibilities between Departments. I believe that it is better to build upon the relationships and responsibilities that Departments already have with the relevant parts of the private sector. I see no good reason to change this.

My taking the lead responsibility within Government for the measures proposed serves to put onto a more formal footing the liaison over the security arrangements necessary to protect our vital national assets.

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 25 January 1999, Official Report, column 75, on electronic warfare, if his answer was the statement referred to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Warley (Mr. Spellar), on 4 November 1998, Official Report, column 992. [68347]

Mr. Straw: Yes.

Police Recruitment

Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of (a) initial inquiries, (b) applications and (c) successful applications, for new police force recruitment, in each police force, in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [68950]

Mr. Boateng: Information is not held centrally on the number of initial recruitment inquiries made to police forces. Information on the number of applications and the number of new recruits to police forces is shown in the tables.

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Applications made to police forces in England and Wales

Forces1995-961996-971997-98
Avon and Somerset2,186.00--621.00
Bedfordshire427.0021.00284.00
Cambridgeshire416.001,099.00473.00
Cheshire1,339.00829.00829.00
City of London780.00446.00638.00
Cleveland291.001,393.00--
Cumbria354.001,053.00389.00
Derbyshire1,384.00807.00612.00
Devon and Cornwall1,596.001,064.001,000.00
Dorset279.00377.00665.00
Durham1,149.001,343.00848.00
Dyfed-Powys405.00573.00861.00
Essex1,756.001,241.00304.00
Gloucestershire405.00322.001,013.00
Greater Manchester3,049.002,366.002,614.00
Gwent1,081.00932.00308.00
Hampshire2,431.001,797.00929.00
Hertfordshire836.00659.00314.00
Humberside315.00194.00219.00
Kent984.001,016.00261.00
Lancashire1,254.001,765.001,307.00
Leicestershire1,636.00962.00711.00
Lincolnshire379.001,236.001,077.00
Merseyside0.0041.003,064.00
Metropolitan Police10,556.003,941.004,633.00
Norfolk398.00603.00408.00
Northamptonshire469.00469.00432.00
Northumbria1,706.001,486.002,044.00
North Wales489.00316.00638.00
North Yorkshire360.00434.00607.00
Nottinghamshire1,166.00927.00867.00
South Wales3,669.002,208.001,654.00
South Yorkshire982.001,180.00786.00
Staffordshire530.00620.001,260.00
Suffolk1,067.001,576.00834.00
Surrey581.00543.00731.00
Sussex1,791.00442.002,108.00
Thames Valley837.001,556.001,889.00
Warwickshire0.00201.00695.00
West Mercia--600.00867.00
West Midlands3,111.002,212.003,272.00
West Yorkshire1,465.001,660.00975.00
Wiltshire--264.00293.00
England and Wales Total53,909.0042,774.0044.334.00

New recruits to police forces in England and Wales

Forces1995-961996-971997-98
Avon and Somerset120.00141.00105.00
Bedfordshire66.0012.0046.00
Cambridgeshire45.0096.0058.00
Cheshire115.00103.0087.00
City of London49.0042.0029.00
Cleveland25.0080.0056.00
Cumbria0.0074.0046.00
Derbyshire52.0077.0061.00
Devon and Cornwall120.0094.00172.00
Dorset18.0060.0075.00
Durham80.00106.00105.00
Dyfed-Powys36.0045.0033.00
Essex92.00185.00108.00
Gloucestershire28.0060.0027.00
Greater Manchester290.00345.00436.00
Gwent81.0068.0031.00
Hampshire194.00235.00182.00
Hertfordshire76.00126.0063.00
Humberside98.0072.0070.00
Kent128.00268.00118.00
Lancashire121.00182.00111.00
Leicestershire173.00135.00115.00
Lincolnshire19.00109.0036.00
Merseyside30.0057.00160.00
Metropolitan Police1,212.00670.001,164.00
Norfolk77.0095.0055.00
Northamptonshire41.0065.0052.00
Northumbria258.00177.00227.00
North Wales0.000.0063.00
North Yorkshire67.0063.0065.00
Nottinghamshire91.0089.000.00
South Wales246.00152.00170.00
South Yorkshire166.00200.00135.00
Staffordshire65.0099.00220.00
Suffolk7.00100.0069.00
Surrey47.0055.00112.00
Sussex318.00158.00136.00
Thames Valley26.00183.00258.00
Warwickshire0.000.0054.00
West Mercia50.00110.0062.00
West Midlands507.00388.00445.00
West Yorkshire283.00267.00182.00
Wiltshire68.0020.0060.00
England and Wales Total5,585.005,663.005,859.00

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