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Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total fees paid out by his Department to management consultants in 1979 -80 and in each following year ; and what is his latest estimate for the current year and budget for 1990-91.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 12 March 1990] : Expenditure on management consultancy in the Employment Department Group (excluding the Training Agency) in each year from 1984-85 to 1988-89 was as follows :
1984-85 |237
1985-86 |174
1986-87 |629
1987-88 |415
1988-89 |783
The estimated outturn for the current year (1989-90) is £1,412,000 and the budget for 1990-91 is expected to be around £1.3 million.
SCOTLAND
Homelessness
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information his Department has recently gathered regarding the total number of homeless people who (a)
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have no home or family to go back to, (b) have been forced to leave home by an adult member of the family, (c) left home after being abused or fearing abuse by another member of the family and (d) could safely return to their families ; and what use he makes of this information in shaping his (1) housing and (2) social security policies.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The homelessness statistics collected by the Scottish Development Department relate to households which apply to local authorities under the provisions of part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987. For each applicant, the returns record information including the reason given for becoming homeless. Information in the detail requested is not available. However, on the basis of the returns, in 1988-89, 37 per cent. of applicants gave as their reason for homelessness that friends or relatives were no longer willing or able to accommodate them ; 14 per cent. said they had had a violent dispute with the spouse or co-habitee.
The Government take account of all relevant available information in formulating their policies. Social security matters are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Ticket Touts
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to increase the powers of the police to deal with ticket touting.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Ticket touting can in certain circumstances already lead to an offence in Scotland under section 55 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. The Government are currently considering whether existing powers under the 1982 Act are adequate.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to introduce legislation to make ticket touting illegal.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A review of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 is already under way and the Government are currently considering whether the existing powers under this Act relating to the activity of ticket touting are adequate.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will commission a study into ticket touting at major sporting events.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have no plans to do so at present.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will discuss ticket touting at major sporting events when he next meets the chief constables of Strathclyde and of Midlothian and the Borders.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have no plans to do so.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will discuss ticket touting when he next meets the chairman of the Scottish Sports Council.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have no plans to do so.
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White Fish
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total value at first sale of the main species of white fish landed into Scotland by United Kingdom vessels in January 1990 and the corresponding figure for January 1989.
Mr. Lang : The provisional value of cod, haddock, whiting and saithe landed by United Kingdom vessels in Scotland in January 1990 was £7.4 million, compared with £7.1 million in January 1989. The value of these landings therefore increased by 4 per cent. despite the reduction of 26 per cent. in the volume landed. Unit prices increased by as much as 57 per cent. in the case of whiting and 53 per cent. in the case of haddock.
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Surgery (Fatalities)
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the death rate for ruptured aortic aneurysm operations in (a) the Inverclyde Royal hospital, Greenock, for each of the past eight years and (b) other hospitals in Scotland for the same years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 9 March 1990] : The death rate for ruptured aortic aneurysm operations in both Inverclyde Royal hospital, Greenock and other hospitals in Scotland over the past eight years is shown in the table. In Scotland 66.2 per cent. of cases result in death, compared with 62.5 per cent. in the Inverclyde royal hospital at Greenock.
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<1> Patients at Inverclyde Royal suffering from Aortic Aneurysm are not transferred to other facilities but elsewhere in Scotland they are. The records of transferred patients could only be correlated at disproportionate cost; therefore numbers of deaths have been compared in each case with the known outcomes of patients being discharged from or dying in the same unit.
Heart Disease
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the research projects on heart diseases carried out or sponsored by his Department for each year since 1975.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 9 March 1990] : The information is as follows :
Year and Project Title
1975
Correlation of certain pathological findings in the heart and coronary arteries, obtained by a post mortem investigation including sterioarteriography with clinical observations made before death. Fibroblast viability in allograft heart valve leaflet.
1977
ECG interpretation by computer.
Genetic variation in the regulation of cholestrol synthesis in relation to coronary heart disease.
Computer assisted radionuclide cardiovascular diagnosis
1978
Computer assisted reporting on electrocardiograms
Computer analysis of instantaneous pressure and velocity signals to assess ventricular contractility power and output impedance in patients with coronary and valvular heart disease before and after surgical heart treatment.
1980
A study of cardiac and respiratory rate and rhythm in the new born to determined (i) their relationship to each other, (ii) whether or not this changes during the first few months of life, (iii) if recordings at home differ from those in hospital and (iv) their possible roll in sudden infant death.
Comparison of nuclear angiography and echo-cardiography (M-mode and phased array) in the investigation of left ventricular performance.
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1981A study of biochemical origins and prevention of lethal ventricular arrythmias during acute myocardial ischaemia.
1983
Metabolic electrophysiological and epidemiological aspects of sudden cardiac death : purchase of fast analyser.
Acute experimental myocardial ischaemia--the role of substances derived from arachidonic acid.
1983
Myocardial effects of prolonged exposure to lead ethanol. 1984
Investigations into mechanisms of serious ventricular arrhythmias during the early hours of acute myocardial infarction in man. 1985
Strategy for screening for risk of coronary heart disease. 1986
The role of the neutrophil in acute myocardial infarction. Acute experimental myocardial ischaemia--possible role of locally released coronary vasoconstrictor and platelet aggregating agents, with particular reference to substances derived from membrane phospholipids.
The activity of antiarrhythmic drugs in myocardial ischaemia The importance of neuropeptide Y in the central control of blood pressure and heart rate.
1987
The effect of physiological and pathological factors and of xenobiotics on the distribution of high density lipoprotein subspecies in relation to coronary heart disease.
Non-invasive recording of small signals from the conduction system of the heart.
The development and evaluation of a self-help manual for use in the rehabilitation of myocardial infarct patients.
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1988A prospective evaluation of the Bjork-Shiely Hancock and Carpentier-Edwards Heart Valve Prostheses.
1989
Application of Stable Isotope Technology to the study of lipoprotein metabolism.
1990
Sympathetic and parasympathetic interaction and the development of serious arrhythmias during acute myocardial ischaemia.
In addition, the Scottish Home and Health Department has, since 1981, provided core funding for the programme of research of the cardiovascular epidemiology unit at Dundee university. It is also providing funding for the Scottish centre of the World Health Organisation MONICA project : a multinational long-term study to monitor trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease. Also the Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust has supported the following projects :
Year and Project Title
1976
Electrophysiological evaluation of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and post-operative conduction abnormalities in patients with congenital heart disease.
1977
The effect of anaesthetic agents and techniques on myocardial blood flow during acute experimental myocardial ischaemia.
Investigation of the experimental basis of surgery for coronary artery stenosis.
1978
Experimental study of methods for assessment and prevention of myocardial injury during cardiac surgery.
The effects of six months physical training on plasma lipoprotein distribution echocardiography and exercise cardiography in male survivors of myocardial infarction.
1983
An experimental study of left ventricular assistance.
1984
An investigation into sudden death in Glasgow.
A study of metabolism of atherogenic lipoproteins in the plasma. 1986
Investigation into the cellular mechanisms underlying arrhythmias in cardiac cells and into the action of antiarrythmic drugs. A population study of blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, haematocrit and fibrinogen in relation to cardiovascular risk factors.
1987
Membrane vesicles from cardiac muscle.
Prospective study of the effect of intravenous insulin infusion in diabetics with acute myocardial infarction.
The effects of hypothermia on postoperative energy expenditure in cardiac surgical patients determined by the doubly labelled water and indirect calorimetry techniques.
Normal limits of the paediatric electrocardiogram and echocardiogram.
1988
The role of vascular endothelium as a target in renal allograft rejection.
Protection of the ischaemic myocardium : a clinical and experimental evaluation of the influence of ionised calcium during cardiopulmonary bypass.
The plasma high density lipoprotein profile as an index of coronary status : a comparison of lipoprotein and clinical data in coronary patients.
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Iraq
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government have made any representations to the Government of Iraq about the refusal to permit the editor of The Observer to attend the trial of Farzad Bazoft in Baghdad.
Deputy Secretaries
Mr. Tom Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the numbers and grades of staff reporting to each.
Mr. Maude : There are seven deputy secretaries in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, six in the diplomatic wing and one in the ODA. Broad areas of responsibility are as follows. A full range of diplomatic service grades (senior grade to DS10), specialist staff, secretaries and certain home civil service grades report to each diplomatic wing deputy secretary. Numbers of staff in London reporting to each are indicated in brackets.
(i) Europe and the United Nations (129) ;
(ii) Commercial and certain functional areas including scientific environmental departments (129);
(iii) Public related (e.g. consular, migration and visa) and administration departments (2,717) ;
(iv) Geographical departments covering the Americas, Asia and the Pacific (144) ;
(v) Geographical departments covering Africa and the Middle East (113) ;
(vi) Remaining political departments including areas such as security and defence (97).
A few specialist departments are not under the remit of a deputy secretary, for example legal advisers. Others are under the direct authority of the permanent under-secretary, for example research and economic advisers. Staff in these total 251.
The ODA's one deputy secretary is responsible for all expenditure, both bilateral and multilateral, under the aid programme. The ODA's operations are managed by 625 staff at home and 52 staff overseas across a full range of grades.
Guatemala
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the meeting of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary with the Foreign Minister of Guatemala.
Mr. Maude : My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs met Mr. Rivera on Monday 19 February. They discussed bilateral relations, human rights and Belize.
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