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Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether a group bonus scheme is in operation in each of his Department's executive agencies.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. At present, no group bonus scheme operates within Cadw although the framework document allows the agency the flexibility to introduce one.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the maximum salary payable to the chief executive
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of each of his Department's executive agencies, including performance-related element, and the length of time of the chief executive's contract in each case.Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. The maximum salary payable to the chief executive is £46,122 with the possibility of a performance bonus of up to 10 per cent. of that salary. His contract is for three years.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was spent on events and publicity surrounding the launch of each of his Department's executive agencies ; and whether the cost was borne by the parent Department or the new agency.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. Cadw was launched as an agency on 1 April 1991 at a cost of £321 borne by the new agency.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff were in post on the date that each of his Department's executive agencies were established ; and how many staff are in post now, in each case.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. There were 235 staff in post in Cadw when it was established. At present, there are 250.5 staff in post.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the post, grade and maximum salary payable including performance- related elements, in each case where appointments from the private sector have been made to his Department's executive agencies at grade 7 or above, since their establishment.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. Only one appointment, at grade 6 level, has been made to Cadw through open competition. The maximum salary payable including performance pay in this case is £41,120. Another appointment at grade 7 level is being processed.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the quality of service performance indicators adopted by each of his Department's executive agencies since their establishment ; and separately identify those quality of service performance indicators already operative prior to agency status.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. Indicators of Cadw's performance and targets for the agency's first year were announced in March 1991.
These all covered similar ground to those operative before agency status.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the first degree obtained by the chief executive of each of his Department's executive agencies ; and from which university or polytechnic it was awarded.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. Cadw's chief executive's first degree is in English, archaeology and anthropology. It was awarded by Cambridge university.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those new facilities for staff including
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nurseries and health care schemes which have been introduced in each of his Department's executive agencies since their establishment.Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. Cadw staff have access to the Cardiff civil service nursery which opened in August 1991. No other new facilities for staff have been introduced since the formation of the agency.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when the last annual report for each of his Department's executive agencies was published ; and when the next one is due.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. The agency was launched on 1 April 1991 and its first annual report will be published in July 1992.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the new forms of alternative working patterns introduced into each of his Department's executive agencies since their establishment ; and provide a breakdown by grade of the numbers of staff taking up each new working pattern for each new agency.
Mr. David Hunt : Cadw : Welsh Historic Monuments is currently the Department's only executive agency. There have been no new forms of alternative working patterns introduced into the agency since its establishment.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the change in manufacturing output in Wales since 1978.
Mr. David Hunt : According to the Welsh index of production and construction, manufacturing output for the second quarter of 1991 was at a level of 29.0 per cent. higher than the average quarterly value for 1978.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many letters he has received to date concerning the groundwater side-effects of the proposed Cardiff Bay barrage as part of his public consultation exercise.
Mr. David Hunt : Since the public consultation exercise was launched on 25 September I have received 114 letters about groundwater related matters.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 4 December, Official Report, column 136, whether any part of his recent allocation of £22 million of additional grant-in-aid to the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation is earmarked for the acquisition of or rearrangement of the water abstraction rights of Associated British Ports at Blackweir from the River Taff for the purpose of complying with his written undertaking to the National Rivers Authority to secure their right to control river flow into the impoundment behind the proposed Cardiff Bay barrage during periods of drought ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : The additional allocation of £22 million to the grant-in-aid planned for the development
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corporation in 1993-94 and 1994-95 is to support the construction of Cardiff bay barrage. The detailed breakdown of the corporation's budget between different activities is determined in the months leading up to the financial year in question.Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many farmers have received payment under the set-aside scheme, for each year since 1988, in each county in Wales for (a) horse-based activities, (b) golf courses,
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(c) game cover for commercial shoots, (d) sports grounds, (e) other recreational facilities and (f) other ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. David Hunt : No payments have been made under categories (c) and (d) .
The following numbers of participants have received payment under the other options :
Set-aside first payment year 1989-90
|Dyfed |West |Gwent
|Glamorgan
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Horse based activities |- |1 |1
Other |1 |- |-
Totals |1 |1 |1
Set-aside second payment year 1990-91
|Dyfed |Clwyd |Gwynedd |West |Gwent
|Glamorgan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Horse-based activities |4 |1 |- |2 |1
Golf Courses |- |1 |- |- |-
Other recreational facilities |- |- |1 |- |-
Other |1 |- |- |- |-
Totals |5 |2 |1 |2 |1
Set-aside third payment year 1991-92
|Dyfed |Clwyd |Gwynedd |West |Gwent
|Glamorgan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Horse-based activities |4 |2 |- |2 |1
Golf Courses |- |1 |- |- |-
Other recreational facilities |- |- |1 |- |-
Other |1 |- |1 |- |-
Totals |5 |3 |2 |2 |1
The statistics for each year are cumulative and include the figures from the previous
year.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many landowners in Wales are currently receiving annual payments under the set- aside scheme of (a) between £5,000 and £9,999, (b) between £10,000 and £19,999, (c) between £20,000 and £29,999, (d) between £30,000 and £39,999, (e) between £40,000 and £49,999, (f) between £50,000 and £59,999, (g) between £60,000 and £69,999 and (h) £70, 000 and over.
Mr. David Hunt : The following number of payments are being made in the above categories.
(a) 11 ; (b) 6 ; (c) 2 ; (d) Nil ; (e) Nil ; (f) Nil ; (g) Nil ; (h) Nil.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures for each county in Wales for each year since 1988 of (a) the number of serious irregularities of the set-aside scheme, (b) the number of minor breaches of the scheme and (c) the number of cases where payments where witheld in full or in part ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : The information is as follows :
1988-89 set-aside
year
All Wales
|Number
---------------------
(a) |Nil
(b) |Nil
(c) |Nil
1989-90 set-aside year
|Dyfed|Gwent
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(a) |Nil |1
(b) |1 |Nil
(c) |Nil |1
1990-91 set-aside year
|Dyfed |Gwent |West Glamorgan
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(a) |Nil |2 |Nil
(b) |2 |Nil |2
(c) |<1>- |2 |Nil
<1>The action to be taken on these two cases of minor breaches in Dyfed is
still under consideration.
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many hearing therapists were employed in each of the health and social services boards in each of the years from 1 April 1981 to 31 March 1991 ;
(2) how many hearing therapists are currently employed in each of the health and social services boards.
Mr. Hanley : There are two hearing therapists working in Northern Ireland at present--one in the Eastern board, appointed throughout 1981 to date and one in the Southern board, appointed in 1991. The Eastern board is
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in the process of appointing three additional trainee hearing therapists. The Northern board is examining the need to employ this grade.Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many persons have been granted loans from the social fund ; what was the total amount paid out during the last financial year ; and what was the comparable amount in previous years ;
(2) how many homeless are in receipt of income support in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Hanley : Social security operational matters are the responsibility of Mr. Alec Wylie, chief executive of the Social Security Agency. He will write to the hon. Gentleman and copies of his reply will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many single parents are in receipt of family credit in the Province.
Mr. Hanley : Social security operational matters are the responsibility of Mr. Alec Wylie, chief executive of the Social Security Agency. He will write to the hon. Gentleman regarding the number of single parents in receipt of family credit in the Province and copies of his reply will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what improvements he plans to make in benefit for disabled people.
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Mr. Hanley : From April 1992, the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 introduces two new social security benefits for disabled people in Northern Ireland at the same time as these benefits are introduced for the rest of the United Kingdom.
The new disability working allowance will be payable to disabled people in employment who have a reduced work capacity because of their disability. This will be the first benefit in this country specifically intended to help disabled people to work even if their earning capacity is reduced.
The new disability living allowance will be both tax free and non-income related. For people disabled before the age of 65, it will replace and extend the help with the extra costs of disability currently available through attendance allowance and mobility allowance.
The order also provides for an improved claims and adjudication system for disability living allowance and attendance allowance for people over 65.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many farmers have received payment under the set-aside scheme, for each year since 1988, in each county in Northern Ireland for (a) horse-based activities, (b) golf courses, (c) game cover for commercial shoots, (d) sports grounds, (e) other recreational facilities and (f) other ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley : The number of farmers receiving payment in Northern Ireland since 1988 by county and by enterprise is set out in the table.
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|Antrim |Armagh |Down |Fermanagh |Londonderry|Tyrone
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Total number of farmers
receiving payments
1989 |2 |1 |5 |- |5 |-
1990 |1 |1 |3 |- |3 |-
1991 |- |1 |3 |- |1 |-
Horse-based activities |(1989) 1 |- |(1990) 1 |- |(1989) 1 |-
|- |- |(1991) 2 |- |(1990) 1 |-
Golf courses |- |- |- |- |(1991) 1 |-
Game cover for commercial
shoots |- |- |- |- |- |-
Sports grounds |- |- |- |- |- |-
Other recreational |- |- |- |- |- |-
Others |(1989) 1 |(1989) 1 |(1989) 5 |- |(1989) 4 |-
|(1990) 1 |(1990) 1 |(1990) 2 |- |(1990) 2 |-
|- |(1991) 1 |(1991) 1 |- |- |-
Uptake in Northern Ireland has been very limited, of a total arable area of 64.949 hectares only 331 hectares,
which representing o.5 per cent. of the total area, have been set aside in the first 3 years of the scheme.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the numbers of landowners in Northern Ireland that are currently receiving annual payments under the set-aside scheme of (a) between £5,000 and £9,999, (b) between £10,000 and £19,999, (c) between £20,000 and £29,999, (d) between £30,000 and
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£39,999, (e) between £40,000 and £49,999, (f) between £50,000 and £59,999, (g) between £60,000 and £69,999 and (h) £70,000 and over.Mr. Hanley : No farmers or landowners in Northern Ireland receive payments above £5,000 per year. Twenty-six farmers are in receipt of payments of up to £4,999.
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Dr. David Clark : to ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the figures for each county in Northern Ireland for each year since 1988 of (a) the number of serious irregularities of the set-aside scheme, (b) the number of minor breaches of the scheme and (c) the number of cases where payments were withheld in full or in part ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Hanley : There have been no serious irregularities connected with the scheme in Northern Ireland. One minor breach resulted in a part- payment being withheld. The low level of uptake has made it possible to check all applications and claims for payment.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when the lease of Baynards house expires ; and what consideration is being given by the Government to terminating it and relocating those employed there to Bootle or a new London office.
Mr. Forth : The lease to Baynards house expires on 24 March 1994. The Health and Safety Executive is currently considering a range of options for accommodating its London headquarters after that date.
Mr. Bell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what assessment he has made of the impact on the efficiency and reliability of the ports industry of the abolition of the dock labour scheme ;
(2) when he proposes to publish a report on the effectiveness of the abolition of the dock labour scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : The results of an initial assessment of the effects of abolition were published in an article in the July 1990 issue of the Employment Gazette. Further assessment had to wait until the effects of abolition of the scheme had fully worked themselves through the port industry. Earlier this year my right hon. and learned Friends the Secretarys of State for Transport and Employment commissioned MDS- Transmodal and Pieda plc to carry out a more comprehensive study to assess the economic effects of abolition of the dock scheme and to examine the extent to which abolition had met its objectives. Changes in efficiency, reliability and quality of service will necessarily be examined.
The final report is expected to be completed about the end of next year. I would expect the main findings to be published shortly afterwards.
Mr. Mans : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in rank order the members of the European Community by the number of directives in the social affairs field which each country has implemented ; what these directives are ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : The tables give the required information, first on the implementation records of each member state for the directives so far required to be implemented in the social field ; and, secondly, on the subjects of those
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directives. I shall write to my hon. Friend giving more detailed information on the record of member states on each individual directive.The United Kingdom's exemplary record is proof of its commitment to a social dimension for the European Community. The Government accordingly welcome the agreement at Maastricht to amend the treaty of Rome to strengthen compliance with Community obligations by giving the European Court of Justice the power to impose financial penalties on member states which have failed to comply with its judgments. Member States' Record of Implementation
Of the 18 directives in the social field currently required to be implemented and their implementation notified to the European Commission, the record of member states is as follows.
|Number
-----------------------------
United Kingdom |18
Germany |18
Spain |17
Ireland |<1>16
France |16
Greece |16
Portugal |<1>15
Denmark |<1>15
Belgium |15
Netherlands |15
Luxembourg |13
Italy |11
<1> Out of 17.
Note: Ireland, Portugal and
Denmark have either
derogations from one of the
directives, or a delayed
implementation date.
Directives in the Social Affairs Field
The following directives are currently required to have been transposed into the national law of member states :
Directive on the banning of certain specified agents and/or certain work activities (88/364).
Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work (88/188).
Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (83/477).
Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to metallic lead at work (82/605).
Directive on electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in mines susceptible to firedamp (82/130).
Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work (80/642).
Directive on the protection of the health of workers exposed to vinyl chloride monomer (78/610).
Directive on the provision of safety signs at places of work (77/676).
Directive on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (80/987).
Directive on safeguarding of employee's rights in the event of transfers of undertakings (77/187).
Directive on collective redundancies (75/129).
Directive on equal treatment for men and women in self employment (86/613).
Directive on equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes (86/378).
Directive on equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security (79/7).
Directive on equal pay for men and women (75/117).
Directive on equal treatment for men and women in access to employment (76/207).
Directive on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families (68/360).
Directive on the education of the children of migrant workers (77/406).
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Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what action is being taken with respect to the three senior staff of the prison medical services whose conduct was criticised in the special report made to him in April 1991 by the board of visitors of Holloway prison ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what response he has made to the special report of the board of visitors of Holloway prison made to him in April 1991 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) if he will review the case of the prisoner separated from her newly born baby which was the subject of a special report in April 1991 by the board of visitors of Holloway prison ; and if he will make a statement ;
(4) what action he proposes to take in response to the special report made to him in April 1991 by the board of visitors of Holloway prison concerning the separation of a mother from her newly born child ; and if he will establish an independent inquiry into this incident.
Mrs. Rumbold : I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to improve the manner in which the prison medical services respond to representations on matters of concern from boards of prison visitors.
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