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Arrears of community charges at 31 March 1992
|Amount<1> |As a percentage of
|the total debit<2>
|(£000)
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Alyn and Deeside |1,866 |10
Colwyn |1,148 |8
Delyn |983 |6
Glyndwr |890 |8
Rhuddlan |1,069 |7
Wrexham Maelor |2,711 |10
Carmarthen |467 |5
Ceredigion |801 |7
Dinefwr |393 |6
Llanelli |978 |7
Preseli Pembrokeshire |439 |4
South Pembrokeshire |521 |7
Blaenau Gwent |1,395 |11
Islwyn |1,046 |9
Monmouth |1,229 |7
Newport |3,734 |12
Torfaen |1,115 |6
Aberconwy |596 |5
Arfon |1,117 |11
Dwyfor |230 |3
Meirionnydd |353 |4
Ynys Mon |1,113 |7
Cynon Valley |1,072 |11
Merthyr Tydfil |547 |6
Ogwr |1,130 |5
Rhondda |498 |5
Rhymney Valley |1,822 |10
Taff Ely |1,676 |9
Brecknock |279 |3
Montgomeryshire |325 |4
Radnorshire |113 |2
Cardiff |6,560 |10
Vale of Glamorgan |1,131 |5
Port Talbot |704 |7
Lliw Valley |449 |4
Neath |804 |6
Swansea |3,057 |7
|------- |-------
Total Wales |44,361 |8
<1> The arrears shown include both 1990-91 and 1991-92 charges.
<2> The total debit is the amount actually billed to chargepayers, net of
deductions, in respect of 1990-91 and 1991-92 charges.
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each Welsh district council the amount of unapplied capital receipts from (a) housing sales and (b) other capital sales.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information requested is given in the table :
Usable capital receipts at 31 March 1992
|Housing|Other
|£000 |£000
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Alyn and Deeside |24 |0
Colwyn |585 |42
Delyn |0 |0
Glyndwr |863 |160
Rhuddlan |469 |16
Wrexham Maelor |41 |21
Carmarthen |609 |0
Ceredigion |0 |137
Dinefwr |0 |746
Llanelli |0 |0
Preseli Pembrokeshire |1,122 |243
South Pembrokeshire |1,264 |327
Blaenau Gwent |488 |641
Islwyn |0 |0
Monmouth |826 |46
Newport |6,309 |1,433
Torfaen |0 |0
Aberconwy |678 |431
Arfon |230 |116
Dwyfor |71 |0
Meirionnydd |0 |0
Ynys Mon |82 |84
Cynon Valley |0 |0
Merthyr Tydfil |1 |169
Ogwr |672 |2,086
Rhondda |0 |0
Rhymney Valley |802 |76
Taff Ely |469 |0
Brecknock |692 |200
Montgomeryshire |1,348 |22
Radnorshire |343 |59
Cardiff |749 |0
Vale of Glamorgan |6,436 |0
Lliw Valley |939 |467
Neath |548 |210
Port Talbot |656 |553
Swansea |420 |1,758
|-------|-------
Total |27,736 |10,043
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each Welsh county the total amount of unapplied capital receipts.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information requested is given in the table.
Usable capital receipts at 31
March 1992
|£000s
--------------------------------
Clwyd |0
Dyfed |267
Gwent |7,080
Gwynedd |333
Mid Glamorgan |414
Powys |27
South Glamorgan |1,551
West Glamorgan |236
|-------
Total |9,908
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each collecting local authority in Wales how much was bid by that authority for Government funds to cover the set-up costs of the council tax and how much his Department allocated to each authority in 1992-93.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : Welsh charging authorities did not bid for funds to cover council tax preparation costs. The Government commissioned the consultants CSL Group Ltd to estimate the costs to local authorities in England and Wales of preparing for the council tax. CSL estimated that Welsh authorities would spend £9.2 million--£7.98 million on revenue costs and £1.24 million on capital costs. My right hon. Friend accepted CSL's conclusions for Wales in full and has made £5.985 million special grant available to Welsh charging authorities to cover 75 per cent. of the revenue costs. The remaining 25 per cent. of the estimated revenue cost is supported through revenue support grant. My right hon. Friend has also issued supplementary credit approvals totalling £1.24 million to cover capital costs.
Details of the special grant are set out in the Special Grant Report (Wales) 1992 which received the approval of the House on 24 June 1992. Special grant and supplementary credit approval allocations for each charging authority in Wales are as follows :
Council tax preparation costs 1992-93: allocations to charging
(district) councils
|Special grant |Supplementary credit
|approvals
|£ |£000
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Alyn and Deeside |146,626 |30
Colwyn |122,360 |25
Delyn |134,515 |28
Glyndwr |91,011 |19
Rhuddlan |133,456 |28
Wrexham Maelor |233,138 |48
Carmarthen |118,574 |25
Ceredigion |144,829 |30
Dinefwr |82,613 |17
Llanelli |157,876 |33
Preseli Pembrokeshire |152,842 |32
South Pembrokeshire |96,950 |20
Blaenau Gwent |159,840 |33
Islwyn |133,882 |28
Monmouth |161,964 |34
Newport |274,682 |57
Torfaen |184,770 |38
Aberconwy |121,682 |25
Arfon |118,074 |24
Dwyfor |71,289 |15
Meirionnydd |87,750 |18
Ynys Mon |156,168 |32
Cynon Valley |135,366 |28
Merthyr Tydfil |122,073 |25
Ogwr |264,744 |55
Rhondda |163,052 |34
Rhymney Valley |203,908 |42
Taff Ely |188,813 |39
Brecknock |89,027 |18
Montgomeryshire |112,828 |23
Radnor |53,689 |11
Cardiff |580,797 |120
Vale of Glamorgan |234,950 |49
Port Talbot |104,260 |22
Lliw Valley |129,254 |27
Neath |134,317 |28
Swansea |383,031 |79
|---- |---
Total |5,985,000 |1,240
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each collecting local authority in Wales the amount of uncollected domestic rates in 1989-90 and the percentage of the total rate that this figure represented.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information requested is not collected centrally. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the CIPFA publication "Rate Collection Statistics 1989-90 Actuals" which provides figures for combined domestic and non-domestic rate arrears.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the outstanding amount of money uncollected on the poll tax.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Local authorities in Wales reported that, at 31 March 1992, arrears of community charges for the financial years 1990-91 and 1991-92 totalled £44 million that is equivalent to about £20 for each chargepayer.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many housing association houses have been built in Alyn and Deeside since 1979 ;
(2) how many council houses have been built in Alyn and Deeside since 1979.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : A total of 404 council houses and 168 council flats were built in Alyn and Deeside between 1 January 1980 and 31 August 1992. A total of 103 houses and 114 flats were built by housing associations in the area in the same period.
Mr. Donald Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of unfit homes in Wales in 1979 and in each of the past three years.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Such information is only available from house condition surveys. From these, the estimated numbers of unfit dwellings were 90,900 in 1981 and 79,900 in 1986.
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the forecast for the number of new rural housing units to be built in Wales for the year 1993-94.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is not available centrally.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of households in Wales where the classified head of the household is over the age of 65 years ; what percentage of such households are (a) owner-occupied (i) with or (ii) without a mortgage or (b) renting from (i) a local authority or (ii) a housing association ; and what percentage rent is from private landlords.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The 1986 Welsh inter-censal survey indicated that 299,000 households were headed by a person aged 65 or over. Of these households 59.6 per cent. were owner-occupiers (of which 7.4 per cent. were with a mortgage and 92.6 per cent. were owned outright), 31.3 per cent. rented from local authorities or new towns, 1.7 per cent. from housing associations and 7.4 per cent. from private landlords and other tenures.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of food premises in Wales were inspected by each local enforcement authority in each year since 1988 ;
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and what were the equivalent percentage figures for (a) food manufactures, (b) restaurants and caterers and (c) food retailers.Mr. Gwilym Jones : Information on the percentage of food premises inspected or visited has been held centrally only since 1991 and is given in the following table (1). Figures for 1992 are not yet available.
I will write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House with equivalent percentage figures for (a) food manufacturers (b) restaurants and caterers and (c) food retailers.
Percentage of food premises inspected or
visited
Enforcement |Percentage
authority
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County Councils
Clwyd<1> |13
Dyfed<1> |24
Gwent<1> |12
Gwynedd |9
Mid Glamorgan |33
Powys<1> |27
South Glamorgan<1> |16
West Glamorgan |44
District Councils
Aberconwy<1> |25
Alyn and Deeside |98
Arfon<1> |12
Blaenau Gwent<1> |53
Brecknock<1> |84
Cardiff<1> |57
Carmarthen<1> |40
Ceredigion<1> |55
Colwyn<1> |40
Cynon Valley<1> |47
Delyn<1> |51
Dinefwr<1> |48
Dwyfor |26
Glyndwr |59
Islwyn |44
Llanelli<1> |25
Lliw Valley |97
Meirionnydd<1> |51
Merthyr Tydfil<1> |44
Monmouth |37
Montgomeryshire |73
Neath |67
Newport<1> |43
Ogwr<1> |32
Port Talbot |79
Preseli Pembrokeshire |77
Radnor<1> |92
Rhondda |100
Rhuddlan<1> |23
Rhymney Valley |38
South Pembrokeshire<1> |26
Swansea<1> |56
Taff Ely<1> |58
Torfaen<1> |53
Vale of Glamorgan<1> |71
Wrexham Maelor |39
Ynys Mon<1> |79
Port Health Authorities
Barry<1> |100
Beaumaris |66
Caernarfon |<2>Nil
Cardiff<1> |64
Chester<1> |Nil
Milford |89
Newport<1> |96
Swansea<1> |64
<1> Excludes figures for the first quarter of
1991. This was only required on a voluntary
basis.
<2> Arfon borough council act as port health
authority for Caernarfon.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of state for Wales if he will publish the number of clinical regrading nursing appeals that are yet to be determined in Wales ; and what is his target for completion.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The numbers of clinical grading appeals outstanding in Wales are as follows :
|Number
----------------------------------------------------------
At employing authority level |403
At regional level (Welsh Appeals Committee) |1,310
At national level (Negotiating Council) |170
Employing authorities are on course to have completed appeals at the local level by the end of this year. Efforts are being made to speed up the appeals process at regional and national levels, but while further appeals continue to be lodged it is not feasible to forecast when the entire process will be completed.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to introduce environmentally sensitive area-type payments within all the national park areas of Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : I have previously announced my intention to designate Preseli, which includes part of the Pembrokeshire coast national park, as an environmentally sensitive area. The Tir Cymen scheme which offers grants for the conservation of the farm landscape is also available to farmers in parts of the Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons national parks. In addition national park authorities have the discretion to enter into agreements with farmers which encourage environmentally friendly farming.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are employed in the aerospace industry in Wales ; and if he will provide a geographical breakdown of those figures.
Mr. David Hunt : According to the latest available estimates, for September 1989, there were 9,300 people employed in the aerospace industry in Wales. A geographical breakdown of these figures would breach the guidelines for protecting confidential data relating to a small number of businesses.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average housing association rent in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : This information is not held centrally.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average council house rent in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The average council house rent in Wales in 1992- 93 is £29.74p per week.
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Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many copies of "Women First : a guide to health services for Women in Wales" have been (a) produced and (b) distributed by his Department to date.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : A total of 350,000 copies of the booklet have been produced and to date, approximately 325,000 have been distributed.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the councils in Wales who have appointed crime prevention co-ordinators to date ; how many local authorities have submitted bids for crime prevention moneys under the urban programme ; and what is the total value of these bids in accordance with each local authority area.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Crime prevention co-ordinators have been appointed by seven of the county councils, the exception being South Glamorgan. Information is not held centrally about such appointments by district councils.
I have received the following bids for 1993-94 for funding of crime prevention and related initiatives under the urban programme :
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Clwyd county council |2 |45,122
Alyn and Deeside district council |1 |16,400
Dyfed county council |1 |57,290
Gwynedd county council |1 |40,000
Cynon Valley borough council |2 |61,904
Taff Ely borough council |3 |108,422
South Glamorgan county council |2 |307,000
Vale of Glamorgan borough council |2 |163,000
West Glamorgan county council |2 |38,670
Port Talbot borough council |2 |109,500
Lliw Valley borough council |2 |6,900
Swansea city council |3 |57,950
|----- |-----
Total |23 |1,012,158
Bids under the urban programme normally cover a three year period ; the figures show the bid for the initial year.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to present copies of all official representations on proposed legislation made to his Department, in the form of deposited papers to the Library unless the body or individual making the representation demands otherwise.
Mr. David Hunt : It is usual practice to deposit such representations in the Library of the House.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many inspections of food premises have been carried out by each local authority in Wales under the Food Safety Act 1990 ; and how many of such inspections have resulted in (a) the issuing of improvement and emergency prohibition notices, (b) informal warning letters or (c) the voluntary closure of companies.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : At present information is available only for 1991. This is given in the following table .
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Number of
establishments
subject to
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County Councils
Clwyd<3> |935 |0 |79 |0
Dyfed<3> |3,019 |0 |3 |0
Gwent<3> |1,015 |0 |0 |0
Gwynedd |441 |0 |14 |0
Mid Glamorgan |39 |0 |8 |0
Powys<3> |235 |0 |22 |0
South Glamorgan<3> |744 |0 |0 |0
West Glamorgan |1,444 |0 |265 |0
District Councils
Aberconwy<3> |303 |47 |50 |0
Alyn and Deeside |585 |326 |516 |0
Arfon<3> |93 |19 |69 |0
Blaenau Gwent<3> |201 |89 |29 |0
Brecknock<3> |412 |13 |109 |0
Cardiff City<3> |1,794 |34 |546 |0
Carmarthen<3> |383 |58 |389 |0
Ceredigion<3> |594 |9 |543 |0
Colwyn<3> |402 |70 |99 |0
Cynon Valley<3> |251 |19 |0 |0
Delyn<3> |457 |0 |228 |0
Dinefwr<3> |225 |5 |104 |1
Dwyfor |150 |2 |68 |0
Glyndwr |410 |67 |196 |0
Islwyn |230 |75 |102 |8
Llanelli<3> |101 |25 |56 |1
Lliw Valley |180 |24 |166 |0
Meironnydd<3> |155 |28 |107 |0
Merthyr Tydfil<3> |169 |13 |137 |6
Monmouth |227 |50 |39 |1
Montgomeryshire |475 |188 |235 |2
Neath |411 |72 |57 |0
Newport<3> |368 |66 |209 |0
Ogwr<3> |231 |108 |142 |0
Port Talbot |329 |11 |72 |0
Preseli Pembrokeshire |1,220 |26 |281 |2
Radnor<3> |210 |58 |39 |0
Rhondda |413 |83 |137 |1
Rhuddlan<3> |156 |24 |13 |0
Rhymney Valley |214 |31 |158 |4
South Pembrokeshire<3> |144 |70 |23 |2
Swansea<3> |396 |157 |262 |0
Taff Ely<3> |227 |74 |219 |0
Torfaen<3> |212 |15 |60 |0
Vale of Glamorgan<3> |444 |2 |87 |0
Wrexham Maelor |293 |124 |97 |1
Ynys Mon<3> |541 |61 |255 |1
Port health authorities<4>
Barry<3> |23 |0 |0 |0
Beaumaris |15 |0 |0 |0
Caernarfon Nil return-Arfon BC act as port health authority for C
Cardiff<3> |1 |0 |0 |0
Chester<3> |Nil return
Milford |2,186 |0 |11 |0
Newport<3> |63 |0 |0 |0
Swansea<3> |700 |0 |40 |0
<1>These statistics cover work carried out by local authorities under the Food
Safety Act 1990, regulations made under it and the Official Control of Foodstuffs
Directive. They exclude:
meat hygiene inspections carried out under EC veterinary legislation;
milk hygiene inspections of production plants;
inspections carried out by the Wine Standards Board under EC wine legislation.
<2>The number of food hygiene and food standards inspections covers:
inspection of premises;
inspection of equipment including cleaning and maintenance equipment;
inspection of a process or operational procedure;
inspection of the hygiene or practices of personnel;
inspection of food (including ingredients, additives and products at any stage of
manufacture) or contact materials;
inspection of labels, labelling equipment and advertising matter and/or
inspection of records.
These figures exclude all other visits eg revisits to check compliance with
notices, sampling visits and visits to follow up complaints.
<3>Excludes figures for first quarter of 1991. This was only required on a
voluntary basis.
<4>For port health authorities this includes the number of consignments and of
number of ships kitchens inspected.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the effects of acid rain deposition on wildlife habitats in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : At present, no comprehensive information is available on the effects of acid rain deposition on wildlife habitats throughout Wales. The Welsh Office is currently funding research, with the Department of the Environment and the Countryside Council for Wales, aimed at providing a better overall picture of the situation.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) meetings with external organisations and (b) public hearings were conducted by his Department both within the Cardiff headquarters and externally in the latest year for which figures are available ; how many
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requests were made for translation facilities at such meetings ; and what proportion of such requests were fulfilled.Mr. David Hunt : This information is not held centrally.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many tenders for refuse collection or street cleansing are currently (a) run in-house and (b) put out to private companies in Wales ; and how many tender-holders have made pre-tax losses in the latest accounting year for which figures are available.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : This information is not held centrally.
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Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average annual incidence of epilepsy due to road traffic accidents in Wales between the year 1989 and 1991 ; and what percentage this represents of epilepsy from all causes.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The requested information is not held centrally.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average cost of special needs education per child per annum.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The average expenditure for each pupil education in maintained special schools and special education provided elsewhere than at school, is available in table 12.17 of "Statistics of Education in Wales : Schools", No. 5 1991. A copy is available in the Library of the House.
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of income in Clwyd is generated by tourism.
Sir Wyn Roberts : This information is not available centrally.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of referrals for behaviour or emotional problems requiring the services of psychologists or psychiatrists in Wales between 1989 and 1991, resulted from injuries sustained in serious road traffic accidents.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The requested information is not held centrally.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children in Wales were assessed from 1980 to 1991 as having special educational needs due to severe head injuries (a) sustained in road traffic accidents and (b) from all causes after the neonatal period.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information requested is not collected centrally.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was paid in Wales annually between 1989 and 1991 in (a) attendance allowance, (b) mobility allowance and (c) carers' allowance for disabilities due to serious head injuries (i) as a result of road traffic accidents and (ii) from all causes.
Mr. Scott : I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not available.
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress has been made to reduce the hours junior doctors work.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : The latest progress report on junior doctors' hours shows that, at the end of August, the number of junior doctors in Wales still working in hard pressed posts in excess of 83 hours per week has been reduced to below 5 per cent.
The Welsh task force is striving to ensure that the target date for reducing all junior doctors hours to a maximum of 83 per week by 1 April 1993 is met.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are currently employed in the building industry in Wales ; and what was the equivalent number in each of the past five years.
Mr. David Hunt : In June this year there were 37,000 employees employed in the construction industry. The equivalent number for each of the last five years is given in the table.
Employees in the construction industry
in Wales
|Thousands<1>
---------------------------------------
1987 |43
1988 |44
1989 |46
1990 |46
1991 |42
<1> Quarterly estimate series.
Source: Employment Department.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has for central funding for the Welsh museum schools service.
Sir Wyn Roberts : I am considering this in the public expenditure round but in doing so I am taking into account that five local education authorities already fund the service and the possibility of continued support from these and other sources.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what consultations he has had with the council of the National Museum of Wales regarding the rules for the generation of income from European Community research grants by the national museum and any compensatory withdrawal of grant-in-aid under additionality arrangements ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what arrangements he will make to strengthen the incentives for the National Museum of Wales to undertake European Community research projects, without loss of income generated.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Our officials have provided advice to the museum on specific queries in relation to a proposed application for European Community research funding.
The public expenditure arrangements provide scope and flexibility, within the public expenditure survey, for proper consideration of the implications for domestic expenditure of European Community research and development, for the setting of priorities and obtaining value for money. Our officials stand ready to discuss these arrangements with bodies in Wales.
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Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the specialties for which the Welsh Office will be funding capital costs for the new Neath and Port Talbot hospital.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : My right hon. Friend's statement on 29 October underlined his determination that there will be a new hospital on the site at Baglan.
The review of health services to be undertaken by West Glamorgan health authority will ensure that the scheme is consistent with the possible need for further investment, including in primary and community health services, in West Glamorgan as a whole and Neath and Port Talbot in particular.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will issue guidelines on the procedure to be followed by the chairmen and non- executive directors of newly-appointed national health service trusts in Wales in appointing to the post of chief executive, as regards advertising the vacancy (a) where a general manager is already in post, (b) where a trust crosses pre-existing unit or health authority boundaries and (c) where there is no general manager in post or where he or she is near retirement or on extended sick leave.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The Department has issued general guidance on the appointment of executive directors of national health service trusts. The appointment of chief executives is a matter for the chairman and non- executive directors of each trust.
Mr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the annual budgets of the training and enterprise councils in West Wales, Mid Glamorgan and Gwent in each year since their creation ; and what is the percentage annual change in the central government contribution to each of these TEC budgets.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Comparative information is only available for financial years 1991-92 and 1992-93. This indicates that in the TECs concerned expenditure, budgets and percentage changes were as follows :
|1991-92 expenditure|1992-93 budget |Change Per cent.
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Gwent |17,390 |17,909 |+2.98
Mid Glamorgan |20,039 |20,561 |+2.60
West Wales |29,295 |27,911 |-4.72
Mr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many training places at West Wales TEC, Mid Glamorgan TEC and Gwent TEC there were in each year of their operation ; what are the latest current estimates ; and what is the percentage year-on-year change in training places at each of those TECs.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information is not available in the form requested.
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Mr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number and percentage rate of long-term unemployed in Wales and the valleys programme area, on a seasonally adjusted basis, for (a) June 1988, (b) June 1990 and (c) September 1992.
Mr. David Hunt : The number and percentage rate of long-term unemployed in Wales and the valleys programme area are not available on a seasonally adjusted basis. The following table shows unadjusted numbers and rates of those unemployed for more than 52 weeks.
Valleys area Wales
<1>July |Number |<2>Rate|Number |<2>Rate
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1988 |12,775 |5.2 |47,638 |3.8
1990 |6,648 |2.8 |23,026 |1.8
1992 |11,765 |4.8 |41,456 |3.2
<1>Unemployed figures by duration are produced
on a quarterly basis. The months, for which
data have been produced, closest to those
requested are given in this table.
<2>The long-term unemployed expressed as a
percentage of the total workforce.
Mr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the value of grant paid by year at constant prices and the associated job creation or job safeguarding effects for (a) regional development grant, (b) regional selective assistance and (c) regional enterprise grant in the valleys programme area in each year since 1988-89.
Mr. David Hunt : It is not possible to link payments of grant on a yearly basis to the number of jobs created or safeguarded over the lifetime of projects.
Payments of grant made to projects in the Valleys Programme Area
since 1988-89 are as follows:
|£ million
Scheme |1988-89 |1989-90<1>|1990-91<1>|1991-92<1>
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RSA |14.3 |9.5 |7.6 |13.0
RDG II |17.3 |8.9 |7.4 |2.8
REG |0.1 |0.2 |0.5 |0.3
<1> At 1991-92 prices.
For projects to which some payment of grant has been made the number of jobs created or safeguarded during the period 1988-89 to 1991-92 is as follows :
Scheme |Jobs Created |Jobs Safeguarded -------------------------------------------------------------------- RSA |10,861 |4,301 RDG II |10,513 |- Note:-Some payments may have been made towards such projects in previous years, some may be made in subsequent years with more jobs created and safeguarded in subsequent years.
The REG scheme does not specifically require job creation.
Mr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the percentage male unemployment rate in Wales and the valleys programme area, on a seasonally adjusted basis, for (a) June 1988, (b) June 1990 and (c) September 1992.
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