§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on(a) health care facilities and (b) education provision in each of the British Dependent Territories. [16153]
§ Mr. BradshawHealth and education are the responsibility of the locally elected Governments under the constitutions of the Overseas Territories. Health and education facilities are available on all the inhabited territories commensurate with the size of the populations and available public funds. Reciprocal health agreements for the referral of patients exist between the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Helena and the Falklands Islands.
The table sets out facilities available.
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Education Health Anguilla Primary schools 7 (includes 1 private) Secondary schools 1 Colleges 0 Doctors 13 (includes private practice) Clinics 5 Hospitals 1 BVI Primary schools 23 (7 private, 1 special needs) Secondary 4 (1 private) Community college 1 Doctors 39 (16 private Health centres 12 (3 private) Hospitals 2 (1 private) Bermuda Primary schools 18 Secondary schools 2 Middle schools 5 Pre-schools 12 Colleges of higher education 1 Doctors 113 in active practice Public health centres 4 Hospitals 1 general and 1 psychiatric Cayman Islands Primary schools 20 (9 private) Secondary schools 9 (6 private) Colleges 2 (1 private) Doctors 84 (41 private) Clinics 37 (24 private) Hospitals 4 (1 private) Falkland Islands 1— Doctors 4 (1 P/T)2 Hospital 1 (in Stanley)2 There are no separate clinics or health centres Gibraltar No figures available Hospitals 23 Montserrat Primary schools 2 Secondary school 1 4— Doctors 3 (hospital) Chief Medical Officer 1 Private practices 3 (1 P/T) Clinics 4 Hospitals 1 St. Helena Primary schools 7 Secondary schools 1 Doctors 4 Dentist 1 Hospital 1 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 5— Doctors 1 Medical centre 16 Turks and Caicos Primary schools 34 (24 private)7 Secondary schools 5 (1 private)7 Colleges 3 Doctors 24 (10 private) Clinics 15 (4 private, 1 specialist) Hospitals 2 1 In the Falkland Islands, one primary school and one secondary school in Stanley, plus a system of Camp education which includes four settlement (primary) school and a team of travelling teachers who visit 15 locations. 2 These figures are for facilities provided by the FIG and GSGSSI; they take no account of the modest health and educational facilities funded by the MOD for military personnel and dependants.
3 There are some referrals across the border to La Linea.
4 There are no colleges in Montserrat, although a Community College is planned. Sixth form has also resumed this academic year.
5 There are no children, therefore there are no educational facilities.
6 For the use of the scientific and administrative communities.
7 Many of these are quite small private ventures, and will include Haitian schools. It must be remembered that the population of these islands is dispersed throughout six inhabited islands, each of which has its education establishments.