§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many persons were employed by the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service at each of its centres in Wales, respectively, at the latest time for which these figures are available; and how these figures compare with similar ones five years earlier.
§ Mrs. FennerThe distribution and number of ADAS staff in post in Wales on 1 November 1980 and 1985, is set out below: 193W
1 November 1980 1 November 1985 I. ADAS HQ Wales Aberystwyth/Trawscoed 79 87½ II. Administrative divisions* Caernarfon 42 28 Cardiff 45 38 Carmarthen 84 67 Llandrindod Wells 48 35 Ruthin 36 27 III. Sub centres Bangor 25 22½ Cardiff 24 28½ IV. Veterinary investigation centres Aberystwyth 11½ 13½ Bangor 10 12 Cardiff 8½ 4½ Carmarthen 11 13 V. Experimental husbandry farms Pwllpeiran 14 14 Trawscoed 29 29 TOTAL ADAS WALES 467 419½ * Includes all staff in offices within each administrative division not under I, III, IV and V.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide figures for the present year and estimates for the next two years to show levels
All admissions All admissions under section 15 1982 1983 1984 1982 1983 1984* Borders 86 147 101 38 85 47 Central 348 294 304 104 106 133 Dumfries and Galloway 83 95 99 43 49 54 Fife 414 409 399 206 250 193 Grampian 483 491 466 220 268 227 Highland 174 152 175 89 64 71 Lothian 992 773 685 499 379 346 Tayside 403 376 298 170 171 127 Orkney 6 6 7 2 — 1 Shetland 7 6 1 3 2 1 Western Isles 20 9 21 13 1 9 * Provisional.
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children were dealt with by children's hearings annually over the most recent three-year period for which statistics are available giving a breakdown by age, under or over 12 years and the outcome of hearing in terms of the following categories: (a) referral discharge, (b) section 44(1)(a) supervision order, with parents or close relatives, (c) section 44(1)(a) supervision order, with foster parents,
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Table 1: Referrals to a hearing in calendar year 1982 by outcome: and relating to children aged 11 years or under Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Strathclyde Tayside Orkney Shetland Western Isles Scotland Grounds discharged, not established or referral discharges 7 57 5 27 24 16 68 576 22 1 1 3 807 SR made or varied Section 44(1)(a) with parent/guardian/relative/friends 23 86 14 51 108 63 204 952 110 3 6 3 1,623 with foster parents 3 37 5 10 35 42 116 250 25 — — — 523 other 1 — — — 1 — 9 21 5 — — — 37 Section 44(1)(b) of funding, in constant terms, and staffing of the Government's Agricultural Development and Advisory Service.
§ Mr. JoplingThe total cost of ADAS, including direct costs and an attributed share of general Ministry overheads and net of receipts, is expected to be about £142 million in 1985–86 and in constant terms, to be reduced by about £4 million in 1986–87 and by a further £20 million in 1987–88. The total staff of ADAS at 1 April 1985 was 4,786, and is expected to fall by about 500 by the spring of 1987 as a result of the measures which I announced on 11 October and 7 November.