HC Deb 17 January 1992 vol 201 c693W
Mr. Geraint Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many breeding ewes there are in Wales; what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1980; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Hunt

Figures from the June agricultural census are given in the following table:

Breeding Ewes in Wales in June
Year Numbers
1991 5,222,915
1990 5,234,964
1989 5,111,490
1988 4,893,276
1987 4,700,960
1986 4,566,884
1985 4,460,463
1984 4,392,208
1983 4,270,282
1982 4,125,966

Night visit fees paid in Wales by family health services authority (FHSA)
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Higher night visit fee Lower night visit fee
FHSA Number Expenditure Number Expenditure Number Expenditure Number Expenditure
Number Expenditure Number Expenditure
(£) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£)
Clwyd 6,089 98,031 6,830 117,482 6,848 128,395 6,938 154,361 14,414 648,616
Dyfed 6,649 107,054 7,048 121,220 7,706 144,487 7,492 166,702 16,389 737,515 164 2,461
Gwent 9,378 150,985 9,589 164,927 11,381 213,394 9,900 220,266 15,124 680,583 7,489 112,332
Gwynedd 4,561 73,438 4,942 85,002 5,357 100,444 4,736 105,386 9,801 441,036
Mid Glamorgan 9,921 159,734 11,115 191,174 12,172 228,234 11,062 246,136 17,502 787,586 288 4,324
Powys 1,836 29,559 2,061 35,445 2,160 40,497 1,983 44,132 4,536 204,101 91 1,364
South Glamorgan 9,094 146,419 10,619 182,642 10,788 202,277 11,320 251,863 11,446 515,056 9,286 139,293
West Glamorgan 10,170 162,203 10,601 182,333 12,148 227,783 10,691 237,875 9,473 426,288 8,068 121,021

Note:

Prior to 1 April 1990, a night visit fee was payable for each visit requested and made to a patient between the hours of 11 pm and 7 am.

Since 1 April 1990, the night visit fee period lies between the hours of 10 pm and 8 am (ie an extension of two hours).

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