Answers issued to Members on 9 July 2009
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Contents
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government
Questions to the Minister for Heritage
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): When did the Minister first become aware that there was insufficient capital funding for the Specialist and Critical Care Centre in Gwent NHS Trust? (WAQ54512)
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): When did the Minister become aware that insufficient funding was available to secure the Specialist and Critical Care Centre in Gwent NHS Trust? (WAQ54513)
The Minister for Health and Social Services (Edwina Hart): It is inaccurate to say that there is insufficient funding available for the proposed Specialist and Critical Care Centre (SCCC) in Gwent. A formal decision on funding will not be made until a robust business case is submitted. The capital cost of the proposed development will be significant and the availability of funding will be assessed against funding bids for other important proposed health projects across Wales.
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): Is there sufficient supply of the tamiflu vaccine to cover the worst case scenario of the swine flu outbreak in Wales? (WAQ54514)
Edwina Hart: Tamiflu is an antiviral treatment rather than a vaccine. The Welsh Assembly Government already has sufficient stockpiles of antivirals for 50% of the population. The four home countries are increasing their stockpiles with the aim of covering 80% of the population by the autumn. We are also increasing stocks of antibiotics which can help treat the complications from flu.
In respect of A/H1N1 vaccines, orders have been placed with manufacturers to secure sufficient supplies to vaccinate the whole UK population. The rate at which vaccines will be manufactured and delivered means that prioritisation will be needed. We are therefore working closely with the other UK health departments to agree a common approach.
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): Does the Minister propose to ration tamiflu supplies in the event of a major outbreak of swine flu in Wales? (WAQ54515)
Edwina Hart: There are no plans to ration tamiflu. As I reported last week, we have now moved from the containment to the treatment phase. This means an immediate end to contact tracing, prophylaxis and the laboratory confirmation of cases. This also means focussing antiviral treatment on at risk groups, more susceptible to developing serious illness or complications. These are all the groups at risk from seasonal influenza, plus pregnant women and children under 5. Provision of antivirals to people with influenza who are not in an at risk group will be at the discretion of clinicians. The Welsh Assembly Government has issued antivirals to Local Health Boards from the national stockpile and is developing a system to enable the supply of antivirals to community pharmacists.
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister make a statement on the provision of facilities for the washing of nurse uniforms in Welsh hospitals? (WAQ54517)
Edwina Hart: Trusts are working with officials in scoping current on-site laundry facilities, an All Wales Dress Code will be introduced later this year, and the dress code will contain guidance on how best to launder uniforms at home whilst facilities are being developed. Nurses/midwives will be issued with sufficient uniforms to enable them to wear a clean uniform each shift.
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister make a statement on the cost per employee of the new nurse uniforms in Welsh hospitals? (WAQ54518)
Edwina Hart: An initial costing has been carried out for the All Wales Nurse Uniform however the final cost per employee is not yet available as the procurement process has only recently begun and the contract has not yet been awarded.
Information on the overall cost of the new national nurse uniforms was provided in WAQ54097.
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government
Nerys Evans (Mid and West Wales): Who represents Wales on the UK Inter-Ministerial Group on Domestic Violence? (WAQ54452)
The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government (Brian Gibbons): I am the Welsh Assembly Government representative on the UK Inter Ministerial Group on Domestic Violence. I ensure that Wales is kept up to date with the proceedings of this group by receiving all papers and by officials reporting developments through their attendance at the officials group. This ensures that Wales is closely involved in any decisions concerning non-devolved initiatives.
Nerys Evans (Mid and West Wales): What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of the UK Inter-Ministerial Group on Domestic Violence on Wales? (WAQ54453)
Brian Gibbons: In my Cabinet Written Statement published on 26 February 2009 I said it was very important that we continue to work with the UK Government on issues relating to violence against women. I keep in touch with the work of the UK Inter-Ministerial Group and this provides an opportunity to ensure that co-operation happens.
Questions to the Minister for Heritage
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): Will the Minister identify what formal links are in place to aid interaction between his department and UNESCO? (WAQ54504)
The Minister for Heritage (Alun Ffred Jones): I understand that formal links between UNESCO and the Assembly Government are through the Department for Children Education Lifelong Learning and Skills rather than through the Heritage department.
However, my department has engaged with UNESCO most notably during the recent successful World Heritage Pontcysyllte bid, where Cadw were represented on the bid’s Steering Group.
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): How many items have the National Museums and Galleries of Wales loaned to other museums and galleries in the last two years and which museums or galleries are these? (WAQ54506)
Alun Ffred Jones: I attach the following table showing Amgueddfa Cymru—National Museum Wales’s outward loans from April 2007 to March 2009. There were 24,970 items loaned.
Institution |
Number of items |
Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Kendall, England |
1 |
Adelson Galleries, New York |
1 |
Albertina, Vienna, Austria |
1 |
Amgueddfa Ceredigion |
87 |
Andover Museum |
2 |
Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow) |
45 |
Arts Council of Wales, Cardiff |
5 |
Australian Museum, Sydney |
140 |
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham |
26 |
Bardsey Island Trust |
34 |
Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre, Wrexham |
2 |
Bodelwyddan Castle |
66 |
Botanical Museum University of Lund, Sweden |
37 |
Brecknock Museum |
14 |
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery |
6 |
British Library |
1 |
Cadw - Criccieth Castle |
8 |
Cadw - Fortress Baths |
19 |
Cadw - Plas Mawr |
21 |
Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby |
1 |
Cardiff Castle |
118 |
Cardiff Museum |
1 |
Carmarthen Museum |
44 |
Castle Museum, Norwich |
407 |
Chirk Castle, Wrexham |
3 |
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke |
1 |
Colorado Entomological Museum, Colorado |
41 |
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina |
58 |
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome |
2 |
Cwm Cynon Museum (Cynon Valley) |
77 |
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery |
2 |
De Lakenhal, Netherlands |
1 |
De le Warr Pavilion, Bexhill |
1 |
Design Museum, London |
56 |
Dinorwig Quarry Hospital |
20 |
Drenewydd Museum, Ystrad Mynach |
96 |
Edward Jenner Museum, Gloucestershire |
1 |
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull |
1 |
Ffotogallery, Cardiff |
5 |
Finnish Museum of Natural History |
46 |
Flowers East gallery, London |
1 |
Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland |
2 |
Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen |
58 |
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea |
17 |
Grave Art Gallery, Sheffield |
11 |
Greenfield Valley - Cwm Llydan Farmhouse |
36 |
Greenfield Valley - Pentre Farmhouse |
13 |
Greenfield Valley Trust |
39 |
Gregynog House |
16 |
Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery (Bangor) |
6 |
Herefordshire Waterworks Museum |
3 |
Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland |
2 |
Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow |
44 |
Institute of International Visual Arts, London |
1 |
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford |
1 |
Joseph Parrys Cottage Museum, Merthyr Tydfil |
33 |
Judges Lodgings, Presteigne |
223 |
Kettles Yard, Cambridge |
2 |
Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Brentford |
27 |
Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Tinplate Museum Trust) |
3 |
Kunsthalle, Zurich |
4 |
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
9 |
Lasynys House (Charitable Trust), Porthmadog |
8 |
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery |
17 |
Les Champes Libre, Rennes, France |
1 |
Llandovery Heritage Centre |
309 |
Llandudno Museum |
16 |
Llantarnum Abbey |
2 |
Lloyd George Museum (Highgate Cottage) |
127 |
Manchester Museum |
274 |
Margam Country Park |
54 |
Milford Haven Heritage and Maritime Museum |
2 |
Mold Library, Museum and Gallery (Daniel Owen) |
40 |
Musee dArt Modern Ceret, France |
1 |
Musee Malraux Le Havre. France |
1 |
Musee Nationaux des Moyen Age Cluny, Paris |
2 |
Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy |
11 |
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia |
176 |
Museum National d Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
270 |
Museum of Costume, Bath |
3 |
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas |
1 |
Museum of Natural History, Brussels |
41 |
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
106 |
Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium |
4 |
Natal Museum |
53 |
National Botanic Garden of Belgium |
3,015 |
National Gallery London |
8 |
National Gallery Sweden |
6 |
National Gallery Washington |
3 |
National Library of Wales |
39 |
National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth |
25 |
National Museum of Ireland |
1 |
National Museum of Natural History (Holland) |
806 |
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington |
158 |
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside |
71 |
National Museums of Scotland |
71 |
National Trust (Aberconwy House) |
104 |
National Trust (Cirencester) |
1 |
National Trust (Conwy Tollhouse) |
80 |
National Trust (Dinefwr Castle) |
33 |
National Trust (Tudor Merchants House) |
24 |
National Trust (Ty Mawr Wybrnant) |
18 |
Natural History Museum (London) |
4,493 |
Natural History Museum (Switzerland) |
5 |
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo |
828 |
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden |
6 |
Nelson Museum and Local History Centre (Monmouth) |
5 |
Newport Museum & Art Gallery |
123 |
Newtown Textile Museum |
13 |
North Somerset Museum Service |
3 |
Old Library, Cardiff |
6 |
Oriel y Parc |
624 |
Oriel Ynys Mon |
6 |
Oriel Ynys Mon - Beaumaris prison |
12 |
Oriel Ynys Mon - Pilots Cottage |
2 |
Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy |
2 |
Pembroke Dock Museum |
1 |
Pembroke Town Hall |
3 |
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Carew Castle) |
9 |
Philpott Museum, Lyme Regis |
8 |
Picton Castle |
6 |
Pinocateca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy |
1 |
Plas Newydd, Denbigh |
29 |
Pontypool Museum (Torfaen Museum Trust) |
72 |
Pontypridd Museum |
4 |
Poole Museum and Art Gallery |
2 |
Porthcawl Museum |
2 |
Powis Castle |
1 |
Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre |
33 |
Princessehof, Netherlands |
12 |
Regimental Museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Caernarfon |
17 |
Royal Botanic Garden (Edinburgh) |
1,760 |
Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) |
51 |
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Conwy |
8 |
Royal Collection London |
4 |
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro |
1 |
Sainsbury Centre, Norwch |
1 |
Samuel Osborne Gallery, London |
16 |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, california |
10 |
Science Museum, London |
1 |
Scolton Manor Museum, Pembs |
581 |
Segontium Roman Museum |
293 |
Sharjah Air & Transport Museum, Al Sharjah |
16 |
Shugborough Museum, Milford nr Stafford |
6 |
Singleton Abbey, Swansea |
6 |
Slezske Museum, Czech Republic |
46 |
South Wales Miners Library, Swansea |
4 |
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire |
1 |
Swansea Museum |
5 |
Swansea Museum Service |
2 |
Tate Britain |
3 |
Tate Liverpool |
1 |
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery |
7 |
The Peoples Museum, Manchester |
34 |
The State Museum of Natural & Cultural History, Honolulu, Hawaii |
84 |
The Winding House Museum, Caerphilly |
47 |
Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa |
2 |
Tredegar House and Park |
59 |
University Museum of Natural History, Oxford |
6,957 |
University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge |
58 |
University of Manchester Museum |
243 |
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
1 |
Wallace Collection, London |
1 |
Wallraf Richards Museum, Cologne, Germany |
1 |
Walters Museum, Baltimore, USA |
1 |
Welch Regiment Museum, Cardiff |
42 |
Westfalischen Museum fur Archaologie, Herne, Germany |
16 |
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum |
1 |
Wrexham County Borough Museum |
209 |
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA |
1 |
Zoological Museum (Copenhagen) |
31 |
Total |
24,970 |
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire):
How many items have the National Museum and Galleries of Wales borrowed from other museums and galleries in the last two years and which museums or galleries are these? (WAQ54507)
Alun Ffred Jones: The items borrowed by Amgueddfa Cymru—National Museum Wales from April 2007 to March 2009 are detailed in the following tables.
Archaeology Department |
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Lending Museum Name |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
Bangor Museum & Art Gallery |
17 |
17 |
Carmarthenshire Museum |
89 |
89 |
Powysland Museum and Montgomery Canal Centre |
942 |
942 |
City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery |
2 |
2 |
Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery |
1 |
1 |
Newport Museum & Art Gallery |
4 |
4 |
British Museum |
40 |
32 |
Chepstow Museum |
1 |
1 |
National Museums of Scotland |
3 |
3 |
Hull Museums and Art Gallery |
48 |
48 |
Natural History Museum, London |
3 |
3 |
Oxford University Museum of Natural History |
1 |
1 |
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
4 |
3 |
World Museum Liverpool |
1 |
1 |
Royal Armouries |
3 |
3 |
National Library of Wales |
149 |
149 |
Society of Antiquaries of London |
8 |
2 |
Glasgow City Museums |
1 |
0 |
The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
0 |
1 |
Royal Mint |
41 |
0 |
Total for Archaeology Department |
1,358 |
1,302 |
Art Department |
||
Lending Museum Name |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
Pinacoteca Nazionale Bologna |
1 |
0 |
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery |
1 |
1 |
National Gallery, London |
3 |
5 |
National Library Wales |
0 |
11 |
Crafts Council |
0 |
14 |
Musée de Petit Palais, Paris |
0 |
3 |
Musée des Beaux Arts, Reims |
0 |
1 |
Kunstmuseum Bern |
0 |
1 |
National Gallery, Scotland |
0 |
1 |
Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne |
0 |
1 |
Niedersachsisches Museum, Hannover |
0 |
1 |
Hayward Gallery |
0 |
150 |
Tate/National Gallery Scotland |
0 |
69 |
Total for Art Department |
5 |
258 |
Geology Department |
||
Lending Museum Name |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
Bath Royal Scientific & Literary Institution |
31 |
31 |
British Geological Survey |
126 |
126 |
Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge |
1 |
1 |
University of Wales, Cardiff University |
5 |
5 |
N.A.S.A. |
1 |
1 |
Powysland Museum & Mont. Canal Centre |
1500 |
1500 |
Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belsique |
50 |
50 |
Anglesey Mining Co,. Ltd |
1 |
15 |
Geochem Group, Chester |
3 |
3 |
Greenland Geological Survey |
56 |
56 |
Natural History Museum, London |
1 |
1 |
Lapwoth Museum, Birmingham |
15 |
15 |
Oxford University, Museum of Natural History |
19 |
19 |
Sheffield Galleries & Museum Trust |
25 |
25 |
Smithsonian Institute, NMNW, Washington, USA |
391 |
391 |
Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe |
0 |
1 |
Sedgwick Museum Cambridge |
0 |
1 |
Total for Geology Department |
2,225 |
2,241 |
Biodiversity & Systematic Biology Department |
||
Lending Museum Name |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany |
0 |
3 |
American Museum of Natural History, New York, US |
101 |
101 |
Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, USA |
0 |
12 |
Australian Museum, Sydney |
0 |
300 |
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra |
100 |
0 |
Botanical Research Institute of Texas/Southern Methodist University |
20 |
0 |
British Antarctic Survey |
7 |
7 |
California Academy of Science, San Francisco |
0 |
30 |
Czech National Museum, Prague |
200 |
200 |
Dublin, National Museum |
100 |
100 |
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago |
23 |
25 |
Florida Museum of Natural History |
12 |
0 |
Geneva Botanical Garden |
0 |
23 |
Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery |
0 |
30 |
Harvard University - Museum of Comparative Zoology |
32 |
7 |
Humboldt Museum, Berlin, Germany |
250 |
250 |
Lancaster University |
2 |
0 |
Landcare Research, NZ, Ltd |
500 |
500 |
Leicester City Museum |
10 |
0 |
Manchester Museum |
0 |
50 |
Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Rep. |
150 |
150 |
Museu de Zoologia - USP - São Paulo |
3 |
0 |
Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin |
1 |
17 |
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
309 |
292 |
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University, Netherlands |
1 |
12 |
National History Museum - London |
907 |
1046 |
National Museum of Tanzania, Natural History Museum |
73 |
73 |
National Museums Liverpool |
20 |
23 |
National Museums of Kenya - Nairobi |
9 |
9 |
National Museums of Scotland |
6 |
0 |
Natural History Museum, Copenhagen: |
57 |
14 |
Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands |
4 |
207 |
Naturhistoriches Museum Basel |
1 |
0 |
New York Botanical Garden |
11 |
0 |
North Carolina State University, US |
1000 |
1000 |
Oxford University Museum of Natural History |
31 |
31 |
Phuket Marine Biological Center |
3 |
23 |
Robert A. Vines Environmental Science Center, Houston, Texas |
0 |
5 |
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - Brussels |
0 |
61 |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh |
0 |
13 |
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |
0 |
35 |
Royal Museum for Central Africa - Tervuren |
0 |
19 |
Singapore Botanic Gardens |
22 |
6 |
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History |
100 |
301 |
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm |
100 |
126 |
Texas A&M University |
0 |
30 |
University Museum of Zoology - Cambridge |
5 |
5 |
University of La Laguna - Tenerife |
0 |
2 |
University of Otago, NZ |
16 |
16 |
University of Texas at Austin, Texas |
30 |
0 |
Uppsala University |
20 |
0 |
Warsaw Natural History Museum, Poland |
75 |
75 |
Zoologische Staatssammlung München - Munich |
5 |
5 |
Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum Der Universität Hamburg |
23 |
0 |
Total for Biodiversity & Systematic Biology Department |
4,339 |
5,234 |
Social & Cultural History Department |
||
Lending Museum Name |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
Wrexham Museum |
1 |
1 |
Hereford Library & Museum |
1 |
1 |
Society of Antiquaries, London |
1 |
1 |
National Library of Wales |
190 |
189 |
Cardiff Library |
13 |
13 |
Lighthouse Gallery Wolverhampton |
0 |
15 |
Total for Social & Cultural History Department |
206 |
220 |
Industry Department |
||
Lending Museum Name |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery |
1 |
1 |
Carmarthenshire County Museum |
2 |
2 |
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum |
8 |
8 |
Coventry Transport Museum |
2 |
2 |
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery |
6 |
6 |
Royal Artillery Museum |
1 |
1 |
London Fire Brigade Museum |
1 |
1 |
Museum of London |
7 |
4 |
Museum of Science & Industry Manchester |
3 |
3 |
National Army Museum |
2 |
2 |
Newport Museum & Art Gallery |
1 |
1 |
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery |
1 |
1 |
Royal Naval Museum |
7 |
7 |
The Tank Museum |
1 |
1 |
Wrexham County Borough Museum |
11 |
11 |
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery |
6 |
6 |
Swansea Museum |
108 |
103 |
National Trust |
20 |
20 |
Royal Collection Trust |
1 |
1 |
Slate Valley Museum, New York |
0 |
1 |
National Coal Mining Museum for England |
1 |
1 |
Scottish Mining Museum, Lady Victoria Colliery |
1 |
1 |
Total for Industry Department |
191 |
184 |
No of items 2007-8 |
No of items 2008-9 |
|
Overall total |
8,324 |
9,439 |