Written Assembly Questions tabled on 9 December 2014 for answer on 16 December 2014
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To ask the Minister for Natural Resources
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): Are environmental impact assessments required within planning applications for pig units and, if so, for what size of unit? (WAQ68117)
Answer received on 15 December 2014
The Minister for Natural Resources (Carl Sargeant): Where planning permission is required for new pig units, environmental impact assessment (EIA) is automatically required for installations with more than 3,000 places for production pigs (over 30kg), or 900 places for sows. Otherwise the need for EIA will depend on whether the development is likely to have a significant impact on the environment.
To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): How much additional money has been allocated to the training of school nurses in each of the last five years? (WAQ68118)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): What was the annual spend on the salaries of school nurses in each of the last five years? (WAQ68119)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): How many school nurses are currently employed on a full-time basis in Wales? (WAQ68120)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): What is the number of school nurses employed in Wales in each of the previous five years? (WAQ68121)
Answer received on 19 December 2014 (WAQ68118-121)
The Minister for Health and Social Services (Mark Drakeford): The average cost of fees over the last five years is based on the commissioned training places for full and part time courses and are as follows:
| Year: | 2009/10 | 2010/2011 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
| Total: | £164,101 | £171,131 | £177,641 | £162,426 | £124,841 |
The annual spend on those recruited was as follows:
| Year | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
| Qualified School Nurse | £1,309,833 | £1,322,693 | £1,718,593 | £1,735,163 | £2,047,834 |
Total earnings have been calculated for each financial year from 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 using the ESR Data Warehouse. The data are total earnings and do not include on-costs.
The number of registered school nurses currently employed on a full time basis (headcount) is 16 as of September 2014. The data source is ESR Data Warehouse Sept 2014.
The number of registered school nurses employed in Wales in each of the last five years has data from two sources: 2009 – 2013 is taken from Stats Wales, and 2014 is retrieved from ESR Data Warehouse (September 2014 data)
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Qualified School Nurse | 41.1 | 38.3 | 50.7 | 51.7 | 53.1 | 75.9 |