Answers issued to Members on 20 July 2009
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Contents
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Questions to the Minister for Heritage
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister provide an update on waiting time for glaucoma patients waiting to see a consultant? (WAQ54552)
The Minister for Health and Social Services (Edwina Hart): Edwina Hart: The Welsh Assembly Government does not hold information on the waiting times for individual illnesses, such as glaucoma.
Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central): Has the Minister sought any changes to school entry forms to allow parents to indicate whether their child has received an eye test? (WAQ54553)
Edwina Hart: I have asked my officials to consider this possibility.
Questions to the Minister for Heritage
Jonathan Morgan (Cardiff North): Will the Minister provide details of all Historic Buildings Grants provided by Cadw for the last five financial years, and can this information be broken down by category of project and type of building? (WAQ54554)
The Minister for Heritage (Alun Ffred Jones): Cadw offers grants for the repair and restoration of buildings of outstanding historic or architectural interest and for repairs to buildings in conservation areas. Grants are demand-led and a breakdown of offers by category of applicant for the last five financial years follows.
Cadw also offers grants for heritage regeneration schemes in historic towns. Details of such grant offers can be found in the Welsh Historic Environment Position Papers for 2006, 2007 and 2008, copies of which are in the Library or available on Cadw’s web site.
Historic buildings grant, 2008-09—Offers by category of applicant:
Category |
Grant amount and percentage (rounded) |
Places of worship |
£874,902 (46%) |
Voluntary/trusts |
£10,800 (1%) |
Public bodies |
£502,757 (26%) |
Commercial |
£273,485 (14%) |
Private/residential |
£260,754 (13%) |
Total |
£1,922,698 |
Historic buildings grant, 2007-08 - Offers by category of applicant:
Category |
Grant amount and percentage (rounded) |
Places of worship |
£1,567,745 (76%) |
Voluntary/trusts |
£121,900 (6%) |
Public bodies |
£24,443 (1.5%) |
Commercial |
£10,000 (0.5%) |
Private/residential |
£330,900 (16%) |
Total |
£2,054,988 |
Historic buildings grant, 2006-07 - Offers by category of applicant:
Category |
Grant amount and percentage (rounded) |
Places of worship |
£905,198 (51%) |
Voluntary/trusts |
£313,200 (18%) |
Public bodies |
£220,800 (12%) |
Commercial |
£104,856 (6%) |
Private/residential |
£235,731 (13%) |
Total |
£1,779,785 |
Historic buildings grant, 2005-06 - Offers by category of applicant:
Category |
Grant amount and percentage (rounded) |
Places of worship |
£620,015 (47%) |
Voluntary/trusts |
£219,204 (17%) |
Public bodies |
£158,300 (12%) |
Commercial |
£114,300 (8%) |
Private/residential |
£215,450 (16%) |
Total |
£1,327,269 |
Historic buildings grant, 2004-05 - Offers by category of applicant:
Category |
Grant amount and percentage (rounded) |
Places of worship |
£660,194 (39%) |
Voluntary/trusts |
£144,501 (8%) |
Public bodies |
£346,732 (20%) |
Commercial |
£61,000 (4%) |
Private/residential |
£498,335 (29%) |
Total |
£1,710,762 |