asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will institute a screening procedure to discover the incidence of hydatid disease in each area of Wales.
I am advised that there is no practicable method of screening for this disease.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a special fund and facilities to Powys area health authority so that it may test for and establish the incidence of hydatid disease in each area of the county.
Discussions have taken place between officials of my Department concerned with health and agriculture and the Powys health authority. The problem of hydatid disease is best attacked by vigorous health education measures to reduce the incidence of the disease in dogs and sheep as well as in humans.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will arrange for intensive studies to be carried out in areas of Wales where the incidence of hydatid is known to be high so as to establish accurately all those suffering from it.
| County | Net revenue expenditure on education* | Net revenue expenditure on education per head of population* | Net revenue expenditure on education per pupil† | Net revenue expenditure on schools per pupil‡ |
| £ million | £ | £ | £ | |
| Clwyd | 49·7 | 131 | 646 | 458 |
| Dyfed | 40·4 | 124 | 665 | 478 |
| Gwent | 58·9 | 134 | 644 | 475 |
| Gwynedd | 26·7 | 118 | 601 | 443 |
| Mid-Glamorgan | 72·7 | 135 | 638 | 466 |
| Powys | 15·4 | 146 | 769 | 574 |
| South Glamorgan | 50·5 | 131 | 664 | 456 |
| West Glamorgan | 50·5 | 137 | 689 | 515 |
| *Net revenue expenditure on schools, further education, administration and inspection, child guidance, youth service and other education services, excluding school meals and milk. | ||||
| †Net revenue expenditure on education as defined in footnote * divided by the number of pupils in maintained nursery, primary, secondary, and special schools. | ||||
| ‡Net revenue expenditure on nursery, primary, secondary and special education—excluding the costs of further education, administration and inspection—divided by the number of pupils in maintained schools. | ||||