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Mr. Dunnachie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will announce measures to reduce the number of traffic accidents ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Government are pursuing a wide range of measures in an effort to reduce the number of traffic accidents. These include engineering measures to improve the roads, publicity and advice to engender greater public awareness of the need for care on the roads, and legislation to improve standards of road safety behaviour.
In the last financial year, I committed £1 million to be spent specifically on low-cost accident investigation and prevention (AIP) schemes which funded 70 engineering schemes throughout Scotland. For this financial year I have committed a further £1.2 million to be spent on AIP work and to date 78 schemes have been approved throughout Scotland.
The Scottish Development Department has set up a specialist AIP team which liaises with the AIP teams also recently introduced by regional councils. Their combined efforts should play a major part in achieving the goal the Government have set of a reduction in road casualties by one third by the year 2000. Specific sites that have a bad accident record are looked at in detail with a view to undertaking low-cost engineering remedial works specifically designed to alleviate the particular problems identified. Strategies to bring improvements for routes as a whole are also being prepared. Regional councils have been asked to set casualty reduction targets for local roads in their transport policies and programmes. In terms of publicity, 1990 has been designated as Scottish Road Safety Year as part of efforts to tackle major areas of concern in Scotland related to speeding, drinking and driving and child pedestrian accidents. This is in addition to the Government's national campaigns and publications aimed at specific road safety issues. In May the Government announced wide-ranging proposals for the reduction of child casualties on roads, when they published the findings of the report on child pedestrian accidents and crossing behaviour in Scotland. It identified both engineering measures and educational measures aimed at adults, especially parents, and drivers, which would improve road safety. These proposals have been issued to the regional and island councils' roads, education
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and health service departments. It is envisaged that casualties can best be reduced through the publicity and co- ordinated responses of all these groups.On the legislative side, responsible road user behaviour is fostered by effective and fair traffic laws. We intend to introduce legislation at the earliest possible opportunity to implement the proposals to improve road traffic law that are set out in the White Paper, "The Road User and the Law". In addition, new legislation has recently come into force on child rear seat belts and we intend to introduce amended regulations for Scotland on road humps.
Heather Moorlands
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to preserve heather moorlands in Scotland ; and whether he will introduce a moorland management grant analogous to the financial support for forestry and sheep grazing.
Mr. Rifkind : The preservation of heather moorlands in Scotland is encouraged in a number of ways. The farm and conservation grant scheme provides grants for the enclosure of areas of heather moorland to protect them from livestock and muirburn, and heather regeneration and bracken control continue to be eligible for grant. Three of the four mainland environmentally sensitive area schemes contain prescriptions for the retention of existing areas of heather and in all four there is the requirement to make muirburn for good heather management in accordance with the standards set out in the joint DAFS-NCC report entitled "A Guide to Good Muirburn Practice". Heather areas can also be notified as SSSIs by the NCC if the area is of special interest by reason of any of its flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features. I am considering what further measures to preserve heather moorlands may be required.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide an analysis, comparable with table 21.4.8 and with the local authority expenditure in Cm 1015, showing that local authority expenditure in Scotland which falls outside expenditure within his own responsibility.
Mr. Rifkind : The information is as follows :
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Local authority expenditure in Scotland on services outwith the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland
£ million
|1984-85 |1985-861986-87|1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90
|outturn |outturn |outturn |outturn |outturn |estimated
|outturn
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Current
Agriculture, fisheries and food |4 |3 |4 |4 |3 |3
Trade, industry, energy and employment |7 |9 |9 |9 |13 |13
Social security |257 |299 |349 |404 |423 |478
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |268 |310 |362 |417 |439 |495
Capital
Trade, industry, energy and employment |2 |1 |0 |1 |0 |0
Roads and transport |1 |2 |2 |1 |1 |1
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |3 |2 |2 |2 |2 |1
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the revenue received in 1989-90 from those who were required to pay 20 per cent. of their poll tax ; and what is the estimated revenue that will be received in 1990-91 from such payers.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is not held centrally.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the poll tax rate of collection he is assuming in determining the level of support for local authorities in 1991-92.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The decision that my right hon. and learned Friend announced yesterday was based on a considered view of what local authorities should reasonably spend next year and of the level of support from central Government that was appropriate. The decision took account in particular of views on these matters that had been expressed to him by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, but my right hon. and learned Friend did not accept the convention's suggestion that the taxpayer should be burdened with the consequences of the failure of local authorities to collect the sums due to them.
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects people who had between £8,000 and £16,000 of savings in the financial year 1989-90 and who have applied for a poll tax rebate to have their claims decided ; and when he intends to publish full details of how this particular rebate scheme is to be operated.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Draft regulations prescribing the details of the community charge special payments scheme have been the subject of consultation with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and will be laid shortly. Responsibility for operating the proposed scheme will rest with local authorities and it will be for them to decide when they are able to make payments to successful claimants.
Water Supply Pipes
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total value of grants paid by each district council in Scotland for the replacement of water supply pipes made of lead during the financial years 1988-89 and 1989-90 and for the current financial year to date.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Replacement of lead plumbing is usually carried out in conjunction with other
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works, and in these cases it is not possible to identify the cost of the plumbing work separately. Grants payable on applications approved in the years 1988-89 and 1989-90 for the replacement of lead plumbing alone were as in the table ; returns have not yet been received for the period from April 1990 onwards.
Private sector improvement grants approved by local
authorities
Value of grants involving lead plumbing work only
District |1988-89 |1989-90
|£000 |£000
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Borders
Berwickshire |- |-
Ettrick and Lauderdale |- |-
Roxburgh |- |-
Tweeddale |- |0.2
Central
Clackmannan |23.0 |19.3
Falkirk |<1>4.3 |<1>4.6
Stirling |4.8 |2.2
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale |2.5 |1.3
Nithsdale |3.5 |<1>5.5
Stewartry |0.9 |1.8
Wigtown |6.2 |3.1
Fife
Dunfermline |3.0 |7.7
Kirkcaldy |41.7 |102.6
North East Fife |0.4 |1.9
Grampian
Aberdeen |241.7 |219.2
Banff and Buchan |11.0 |6.4
Gordon |9.8 |18.2
Kincardine and Deeside |4.2 |8.4
Moray |3.2 |2.4
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey |6.2 |5.3
Caithness |0.1 |3.5
Inverness |4.8 |8.0
Lochaber |1.2 |-
Nairn |0.3 |0.3
Ross and Cromarty |7.6 |12.2
Skye and Lochalsh |- |-
Sutherland |- |0.7
Lothian
East Lothian |67.1 |36.6
Edinburgh |792.0 |993.1
Midlothian |15.9 |18.5
West Lothian |30.4 |40.8
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute |44.4 |43.2
Bearsden and Milngavie |43.4 |60.0
Clydebank |1.4 |3.0
Clydesdale |3.5 |3.7
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |1.0 |2.8
Cumnock and Doon Valley |4.1 |6.5
Cunninghame |28.5 |30.0
Dumbarton |13.2 |16.7
East Kilbride |3.6 |0.2
Eastwood |97.6 |145.0
Glasgow |669.4 |666.4
Hamilton |<1>4.1 |3.7
Inverclyde |35.2 |18.4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |16.4 |15.3
Kyle and Carrick |76.3 |65.4
Monklands |21.2 |21.8
Motherwell |4.9 |3.2
Renfrew |82.8 |178.1
Strathkelvin |50.6 |65.9
Tayside
Angus |2.4 |7.2
Dundee |- |2.1
Perth and Kinross |74.2 |50.4
Islands Councils
Orkney Islands |7.1 |3.2
Shetland Islands |- |-
Western Isles |0.2 |0.1
<1> Returns outstanding.
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Greater Glasgow Health Board
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of employees of the Greater Glasgow health board, broken down by categories and grades, at the end of each of the last five financial years.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : This information is not readily available by category and grade for the end of the financial years. Information on grades within categories could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Public Transport
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is, for each year since 1975, the total amount of public funding in (1) roads, (2) railways and (3) airports in Scotland in 1990 moneys.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 12 July 1990] : The information held centrally is given in the table.
I shall write to the hon. Member when the figures for British Rail's direct expenditure in Scotland become available.
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Expenditure (£ million) at 1990-91 prices
Financial year |Motorway and |Local roads |Railways |Airports |Other transport
|trunk roads
|(1) |(2) |(3) |(4) |(5)
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1975-76 |182 |687 |27.2 |8.4 |48.0
1976-77 |173 |518 |23.9 |4.4 |60.0
1977-78 |193 |475 |23.5 |4.7 |60.4
1978-79 |182 |376 |29.7 |7.7 |98.7
1979-80 |177 |393 |32.2 |9.2 |60.2
1980-81 |164 |363 |38.2 |4.9 |31.0
1981-82 |171 |378 |37.8 |6.3 |34.5
1982-83 |169 |386 |39.8 |5.6 |27.6
1983-84 |155 |387 |39.5 |4.8 |30.6
1984-85 |160 |368 |44.6 |4.7 |33.5
1985-86 |158 |375 |37.1 |4.3 |42.4
1986-87 |147 |367 |37.1 |3.7 |34.6
1987-88 |159 |350 |32.8 |4.1 |25.5
1988-89 |149 |369 |34.0 |4.0 |14.8
1989-90 |174 |369 |30.0 |3.2 |28.0
Notes:
1. Railways-Support by Strathclyde regional council under section 20 of the Transport Act 1968 for British Rail
services in Strathclyde.
2. Airports-Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.: grant from the Scottish Office to ensure the continuation of
operations at eight highlands and islands airports which provide the communities they service with vital social,
business and welfare links. Public expenditure figures relating to BAA airports in Scotland are not held
centrally.
3. Other public transport investment-Other expenditure by central and local authorities on transport provision.
A detailed breakdown of these figures is not available, but they include expenditure on railways (other than
section 20 support and British Rail's direct expenditure in Scotland) and expenditure on local authority
aerodromes.
4. The expenditure has been converted to 1990-91 prices using GDP deflators.
Health Expenditure
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the amounts he indicated to each health board for support finance for the years 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91, (b) how much was budgeted by
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individual boards in those years and (c) the actual expenditure for support finance by individual boards for those years.Mr. Michael Forsyth : Indicative levels were last set centrally for 1988-89. Health boards were asked to set their own targets for 1989-90 and 1990-91. The available information is given in the table :
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£ million
|1988-89 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1989-90 |1990-91
Health board |Indicative levels|Payments |Health board ex- |Payments (pro |Health board ex-
|penditure target |visional) |penditure target
|(provisional)
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Argyll and Clyde |0.308 |0.085 |0.100 |0.159 |0.100
Ayrshire and Arran |0.257 |0.315 |0.505 |0.568 |0.402
Borders |0.149 |0.086 |0.041 |0.062 |0.032
Dumfries and Galloway |0.180 |0.168 |0.132 |0.133 |0.120
Fife |0.285 |0.534 |0.578 |0.712 |0.561
Forth Valley |0.221 |0.259 |0.523 |0.421 |0.585
Grampian |0.511 |0.652 |0.662 |0.664 |0.665
Greater Glasgow |0.897 |1.224 |2.014 |0.917 |<1>-
Highland |0.510 |0.377 |0.242 |0.242 |0.148
Lanarkshire |0.402 |0.120 |0.060 |0.125 |0.186
Lothian |0.509 |0.651 |0.712 |0.959 |0.710
Orkney |0.015 |0.001 |0.020 |- |0.020
Shetland |0.017 |0.017 |0.017 |0.016 |0.018
Tayside |0.361 |0.337 |0.364 |0.314 |0.260
Western Isles |0.103 |0.075 |0.027 |0.030 |0.075
|----- |----- |----- |----- |-----
Total |4.725 |4.901 |5.997 |5.322 |3.882
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Arrests
Ms. Gordon : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were arrested by the police in Scotland in 1986, 1988 and 1989.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is not available.
Gaelic
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total funding made available by his Department each year for the maintenance of the Gaelic language.
Mr. Lang : In the current financial year some £306,000 will be provided, by my Department, as grant aid under the provisions of the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 to bodies that support Gaelic. A further£1.2 million will be spent on projects under the specific grants scheme for Gaelic education. From 1992-93 the Scottish Office will provide £8 million for the establishment of a Gaelic television fund which will be used to make an additional 200 hours of Gaelic television programming to be broadcast annually on top of the 100 hours currently transmitted by the television companies in Scotland.
Press Officers
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many press officers are employed by his Department.
Mr. Rifkind : In addition to the director and deputy director of the Scottish Information Office, 21 information officer grades were employed on press office duties at 1 July 1990.
Political Advisers
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the political advisers and public relations advisers currently employed to advise Ministers in his Department, including those persons paid by other organisations and seconded to the Government, giving in every case the source of payment, rate of salary and expenses.
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Mr. Rifkind : Two special advisers, Mr. Graeme Carter and Mr. Alan Young, are employed in the Scottish Office to advise Ministers on political matters. They are employed and paid directly by my Department. It is not our practice to reveal salaries of individual advisers as they are individually negotiated in relation to previous outside earnings and are, therefore, confidential. Expenses are payable to them at the normal civil service rates.
There are no public relations advisers on the staffing strength of the Scottish Office either paid directly or on secondment from another organisation.
In respect of the privatisation of the electricity supply industry, two public relations companies are retained by the Department jointly with the two Scottish electricity companies to provide marketing public relations advice--PR Consultants Scotland and Citigate Communications Ltd.. Details of the contracts are commercially confidential.
Community Care
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he plans to meet representatives of (a) voluntary agencies representing carers and the elderly, (b) the nursing and medical professions and (c) the directors of social work departments to discuss the implications of the delayed implementation of the care in the community proposals ;
(2) if he will make a statement on the expenditure implications of the delay in the implementation of the care in the community proposals.
Mr. Lang : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the effect on closure proposals for hospitals housing elderly patients of the delayed implementation of the care in the community proposals.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : As with all hospital closures, proposals submitted by health boards to close hospitals housing elderly patients will be considered on their merits, and the availability of suitable alternative care will be one of the factors taken into account.
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Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he plans to meet representatives of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities to discuss the delayed implementation of the care in the community proposals.Mr. Lang : I shall consider carefully any request from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities to discuss the revised programme for the implementation of the Government's proposals for community care.
EC Structural Funds
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what proportion of European Community structural funds aimed at correcting regional and national imbalances was given to projects within (a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland in each of the last seven years ; and what level of such funding is expected for (i) Strathclyde and (ii) Scotland in 1990-91 and 1991-92 ;
(2) what action he has taken to enable Scotland to obtain a full share of European structural funds up to and beyond 1992.
Mr. Lang : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Sexual Abuse
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what specialised centres Her Majesty's Government support with public funds for young women sexually abused in (a) Scotland, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Glasgow and (d) Aberdeen.
Mr. Lang : My Department provides core funding in the form of grant assistance under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to a number of voluntary organisations, including Scottish Women's Aid, which support local organisations providing accommodation for women who are the victims of domestic violence and other forms of abuse. Direct funding of local projects in this and other fields of social work is primarily the concern of local authorities ; projects in certain urban areas may also be eligible for support under the centrally funded urban programme. No accommodation funded in this way is provided specifically for young women who are sexually abused.
Mental Handicap
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what requirements a health board, social work department or any other relevant body employs in respect of the assessments of the suitability of (a) the owner, (b) the manager and (c) anyone holding a position of responsibility in a private nursing home for those suffering from mental handicaps.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The registration and inspection of private nursing homes are the responsibility of health boards and are governed by the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 and the regulations made thereunder, the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Regulations 1988.
Health boards may refuse to register an applicant if they are satisfied that he, or any person employed by him at the home, is not a fit person, whether by reason of age, conduct or otherwise.
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Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will undertake a review of the arrangements by which the suitability of persons engaged in the ownership and management of private nursing homes for people with mental handicaps are assessed and monitored ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : No. I am satisfied with the current arrangements whereby under the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 health boards have a responsibility for assessing the suitability of applicants for registration to run a nursing home and their employees.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessments health boards and other relevant bodies are required to make in the event of (a) a change of ownership and (b) a change of management in respect of a privately owned nursing home for those with mental handicaps.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The registration and inspection of private nursing homes are governed by the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 and the regulations made thereunder, the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Regulations 1988.
In the case of a change of ownership a fresh application for registration must be made to the health board.
Where the management changes the change must be notified within 72 hours to the health board, which requires to be satisfied that the person employed is a fit person by reason of age, conduct, qualification or otherwise.
Heart Disease
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current rate of electro-cardiogram testing for heart diseases per 1, 000 of population in each of the health board areas.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information requested is not available centrally.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of staff trained and employed in electro-cardiagram testing for heart disease by each of the health boards.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : This information is not available centrally.
Road System
Mr. Snape : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the units or project teams responsible for the road system in Scotland together with their addresses, directors, and the last prior professional appointment of those directors.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : There are two project teams located within the Scottish Office roads directorate, New St. Andrew's house, Edinburgh, which have responsibility for the preparation and management of major trunk road schemes in Scotland. The project directors are Mr. R. D. Udall and Mr. J. A. Howison whose prior professional appointments were as principal engineers within the Scottish Development Department's chief road engineer's office.
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Intensive Care Units
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many intensive care units there are ; and what is the total number of beds in such units which have (a) a one-to-one nurse to patient relationship, (b) at least five beds per unit, (c) more than 250 admissions per annum and (d) full-time residential care.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member.
Traffic Wardens
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to transfer the functions of traffic wardens to the private sector.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : We have no such plans.
Hospital Closures
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will direct health boards to suspend all plans for closure of geriatric, psychiatric and mental hospitals until April 1993.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I am aware that some boards are considering changes in the pattern of geriatric services which will ultimately require ministerial approval. Formal proposals will come forward in due course and each will be considered on its merits. There are, however, no closure submissions before me at the moment.
Brook Advisory Centre, Edinburgh
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with national health service authorities in Scotland regarding alternative arrangements for pregnant women presently served by the Edinburgh Brook Advisory Centre in the event of its closure.
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement regarding community health education and the role played by the outreach team of the Brook Advisory Centre of Edinburgh.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Prisoner Statistics
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of mentally ill or disturbed men and women who are currently serving terms of imprisonment.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 April 1990 to the hon. Member for Monklands, West (Mr. Clarke) at columns 361-62.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he is taking to facilitate the transfer of mentally ill and disturbed prisoners to mental hospitals.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : None. I believe that the existing arrangements for the transfer to suitable hospitals of prisoners requiring in-patient treatment for mental disorder under sections 70 to 72 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 are functioning satisfactorily.
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Psychiatric Patients
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many psychiatric patients have been discharged from psychiatric hospitals and long-stay mental hospitals in the last year for which records are available ; and how many more have been referred to the care of local authorities.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Labour Statistics
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of unemployed claimants in (a) Greenock and Port Glasgow and (b) Strathclyde on 1 January 1983 and 1 January 1990 ; and what is the current number.
Mr. Lang : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Private Tenancies
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures for rents for private tenancies by local authority area.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not available for all private tenancies. Information is held centrally only in respect of the average rent of tenancies where the rent has been registered by the rent officer.
Average registered rents for the calendar year 1989 are set out in the table :
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Borders
Berwickshire |1,327.50
Ettrick and Lauderdale |1,025.84
Roxburgh |922.36
Tweeddale |1,443.70
Central
Clackmannan |850.00
Falkirk |339.20
Stirling |1,476.66
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale |1,167.28
Nithsdale |1,427.73
Stewartry |1,330.22
Wigtown |1,534.75
Fife
Dunfermline |1,584.65
Kirkcaldy |1,667.34
North East Fife |1,508.72
Grampian
City of Aberdeen |1,332.90
Banff and Buchan |1,302.89
Gordon |1,645.26
Kincardine and Deeside |1,782.48
Moray |1,597.38
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey |1,879.09
Caithness |1,088.32
Inverness |955.03
Lochaber |1,167.20
Nairn |724.80
Ross and Cromarty |1,117.22
Skye and Lochalsh |1,020.00
Sutherland |905.00
Lothian
East Lothian |1,604.31
City of Edinburgh |1,448.92
Midlothian |1,255.30
West Lothian |1,897.43
Strathclyde
Argyll |1,198.67
Bearsden and Milngavie |1,840.00
Clydebank |835.21
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |<1>-
Cumnock and Doon Valley |772.40
Cunninghame |1,124.26
Dumbarton |777.54
East Kilbride |2,489.33
Eastwood |1,302.85
City of Glasgow |1,023.77
Hamilton |983.50
Inverclyde |1,337.89
Kilmarnock and Loudon |1,096.66
Kyle and Carrick |1,624.12
Lanark |1,400.15
Monklands |979.09
Motherwell |1,154.62
Renfrew |1,308.82
Strathkelvin |1,478.40
Tayside
Angus |1,327.04
City of Dundee |1,211.77
Perth and Kinross |1,259.80
Islands Councils
Orkney Islands |1,300.00
Shetland Islands |817.20
Western Isles |<1>-
<1> No rents registered.
Table file CW900726.151 not available
Derelict Land
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total area of land recovered from dereliction in each district authority area during the last five years ; if any formerly listed buildings were demolished in any recovery programmes ; what is the present area of dereliction in each district authority area ; and by how much the extent of derelict areas has changed, over the past five years, in each of these district authority areas.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Of the four pieces of information requested, three are not collected centrally. As
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for present levels of dereliction, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Angus, East (Mr. Welsh) on 24 April at column 59.Junior Hospital Doctors
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met representatives of the British Medical Association in Scotland to discuss the problem of junior doctors' working hours ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : My right hon. and learned Friend and I have not formally met representatives of the British Medical Association to discuss junior doctors' hours of work.
Local Authorities (Capital Receipts)
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will lift restrictions preventing local authorities from diverting money from capital receipts into the building of houses.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : There are no restrictions that debar local authorities from using the capital receipts arising from the sale of assets, including council houses, to which the housing revenue account applies for the purpose of financing the construction of new council houses. Within the aggregate levels of the appropriate consent to incur capital expenditure issued by my right hon. and learned Friend under section 94 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, local authorities are free to determine their own priorities for council housing investment.
Waste Producers
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimated cost for regulating producers of waste (a) in Strathclyde and (b) in Scotland.
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