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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Regulatory responsibility is shared between district and islands councils, river purification boards, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and Her Majesty's industrial pollution inspectorate. Expenditure figures to cover all those activities are not available centrally.

Heart Disease and Lung Cancer

Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest statistics concerning (a) deaths and (b) sufferers from (i) heart disease and (ii) lung cancer in each of the health board areas ; and what were the comparable figures in 1975, 1980 and 1985.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The figures that are held centrally are as follows :

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Argyll and Clyde      |326  |349  |435  |426        

Ayrshire and Arran    |252  |278  |322  |300        

Borders               |69   |99   |93   |69         

Dumfries and Galloway |93   |95   |103  |116        

Fife                  |267  |292  |271  |279        

Forth Valley          |155  |224  |260  |227        

Grampian              |323  |364  |379  |385        

Greater Glasgow       |1,151|1,258|1,248|1,076      

Highland              |106  |73   |132  |93         

Lanarkshire           |349  |407  |432  |442        

Lothian               |668  |725  |750  |654        

Orkney                |9    |7    |12   |12         

Shetland              |9    |7    |9    |13         

Tayside               |316  |292  |354  |375        

Western Isles         |13   |8    |16   |16         

Scotland              |4,106|4,478|4,816|4,483      

<1> Provisional figures                             

Note:                                               

The Scottish cancer register provides information   

on the number of new cases of cancer diagnosed each 

year in Scotland. The figures shown are, therefore, 

estimates of the incidence of cancer. Prevalence    

figures are not immediately available.              

Table file CW900726.153 not available

Table file CW900726.154 not available

Argyll and Clyde 3,027 3,432 3,941 4,722

Ayrshire and Arran 2,127 2,736 3,400 3,883

Borders 564 732 1,184 1,422

Dumfries and Galloway 985 1,021 1,613 2,078

Fife 1,810 2,414 3,069 3,506

Forth Valley 1,426 1,770 2,773 2,986

Grampian 3,799 3,708 4,821 5,836

Greater Glasgow 9,128 9,502 12,321 14,328

Highland 934 1,130 1,759 2,029

Lanarkshire 3,240 4,227 5,561 6,005

Lothian 5,860 6,400 9,015 9,496

Orkney 91 66 93 146

Shetland 55 55 126 140

Tayside 3,811 4,405 5,601 6,054

Western Isles 138 210 287 276

Outside Scotland 1,452 505 562 510

Total-- 38,447 42,313 56,126 63,417

includes Not Known' and No fixed abode'.

Note : The figures shown are the only available statistics on the number of people who suffer from heart disease. When interpreting these figures it should be borne in mind that someone who suffers from heart disease could have several episodes of in-patient care in any particular year.

Table file CW900726.155 not available

Job Creation

Mr. Dunnachie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will announce measures to create more jobs in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lang ; I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

NHS Trusts

Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will extend the consultation period in relation to the submission of views to him regarding hospitals becoming

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self-governing trusts ; if he will list the individuals and organisations to whom copies of the application prospectus have been sent ; what is the total cost of the production, printing and distribution of the prospectus ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Empty Properties (Health Boards)

Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of empty properties owned by health boards in (a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole (i)

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is currently empty awaiting sale, (ii) has been empty for more than six months and (iii) has been empty for a year or more.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : This information is not available in the form requested.

Young People (Sex Education)

Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about teaching of safe sex to young people by specialised professional centres.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The teaching of safe sex to young people is undertaken by a wide range of organisations. At national level the Scottish Health Education Group (SHEG) produces educational material which aims to provide young people with information and advice to help heighten awareness of the risks and problems sexual relationships can cause, particularly in relation to HIV infection and AIDS. The group is about to undertake fresh research that will explore perceptions of sexual health among young people in the 16 to 25 age group to ascertain the need for new health education material in this area.

At the local level, health board family planning clinics play a valuable role in providing free and accurate contraceptive advice and information on the need for safe sexual practices. Doctors and practice nurses also have a role to play in this area. The school system also undertakes an important role in the delivery of sex education. A joint SHEG/Scottish Consultative Committee on the Curriculum working party on health education in schools has recently reviewed the structure of health education programmes for the 10 to 14 age group : this review has included extended consideration of the treatment of sexuality and relationships. The working party's report, which advocates the concept of the health-promoting school, is expected to be published in September. In addition, of course, parents have a direct responsibility for the instruction of their children in the matter of sex education.

Voluntary organisations also operate at both the national and local levels and contribute to the teaching of safe sex to young people.

Slaughterhouses

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the slaughterhouses that were visited by European Community inspectors in 1989 and 1990 ; if he will indicate which have had their approval suspended ; and if he will make a statement.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The following slaughterhouses in Scotland were visited by EC inspectors in 1989 and 1990 :

1989

Inverurie Scotch Meat Company Ltd., Inverurie

David A. Hall Ltd., Broxburn

British Beef Company Ltd., Hawick

G. D. Vivers and Sons, Annan

Dundee Public Abattoir, Dundee

Mathers (Inverurie) Ltd., Inverurie

1990

Aberdeen Meat Marketing Company Ltd., Banchory

Inverurie Scotch Meat Company Ltd., Inverurie

McIntosh Donald, Portlethen

Buchan Meat Producers Ltd., Turriff

William Watt, Strathaven

J. Kelly and Sons (Meat) Ltd., Larkhall

Scotbeef (Meat Packers) Ltd., Bridge of Allan

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Two of the slaughterhouses listed are currently suspended from engaging in intra-Community trade in sheepmeat. The suspension is applied until structural or operational requirements are attended to and it would not be appropriate to identify those plants that may be suspended at any one time.

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a list of abbatoirs in Scotland indicating which are European Community approved and which have had their European Community licences suspended.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information is as follows : Borders Region

*British Beef Company Ltd, Hawick

Scottish Borders Abattoir 1980 Ltd, Galashiels

FMC (Meat) Ltd, Kelso

Central Region

*Scotbeef (Meat Packers) Ltd, Bridge of Allan

Duncan Stevenson, Dunblane

Dumfries and Galloway Region

*G. D. Vivers and Sons, Annan

*United Meat Packers (Scotland) Ltd, Lockerbie

*FMC (Meat) Ltd, Dumfries

Lockerbie Abattoir Ltd, Lockerbie

Castle Douglas Abattoir, Castle Douglas

Robinson-Wyllie Ltd, Newton Stewart

Rhins Bacon Company (1953) Ltd, Stranraer

Fife Region

St. Andrews Abattoir Company Ltd, St. Andrews

Grampian Region

*Buchan Meat Producers Ltd, Turriff

*Inverurie Scotch Meat Company Ltd, Inverurie

*Mathers (Inverurie) Ltd, Inverurie

*Aberdeen Meat Marketing Company Ltd, Banchory

*McIntosh Donald, Portlethen

*Grampian Country Pork Ltd, Buckie

Moray Abattoir Company Ltd, Elgin

FMC (Meat) Ltd, Forres

Grantown on Spey Abattoir, Grantown on Spey

Highland Region

Thurso Slaughterhouse Company Ltd, Thurso

Wick Abattoir, Wick

John M. Munro Ltd, Dingwall

Grants of Dornoch Ltd, Dornoch

Portree Slaughterhouse, Isle of Skye

Lothian Region

*Gorgie Public Abattoir, Edinburgh

*Euroscot (Meat) Exports Ltd, Bathgate

*David A. Hall Ltd, Broxburn

Messrs R. Y. Henderson and Son, Linlithgow

Strathclyde Region

*Highland Meats Ltd, Saltcoats

*William Watt, Strathaven

*Glasgow Abattoir Company Ltd, Glasgow

*J Kelly and Sons (Meat) Ltd, Larkhall

*Buitelaar (Kilmarnock) Ltd, Kilmarnock

*Sandyford Abattoir (Paisley) Company, Paisley

Cambletown, Abattoir, Cambletown

Rothesay Abattoir, Rothesay

Biggar Auctions Market Company Ltd, Biggar

J Ramsay and Sons, Carluke

Robertson Bros, Ardrossan

James Craig (Abattoir) Ltd, Ayr

James Chapman (Butchers) Ltd, Shotts

Wishaw Abattoir Ltd, Wishaw

Ballevulin Slaughterhouse, Isle of Tiree

Ballygrant Slaughterhouse, Islay

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