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|(1) |(2) |(3) |(4) |(5) |(6)
|RSG |Specific |Aggregate |Expenditure |Expenditure |Grant as
|grants |grants |in real terms|per cent. of
|(1) + (2) |expenditure
|£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million
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1978-79 |960.0 |79.2 |1,039.2 |1,671.781 |3,674.486 |62.16
1979-80 |1,090.1 |93.0 |1,183.1 |2,111.890 |3,974.425 |56.02
1980-81 |1,247.9 |114.9 |1,362.8 |2,518.082 |4,004.265 |54.12
1981-82 |1,503.1 |136.7 |1,639.8 |2,799.020 |4,053.966 |58.58
1982-83 |1,677.7 |167.6 |1,845.3 |3,009.632 |4,065.532 |61.31
1983-84 |1,744.25 |180.0 |1,924.25 |3,173.724 |4,096.026 |60.63
1984-85 |1,713.2 |216.8 |1,930.0 |3,358.277 |4,129.097 |57.47
1985-86 |1,691.8 |232.2 |1,924.0 |3,492.699 |4,075.923 |55.09
1986-87 |1,761.35 |247.3 |2,008.65 |3,730.054 |4,209.898 |53.85
1987-88 |1,896.76 |295.2 |2,191.96 |4,023.424 |4,309.949 |54.48
1988-89 |2,037.93 |322.6 |2,370.53 |4,363.684 |4,363.684 |54.32
1989-90 |2,243.8 |253.2 |2,497.0 |4,690.260 |4,414.362 |53.24
1990-91 |2,479.3 |289.7 |2,769.0 |5,131.717 |4,621.878 |53.96
Notes:
(1) The figures in column 1 represent the original amount of rate or revenue support grant awarded for each
year. These may have been subject to a later redetermination.
(2) In column 4 the figures are for current expenditure including loan and leasing charges and are at final
outturn to 1988-89, provisional outturn for 1989-90 and budget estimate for 1990-91.
(3) Conversion to real term figures in column 5 is by means of the Treasury GDP deflator (March 1990). All
years are at 1988-89 prices.
(4) Non-domestic rate income is excluded on the grounds that although since 1989-90 the level of NDRI has been
controlled by central government and formed part of aggregate external finance, this was not the case in
earlier years when business rate levels were set by local authorities.
Education Expenditure
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list education expenditure in Scotland in (a) real terms, (b) as a percentage of Scottish Office expenditure and (c) as a percentage of Scottish gross domestic product in each year since 1979-80 to planned expenditure 1991-92.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : Public expenditure on education includes expenditure both by the Secretary of State directly and by education authorities. Details are as follows :
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Year |Expenditure by |Expenditure by |Column (2) as a
|Secretary of State |Secretary of State |percentage of
|directly |and education auth-|Scottish GDP
|Real terms |orities
|(£m at 1988-89 |Real terms
|prices) |(£m at 1988-89
|prices)
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1979-80 |401 |2,057 |7.81
1980-81 |398 |2,204 |8.35
1981-82 |406 |2,254 |8.54
1982-83 |367 |2,214 |8.21
1983-84 |350 |2,213 |7.87
1984-85 |336 |2,158 |7.73
1985-86 |352 |2,131 |7.37
1986-87 |367 |2,214 |7.23
1987-88 |357 |2,280 |7.24
1988-89 |358 |2,276 |7.00
1989-90 |371 |2,351 |n.a.
1990-91 |391 |2,440 |n.a.
1991-92 |412 |n.a. |n.a.
Sources: A Commentary on the Scottish Programme
Scottish Economic Bulletin
Note: 1989-90=estimated outturn; 1990-91=planned expenditure.
Salmon Fishing
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the reasons for the reduction in the numbers of wild salmon returning to west coast rivers this season ; whether he plans to take any action ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Statistical returns for the catches of salmon in Scotland in 1990 will not be available until well into 1991. There have, however, been informal indications that 1990 catches are likely to be low throughout Scotland. The reasons for this are not yet understood, but might include late runs after the end of the fishing season, and increased mortality of fish at sea. The matter will be kept under review.
Nuclear Waste
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by location the establishments that produce radioactive (a) high-level waste, (b) intermediate-level waste and (c) low-level waste.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Details of high, intermediate and low- level wastes at nuclear sites in Scotland are included in a report prepared for United Kingdom Nirex Ltd and the Department of the Environment entitled, "The 1988 United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory" (DOE/RW/89- 088). Other users of radioactive materials produce low-level waste and the names and addresses of those authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 to accumulate or dispose of such waste are included in the register of registration and authorisations maintained by HM industrial pollution inspectorate for Scotland. Copies of both documents are available in the Library.
Police Establishments
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the authorised police establishments in Scotland for each of the last five years.
Mr. Rifkind : The information requested as at30 September in each year is as follows :
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Authorised Police Establishment
(as at 30 September)
Force |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990
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Central |556 |568 |589 |638 |638
Dumfries and Galloway |333 |344 |344 |344 |361
Fife |732 |754 |754 |754 |780
Grampian |997 |1,008 |1,069 |1,116 |1,158
Lothian and Borders |2,393 |2,393 |2,435 |2,439 |2,487
Northern |608 |620 |620 |631 |631
Strathclyde |6,954 |6,954 |6,954 |6,954 |6,954
Tayside |1,001 |1,001 |1,001 |1,001 |1,036
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All Scotland |13,574|13,642|13,766|13,877|14,045
Mental Illness
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest figures on annual expenditure on mental illness by each health board in Scotland.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : This information is not held centrally.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the amount of moneys to be allocated per Scottish health board area for the care of the mentally ill in the financial year 1990-91.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 30 October 1990] : Allocations to health boards are not earmarked for specific purposes. It is for boards themselves to decide their priorities for expenditure within the amount available to them. We are, however, introducing from 1 April 1991 a new grant to encourage community care projects which will benefit people suffering from mental illness. The grant will fund local authority expenditure of £3 million on these projects in the first year.
Coastal Areas
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he proposes to take regarding policy towards the management of coastal areas, in the light of the report of the Marine Conservation Society entitled "A Future for the Coast", a copy of which has been sent to him.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The Government's intentions in respect of the marine environment in Scotland were outlined in paragraphs 7.69, 20.12 and 20.13 of the White Paper on the environment (Cm. 1200). In considering the matter further we will take account of the Marine Conservation Society's views.
Loch Sween
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on progress with the decision whether to designate Loch Sween as a marine nature reserve.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Nature Conservancy Council issued a discussion document on 4 October on the proposal to designate Loch Sween as a marine nature reserve. This is the first stage in a process of public consultation which will ensure that the views of local people and organisations are fully considered before an application is made by the council to my right hon. and learned Friend for statutory designation of the area under section 36 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. A copy of the consultation document has been placed in the Library.
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Purse Seine Net Fishermen
Mr. Onslow : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps his Department has taken, over the past five years, to monitor the activity of purse seine-net fishermen in Scottish waters.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : There are about 50 vessels in the Scottish fleet which regularly fish using the purse seine method. Because of their high catching capacity all such vessels are carefully monitored while at sea and in port. In 1989, the only year for which data are readily available, there were 109 sightings of purse seine vessels by fisheries protection aircraft and ships and 42 boardings at sea.
Cardiac Bypass Patients
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board area the total number of intensive care beds specifically allocated per hospital for the after-care of cardiac bypass patients.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : It is not possible to provide the information in the form requested since intensive care beds attached to cardiac surgery units are not specifically allocated for the after-care of cardiac bypass patients only.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to increase the total number of intensive care beds and staff in each health board area for the purpose of the after-care of cardiac bypass patients ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The Government are currently expanding the capacity for cardiac operations in Scotland. Over the past two years Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow royal infirmaries and the Western infirmary in Glasgow have been allocated additional funds to enable them to increase the number of cardiac operations. It is for each health board to determine within these funds how many intensive care beds and staff are required for the increased number of cardiac operations.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list per health board area the total number of cardiac bypass operations carried out in each of the past five years.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The number of cardiac bypass operations performed by health board of residence for the past five years are as follows :
|1985 |1986 |1987 |1988
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Argyll and Clyde |93 |114 |105 |110 |121
Ayrshire and Arran |85 |110 |108 |118 |117
Borders |25 |41 |31 |33 |53
Dumfries and Galloway |21 |22 |30 |29 |25
Fife |71 |71 |73 |84 |82
Forth Valley |75 |62 |63 |72 |73
Greater Glasgow |334 |291 |342 |324 |366
Grampian |63 |129 |146 |172 |201
Highland |91 |66 |47 |64 |66
Lanarkshire |119 |160 |136 |142 |124
Lothian |270 |291 |226 |270 |244
Orkney |0 |2 |4 |5 |6
Shetland |4 |3 |1 |3 |5
Tayside |100 |79 |77 |104 |118
Western Isles |14 |7 |14 |15 |12
Outside Scotland/not
known/other |12 |9 |6 |3 |8
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |1,377 |1,457 |1,409 |1,548 |1,621
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Locate in Scotland
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by region, the number of projects, investment, and new jobs which Locate in Scotland has attracted to Scotland in each of the last three years.
Mr. Lang : An analysis of projects disaggregated by region would, in the form requested, breach the commercial confidence of the companies involved.
The table gives information on total inward investment in Scotland for the years 1987-88 to 1989-90. The planned job and investment figures are based on company forecasts.
|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90
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Number of projects |84 |55 |64
New jobs |6,363 |4,846 |9,649
Safeguarded jobs |4,856 |2,243 |2,640
Total jobs |11,219 |7,089 |12,289
Investment (£ million) |324 |437 |853
These figures relate only to projects where there was direct involvement by Locate in Scotland or the Industry Department for Scotland. Locate in Scotland is aware of a further four projects which came to Scotland in 1987 -88 without such involvement and of a further five in 1988-89.
Southern General Hospital (Spinal Injuries Unit)
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has given written confirmation to Greater Glasgow health board in respect of the additional revenue funding required for the national spinal injuries unit at Southern general hospital.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Greater Glasgow health board is aware that the additional revenue costs for the national spinal injuries unit will be centrally funded. The details of the funding arrangements have still to be decided.
Local Enterprise Companies
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a list of all the Scottish local enterprise companies which are in the development phase and those
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which he expects to enter the development phase, indicating when he expects each of them to become fully operational.Mr. Lang : All local enterprise companies in Scotland are in the development phase. A full list is given in the table :
Enterprise Ayrshire
Scottish Borders Enterprise Ltd.
Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise Company
Dunbartonshire Enterprise
Fife Enterprise
Forth Valley Enterprise
Glasgow Development Agency
Grampian Enterprise Ltd.
Lanarkshire Enterprise
Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd.
Renfrewshire Enterprise Company
Scottish Enterprise Tayside
Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise Company
Orkney Enterprise Company Ltd.
Shetland Enterprise Company Ltd.
Western Isles Local Enterprise Company
Argyll and the Islands Enterprise Company
Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise
Caithness and Sutherland Local Enterprise Company
Ross and Cromarty Enterprise
Inverness and Nairn Local Enterprise Company
Lochaber Limited
It is for the local enterprise companies to decide with Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise the date on which they become operational. It is likely that most if not all will become operational by the summer of 1991.
Youth Training
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the numbers of males and females currently employed in YTS jobs in (a) Shettleston constituency, (b) Glasgow district, (c) Strathclyde region and (d) Scotland ; how many YTS vacancies are currently available for young people ; and how many young people are currently unemployed in each of those areas.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 23 October 1990] : I regret that the information requested about YTS jobs and YTS vacancies is not available. The information about young people under 18 who are claiming benefit and unemployed as at July 1990 (the latest date available) is as follows :
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Shettleston ConGlasgow City Strathclyde ReScotland Male |Female|Male |Female|Male |Female|Male |Female --------------------------------------------------------------- 2 |2 |34 |41 |96 |102 |186 |185
Sequestration
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of awards of sequestration during the year ending 31 March 1991 to the latest available date and the total gross payments to trustees from public funds during the current financial year, to the latest available date.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 30 October 1990] : In the current financial year up to 30 September 1990 there have been 2, 963 awards of sequestration made in the Scottish courts. Gross payments to trustees to that date amounted to £3,438,752.
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Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate his Department has undertaken of the number of sequestrations and total gross costs to public funds through payments to trustees likely to be registered in the next five years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 30 October 1990] : These will depend in part on the outcome of the evaluation of the Scottish bankruptcy system referred to by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs in his reply of 5 June to the hon. Member, at column 437.
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Senile Dementia
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of people in each health board area who have been diagnosed as suffering from senile dementia in (a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1985 and (d) 1990.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 30 October 1990] : The information is not available in the form requested.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Import Penetration
6. Mr. Doran : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to reduce import penetration.
89. Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to reduce import penetration.
Mr. Lilley : The Department's policies aim to foster the competitiveness of British Industry.
39. Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received about import penetration.
103. Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received about import penetration.
147. Mr. Leadbitter : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received about import penetration.
Mr. Lilley : I have received a number of representations about the extent of import penetration.
Consumer Affairs
13. Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next intends to meet representatives of the local authorities' trading standards officers to discuss consumer affairs.
53. Mr. Jack Thompson : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next intends to meet representatives of the local authorities trading standards officers to discuss consumer affairs.
Mr. Redwood : My right hon. Friend has no immediate plans for such meetings. However, the Minister of State, Lord Hesketh, plans to meet representatives of the Institute of Trading Standards Administration later this year.
My officials also have frequent meetings with trading standards officers.
Tyne and Wear Development Corporation
20. Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last discussed the disposal of former British Shipbuilders assets in Sunderland with Tyne and Wear Development corporation.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : I met the chairman and chief executive of the Tyne and Wear development corporation
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during a visit to the north-east on 23 April 1990, when we discussed the corporation's interest in the disposal of the British Shipbuilders sites in Sunderland.I have since been in regular correspondence with them on these matters and I saw both gentlemen again yesterday.
Engineering Output
21. Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received about the level of engineering output.
Mr. Hogg : My Department regularly receives representations about many areas of industry, including the engineering sector.
Steel Industry
22. Mr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met the chairman of British Steel to discuss investment policy.
75. Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met the chairman of British Steel to discuss the future of steelmaking in the United Kingdom.
122. Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met the chairman of British Steel to discuss the future of steelmaking in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lilley : I last met the chairman of British Steel on 7 September. The discussion was confidential.
43. Mr. Dunnachie : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the future of the steel industry in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lilley : I am confident that the United Kingdom steel industry will continue to perform well now that all of it is in the private sector.
LINK Projects
23. Mr. Hoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made in the setting up of LINK projects in the current financial year.
99. Mr. Lambie : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made in the setting up of LINK projects in the current financial year.
105. Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made in the setting up of LINK projects in the current financial year.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Between the beginning of the current financial year and the end of August, another 29 LINK projects started, bringing the total under way to 84.
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