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Coal Imports
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the tonnage of coal imports into Great Britain over the last three years ; and if he will indicate the port of entry and country of origin.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information would take too long to provide in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member.
Public Expenditure
Mr. Beith : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will show the total public expenditure on transport broken down by standard economic planning region in England for the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Chope : A breakdown by region is available only for roads expenditure. The information is as follows :
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Regional expenditure on roads: 1987-88
£ million
Standard economic planning |North |Yorkshire |North |West |East |East |South |South |Unallocated |England
region | and |West |Midland |Midland |Anglia |West |East
|Humberside
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Motorways and trunk roads |68.2 |71.8 |71.4 |116.1 |62.5 |27.1 |98.2 |357.2 |- |873.1
total<1>
New construction and |44.9 |48.0 |38.6 |71.3 |37.3 |17.4 |83.5 |241.1 |- |582.1
improvement
Maintenance<1><2>
Structural |19.7 |16.8 |28.6 |36.7 |19.6 |7.3 |10.7 |94.5 |- |234.0
Routine |1.5 |2.8 |1.5 |3.8 |2.2 |1.4 |2.2 |11.5 |- |27.0
Winter |1.6 |2.7 |0.9 |1.9 |1.7 |0.9 |1.2 |4.7 |- |15.7
Public lighting<3> |0.5 |1.5 |1.8 |2.4 |1.7 |0.4 |0.6 |5.4 |- |14.3
Local roads total<1><4> |114.1 |169.7 |211.8 |166.5 |123.3 |51.2 |165.2 |587.6 |2.9 |1,592.3
New construction and |32.8 |54.2 |58.1 |56.0 |41.2 |21.9 |45.2 |213.5 |2.9 |525.7
improvement
Maintenance<1><2>
Structural |48.9 |70.1 |84.5 |66.6 |51.2 |19.3 |78.1 |216.2 |- |634.9
Routine |12.1 |17.7 |32.0 |19.9 |13.4 |5.3 |23.6 |94.9 |- |219.0
Winter |6.6 |9.9 |7.1 |7.1 |5.5 |1.4 |5.4 |14.0 |- |56.9
Public lighting<3> |13.5 |17.4 |29.2 |16.2 |11.5 |2.9 |12.7 |47.2 |- |150.6
All road expenditure<1><4> |182.3 |241.5 |283.2 |282.6 |185.8 |78.3 |263.4 |944.8 |2.9 |2,465.4
<1> Figures include some estimates, due to incomplete data being received from some authorities.
<2> Structural maintenance: reconstruction, overlay, resurfacing, surface dressing, patching, drainage, footways, bridges, earthworks and fences.
Routine maintenance: verge maintenance, sweeping, gullies, signals, signs and markings.
Winter maintenance: salting, snow clearance and snow fences.
<3> Public lighting: maintenance and energy.
<4> Includes expenditure on technical surveys.
Road Deaths
Mr. Robert Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the measures and the financial support his Department intends to provide for reducing the numbers of children killed on the roads.
Mr. Chope : I shall write to my hon. Friend.
Disabled People (Access)
Mr. Hannam : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action he is taking to ensure that the new extensions to the Jubilee line will be accessible by lift to disabled people.
Mr. Freeman : I shall write to my hon. Friend.
SCOTLAND
Homelessness
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the official homelessness statistics for Scotland in each year since 1978.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information collected by the Scottish Development Department relates only to applications received by local authorities under the homelessness legislation. Not all applicants are assessed by local authorities as being in fact homeless or potentially homeless.
According to returns submitted by local authorities the number of applicant households in Scotland, the number of households assessed by local authorities as homeless, and the number assessed as being threatened with homelessness in each year since 1978-79 are as set out in the table. The figures for 1989-90 are provisional, since returns may still be received from some authorities. In most years, some authorities failed to submit complete returns ; part of the increase in the provisional figures for 1989 -90 is caused by more comprehensive returns being received from some authorities.
Year of |Number of |Households |Households
application |applicant |assessed as |assessed as
|households |homeless |being
|threatened
|with
|homelessness
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1978-79 |16,055 |7,437 |4,022
1979-80 |15,466 |7,421 |2,758
1980-81 |14,861 |6,993 |2,430
1981-82 |15,950 |8,272 |1,982
1982-83 |16,522 |8,674 |2,079
1983-84 |15,542 |8,124 |2,309
1984-85 |20,477 |9,913 |3,467
1985-86 |23,735 |11,027 |4,615
1986-87 |25,184 |10,571 |5,802
1987-88 |24,651 |9,588 |5,741
1988-89 |24,664 |9,607 |6,111
1989-90<1> |27,083 |10,425 |6,309
Education Expenditure
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total expenditure on (a) books and (b) equipment in schools in Scotland in each year since 1978 in real terms.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information available is given in the table, which has been compiled from local authority financial returns. Expenditure on equipment was not separately identified in these returns until 1982-83. There have been some variations from year to year in the recording of expenditure under these two headings. In particular some of the figures for expenditure on library books may include some expenditure on equipment and vice versa.
Expenditure on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials adjusted to 1988-89 prices using the GDP deflator Year |Books |Equipment (£ million) |(£ million) ------------------------------------------------ 1978-79 |13.401 |n.a. 1979-80 |13.347 |n.a. 1980-81 |11.090 |n.a. 1981-82 |10.605 |n.a. 1982-83 |10.088 |20.888 1983-84 |12.285 |17.801 1984-85 |11.803 |19.631 1985-86 |10.492 |17.892 1986-87 |12.120 |18.528 1987-88 | 8.994 |22.051 1988-89 |10.982 |22.522 Note: The figures include expenditure on local authority nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.
Community Care
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what allowance has been made of the level of capital expenditure by local authorities on information
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technology for community care purposes in the assessment of central Government grants ; and what was the estimate of total such expenditure on which this was assessed.Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Hospitals
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of (a) hospital beds and (b) acute beds for each health board and the total for Scotland in each year since 1979, and the percentage change from 1979-89.
Mr. Rifkind : Information on the number of all national health service hospital beds in Scotland and those beds used for acute specialties, for Scotland and for each health board in Scotland for the years ending 31 March 1979 to 1990 are shown in tables 1 and 2.
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Table 1 shows information on the average available staffed beds and indicates the number of beds which are staffed and are available for the reception of in-patients and day cases. Borrowed and temporary beds are included.Table 2 shows information on bed complements and indicates the number of beds approved by the health board for the admission of in-patient and day cases. Beds in day bed units are not included. The acute specialty group comprises the following main specialty classifications : general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ENT surgery, ophthalmology, urology, orthodontics and paediatric dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, restorative dentistry, general medicine, dermatology, rehabilitation medicine, respiratory medicine, surgical paediatrics, medical paediatrics, gynaecology, GP acute, acute mixed and other acute.
The acute specialty group does not include those specialty classifications attributed to the supra-area specialty group, that is specialties : neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, neurology, radiotherapy and spinal paralysis.
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Table 1-Average available staffed beds for all and acute specialties; by health board; year ending 31 March 1979-90
|Scotland |Argyll |Ayr- |Borders |Dum- |Fife |Forth |Grampian |GreaterHigh-|Lanark- |Lothian |Orkney |Shet- |Tay- |West-
|and |shire |fries | Valley | Glasgow |land |shire |land |side |ern
|Clyde |and |and |Isles
|Arran |Gallo
|way
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1979
All specialties |58,788 |4,623 |2,847 |906 |1,707 |2,966 |3,617 |5,384 |14,078 |2,470 |5,560 |8,432 |124 |160 |5,698 |216
Acute specialties |19,005 |1,372 |981 |319 |437 |801 |733 |1,752 |4,867 |810 |1,680 |3,210 |50 |62 |1,846 |85
1980
All specialties |58,334 |4,561 |2,822 |897 |1,626 |2,928 |3,610 |5,398 |14,068 |2,433 |5,515 |8,393 |120 |159 |5,588 |216
Acute specialties |18,948 |1,330 |975 |311 |423 |791 |708 |1,758 |4,908 |810 |1,735 |3,200 |46 |62 |1,808 |84
1981
All specialties |58,150 |4,499 |2,827 |910 |1,589 |2,912 |3,614 |5,387 |14,078 |2,424 |5,540 |8,408 |131 |160 |5,465 |207
Acute specialties |18,755 |1,263 |977 |322 |428 |784 |727 |1,709 |4,859 |811 |1,728 |3,175 |58 |62 |1,771 |82
1982
All specialties |57,928 |4,484 |2,818 |931 |1,559 |2,971 |3,570 |5,429 |13,919 |2,417 |5,543 |8,419 |131 |160 |5,375 |202
Acute specialties |18,649 |1,259 |970 |337 |428 |791 |727 |1,711 |4,811 |809 |1,733 |3,171 |57 |62 |1,698 |83
1983
All specialties |57,119 |4,455 |2,795 |934 |1,538 |3,001 |3,426 |5,447 |13,348 |2,337 |5,518 |8,452 |131 |160 |5,367 |209
Acute specialties |18,092 |1,258 |947 |345 |424 |979 |688 |1,694 |4,326 |815 |1,696 |3,142 |58 |62 |1,754 |85
1984
All specialties |57,342 |4,433 |3,051 |925 |1,538 |3,106 |3,465 |5,571 |13,206 |2,288 |5,442 |8,505 |131 |159 |5,312 |208
Acute specialties |18,079 |1,255 |1,080 |325 |421 |804 |690 |1,729 |4,204 |797 |1,715 |3,124 |57 |62 |1,731 |84
1985
All specialties |56,802 |4,437 |3,026 |927 |1,552 |3,139 |3,401 |5,568 |13,079 |2,279 |5,338 |8,358 |129 |159 |5,197 |210
Acute specialties |17,753 |1,248 |1,082 |333 |435 |795 |678 |1,725 |4,151 |766 |1,627 |2,999 |56 |63 |1,711 |85
1986
All specialties |55,955 |4,386 |2,988 |933 |1,510 |3,229 |3,418 |5,567 |12,746 |2,131 |5,271 |8,163 |106 |160 |5,137 |211
Acute specialties |17,384 |1,245 |1,058 |339 |443 |785 |683 |1,722 |4,045 |686 |1,587 |2,910 |57 |62 |1,678 |85
1987
All specialties |55,338 |4,312 |2,951 |944 |1,493 |3,290 |3,410 |5,513 |12,559 |2,165 |5,042 |8,047 |131 |158 |5,109 |216
Acute specialties |17,223 |1,236 |1,052 |348 |445 |811 |682 |1,707 |3,987 |695 |1,570 |2,840 |58 |60 |1,648 |85
1988
All specialties |54,487 |4,307 |2,952 |939 |1,505 |3,254 |3,151 |5,457 |12,242 |2,142 |4,961 |8,008 |131 |159 |5,057 |221
Acute specialties |17,005 |1,233 |1,074 |347 |445 |811 |643 |1,693 |3,933 |687 |1,552 |2,761 |61 |62 |1,615 |88
1989
All specialties |53,448 |4,130 |2,972 |939 |1,505 |3,105 |3,082 |5,428 |12,115 |2,034 |4,909 |7,921 |131 |160 |4,796 |221
Acute specialties |16,595 |1,276 |1,088 |338 |438 |797 |617 |1,450 |3,862 |687 |1,535 |2,684 |61 |62 |1,614 |87
1990
All specialties |52,121 |4,103 |2,925 |927 |1,439 |3,062 |2,878 |5,276 |11,918 |1,968 |4,790 |7,578 |131 |162 |4,743 |220
Acute specialties |16,270 |1,275 |1,087 |335 |417 |805 |604 |1,428 |3,854 |690 |1,529 |2,442 |61 |63 |1,593 |86
Percentage change 1979-89
All specialties |-9.1 |-10.7 |4.4 |3.7 |-11.9 |4.7 |-14.8 |0.8 |-13.9 |-17.7 |-11.7 |-6.1 |5.5 |0.3 |-15.8 |2.4
Acute specialties |-12.7 |-7.0 |10.9 |6.0 |0.2 |-0.5 |-15.8 |-17.2 |-20.6 |-15.2 |-8.6 |-16.4 |20.8 |0.3 |-12.6 |2.7
Table 1-Average available staffed beds for all and acute specialties; by health board; year ending 31 March 1979-90
|Scotland |Argyll |Ayr- |Borders |Dum- |Fife |Forth |Grampian |GreaterHigh-|Lanark- |Lothian |Orkney |Shet- |Tay- |West-
|and |shire |fries | Valley | Glasgow |land |shire |land |side |ern
|Clyde |and |and |Isles
|Arran |Gallo
|way
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1979
All specialties |58,788 |4,623 |2,847 |906 |1,707 |2,966 |3,617 |5,384 |14,078 |2,470 |5,560 |8,432 |124 |160 |5,698 |216
Acute specialties |19,005 |1,372 |981 |319 |437 |801 |733 |1,752 |4,867 |810 |1,680 |3,210 |50 |62 |1,846 |85
1980
All specialties |58,334 |4,561 |2,822 |897 |1,626 |2,928 |3,610 |5,398 |14,068 |2,433 |5,515 |8,393 |120 |159 |5,588 |216
Acute specialties |18,948 |1,330 |975 |311 |423 |791 |708 |1,758 |4,908 |810 |1,735 |3,200 |46 |62 |1,808 |84
1981
All specialties |58,150 |4,499 |2,827 |910 |1,589 |2,912 |3,614 |5,387 |14,078 |2,424 |5,540 |8,408 |131 |160 |5,465 |207
Acute specialties |18,755 |1,263 |977 |322 |428 |784 |727 |1,709 |4,859 |811 |1,728 |3,175 |58 |62 |1,771 |82
1982
All specialties |57,928 |4,484 |2,818 |931 |1,559 |2,971 |3,570 |5,429 |13,919 |2,417 |5,543 |8,419 |131 |160 |5,375 |202
Acute specialties |18,649 |1,259 |970 |337 |428 |791 |727 |1,711 |4,811 |809 |1,733 |3,171 |57 |62 |1,698 |83
1983
All specialties |57,119 |4,455 |2,795 |934 |1,538 |3,001 |3,426 |5,447 |13,348 |2,337 |5,518 |8,452 |131 |160 |5,367 |209
Acute specialties |18,092 |1,258 |947 |345 |424 |979 |688 |1,694 |4,326 |815 |1,696 |3,142 |58 |62 |1,754 |85
1984
All specialties |57,342 |4,433 |3,051 |925 |1,538 |3,106 |3,465 |5,571 |13,206 |2,288 |5,442 |8,505 |131 |159 |5,312 |208
Acute specialties |18,079 |1,255 |1,080 |325 |421 |804 |690 |1,729 |4,204 |797 |1,715 |3,124 |57 |62 |1,731 |84
1985
All specialties |56,802 |4,437 |3,026 |927 |1,552 |3,139 |3,401 |5,568 |13,079 |2,279 |5,338 |8,358 |129 |159 |5,197 |210
Acute specialties |17,753 |1,248 |1,082 |333 |435 |795 |678 |1,725 |4,151 |766 |1,627 |2,999 |56 |63 |1,711 |85
1986
All specialties |55,955 |4,386 |2,988 |933 |1,510 |3,229 |3,418 |5,567 |12,746 |2,131 |5,271 |8,163 |106 |160 |5,137 |211
Acute specialties |17,384 |1,245 |1,058 |339 |443 |785 |683 |1,722 |4,045 |686 |1,587 |2,910 |57 |62 |1,678 |85
1987
All specialties |55,338 |4,312 |2,951 |944 |1,493 |3,290 |3,410 |5,513 |12,559 |2,165 |5,042 |8,047 |131 |158 |5,109 |216
Acute specialties |17,223 |1,236 |1,052 |348 |445 |811 |682 |1,707 |3,987 |695 |1,570 |2,840 |58 |60 |1,648 |85
1988
All specialties |54,487 |4,307 |2,952 |939 |1,505 |3,254 |3,151 |5,457 |12,242 |2,142 |4,961 |8,008 |131 |159 |5,057 |221
Acute specialties |17,005 |1,233 |1,074 |347 |445 |811 |643 |1,693 |3,933 |687 |1,552 |2,761 |61 |62 |1,615 |88
1989
All specialties |53,448 |4,130 |2,972 |939 |1,505 |3,105 |3,082 |5,428 |12,115 |2,034 |4,909 |7,921 |131 |160 |4,796 |221
Acute specialties |16,595 |1,276 |1,088 |338 |438 |797 |617 |1,450 |3,862 |687 |1,535 |2,684 |61 |62 |1,614 |87
1990
All specialties |52,121 |4,103 |2,925 |927 |1,439 |3,062 |2,878 |5,276 |11,918 |1,968 |4,790 |7,578 |131 |162 |4,743 |220
Acute specialties |16,270 |1,275 |1,087 |335 |417 |805 |604 |1,428 |3,854 |690 |1,529 |2,442 |61 |63 |1,593 |86
Percentage change 1979-89
All specialties |-9.1 |-10.7 |4.4 |3.7 |-11.9 |4.7 |-14.8 |0.8 |-13.9 |-17.7 |-11.7 |-6.1 |5.5 |0.3 |-15.8 |2.4
Acute specialties |-12.7 |-7.0 |10.9 |6.0 |0.2 |-0.5 |-15.8 |-17.2 |-20.6 |-15.2 |-8.6 |-16.4 |20.8 |0.3 |-12.6 |2.7
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of (a) private hospitals and (b) private beds in Scotland in 1979 and in 1990 or the most recent available figures.
Mr. Rifkind : The information is set out in the following table :
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|1979|1990
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Number of private hospitals |7 |10
Number of private beds |n/a |417
n/a-Not available.
Prisons
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners who were admitted to Scottish prisons in the latest year for which figures are available were sentenced to periods of (a) three months and (b) 30 days or less ; and what percentage this was of the total number of admissions and prisoners serving sentences in that year.
Mr. Rifkind : The available information is for receptions. One reception is counted if one or more warrants arrive for the same person from the same court on the same day. Some receptions relate to warrants arriving at establishments for people already held in custody. Provisional information for 1989 is given in the table :
Sentenced receptions to Scottish penal establishments 1989<1>
|Number |Per cent.
|of total
|receptions
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Prisoners received to serve:
3 months (or 90 days) or less |15,127 |77.6
of which:
30 days (or 1 month) or less |9,923 |50.9
Greater than 30 days (or 1 month) and less
than 3 months (or 90 days) |2,606 |13.4
3 months (or 90 days) |2,598 |13.3
<1>Includes fine and compensation order defaulters.
Housing Support Grant
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of local authority revenue budget has been made up of housing support grant in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Rifkind : The table expresses housing support grant as a percentage of total housing revenue account income for the years requested.
|Housing |Housing |Housing
|revenue |support grant|support grant
|account |as a percen-
|(HRA) |tage of HRA
|income |income
|£ million |£ million |Per cent.
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1981-82 |651.0 |161.0 |24.9
1982-83 |675.4 |104.6 |15.5
1983-84 |667.5 |72.1 |10.8
1984-85 |698.8 |67.2 |9.6
1985-86 |700.2 |64.2 |9.2
1986-87 |724.6 |44.5 |6.1
1987-88 |747.9 |41.9 |5.6
1988-89 |<1>806.9 |54.6 |6.8
1989-90 |<1>885.4 |65.3 |7.4
1990-91 |<2>916.6 |<2>59.6 |6.5
<1>Provisional.
<2>Estimated.
Drugs
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prosecutions for (a) supply and (b) possession of controlled drugs have taken place in Scotland in each of the last 10 years ; and how many have resulted in conviction.
Mr. Rifkind : The available information is given in the table :
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Drugs offences in Scotland 1985-89
Supply Possession
Year |Persons |Charge |Persons |Charge
|proceeded |proved | proceeded|proved
|against |against
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1985 |302 |234 |2,511 |2,230
1986 |362 |269 |2,572 |2,275
1987 |414 |320 |2,357 |2,134
1988 |408 |314 |2,021 |1,837
1989<1> |491 |370 |1,998 |1,801
<1>Provisional.
Prior to 1985 figures for the supply and possession of drugs were
not separately identifiable within the Scottish Home and Health
Department's classification of crimes and offences.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have appeared in the High Court charged with drug offences for each of the last five years and in the most recent period for which records are available ; and what percentages these figures represent of the total number of appearances in the High Court for all offences.
Mr. Rifkind : The available information is given in the table :
Persons called to High Court charged with drugs offences
1985-89
Year |Persons called|Percentage of
|to court | all persons
| called to
| court whose
| main crime or
| offence
| related to
| drugs
------------------------------------------------------------
1985 |281 |27
1986 |246 |23
1987 |206 |19
1988 |154 |16
<1>1989 |131 |14
<1>Provisional
Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 relates to obstructing the police in pursuance of their lawful duty. Persons charged under this section are not separately identifiable within the Scottish Home and Health Department classification of crimes and offences and are not therefore included in the figures.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act have been dealt with by Glasgow district court in each of the last 10 years, and in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Mr. Rifkind : The available information is given in the table :
Persons called to Glasgow
district court for offences
under the
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Year |Persons
| called to
| court
---------------------------------
1980 |0
1981 |0
1982 |4
1983 |0
1984 |1
1985 |98
1986 |494
1987 |377
1988 |65
<1>1989 |8
<1> Provisional.
Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 relates to obstructing the police in pursuance of their lawful duty. Persons charged under this section are not separately identifiable within the Scottish Home and Health Department classification of crimes and offences, and are therefore not included in the figures.
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Crime Statistics
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in respect of each police force area in Scotland for 1979 and 1989 the total number of (a) offences notified to the police, (b) offences of violence against the person, (c) burglaries, (d) thefts, (e) offences of fraud and forgery and (f) offences of criminal damage.
Mr. Rifkind : The available information on crimes and offences in Scotland recorded by the police is given in the tables.
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|Central |Dumfries |Fife |Grampian |Lothian |Northern |Strathclyde|Tayside |Scotland
|and |and
|Galloway |Borders
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Crimes and offences recorded by the police, Scotland 1979<1><2>
Total crimes and offences |28,398 |17,934 |31,779 |50,604 |116,828 |27,104 |351,269 |50,039 |673,955
Total crimes |13,344 |4,835 |14,257 |22,821 |62,502 |8,711 |195,485 |24,225 |346,680
Violence against the person |223 |53 |191 |407 |516 |205 |4,064 |577 |6,236
Housebreaking<3> |2,854 |975 |2,776 |3,763 |12,826 |1,385 |48,202 |3,954 |76,635
Theft |6,853 |2,227 |7,323 |11,597 |34,493 |4,451 |95,344 |12,200 |174,488
Fraud and forgery |544 |334 |835 |1,080 |4,853 |529 |6,221 |1,152 |15,548
Criminal damage |2,845 |999 |2,417 |4,624 |7,635 |1,432 |31,253 |4,924 |56,129
Other crimes |525 |247 |715 |1,350 |2,179 |809 |10,401 |1,418 |17,644
Total offences |14,554 |13,099 |17,522 |27,783 |54,326 |18,393 |155,784 |25,814 |322,275
Crimes and offences recorded by the police, Scotland 1989
Total crimes and offences |44,493 |18,514 |53,411 |76,538 |141,039 |32,591 |465,187 |70,258 |902,031
Total crimes |21,066 |6,733 |27,690 |34,034 |78,301 |11,841 |275,134 |38,586 |493,385
Violence against the person |716 |210 |695 |795 |3,074 |330 |7,202 |955 |13,977
Housebreaking<3> |3,928 |1,147 |5,826 |5,097 |13,462 |1,375 |55,559 |7,333 |93,727
Theft |9,110 |2,784 |12,035 |15,073 |36,079 |4,765 |136,704 |16,269 |232,819
Fraud and forgery |1,036 |416 |1,324 |1,804 |4,742 |813 |12,002 |1,915 |24,052
Criminal damage |4,340 |1,424 |5,239 |7,850 |10,658 |2,512 |40,012 |7,017 |79,052
Other crimes |1,936 |752 |2,571 |3,415 |10,286 |2,046 |23,655 |5,097 |49,758
Total offences |23,427 |11,781 |25,721 |42,504 |62,738 |20,750 |190,053 |31,672 |408,646
<1> The figures in the tables are based on the revised classification of crimes and offences which was introduced at the beginning of 1980.
<2> The 1979 figures include crimes reported to the Procurator Fiscal by agencies other than the police (for example the Department of Health and
Social Security) in which a prosecution was taken.
<3> In Scotland, information is collected on "housebreaking", rather than "burglary".
Foxes
Mr. Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total amount of grant paid to fox destruction clubs in each of the past five years.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :
|£
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1986-87 |36,639
1987-88 |39,854
1988-89 |47,649
1989-90 |58,981
1990-91 |<1>47,000
<1>Estimated.
Mr. Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the cost to the Forestry Commission of killing foxes in Scotland, England and Wales for each of the past five years.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The costs incurred by the Forestry Commission on killing foxes are not recorded separately from expenditure on controlling other animals, including rabbits and deer. It is therefore not possible to isolate the amount spent on the control of foxes.
Private Medical Insurance
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the (a) Scottish population and (b) United Kingdom population was covered by private medical insurance cover in 1979 and 1989.
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Mr. Rifkind : No information is available regarding the coverage of private medical insurance in Scotland in 1979. Currently around 6 per cent. of the population are covered by private medical insurance. Figures for the United Kingdom as a whole which do not differentiate between regions show that 5 per cent. of the population were covered by private medical insurance in 1979 while13 per cent. were covered in 1989.
Housing
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what sums have been paid by his Department to support housing associations in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Rifkind : The information requested is shown in the table :
Year |Housing |Revenue
| Association|Grant
| Grant
|£ million |£ million
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1979-80 |35.5 |0.8
1980-81 |50.6 |1.3
1981-82 |82.4 |1.4
1982-83 |104.2 |1.2
1983-84 |115.7 |0.7
1984-85 |127.7 |0.4
1985-86 |104.6 |0.5
1986-87 |106.6 |0.6
1987-88 |114.2 |0.4
1988-89 |150.1 |0.5
From 1 April 1989, payment of grants to housing associations are made by Scottish Homes.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of (a) unfit dwellings, (b) dwellings fit but lacking basic amenities, (c) non-standard dwellings in need of renovations and (d) dwellings afflicted by dampness in (i) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (ii) Strathclyde and (iii) Scotland as a whole.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 24 October 1990] : There is no definition of unfit houses in Scottish housing legislation. Each local authority provides the Scottish Development Department with an annual estimate of the number of houses in its area which fail the tolerable standard for housing, as set out in section 86 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987. The Department also collects annually information on local authority houses suffering from dampness and condensation ; comparable information for housing in other ownerships is not held centrally. No information is held centrally on dwellings fit but lacking basic amenities or on non-standard dwellings in need of renovations.
The information for the year to 31 March 1989, the most recent available, is set out in the table. Figures for the areas of Greenock and Port Glasgow are not held separately ; the details given are for the local authority district of Inverclyde.
P
|Total number of|Local authority|Local authority
|houses of all |houses with |houses with
|types below |rising and |condensation
|tolerable |penetrating |and rising and
|standard |dampness |penetrating
|dampness
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inverclyde |1,411 |Nil |8,091
Strathclyde |25,176 |33,374 |67,915
Scotland |55,897 |48,597 |82,827
Electoral Roll
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of people on the electoral roll for Scotland in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to table 1.1 in "Electoral Statistics 1990" published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys--Series EL No. 17--a copy of which is in the Library.
Scottish Development Agency
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many regional directors have resigned from the Scottish Development Agency in the past two years.
Mr. Rifkind : During the period from 1 October 1988, three regional directors have resigned from the Scottish Development Agency.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish in the Official Report any criteria which he required the Scottish Development Agency to satisfy before taking decisions to invest in area-based projects in Scotland ;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the sums invested by the Scottish Development Agency in the
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Dundee project in each year since the project was initiated ; and if he will express these figures both in terms of the actual sums invested and at 1990 prices.Mr. Lang : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Hunts (Forestry Commission Land)
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to ensure that hunts on Forestry Commission land are required not to fill in earths after a failed dig or at any time when an animal might still be in occupation.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have brought this matter to the attention of the Forestry Commission and it will be taken into account when the commission gives permission for hunting to take place on its land.
Govan Initiative
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what resources are available to the Govan initiative to fund the annual revenue costs for staffing and related educational costs in respect of the proposed nursery school at Merrick gardens, Ibrox ; (2) what proportion of the money Govan initiative intends to spend on the construction of a nursery school at Merrick gardens, Ibrox, comes from (a) central Government, (b) the Scottish Development Agency, (c) local government and (d) the initiative's own resources.
Mr. Lang : Approval under the urban programme was given on 9 May 1990 for a child care project which was to operate from three locations in the area of the Govan initiative. The approved costs were £279,200 in capital and £247,369 in annual running costs, initially for four years. Central Government grant would meet 75 per cent. of these costs with the balance to be provided by Strathclyde regional council. Merrick gardens was not however one of the proposed locations for this project and the Industry Department for Scotland has not been approached about any proposed change to the approved project.
Sport
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he has any statistics available on teacher participation in extra-curricular sport (a) in 1980 and (b) in 1990 ;
(2) when he received the Scottish Sports Council's strategy documents entitled "Sport 2000" ; and when he intends to respond ; (3) when he received the Scottish Sports Council's recommendation on school-age sports ; and when he intends to reply ;
(4) what communication there has been with the chief medical officer over the health-related aspects of the report entitled "Sports 2000", submitted to him by the Scottish Sports Council.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
British Rail
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the meetings which he has had with British Rail to discuss the proposed withdrawal of Speedlink freight services ; and if he will make a statement.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. and learned Friend met the chairman of British Rail, Sir Bob Reid, on 31 October 1990 when a number of topics were discussed including BR's present review of its Speedlink services.Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his assessment of the implications for the Scottish economy and environment of the proposed withdrawal of Speedlink freight services.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : British Rail is currently studying the options for its Speedlink services. My right hon. and learned Friend will give consideration to the implications for Scotland of any proposals which BR puts to the Government in due course.
Mental Illness and Mental Handicap Hospitals
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what has been the trend in admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in the last decade in the age groups for which statistics are kept ;
(2) what has been the trend in admissions for mental handicap hospitals and units in the last decade in the age groups for which statistics are kept.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Foreign Languages Project
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects replies to be sent to the letters on the foreign languages pilot project sent to the Scottish Office by Mr. and Mrs. W. Toal, 77 Rockmount avenue, Giffnock, Mr. and Mrs. J. Crawley, 113 Ayr road, Newton Mearns, Mr. and Mrs. M. Davies, 2 Tobburn avenue, Giffnock and Mr and Mrs. G. Duffy, 85 Barnfield drive, Giffnock.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Replies were sent on 31 October.
Prescription Charges
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the reply of 29 November 1989, Official Report, column 280, if, on the same basis, he will publish how much money was raised in Scotland in prescription charges in 1988-89 ; and to what specific purposes this money, credited to class XV1, vote 17 subheads A2 and AZ, was put.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The total amount raised from prescription charges in Scotland in 1988-90 was £19.565 million. The majority of prescription charge income was used directly to reduce the costs, borne on subhead A2 of class XVI, vote 17, of the supply of drugs and appliances prescribed or ordered by general practitioners. Other prescription charges, including those collected by dispensing doctors and those for prepayment certificates, were included in subhead AZ of class XVI, vote 17, and were used to offset total expenditure on the vote.
Fish Farming
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the findings of his Department on research into dichlorvos, and its application in fish farming.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : Scientists at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries marine laboratory have carried out a number of studies on the effects of dichlorvos on marine species, in particular, lobster and herring larvae, mussels and invertebrates, and on the fate of dichlorvos in sea water. Reports of these studies were placed in the Library on 22 June 1990 and they have also been made available as Scottish fisheries working papers.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has also carried out surveys of farmed salmon as part of its on-going food surveillance work. Between 1987 and 1989, a total of 92 salmon samples were obtained from farms, processors and markets. No residues of dichlorvos were detected. Details of this work will be published in due course.
Community Care
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will outline the programme he intends to follow in providing additional finance to housing associations (a) in the current financial year and (b) in the 1991-92 financial year in order to ensure adequate availability of appropriate housing to match the requirements of his programme for the implementation of care in the community.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Responsibility for identifying and planning for community care needs lies with social work authorities. As part of that process, social work authorities will be consulting housing associations and other voluntary housing agencies to ensure these needs are met.
My right hon. and learned Friend, through Scottish Homes, funds the overall provision for housing associations. In 1990-91 the total housing association programme is expected to be £208 million. The total for 1991-92 has not yet been determined.
It is for the housing associations themselves, in consultation with local authorities and Scottish Homes, to determine what proportion of their programme is devoted to community care.
Bottle-nosed Dolphins
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the bottle-nosed dolphins resident in the Moray firth are now considered to be at risk.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
AGR Refuellings
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of refuelling is being carried out on load at each Scottish nuclear advanced gas-cooled reactor.
Mr. Lang : Questions about the operational performance of nuclear power stations in Scotland are for Scottish Nuclear Ltd.
Public Expenditure
Mr. Beith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will show the public expenditure in Scotland on (a) agriculture, fisheries and food, (b) trade and industry, (c) employment, (d) health, (e) educational grants and (f) the administration of justice for the latest year for which figures are available.
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Mr. Rifkind : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.Local Enterprise Companies
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the names of the individuals appointed to the boards of each of the local enterprise companies in the Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise areas, indicating for each individual whether they are involved in (a) private sector business, (b) local authority, (c) a trade union, (d) other non-private sector or (e) other public sector.
Mr. Lang : At least two-thirds of the board members of local enterprise companies are to be drawn from the private sector. Individual appointments are for the local enterprise companies themselves. Board membership will be listed in the published summaries of the companies' business plans.
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