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Health Service
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of Scottish gross domestic product has been allocated to the health service in Scotland in each year since 1978.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Total national health service expenditure in Scotland as a percentage of Scottish gross domestic product is set out in the following table for the years for which information on Scottish GDP is available :
|Per cent.
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1978-79 |6.8
1979-80 |7.1
1980-81 |7.9
1981-82 |8.2
1982-83 |8.1
1983-84 |8.0
1984-85 |8.1
1985-86 |7.9
1986-87 |7.7
1987-88 |7.7
1988-89 |7.7
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the amount spent on advertising for each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information available from health boards' annual accounts about advertising costs is shown in the table :
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Health board |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90
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Argyll and Clyde |102,687 |90,722 |108,859
Ayrshire and Arran |71,459 |98,574 |103,198
Borders |36,331 |49,516 |36,727
Dumfries and Galloway |25,950 |24,141 |32,639
Fife |99,243 |65,989 |132,734
Forth Valley |50,248 |48,293 |93,632
Grampian |88,909 |126,015 |160,409
Greater Glasgow |153,086 |227,574 |616,149
Highland |49,565 |45,111 |95,380
Lanarkshire |55,872 |68,742 |102,528
Lothian |140,231 |160,636 |321,733
Orkney |1,848 |3,559 |1,990
Shetland |7,102 |12,065 |25,862
Tayside |79,968 |83,774 |126,956
Western Isles |21,956 |18,282 |21,664
|------- |------- |-------
Total |984,455 |1,122,993 |1,980,460
Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total amount of environmentally sensitive area-related grant paid out in each of the environmentally sensitive areas since their inception ; what is the total number of individual grant recipients in each environmentally sensitive area ; and what is the estimated total number of eligible individuals in each environmentally sensitive area.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information requested is as follows :
Establishment |Governor 1 |Governor 2 |Governor 3 |Governor 4 |Governor 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen |- |- |1 |1 |1
Barlinnie |1 |1 |- |5 |10
Barlinnie SU |- |- |1 |- |1
Castle Huntly |- |- |1 |- |2
Cornton Vale |- |1 |- |2 |4
Dumfries |- |- |1 |1 |3
Dungavel |- |- |1 |1 |2
Edinburgh |1 |- |1 |3 |7
Friarton |- |- |- |1 |-
Glenochil |1 |- |1 |4 |9
Greenoch |- |- |1 |1 |3
Inverness |- |- |1 |- |2
Longriggend |- |- |1 |1 |2
Low Moss |- |- |1 |- |3
Noranside |- |- |1 |- |2
Penninghame |- |- |- |1 |-
Perth |- |1 |1 |3 |8
Peterhead |- |1 |1 |3 |5
Polmont |- |1 |- |2 |6
Shotts |1 |- |1 |4 |5
Shotts AU |- |- |1 |- |1
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£
|min 24,560 |min 22,514
Salary scale |39,747 |35,891 |30,857 |max 26,449 |max 23,930
|Performance |Performance |Performance |Performance |Performance
|point |point |point |point |point
|41,147 |37,041 |31,757 |27,199 |24,530
Highlands and Islands Development Board
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total budget available to the Highlands and Islands Development Board in the current financial year, broken down into constituent areas.
Mr. Allan Stewart : The information requested is not available.
Training
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about new training measures in Scotland.
Mr. Allan Stewart : Apart from the training credits pilot, which will become operational under the management of Grampian Enterprise Limited on 1 April 1991,
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there are no new national training measures to be introduced in Scotland in 1991-92. However, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and local enterprise companies will become fully operational on 1 April 1991 and will have full responsibility for administration of the Government's training programmes in Scotland. The local enterprise companies, in preparing their businees plans, have been encouraged to adopt an innovative approach to the provision of training in their areas ; and it is clear from the business plans which I have seen that they have risen to this challenge and have developed many interesting new approaches to deal with training needs in their area. Decisions on development of these ideas into operational concepts have yet to be taken by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and individual local enterprise companies, in the light of the resources available to them and their own priorities.Gulf Casualties
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to make additional funds available to health boards to ensure that hospital operations postponed because of the Gulf crisis can be carried out within a reasonable time ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Health boards have been promised that the full cost of treating Gulf casualties will be met. The resources available to them for treatment of their catchment population will continue to be available for that purpose.
Student Costs
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his most up-to-date estimate of the amount spent per head per full-time equivalent student in public sector Scottish higher education colleges in (a) this financial year and (b) next financial year.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I estimate that £4,150 of Government funding per full-time equivalent student was provided to the Scottish grant -aided colleges of higher education in 1990-91, including recurrent grant- in-aid and tuition fees paid through the student awards system but excluding grants for capital expenditure and maintenance awards. The figure for 1991-92 is not available since grant-in-aid funding for that year has not yet been announced.
Penal Institutions (Governors)
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish by institution the salary scales of the governors of penal institutions in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Information, by institution on the complement and grades of governors and the salary scales appropriate to each grade is set out in the table.
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Establishment Governor 1 Governor 2 Governor 3 Governor 4 Governor 5Aberdeen -- -- 1 1 1
Barlinnie 1 1 -- 5 10
Barlinnie SU -- -- 1 -- 1
Castle Huntly -- -- 1 -- 2
Cornton Vale -- 1 -- 2 4
Dumfries -- -- 1 1 3
Dungavel -- -- 1 1 2
Edinburgh 1 -- 1 3 7
Friarton -- -- -- 1 --
Glenochil 1 -- 1 4 9
Greenock -- -- 1 1 3
Inverness -- -- 1 -- 2
Longriggend -- -- 1 1 2
Low Moss -- -- 1 -- 3
Noranside -- -- 1 -- 2
Penninghame -- -- -- 1 --
Perth -- 1 1 3 8
Peterhead -- 1 1 3 5
Polmont -- 1 -- 2 6
Shotts 1 -- 1 4 5
Shotts AU -- -- 1 -- 1
Salary Scale 39,747 35,891 30,857 min 24,560
max 26,449 min 22,514
max 23,930
Performance point Performance point Performance point Performance oint Performance point
41,147 37,041 31,757 27,199 24,530
Prison Service
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the grades and salary scales applicable to the prison service in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the table.
Unified grades |Salary
|£
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Governor 1 |39,747
|<1>41,147
Governor 2 |35,891
|<1>37,041
Governor 3 |30,857
|<1>31,757
Governor 4 |24,560
|25,505
|26,449
|<1>27,199
Governor 5 |22,514
|22,859
|23,930
|<1>24,530
Principal Officer |17,760
|18,162
|18,736
Senior Officer |17,015
Officer |12,424
|12,768
|13,170
|13,572
|13,975
|14,490
|15,293
12 year point |15,580
15 year point |15,924
Steward 1 |26,449
|<1>27,199
Steward 2 |24,560
|<1>25,310
Chief Clerk Officer |22,859
|23,930
|<1>24,530
Principal Clerk Officer |17,015
|17,358
|17,702
|18,046
|18,388
|18,736
Clerk Officer |13,105
|13,572
|13,975
|14,490
|15,293
12 year point |15,580
15 year point |15,924
Higher Instructional
Officer |14,552
|14,851
|15,468
Instructional Officer |13,145
|13,415
|13,691
|---
|<1>14,259
|<1>14,851
|<1>15,468
Trainee typists
Age 16
17
18
19 |5,778
|---
|<1>5,977
|<1>6,182
Typist |5,977
|6,395
|6,843
|7,322
|7,834
|---
|<1>8,104
|<1>8,383
Personal Secretary |7,834
|8,383
|8,969
|9,598
|---
|<1>9,928
|<1>10,270
Trainee Telephonist |7,049
|7,747
Telephonist |8,345
|8,575
|8,862
Messenger
Age 16 |4,438
17 |4,891
18 |6,098
19 |6,447
20 |6,791
|7,021
|7,309
|7,654
|7,942
Stores Officer Grade B |13,262
|13,821
|14,381
|14,956
|15,553
|16,176
|16,822
|---
|<1>17,496
|<1>18,194
|<1>18,925
|<1>19,681
Stores Officer Grade C |10,466
|11,026
|11,586
|12,143
|12,704
|13,262
|13,821
|14,381
|---
|<1>14,956
|<1>15,553
|<1>16,176
|<1>16,822
Stores Officer Grade D |9,348
|9,907
|10,466
|11,026
|11,586
|12,143
|12,704
|---
|<1>13,262
|<1>13,821
|<1>14,381
|<1>14,956
Senior Medical Officer |32,551
|33,970
|35,451
|36,997
|---
|<1>38,610
|<1>40,116
|<1>41,681
|<1>43,307
Medical Officer (full
time) |24,997
|26,121
|27,299
|29,809
|32,551
|33,970
|---
|<1>35,451
|<1>36,997
|<1>38,610
Part-time Medical Officer
Basic annual rate per
hour |7.80
Chaplin |13,262
|Weekly pay
|£
Storeperson |154.50
Tradesman |164.17
Senior Storeman/woman |144.47
Storeman/woman |139.45
Civilian Driver (HGV)
Band 8 |139.45
Civilian Driver (HGV)
Band 6 |136.94
Civilian Driver (Vehicle
up to 2 tons) |134.43
Sewage Attendant |134.43
Stoker (Grade C) |134.43
Stoker/Boilerman |131.93
Storekeeper Assistant |131.93
Labourer and Watchman |129.42
|Hourly rate
Watchman/Porter |3.318
Weekend Watchman
(casual) |3.318
Temporary Female
Assistants (casual) |4.513
<1> Performance points.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prison officers (a) joined and (b) left the prison service in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is as follows. The statistics for those leaving the Scottish prison service includes retirals, resignations and dismissals. The larger number of staff recruited in 1988 reflects the increase in manpower required to implement the "fresh start" initiative of eliminating overtime.
|(a) Joined|(b) Left
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1986 |275 |160
1987 |286 |141
1988 |406 |184
1989 |130 |192
1990 |194 |74
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by institution the establishment of all penal institutions in Scotland and the current vacancies, and at which grades in each case.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Information, by institution, is as follows. The complement figures are as at 1 April 1990 and the vacancy profile is as at January 1991.
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Skye Bridge
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will initiate a study of the causeway/barrage proposal put forward by Mr. Peter Findlay, as an alternative to the proposed Skye bridge.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Both the Scottish Office and the Department of Energy are already aware of Mr. Findlay's proposals. Decisions on investment in additional electricity generating capacity are for the industry to take in the light of its own assessment of present and future needs, having regard to the quantity and diversity of plant already on the system as well as the economic viability of potential new developments. I will not therefore be initiating a study into any possible alternative to the bridge. The plans for the construction of the Skye bridge will not be delayed or put in abeyance as a consequence of Mr. Findlay's proposals.
Gartcosh
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next expects to meet the Scottish Development Agency to discuss the future development of the former British Steel Corporation site at Gartcosh ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : My right hon. Friend has no current plans for a meeting on this matter. The Scottish Development Agency has sold part of the site for redevelopment, and potential uses for the remainder are being discussed with interested parties.
Land Compensation
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many owner occupiers and how many tenants received compensation due to displacement of their houses, under the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, for each year since 1979.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 25 January 1991] : Information on the numbers of owner occupiers and tenants who received compensation for the compulsory purchase of their houses is not held centrally. Details are however available on the numbers of home loss payments and disturbance payments made under the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973. The figures are :
Financial |Number of |Number of
year |home loss |disturbance
|payments |payments
------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |1,645 |2,034
1980-81 |396 |928
1981-82 |337 |192
1982-83 |291 |673
1983-84 |119 |342
1984-85 |136 |2
1985-86 |102 |3
1986-87 |34 |45
1987-88 |119 |64
1988-89 |130 |150
Nature Conservancy Council
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the staffing complement of the new Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland includes an education officer or adviser ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 28 January 1991] : The allocation of duties to staff is a matter for the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland. The promotion of education and advice on conservation is a key task for the new body.
Steel Industry (Lanarkshire)
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost in the steel industry in Lanarkshire since 1974 ; and how many people are still employed in the steel industry in Lanarkshire.
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Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 28 January 1991] : The net loss in employment in the steel industry in Lanarkshire between 1974 and 1989 is almost 10,000 jobs. Of this figure, just under half were lost due to closures and just over half due to contractions. The provisional employment figure for mid 1989 was 5,600.Environmental Education
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he intends to seek the advice of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds concerning the development and implementation of environmental education in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 28 January 1991] : The views of the RSPB and other voluntary environmental bodies operating in Scotland on environmental education are of considerable importance to the development of a national strategy for environmental education in Scotland. This is the task of a working group, established by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh, Pentlands (Mr. Rifkind) in September 1990, which I know is currently consulting the RSPB and other such organisations in Scotland.
EMPLOYMENT
Pre-entry Closed Shop
14. Mr. David Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers he estimates will be affected by the provisions contained in the Employment Act 1990 to outlaw the pre-entry closed shop.
Mr. Howard : In 1989 there were some 1.3 million people working in pre-entry closed shops. As a result of the Employment Act 1990, pre-entry closed shops can no longer be lawfully established or maintained. That can be only of benefit to all employees and to all those seeking work.
Tourism
16. Sir Robert McCrindle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the effect on investment in tourism projects in England of the termination of section 4 grants.
Mr. Jackson : My Department commissioned consultants to look into projects which had been affected by the suspension of section 4 funding in England. The main finding was that, at the time the research was carried out, most of these projects had already gone ahead.
Training and Enterprise Councils
17. Mr. Illsley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any proposals to alter the funding of training and enterprise councils ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Howard : I have agreed a number of changes in the way training and enterprise councils will be funded from April 1991. These changes, which have been warmly welcomed by the TECs, will result in TECs having more freedom to deploy their resources more effectively. May I add how very much I am looking forward to launching the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC this Friday.
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Disabled People
18. Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities for disabled persons.
Mr. Jackson : My Department provides a wide range of services and schemes specifically designed to help people with disabilities. Following an extensive consultation exercise my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State is presently considering how to make the Department's services more effective for people with disabilities.
21. Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many submissions he has received in response to the consultative document "Employment and Training for People with Disabilities".
Mr. Jackson : By 21 January my Department had received 353 replies.
Labour Statistics
19. Mr. Wilshire : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in employment in June 1979 and June 1990.
Mr. Howard : The work force in employment in the United Kingdom stood at 25,365,000 in June 1979 and at 27,336,000 in June 1990--an increase of just under 2 million over the period.
22. Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to alter the methods used to count the number of unemployed.
Mr. Jackson : The monthly unemployment figures will continue to be based on the claimant unemployed. These figures are supplemented by annual labour force survey information on the international definition. From 1992 the latter will be available on a quarterly basis.
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the seasonally adjusted unemployment figures for each month of 1990, by district, in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Mr. Jackson : Seasonally adjusted unemployment figures are not available below regional level. Unadjusted figures for the local authority districts in Yorkshire and Humberside are available on the NOMIS database in the House of Commons Library.
Training Schemes
20. Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the total numbers of people on training schemes and not registered as unemployed for the latest available date.
Mr. Jackson : There are about 200,000 people on employment training and 350,000 on youth training. None of these people is registered as unemployed.
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently on courses under the employment training and youth training schemes ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : There are about 200,000 people on employment training and 350,000 on youth training. I am pleased that so many people are taking advantage of the Government's significant investment in training.
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Small Shops
24. Mr. Janman : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the employment and economic implications for small shops of the proposals to amend the European Commission's working time directive to make Sundays and weekends compulsory rest days.
Mr. Forth : The European Commission has told the European Parliament that in view of different traditions and practices they do not recommend that weekly rest days should be harmonised across the Community. The United Kingdom Government believe a blanket prohibition of Sunday or weekend working would be extremely damaging to the interests of consumers and employers generally.
25. Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will announce current progress on the operation of training and enterprise councils.
Mr. Howard : Excellent progress is being made in setting up training and enterprise councils. All 82 TECs in England and Wales are now in place, with 46 fully operational. By summer, the full network will be fully operational, almost two years ahead of schedule.
Long-term Unemployment
26. Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measures he is taking to help the long-term unemployed back into work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Howard : Long-term unemployment is at its lowest level for eight years and the number of claimants unemployed for a year or more has fallen by 849,000 since April 1986. We are helping long-term unemployed people get back into work through an extensive range of employment and training measures. These are kept under regular review and in November I announced that next year my Department will provide up to 100,000 additional opportunities for long-term unemployed people through programmes such as job club and the job interview guarantee.
Computer Personnel, London
27. Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has concerning the number of unfilled vacancies for computer personnel in Greater London.
Mr. Jackson : In Greater London in December 1990 there was one vacancy for computer personnel, which had been notified to a jobcentre. There may be many more advertised elsewhere.
Employment Contracts
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what statutory provisions regulate the amount of notice employers must give before changing an employee's contract of employment without any discussions ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : In general, the terms and conditions contained in a contract of employment and changes to
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them are a matter for the parties to the contract and are not governed by legislation. Changes to contractual terms can only be made with the consent of both parties unless the contract of employment contains a term allowing the employer to make unilateral changes. An employer may give notice to terminate an existing contract and offer employment on new terms and conditions. In that case the employee will be entitled to the minimum notice laid down by statute or contractual notice, whichever is greater.Statutory Sick Pay
Mr. Grylls : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the organisations he consulted on the effect on small and medium sized firms of the new proposals on the reimbursement of statutory sick pay.
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