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Community Care
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his response to the contents of the recent report on the causes and consequences of the community care delays, published jointly by the King's Fund Institute, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Nuffield Institute, a copy of which he has been sent.
Mr. Dorrell : I reaffirm the Governments commitment to the policy as set out in the White Paper "Caring for People". The timetable for its implementation will remain as stated to the House by my right hon. and learned Friend the then Secretary of State in July 1990. We welcome the continued enthusiasm of the authors of the report for our policy.
Pasteurised Eggs
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to national health service district general managers on the use of pasteurised eggs in recipes for lightly cooked egg products.
Mr. Dorrell : Guidance given in our press release of 21 November 1988 notifies the procedures that should be adopted when producing lightly cooked eggs. This coupled with our earlier advice, in our circular letter EL(88)P/136 of 29 July 1988, on storage and on the use of raw shell eggs in recipes is still extant, a copy is available in the Library.
Incontinence Pads
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 5 February to the hon. Member for Wakefield, Official Report, column 96, if
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health authorities are empowered to charge for the supply of incontinence pads to individual residents in private nursing homes.Mr. Dorrell : While Departmental guidance to health authorities is that they should not supply incontinence pads to private nursing home residents, there is nothing in law to prevent it. If health authorities were to supply them, they would not be allowed to charge.
Transplants
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are currently awaiting a kidney transplant, a heart transplant, a heart and lung transplant, a lung transplant, a liver transplant and any other form of transplant ; and what is the present supply situation for each of these categories.
Mr. Dorrell : According to information provided by the United Kingdom transplant service the number of patients awaiting transplants as at 11 February 1991 were :
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|Number
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Kidney |3,678
Pancreas |5
Kidney and pancreas |16
Heart |241
Lung |67
Heart and lung |225
Liver |69
Cornea |579
The number of organs retrieved for transplant were :
|1989 |1990 |Percentage
|(provisional)|change
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Kidney |1,923 |1,932 |<1
Heart |281 |305 |+ 9
Heart and lung |86 |95 |+10
Lung |31 |51 |+65
Liver |345 |406 |+17
Cornea |2,729 |2,966 |+ 9
Kidney Patients
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will be replying to the letter from the hon. Member for Newbury of 16 January about a meeting with officers of the National Federation of Kidney Patients Associations.
Mr. Waldegrave : As my hon. Friend knows from my letter to him of 13 February, I never received his letter of 16 January.
My office will, of course, be in touch with him about a meeting.
Smoked Fish
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there are any reported cases of poisoning as a result of the consumption of smoked fish sent through the post in the last 25 years.
Mr. Dorrell : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave him on 21 January at column 76.
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
International Institute for Democracy
Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those member countries of the Council of Europe which have contributed to the International Institute for Democracy since its establishment in 1988, stating the total amount pledged to the most recent date.
Mr. Garel-Jones : As at 12 February 1991 the following Council of Europe member states had contributed to the International Institute for Democracy :
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Iceland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
The total pledged to date amounts to FF563,072.64, including contributions from Australia and the Centre for Democracy, Washington.
Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government propose to contribute to the work of the International Institute for Democracy established by the Council of Europe in 1988 ; and what size of contribution he has in mind.
Mr. Garel-Jones : We have no plans to contribute to the work of this institute.
Illegal Arms and Ammunition
Mr. Lawrence : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what provisions control the circumstances in which entry to a foreign mission in the United Kingdom can be authorised in order to check for the presence of illegal arms or ammunition.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Article 22 of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations provides that the premises of the mission shall be inviolable, and that the agents of the receiving state may not enter them except with consent of the head of mission.
The same article provides that the receiving state is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the mission against any intrusion or damage.
Foreign Diplomats
Mr. Lawrence : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the limitations on the powers of the police to apprehend and search for arms and ammunition foreign diplomats leaving their foreign mission in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Article 29 of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations provides that the person of a
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diplomatic agent shall be inviolable and that he shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. Article 41 of the convention provides that it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving state.We have made clear to all missions in London that it is the duty of the police to prevent the unauthorised carriage of firearms, and that persons suspected of carrying firearms are likely to be questioned.
Diplomatic Relations
Mr. Lawrence : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it is the practice when diplomatic relations have been terminated with a foreign country for Her Majesty's Government to accept the nomination of any other foreign country with a recognised mission in the United Kingdom as protector of the interests of the first country ; and what freedom to decline to accept such arrangements is available to Her Majesty's Government.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : In accordance with articles 45 and 46 of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations, when diplomatic relations have been broken off with a foreign country, Her Majesty's Government as the receiving state, will consider the nomination by the sending state, of a third state to assume the role of a protecting power. It is for Her Majesty's Government alone to decide whether or not the nomination is acceptable.
Nuclear Weapons Tests
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date the United Kingdom presented its statement to the plenary session of the recent amendment conference of states who are parties to the treaty banning muclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and underwater ; who led the United Kingdom delegation ; what response was made to the United Kingdom statement by other participating delegations ; to whom the statement has been circulated ; what was the total cost of United Kingdom participation in the conference ; what meetings were held with non-governmental organisations in attendance as observers ; and what representations from non-governmental organisations were received by the United Kingdom delegation to the conference.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The United Kingdom statement to the plenary session was delivered on 11 January ; the United Kingdom delegation was led by the deputy head of the United Kingdom delegation to the conference on disarmament at Geneva ; the statement was the last to be delivered to the plenary session and produced no subsequent response in the committee of the whole ; it was circulated to participating delegations, non-governmental organisations and the press ; the total cost of United Kingdom participation was approximately £20,000 ; an informal session of the conference was allocated for NGOs to state their views ; the United Kingdom delegation received several representations from NGOs and held informal meetings with as many as possible.
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Hadj
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations he has had with the appropriate Saudi Arabian authorities concerning arrangements for British Muslims wishing to visit holy places during Hadj ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The question of pass quotas for pilgrims is a matter for the Saudi Ministry of the Hadj, who assess quotas on a country- by country basis. We have asked the British embassy in Riyadh to contact the Ministry to find out what plans have been made for this year's pilgrimage. I will tell the hon. Member of the outcome.
Myanmar
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps Her Majesty's Government have taken to prevent the supply of Rolls-Royce engines, via Yugoslavia, to the security forces in Myanmar.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We have made representations to the Yugoslav authorities about the re-export of this equipment to Burma.
Hong Kong
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have made to Hong Kong on the need to ensure that the existing de facto abolition of the death penalty in Hong Kong is confirmed in legislation for the territory before 1997.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : There are no plans to change the present situation.
The Gulf (RSPCA)
Mr. Squire : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance was offered by his Department to the RSPCA team visiting the Gulf to assist in the cleaning of oil-damaged seabirds and mammals.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are pleased to say that this Department was able to pay the return air fares of the RSPCA experts vising Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Gulf affected by this monstrous act of environmental terrorism. In consultation with the Saudi authorities through the British embassy in Riyadh, this Department also assisted with a number of administrative arrangements prior to the team's departure.
Nuclear Material
Mr. Bob Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the statement of October 1990 about a black market operating in nuclear materials outside of safeguards controls, if he will make it his policy to seek further information from the chairman of Argentina's Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica.
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Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 31 January 1991] : Since 1985, it has been the declared policy of the Government of Argentina to insist that IAEA safeguards are applied to all nuclear material and equipment exported from Argentina.
SCOTLAND
Fishing
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to review the effect of the recently introduced restrictions in catching opportunities imposed on the Scottish inshore fleet by the recent EC tie-up scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Monitoring of the uptake of the United Kingdom quotas is carried out by Fisheries Departments as a matter of course throughout the year. We will continue to monitor the effects of the requirement for vessels to remain in port for eight consecutive days per month. In addition, discussions have now been concluded successfully with the European Commission to enable fishermen to use more selective fishing gear as an alternative to remaining in port.
Homelessness
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the special measures taken by Her Majesty's Government to protect homeless people in Scotland from the recent bad weather conditions ; and if he will make it his policy to collect urgently and centrally information about the number of people sleeping rough.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Local authorities, with their statutory responsibilities for helping the homeless and for dealing with emergencies, are best placed to determine the measures needed in their areas and to take appropriate action. Local authority housing and social work departments have not given us evidence to indicate that sleeping rough is a significant problem in their areas ; while precise figures on the number of people sleeping rough are not available, advice from local authorities and voluntary bodies is that the number in Scotland at any one time is very small. Arrangements are being made to enumerate those sleeping rough on census night, 21 April 1991.
Housing
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the level of housing support grant paid by his Department to each local authority in Scotland in (a) cash terms, and (b) real terms at 1991-92 prices.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The housing support grant entitlements of individual local authorities, in cash terms and at 1991-92 prices, are shown in the following tables.
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Housing Support Grant (in cash terms)
1979-80 to 1984-85
£
Area |1979-80 |1980-81 |1981-82 |1982-83 |1983-84 |1984-85
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Scotland |213,400,000|228,200,000|161,900,000|104,632,870|72,135,479 |67,211,241
Berwickshire |1,304,502 |1,306,875 |1,038,356 |686,226 |648,884 |486,805
Etterick and Lauderdale |1,725,856 |1,753,749 |1,154,679 |552,583 |373,420 |107,262
Roxburgh |1,734,338 |1,971,598 |1,537,295 |1,165,695 |1,260,321 |1,265,786
Tweeddale |289,209 |285,768 |109,055 |0 |0 |0
Clackmannan |1,850,234 |1,818,745 |1,283,981 |689,627 |45,021 |0
Falkirk |7,957,349 |7,479,143 |4,428,554 |1,494,309 |0 |0
Stirling |1,929,781 |1,916,151 |1,016,562 |1,335,195 |20,431 |0
Annandale and Eskdale |1,094,232 |1,452,108 |1,272,965 |1,387,048 |1,574,069 |1,673,013
Nithsdale |1,147,826 |905,200 |100 |0 |0 |0
Stewartry |548,774 |676,321 |542,539 |412,797 |414,643 |359,095
Wigtown |1,046,584 |1,154,830 |767,726 |452,325 |255,317 |200,315
Dunfermline |5,391,353 |6,079,270 |2,800,067 |683,115 |0 |0
Kirkcaldy |6,303,279 |6,500,216 |3,077,166 |696,260 |0 |0
North East Fife |1,586,114 |1,664,141 |979,538 |829,197 |309,583 |87,427
Aberdeen |9,749,391 |10,733,105 |9,533,966 |7,089,761 |3,724,702 |3,053,523
Banff and Buchan |4,966,010 |5,495,862 |4,343,622 |3,306,069 |2,437,206 |1,943,394
Gordon |2,857,278 |2,860,784 |2,379,107 |2, 240,622 |1,709,877 |1,940,317
Kincardine and Deeside |1,304,661 |1,373,533 |933,388 |817,907 |972,194 |854,052
Moray |4,237,483 |4,402,062 |3,552,254 |2,301,798 |1,987,151 |1,790,081
Badenoch and Strathspey |413,089 |470,225 |435,542 |505,386 |515,570 |487,297
Caithness |1,231,796 |1,044,456 |876,132 |817,378 |819,544 |826,248
Inverness |2,461,414 |2,323,484 |1,631,231 |1,375,208 |1,241,308 |1,305,145
Lochaber |1,860,212 |1,825,267 |1,813,360 |1,383,564 |1,334,449 |1,225,916
Nairn |320,089 |351,660 |251,993 |206,063 |265,393 |227,117
Ross and Cromarty |3,889,456 |4,249,933 |4,199,542 |3,493,364 |3,091,946 |3,241,650
Skye and Lochalsh |342,729 |343,792 |316,747 |316,309 |323,325 |394,993
East Lothian |4,723,964 |5,062,507 |3,155,554 |2,079,858 |1,050,527 |392,369
Edinburgh |11,269,405 |12,517,913 |7,869,440 |2,327,904 |0 |0
Midlothian |3,496,811 |3,334,405 |1,791,607 |906,746 |0 |0
West Lothian |4,655,453 |4,796,099 |2,182,016 |0 |0 |0
Argyll and Bute |3,410,909 |3,565,946 |2,811,692 |2,767,417 |2,554,514 |2,308,945
Bearsden and Milngavie |464,877 |458,385 |193,589 |0 |0 |0
Clydebank |3,548,652 |4,032,786 |3,285,203 |2,201,808 |1,855,408 |1,774,590
Clydesdale |1,842,814 |1,651,898 |578,477 |0 |0 |0
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |677,835 |670,398 |117,762 |0 |0 |0
Cumnock and Doon Valley |1,982,826 |1,812,670 |819,727 |167,191 |0 |0
Cunninghame |4,800,670 |4,656,897 |2,744,500 |745,237 |0 |0
Dumbarton |2,997,918 |2,805,151 |1,177,708 |0 |0 |0
East Kilbride |327,324 |340,284 |98,060 |0 |0 |0
Eastwood |282,503 |303,824 |15,462 |0 |0 |0
Glasgow |41,496,149 |49,487,984 |44,099,691 |37,292,928 |32,355,851 |32,269,404
Hamilton |4,960,259 |5,015,434 |3,243,635 |1,543,988 |119,816 |0
Inverclyde |5,602,776 |6,140,965 |4,443,201 |3,048,261 |1,865,250 |1,162,804
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |3,584,819 |4,168,590 |1,885,952 |298,335 |0 |0
Kyle and Carrick |4,422,325 |4,351,786 |2,807,798 |911,439 |447,952 |0
Monklands |4,601,208 |4,359,605 |4,252,050 |3,222,528 |1,705,278 |1,956,032
Motherwell |7,919,644 |8,193,225 |5,737,727 |3,296,551 |1,037,418 |0
Renfrew |6,486,220 |6,571,032 |2,186,158 |0 |0 |0
Strathkelvin |1,956,176 |2,401,186 |1,539,073 |1,198,935 |326,922 |2,775
Angus |4,236,548 |4,372,617 |2,499,757 |1,221,795 |181,321 |0
Dundee |7,740,698 |8,602,017 |5,285,879 |1,820,168 |0 |0
Perth and Kinross |3,502,848 |3,118,176 |1,309,294 |0 |0 |0
Orkney |1,074,091 |1,103,278 |1,082,222 |852,422 |731,864 |779,233
Shetland |2,099,598 |1,889,843 |2,624,591 |2,654,652 |2,409,052 |2,764,219
Western Isles |1,016,718 |1,247,658 |1,267,392 |1,358,959 |1,723,845 |1,863,547
1985-86 to 1991-92
£
Area |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
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Scotland |64,178,219|44,469,760|41,917,523|54,631,469|65,296,686|57,963,694|55,435,945
Berwickshire |446,429 |201,135 |225,306 |91,417 |48,841 |0 |0
Ettrick and Lauderdale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Roxburgh |1,306,156 |951,730 |1,115,301 |1,124,908 |1,339,141 |1,321,472 |1,139,087
Tweeddale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Clackmannan |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Falkirk |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |91,878
Stirling |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |132,696
Annandale and Eskdale |1,759,500 |1,382,490 |1,337,917 |1,557,353 |1,684,048 |1,504,110 |1,288,127
Nithsdale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Stewartry |343,400 |253,704 |386,158 |413,062 |509,240 |436,944 |175,842
Wigtown |95,565 |0 |265,382 |410,486 |551,246 |600,795 |455,431
Dunfermline |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Kirkcaldy |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
North East Fife |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Aberdeen |2,260,303 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Banff and Buchan |1,599,685 |558,241 |617,681 |246,862 |136,883 |0 |0
Gordon |1,800,235 |1,838,802 |2,723,337 |3,276,799 |3,788,264 |3,792,482 |3,808,288
Kincardine and Deeside |942,305 |779,199 |1,267,315 |1,617,844 |1,922,521 |1,882,382 |1,828,221
Moray |1,509,258 |682,537 |982,346 |614,211 |528,935 |0 |0
Badenoch and Strathspey |497,879 |388,218 |462,702 |384,299 |393,499 |386,736 |330,314
Caithness |750,997 |663,077 |759,297 |1,012,850 |1,229,421 |1,330,831 |1,249,076
Inverness |1,510,450 |1,033,853 |1,157,218 |1,370,584 |1,949,824 |1,934,977 |1,657,779
Lochaber |1,398,166 |1,441,327 |1,396,801 |1,800,599 |2,148,759 |2,398,530 |2,463,394
Nairn |218,689 |181,633 |209,500 |274,618 |344,628 |350,804 |306,917
Ross and Cromarty |3,474,516 |3,178,298 |3,339,315 |3,793,708 |4,154,244 |4,231,891 |4,159,560
Skye and Lochalsh |467,318 |586,754 |789,606 |985,932 |1,203,495 |1,303,836 |1,343,234
Sutherland |518,431 |522,874 |643,801 |796,808 |969,864 |1,006,044 |992,735
East Lothian |23,235 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Edinburgh |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |526,144
Midlothian |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
West Lothian |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Argyll and Bute |2,155,278 |1,373,972 |1,709,251 |1,586,284 |1,775,900 |1,041,664 |618,210
Bearsden and Milngavie |0 |0 |51,224 |124,971 |278,995 |317,125 |301,748
Clydebank |1,778,773 |804,237 |786,456 |1,031,201 |1,010,546 |650,646 |438,557
Clydesdale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cumnock and Doon Valley |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cunninghame |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |7,774
Dumbarton |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
East Kilbride |0 |0 |63,514 |33,496 |0 |0 |61,626
Eastwood |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8,108
Glasgow |32,675,646|21,891,239|15,116,893|24,660,513|30,697,621|24,536,123|22,687,417
Hamilton |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Inverclyde |562,537 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |153,317
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2,382
Kyle and Carrick |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Motherwell |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Renfrew |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |28,488
Strathkelvin |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Angus |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Dundee |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Perth and Kinross |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |29,303
Orkney |804,942 |684,343 |743,450 |850,377 |776,917 |783,399 |639,138
Shetland |2,778,672 |2,934,933 |3,172,405 |3,677,667 |4,112,702 |4,395,805 |4,603,666
Western Isles |2,171,685 |2,137,164 |2,595,347 |2,894,620 |3,741,152 |3,757,098 |3,907,490
Housing Support Grant
(at 1991-92 prices)
1978-80 to 1984-85
£
Area |1979-80 |1980-81 |1981-82 |1982-83 |1983-84 |1984-84
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Scotland |489,898,990|442,711,365|286,432,072|172,838,333|113,889,733|100,986,013
Berwickshire |2,994,725 |2,535,357 |1,837,050 |1,133,546 |1,024,478 |731,433
Ettrick and Lauderdale |3,962,020 |3,402,299 |2,042,848 |912,787 |589,567 |161,163
Roxburgh |3,981,492 |3,824,929 |2,719,769 |1,925,559 |1,989,834 |1,901,865
Tweeddale |663,933 |554,394 |192,939 |0 |0 |0
Clackmannan |4,247,553 |3,528,392 |2,271,608 |1,139,164 |71,081 |0
Falkirk |18,267,560 |14,509,648 |7,834,959 |2,468,382 |0 |0
Stirling |4,430,168 |3,717,361 |1,798,493 |2,205,549 |32,257 |0
Annandale and Eskdale |2,512,011 |2,817,111 |2,252,119 |2,291,202 |2,485,189 |2,513,730
Nithsdale |2,635,046 |1,756,101 |177 |0 |0 |0
Stewartry |1,259,812 |1,312,073 |959,855 |681,881 |654,651 |539,546
Wigtown |2,402,626 |2,240,387 |1,358,254 |747,175 |403,102 |300,977
Dunfermline |12,376,843 |11,793,873 |4,953,854 |1,128,407 |0 |0
Kirkcaldy |14,470,337 |12,610,515 |5,444,095 |1,150,121 |0 |0
North East Fife |3,641,217 |3,228,458 |1,732,990 |1,369,713 |488,779 |131,361
Aberdeen |22,381,522 |20,822,382 |16,867,410 |11,711,257 |5,880,675 |4,587,969
Banff and Buchan |11,400,390 |10,662,053 |7,684,698 |5,461,147 |3,847,936 |2,919,982
Gordon |6,559,408 |5,549,963 |4,209,095 |3,701,183 |2,669,607 |2,915,359
Kincardine and Deeside |2,995,090 |2,664,674 |1,651,342 |1,351,064 |1,534,930 |1,283,227
Moray |9,727,922 |8,540,065 |6,284,617 |3,802,237 |3,137,376 |2,689,627
Badenoch and Strathspey |948,322 |912,243 |770,557 |834,824 |813,998 |732,172
Caithness |2,827,815 |2,026,260 |1,550,045 |1,350,190 |1,293,922 |1,241,451
Inverness |5,650,629 |4,507,593 |2,885,960 |2,271,644 |1,959,816 |1,961,002
Lochaber |4,270,459 |3,541,045 |3,208,181 |2,285,447 |2,106,869 |1,841,809
Nairn |734,823 |682,226 |445,824 |340,386 |419,011 |341,247
Ross and Cromarty |8,928,962 |8,244,933 |7,429,793 |5,770,531 |4,881,660 |4,870,633
Skye and Lochalsh |786,798 |666,962 |560,386 |522,497 |510,476 |593,484
Sutherland |1,549,410 |1,414,587 |918,769 |789,491 |704,328 |703,158
East Lothian |10,844,729 |9,821,338 |5,582,779 |3,435,624 |1,658,605 |589,541
Edinburgh |25,870,994 |24,284,936 |13,922,545 |3,845,360 |0 |0
Midlothian |8,027,573 |6,468,795 |3,169,696 |1,497,813 |0 |0
West Lothian |10,687,449 |9,304,503 |3,860,404 |0 |0 |0
Argyll and Bute |7,830,370 |6,917,988 |4,974,421 |4,571,372 |4,033,146 |3,469,228
Bearsden and Milngavie |1,067,211 |889,274 |342,496 |0 |0 |0
Clydebank |8,146,584 |7,823,664 |5,812,153 |3,637,068 |2,929,376 |2,666,351
Clydesdale |4,230,519 |3,204,706 |1,023,436 |0 |0 |0
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |1,556,095 |1,300,582 |208,344 |0 |0 |0
Cumnock and Doon Valley |4,551,942 |3,516,607 |1,450,254 |276,175 |0 |0
Cunninghame |11,020,822 |9,034,449 |4,855,546 |1,231,023 |0 |0
Dumbarton |6,882,273 |5,442,034 |2,083,591 |0 |0 |0
East Kilbride |751,433 |660,156 |173,487 |0 |0 |0
Eastwood |648,538 |589,423 |27,355 |0 |0 |0
Glasgow |95,262,050 |96,007,419 |78,020,790 |61,602,511 |51,084,422 |48,485,319
Hamilton |11,387,188 |9,730,016 |5,738,611 |2,550,444 |189,169 |0
Inverclyde |12,862,204 |11,913,563 |7,860,873 |5,035,285 |2,944,915 |1,747,132
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |8,229,612 |8,087,126 |3,336,610 |492,806 |0 |0
Kyle and Carrick |10,152,261 |8,442,529 |4,967,532 |1,505,565 |707,241 |0
Monklands |10,562,920 |8,457,698 |7,522,690 |5,323,149 |2,692,346 |2,938,971
Motherwell |18,181,001 |15,894,977 |10,151,137 |5,445,424 |1,637,908 |0
Renfrew |14,890,312 |12,747,899 |3,867,732 |0 |0 |0
Strathkelvin |4,490,762 |4,658,336 |2,722,915 |1,980,467 |516,155 |4,169
Angus |9,725,776 |8,482,941 |4,422,548 |2,018,228 |286,275 |0
Dundee |17,770,197 |16,688,040 |9,351,731 |3,006,654 |0 |0
Perth and Kinross |8,041,433 |6,049,307 |2,316,392 |0 |0 |0
Orkney |2,465,774 |2,140,376 |1,914,658 |1,408,078 |1,155,490 |1,170,811
Shetland |4,820,014 |3,666,323 |4,643,404 |4,385,100 |3,803,486 |4,153,285
Western Isles |2,334,063 |2,420,475 |2,242,259 |2,244,803 |2,721,660 |2,800,011
1985-86 to 1991-92
£
Area |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
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Scotland |91,449,m321|61,271,680 |54,771,953 |66,528,817 |74,751,220 |61,441,270 |55,435,945
Berwickshire |636,129 |277,129 |294,398 |111,325 |55,913 |0 |0
Ettrick and Lauderdale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Roxburgh |1,861,178 |1,311,320 |1,457,319 |1,369,884 |1,533,040 |1,400,755 |1,139,087
Tweeddale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Clackmannan |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Falkirk |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |91,878
Stirling |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |132,696
Annandale and Eskdale |2,507,160 |1,904,833 |1,748,203 |1,896,505 |1,927,887 |1,594,350 |1,288,127
Nithsdale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Stewartry |489,320 |349,560 |504,577 |503,016 |582,975 |463,159 |175,842
Wigtown |136,173 |0 |346,764 |499,879 |631,063 |636,840 |455,431
Dunfermline |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Kirkcaldy |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
North East Fife |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Aberdeen |3,220,768 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Banff and Buchan |2,279,435 |769,160 |807,099 |300,622 |156,703 |0 |0
Gordon |2,565,205 |2,533,553 |3,558,476 |3,990,403 |4,336,780 |4,020,015 |3,808,288
Kincardine and Deeside |1,342,716 |1,073,602 |1,655,950 |1,970,169 |2,200,890 |1,995,317 |1,828,221
Moray |2,150,584 |940,419 |1,283,592 |747,971 |605,521 |0 |0
Badenoch and Strathspey |709,442 |534,898 |604,594 |467,990 |450,475 |409,939 |330,314
Caithness |1,070,116 |913,606 |992,143 |1,233,423 |1,407,433 |1,410,675 |1,249,076
Inverness |2,152,282 |1,424,472 |1,512,091 |1,669,062 |2,232,146 |2,051,067 |1,657,779
Lochaber |1,992,285 |1,985,901 |1,825,144 |2,192,724 |2,459,885 |2,542,432 |2,463,394
Nairn |311,616 |250,259 |273,745 |334,423 |394,528 |371,851 |306,917
Ross and Cromarty |4,950,934 |4,379,148 |4,363,349 |4,619,881 |4,755,751 |4,485,787 |4,159,560
Skye and Lochalsh |665,894 |808,446 |1,031,747 |1,200,643 |1,377,753 |1,382,061 |1,343,234
Sutherland |738,727 |720,430 |841,229 |970,333 |1,110,294 |1,066,402 |992,735
East Lothian |33,108 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Edinburgh |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |526,144
Midlothian |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
West Lothian |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Argyll and Bute |3,071,115 |1,893,097 |2,233,410 |1,931,736 |2,033,039 |1,104,159 |618,210
Bearsden and Milngavie |0 |0 |66,932 |152,187 |319,392 |336,151 |301,748
Clydebank |2,534,623 |1,108,100 |1,027,631 |1,255,770 |1,156,866 |689,682 |438,557
Clydesdale |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cumnock and Doon Valley |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cunninghame |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |7,774
Dumbarton |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
East Kilbride |0 |0 |82,991 |40,791 |0 |0 |61,626
Eastwood |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8,108
Glasgow |46,560,433 |30,162,362 |19,752,640 |30,030,947 |35,142,436 |26,008,186 |22,687,417
Hamilton |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Inverclyde |801,575 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |153,317
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2,382
Kyle and Carrick |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Monklands |467,617 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Motherwell |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Renfrew |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |28,488
Strathkelvin |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Angus |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Dundee |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Perth and Kinross |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |29,303
Orkney |1,146,984 |942,907 |971,436 |1,035,568 |889,410 |830,400 |639,138
Shetland |3,959,407 |4,043,833 |4,145,255 |4,478,570 |4,708,194 |4,659,535 |4,603,666
Western Isles |3,094,494 |2,944,644 |3,391,236 |3,524,995 |4,282,846 |3,982,508 |3,907,490
DEFENCE
Research Grants
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total amount of money spent on the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme in each financial year since 1985 and how much of this was spent specifically by the Ministry of Defence.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The annual expenditure by the Ministry of Defence on the Joint Research Council/MOD research grants scheme in each financial year since 1985 is as follows :
|£
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1985-86 |nil
1986-87 |110,559
1987-88 |870,654
1988-89 |2,078,082
1989-90 |3,256,617
1990-91 |<1>5,250,000
<1> Estimate.
The amount of research council commitment is a matter for the councils themselves.
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the areas of research identified as high priority under the directed mode component of the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : To date the scheme has operated in responsive mode only.
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many research grants currently exist under the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme ; how many universities and polytechnics currently hold these grants ; and what is their total value.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : There are currently 426 Joint RC/MOD research grants involving 61 universities and polytechnics. The total MOD contribution to these awards amounts to £20.5 million.
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Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many research grants have been awarded under the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme in each financial year since 1985 ;
(2) how many research grants have been awarded in each financial year since 1985 under the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme specifically in conjunction with (a) the Science and Engineering Research Council, (b) the Medical Research Council, (c) Natural Environment Research Council (d) Agricultural and Food Research Council and (e) Economic and Social Research Council.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The figures requested are as follows. No joint grant awards have been made with the Agricultural and Food Research Council.
Year |SERC |NERC |ESRC |MRC |Total ----------------------------------------------- 1985-86 |- |- |- |- |- 1986-87 |65 |5 |- |- |70 1987-88 |35 |7 |- |- |42 1988-89 |73 |6 |- |3 |82 1989-90 |141 |6 |5 |1 |153 <1>1990-91 |83 |1 |1 |1 |86 <1> To date.
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money the Ministry of Defence originally planned to spend on the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme in each financial year since 1985.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : It was envisaged that MOD funding to the scheme would build up progressively to some £5 million per annum.
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to which of the Science and Engineering Research Council's interdisciplinary research centres his Department has providing funding ; what amount of funding has been provided ; and for what purpose.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The Ministry of Defence currently provides funding to one of the Science and
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Engineering Research Council's interdisciplinary research centres. It is not our policy to give further details of these arrangements.Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of the Ministry of Defence's research establishments have been involved in the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The following have been involved : Admiralty Research Establishment
Atomic Weapons Establishment
Chemical Defence Establishment
Royal Aerospace Establishment
Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment
Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
Stores and Clothing Research and Development Establishment Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what links there have been in the last three years between the Ministry of Defence and the research councils.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : Contributions are made to grants for work of relevance to defence under the Joint Research Council/Ministry of Defence research grants scheme. Also the MOD and the Science and Engineering Research Council co-fund awards to certain students who are jointly supervised by their university and the defence research establishments. MOD staff sit as members or assessors on certain research council committees and panels.
Machrihanish Air Base
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement regarding the future of the Machrihanish air base.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : There are no plans to change the role of RAF Machrihanish for the foreseeable future. It is established to support United States Navy maritime patrol operations in war.
Low Flying
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of low-flying activity over the United Kingdom since 1 October 1990 has been carried out by foreign air forces other than those of the United States.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : Between 1 October 1990 and 31 December 1991 (the most recent date for which statistics are available) flights by foreign aircraft, other than those of the United States Air Force based in this country, represented under 1 per cent. of the total number of flights in the United Kingdom low flying system.
AWE Aldermaston
Sir Michaeal McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what amounts of untreated nuclear waste are currently being stored at atomic weapons establishment Aldermaston ; how soon a safe disposal site will be found for it ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : MOD policy is to dispose of radioactive waste via nationally available disposal routes wherever reasonably practicable. However for certain categories of waste, MOD, like the civil nuclear industry
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awaits the availability of a safe national disposal site such as the deep repository being planned by UK Nirex Ltd. for operation in 2005. Until that time, MOD is following the practice adopted by most nuclear sites in the United Kingdom of storing waste for which there is no current disposal route at the site where it is produced. About 2,000 cu m of untreated radioactive waste are currently stored at the atomic weapons establishment at Aldermaston, pending the availability of the deep repository. It is stored in closed containers in purpose-built facilities which are subject to regular monitoring and surveillance, and it constitutes no danger to the public, the work force or the environment. Treatment of waste is only performed when it is clear that this will result in a waste form which is likely to be acceptable for disposal.Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the routine site management at atomic weapons establishment Aldermaston and particularly on safety checks ; and if he will publish the manpower target for the establishment and its current staff total.
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