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Feu Redemption
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what information he has concerning the current average cost of feu redemption ; and whether he has any plans to abolish such a charge ; (2) if he has any plans to review the law on feu redemption.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Information about costs of feu duty redemption is not held centrally. Before considering whether any legislation on this question is desirable, my right hon. Friend proposes to await the recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission on completion of its current major review of property law in Scotland.
Housing
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next expects to meet the Scottish Homes board to discuss progress being made in the proposed disposal of former Scottish Special Housing Association houses in the Borders region in terms of the voluntary disposal procedures in the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have no plans to do so.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether, in the event of the disposal of the former SSHA houses in the Borders region being rejected in whole or in part, by a majority of the tenants or by himself, he would require to give his consent to any proposed agents to factor any properties remaining in the possession of Scottish Homes ;
(2) if he will allow local authorities to be considered as appropriate bodies to compete to act as agents of Scottish Homes in any future factoring arrangements on expiry of exisiting contractual arrangements of Scottish Homes properties in the Borders region ; (3) what instructions he will give to Scottish Homes in terms of future factoring arrangements for former SSHA housing stock in the Borders region ;
(4) if he will make a statement on how he intends to exercise his powers in section 3A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, relative to his consent being required for Scottish Homes appointing other persons to act as its agents.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : In terms of Scottish Homes (Powers) General Authority 1989, a general authority given by my right hon. Friend in terms of section 2(3)(a) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, Scottish Homes may appoint such agents as it considers necessary, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit and reasonable. The general authority does not, however, authorise Scottish Homes to appoint agents to manage houses where the cost of doing so is greater than if Scottish Homes managed those houses without an agent.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 5 March, Official Report, column 142, if he will publish the revised timetable for the proposed disposal of former SSHA housing stock in the Borders region including the time for Scottish Homes to process proposals to purchase stock.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. Friend has asked Scottish Homes to publish the proposed timetable and expects it to do so during May.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now reconsider his policy of proscribing tenants choice of landlord in relation to the public sector ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. Friend has no plans to amend the relevant legislation.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 5 March, Official Report, column 144, if he will now publish the safeguards he will insist upon as a condition of his consent to a voluntary transfer of housing stock under the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 in protecting the interests of tenants against any private sector or voluntary sector landlord who is subsequently made bankrupt or goes into liquidation.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have nothing to add to my reply of 5 March.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether multi-option ballots are to be allowed to be put to tenants under the voluntary disposals of former SSHA housing stock in the Borders region in terms of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : In the guidance which my right hon. Friend has given to Scottish Homes there is nothing which prevents the agency from putting forward two or more options to the ballot stage for consideration by tenants. I understand that it remains Scottish Homes' intention, however, that at each ballot only one proposal for change will be put to the tenants.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is yet in a position to publish details of the burdens and other heritable conditions to be determined by Scottish Homes which are to be inserted in the title deeds of the heritable properties to be disposed of under the voluntary disposals of former Scottish Special Housing Association housing stock in the Borders region in terms of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 ; what specific heritable conditions will be imposed to protect and safeguard future tenants ; and what powers he has to vary any such conditions.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : As stated in my reply of 5 March, these properties are owned by Scottish Homes
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and which, if any, burdens or other heritable conditions are imposed on the stock to be transferred is a matter for the agency. My right hon. Friend has no powers to vary any such conditions, although he may take these into account in the giving or withholding of his consent to any disposal.Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 5 March, Official Report, column 144, regarding the valuation system to be adopted in any large-scale voluntary transfer of housing stock, what procedures are to be put in place to decide what condition the stock is in and who will arbitrate in the event of a dispute about the valuation of the necessary remedial work.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : In terms of Scottish Homes' published procedures, the agency itself will undertake a current survey of the properties so that the condition can be established. As stated in my answer of 5 March, the district valuer will be invited to assess the market value of the stock. This valuation will be on the basis of open market value subject to existing tenancies with account being taken of the condition of the stock. Negotiations on the offers made by prospective landlords will be a matter for Scottish Homes.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what power he has to ensure that former SSHA tenants, currently holding tenancies with Scottish Homes, will continue to be the subject to affordable levels of rent in the event of being transferred to another private or voluntary sector landlord under the voluntary disposal of stock provisions in the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The basis for determining future rents will form part of the overall proposal which will be put to tenants in the ballot which will precede the approval of any such disposal. Future rental increases will be determined by the provisions of the tenancy agreement and in the case of dispute will be subject to the arrangements for rental increases under assured tenancies under the provisions of sections 24 and 25 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988. These provisions allow the tenant to refer the prescribed notice of increase in rent to the rent assessment committee for determination.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what level of financial support he expects to pay to private sector landlords acquiring former SSHA housing stock in the Borders region in terms of the voluntary disposal provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 ; and what financial support will be provided to cover elements of any management costs involved in making the successful bid to purchase.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Scottish Homes would be responsible for the consideration and payment of any request for financial support from a private sector landlord. It would be for the agency to consider, in the first instance, the elements of costs which might be assisted. In terms of section 3(a) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, any proposal by Scottish Homes to provide financial support would require the approval of my right hon. Friend given with the consent of Treasury. Before granting that approval, he would wish to be assured that the assistance would be in accordance with his and Scottish
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Homes' policy objectives and would provide value for the public funds involved, relative to the competing demands for those funds.Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to ensure that any tenants of Scottish Homes who do not wish to transfer to the private sector, in terms of the voluntary disposal of former SSHA houses in Borders region under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 will be permitted to remain as tenants of Scottish Homes.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : No. However, my right hon. Friend will withhold his consent to any disposal if he is not satisfied that the interests of tenants have been fully protected and he will give his consent only if a majority of those replying to the ballot are in favour of the proposal put to them.
In the guidance which he issued to Scottish Homes in February 1991, my right hon. Friend asked Scottish Homes to ensure that tenants are advised of their rights and of all the opportunities available to them, as soon as possible after Scottish Homes' initial clearance of any case put to it for disposal. He will wish to ensure that advice has been given to tenants before giving his consent.
Breast Cancer Screening
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the mobile breast cancer screening programme to be fully operational ; and what is the total budget allowed for the programme in 1991-92.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The programme will be fully operational by August and the total budget for 1991-92 is £3.346 million.
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps have been taken to advertise and publicise the mobile breast cancer screening units which are currently operational in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The arrangements for advertising and publicity are made by the health boards in consultation with the screening units. Publicity will be given prior to a visit by a screening unit to a local area and can take the form of a local or national press notice, local radio and television. In addition promotional seminars for the primary health care teams are held by the screening unit about one month in advance of a scheduled visit. Information leaflets about the breast screening service in Scotland have been placed in all GP surgeries, in community centres and libraries.
Fish Farms
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration he is giving to the problems of eider duck and golden-eye duck devouring substantial quantities of young mussels and other products on fish and shellfish farms.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Consumption of young shellfish by eider ducks or golden-eye ducks is known to occur at some shellfish farms. Licences can be issued by my right hon. Friend, under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, to shoot protected birds where that is necessary to prevent serious damage. So far no application for a licence to shoot these or other species of protected bird has been made in respect of a marine shellfish or fish farm.
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Advice on non-lethal methods of deterring predation by these ducks at shellfish farms is being prepared by the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland in conjuction with the Association of Shelfish Growers and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. This advice will take account of the findings on such predation carried out by Aberdeen university department of zoology and commissioned by the HIDB and the Scottish Office.Vacation Hardship Allowance
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much was paid out in vacation hardship allowance in 1989-90 in Scotland ;
(2) how many students received vacation hardship allowance in 1989-90 in Scotland.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A total of £3,860.60 was paid in vacation hardship allowances to 14 students during academic session 1989-90.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the unemployment rate in Scotland.
Mr. Allan Stewart : In February 1991, the Scottish seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent. of the work force.
Property Development
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now relax the rules about the Scottish Enterprise or local enterprise companies only being property developers of last resort.
Mr. Allan Stewart : No. The right approach is to promote and, where appropriate, assist private sector develolpment and the normal functioning of the industrial property market in Scotland. There is no case for the use of public money to finance property development in cases where the private sector would be prepared to make the necessary provision.
Temporary Sheriffs
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current daily rate paid to a temporary sheriff sitting in the sheriff court in Scotland.
Mr. Lang : The current daily rate effective from 1 April 1991 is £212.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many temporary sheriffs were employed in the Scottish courts for more than 80 per cent. of the available court sitting days in each of the last three years.
Mr. Lang : The information is set out in the table :
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Year --------------- 1988 |0 1989 |0 1990 |3
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many temporary sheriffs hold commission to serve in sheriff courts in Scotland ; how many sessions were put in by temporary sheriff courts for the latest period for which figures are available in Scotland ; and what was the cost to his Department.
Mr. Lang : Ninety-three temporary sheriffs currently hold a commission to serve. Between 1 March 1990 and 28 February 1991, temporary sheriffs sat on 4,300 occasions at a cost of approximately £1,100,000.
Primary Schools (National Testing)
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many representations he has received on national testing in primary schools ; and how many were for his proposals and how many against.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : To date 1,100 representations have been received covering a complete spectrum of views on testing.
School Inspections
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what are the intended and actual frequencies of inspection by Her Majesty's inspectors of schools in Scotland for (a) nursery schools, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) further education colleges, (e) centrally-funded institutions, (f) community education services and (g) other services ;
(2) how the frequency of inspection by Her Majesty's inspectors has altered for various categories of educational institution since 1979.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 4 February 1991] : Each year a management plan for Her Majesty's inspectorate is agreed with the Secretary of State. This establishes a programme of inspections which will provide the necessary information on an agreed range of issues from a balanced sample of schools. The inspections vary in nature, from full inspections which examine all aspects of the work of an institution and lead to a published report on the institution, to more limited selective inspections which focus on a particular issue and may contribute to a published or an internal report. The configuration of the inspection programme therefore varies in accordance with the issues under investigation.
Publication of reports on full inspections began in 1983 and the numbers of reports on institutions published since then are as follows :
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Reports published
Session |Nursery |Primary |Secondary- |Special |College |Community |Total
|independent
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1983-84 |4 |112 |23 |6 |3 |3 |151
1984-85 |7 |118 |21 |9 |1 |2 |158
1985-86 |9 |112 |24 |11 |4 |2 |162
1986-87 |11 |116 |26 |6 |2 |2 |163
1987-88 |10 |113 |23 |4 |4 |3 |157
1988-89 |9 |86 |20 |6 |2 |2 |125
1989-90 |6 |69 |18 |4 |2 |1 |100
The reduction in the number of full inspections in 1988-89 and 1989-90 was to accommodate an increase in surveys of aspects of education and other priority work undertaken by the inspectorate. There has been a corresponding increase in the rate of publication of aspect reports in recent years. In 1988-89 16 of these were published, and 22 in 1989-90, compared to an average of six per session in earlier years.
Bathing Water
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the amounts of loans received from the European investment bank in each of the past three years which were used for the improvement of river and bathing water quality.
Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1991] : No loans from the European investment bank for this purpose were received in Scotland during 1988 to 1990.
Local Government Finance
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the anticipated income for each local authority in Scotland for 1991-92 from (a) aggregate external finance and (b) community charges.
Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1991] : The figures are shown in the table.
|Aggregate|Total CC
|External |Income
|Finance
|£ 000 |£ 000
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Borders |79,835 |17,667
Central |182,112 |54,602
Dumfries & Galloway |112,446 |26,385
Fife |240,865 |75,373
Grampian |346,160 |83,647
Highland |184,082 |36,917
Lothian |479,248 |212,866
Strathclyde |1,693,546|434,203
Tayside |280,835 |81,108
Berwickshire |1,484 |555
Ettrick & Lauderdale |2,789 |1,318
Roxburgh |3,121 |1,311
Tweeddale |1,226 |516
Clackmannan |5,122 |3,758
Falkirk |13,365 |4,988
Stirling |9,703 |6,198
Annandale & Eskdale |2,530 |1,919
Nithsdale |4,339 |2,846
Stewartry |1,605 |925
Wigtown |2,554 |1,422
Dunfermline |11,592 |6,915
Kirkcaldy |12,336 |8,162
North East Fife |6,399 |4,214
Aberdeen City |26,209 |16,940
Banff & Buchan |7,183 |4,045
Gordon |6,039 |2,734
Kincardine & Deeside |3,766 |1,184
Moray |7,159 |2,669
Badenoch & Strathspey |938 |368
Caithness |2,338 |659
Inverness |5,022 |1,507
Lochaber |2,224 |943
Nairn |796 |279
Ross & Cromarty |5,761 |2,148
Skye & Lochalsh |1,684 |405
Sutherland |1,470 |506
East Lothian |8,810 |5,384
Edinburgh City |59,443 |41,209
Midlothian |7,157 |4,474
West Lothian |12,961 |5,901
Argyll & Bute |10,224 |4,831
Bearsden & Milngavie |3,497 |2,366
Clydebank |6,891 |3,993
Clydesdale |5,694 |3,944
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth |5,204 |2,795
Cumnock & Doon Valley |4,197 |2,130
Cunninghame |14,601 |10,456
Dumbarton |7,423 |7,723
East Kilbride |5,637 |6,735
Eastwood |4,272 |2,070
Glasgow City |135,736 |54,606
Hamilton |10,545 |7,424
Inverclyde |10,830 |5,585
Kilmarnock & Loudoun |7,232 |4,458
Kyle & Carrick |10,697 |9,700
Monklands |12,887 |7,440
Motherwell |16,041 |8,011
Renfrew |22,061 |15,857
Strathkelvin |8,797 |6,142
Angus |8,069 |3,842
Dundee City |23,459 |12,316
Perth & Kinross |11,913 |5,725
Orkney |24,566 |2,027
Shetland |54,719 |2,399
Western Isles |53,017 |3,624
Footnotes
1. The Community charge income figures shown are
local
authorities' own budgeted estimates for 1991-92 of
community charge
receipts from personal, collective and standard
charges, inclusive of
community charge benefits and receipts from the
transitional relief
and community charge reduction schemes. They
accordingly reflect
the position before the decision to increase the
level of central
government support for local authorities and to
reduce all 1991-92
personal community charges by £ 140.
2. Aggregate External Finance includes revenue
support grant,
estimated non-domestic rate income and estimated
specific grants for
each authority. An additional £ 47.2 million of
specific grant relating
to the urban programme expenditure has not yet been
allocated to
individual authorities.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were (a) gross local authority revenue expenditure, (b) net local authority revenue expenditure, (c) rate support grant/revenue support grant, (d) local authority income from non-domestic rates and (e) local authority income from domestic rates/community charges at constant prices for each year from 1978-79 to 1991-92.
Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1991] : The information is set out in the table :
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|(1) |(2) |(3) |(4) |(5)
|Gross revenue |Net revenue |RSG |Non-domestic |Domestic rates/
|expenditure |expenditure |rate income |Community
charge income
|£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million
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1978-79 |4,692.9 |4,309.5 |2,625.4 |974.0 |520.7
1979-80 |4,921.4 |4,532.9 |2,583.3 |989.6 |523.5
1980-81 |5,111.5 |4,771.9 |2,651.2 |1,134.8 |607.5
1981-82 |5,218.3 |4,835.1 |2,519.9 |1,391.2 |768.0
1982-83 |5,273.8 |4,875.9 |2,540.7 |1,445.9 |816.1
1983-84 |5,323.8 |4,908.1 |2,555.0 |1,387.1 |772.2
1984.85 |5,299.6 |4,869.5 |2,364.7 |1,373.2 |784.4
1985-86 |5,184.7 |4,756.9 |2,278.7 |1,372.5 |853.5
1986-87 |5,316.0 |4,881.5 |2,148.5 |1,437.5 |911.2
1987-88 |5,394.8 |4,943.2 |2,212.3 |1,524.5 |991.3
1988-89 |5,469.5 |4,961.3 |2,289.7 |1,510.5 |994.6
1989-90 |n/a |5,021.4 |2,414.7 |1,313.5 |1,059.2
1990-91 |n/a |5,131.9 |2,495.3 |1,189.0 |1,062.1
1991-92 |n/a |5,243.6 |2,615.5 |1,298.1 |1,266.8
Notes:
1. Gross revenue expenditure figures are only obtained from local authorities in Local Financial Returns (
LFRS). The LFR is for 1988-89.
2. The figures in column 2 are taken from LFRS to 1988-89, Final Outturn returns for 1989-90, Provisional
Outturn returns for 1990-91
and Budget Estimate returns for 1991-92.
3. In column 3 the figures represent the redetermined amounts of rate and revenue support grant where
appropriate.
4. The figures in column 4 are Final Outturn to 1988-89. For 1989-90 to 1991-92 the figures represent the
Non-Domestic Rate Income
estimated by the Department as part of AEF.
5. In column 5 the figures are Final Outturn to 1988-89 and Provisional Outturn for 1990-91. The 1991-92 figure
shown is the total of local
authorities' own budgeted estimates. It reflects the position before the decision to increase the level of
central government support for local
authorities and to reduce all 1991-92 personal community charges by £ 140.
6. All figures have been converted to real terms by means of the Treasury GDP deflator (March 1991). All years
are at 1990-91.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the anticipated net local authority revenue expenditure and gross local authority revenue expenditure for 1991-92 for (a) all regional council services, (b) education, (c) police and fire services, (d) social work, (e) roads and transport, (f) loan charges attributable to regional services, (g) all district council services, (h) leisure and recreation services, (i) loan
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charges attributable to district council non -housing services, (j) cleansing services, (k) libraries and museums and (l) environmental health services.Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1991] : The only information at present available to my Department in relation to expenditure in 1991-92 is based on local authorities' budget estimate returns. These show that authorities plan expenditure on services supported by aggregate external finance and personal, collective and standard community charges as follows :
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|Column 1 |Column 2 |Total columns 1 and 2
|Revenue expenditure |Loan and leasing charges
|£ million |£ million |£ million
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(a) |All regional services |4,117.7 |474.7 |4,592.4
(b) |Education<1> |2,278.8 |167.5 |2,446.4
(c) |Police and Fire services<1> |598.4 |30.2 |628.6
(d) |Social Work<1> |631.2 |39.9 |671.1
(e) |Roads and Transport<1> |393.0 |193.6 |586.5
(f) |Loan Charges (Regions) |- |474.7 |-
(g) |All district services |691.4 |188.1 |879.5
(h) |Leisure and Recreation<2> |254.4 |55.2 |309.6
(i) |Non-housing district loan charges |- |188.1 |-
(j) |Cleansing services<3> |164.8 |16.4 |181.2
(k) |Libraries and Museums and Art Galleries <2> <4>|93.8 |13.0 |106.8
(l) |Environmental Health services<2> |50.5 |3.2 |53.8
<1> Figures include Regional and Island authority expenditure.
<2> Figures include Regional, Island and District authority expenditure.
<3> Figures include Island and District authority expenditure.
<4> Figures include expenditure on Art Galleries as well as Museums as separate figures for these two services.
Manufacturing Industry
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total investment in manufacturing industry in Scotland in each year since 1974.
Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1991] : The table shows estimates of capital investment in terms of net capital expenditure for manufacturing industry in Scotland between 1974 and 1988, the latest year for which figures are available.
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Scottish net capital expenditure for manufacturing
industry
Net capital expenditure
£ million current prices
Year |Orders III to|Divs 2-4
|XIX SIC |SIC 1980
|1968
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1974 |310 |-
1975 |426 |-
1976 |465 |-
1977 |493 |-
1978 |551 |-
1979 |597 |589
1980 |- |654
1981 |- |617
1982 |- |542
1983 |- |491
1984 |- |623
1985 |- |866
1986 |- |777
1987 |- |736
1988 |- |1,026
Source: Annual Census of Production.
Note: From 1988 contributors to the Annual Census of
Production
were asked to include as capital expenditure the value
of assets
acquired under financial leasing arrangements.
Industry (Fixed Capital)
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the gross domestic fixed capital formation for (a) all industries and (b) manufacturing industry in Scotland in each year since 1978.
Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1991] : The information requested is given in the table, covering 1978 to 1988, the latest years for which data are available.
Gross domestic fixed capital formation in Scotland for (a) all
industries covered<1> and (b) manufacturing industry
Year |All industries |GDFCF
|covered<1>
|current prices)
|Manufacturing
|industry
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1978 |2,072 |523
1979 |2,327 |562
1980 |2,668 |645
1981 |2,575 |586
1982 |2,621 |541
1983 |2,661 |470
1984 |2,852 |597
1985 |3,130 |862
1986 |3,079 |789
1987 |3,034 |738
1988 |3,573 |951
Source: Central Statistical Office.
<1> The industries covered are Agriculture, Forestry and
Fishing,
Energy and Water Supply, Manufacturing, Transport and
Communications (excluding air and sea transport) and Dwellings.
Notes:
(1) Figures exclude leased assets and investment in land and
existing buildings.
(2) Figures after 1979 are not entirely consistent with those
for
earlier years. However, differences are thought to be small.
Carstairs Hospital
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients at the state hospital at Carstairs no longer require to be kept in secure wards and could be returned to semi-secure wards at local hospitals if they existed.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 26 March 1991] : Where patients are suitable for transfer, arrangements will be made for this to take place.
Local Authority Expenditure
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish an analysis, comparable with table 5.7 of Cm. 1520, showing that local authority expenditure in Scotland which falls outside expenditure within his own responsibility
Mr. Mellor : I have been asked to reply.
The information requested, consistent with that given in the statistical supplement to the 1990 Autumn Statement (Cm. 1520), is given in the following table.
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Local authority expenditure in Scotland on functions outside the responsibility of
the Secretary of State for Scotland
£ million
|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91
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Pay |15 |17 |18 |22 |22
Other current expenditure on |48
goods and services |10 |11 |13 |14 |14
Current grants to persons |285 |335 |386 |400 |456 |528
Net capital expenditure on
assets |2 |2 |1 |1 |1 |1
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |313 |364 |419 |438 |493 |577
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