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Security Statistics
Mr. Carttiss : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the security statistics for 1990 are now available, together with details of persons charged with terrorist type offences and convictions for scheduled offences for the year.
Dr. Mawhinney : Yes. Security statistics for 1990 are as follows. Statistics for earlier years can be obtained from the Library.
Statistics on Security (January-December 1990)
Part I-Statistics of Terrorist Activity
|Number
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Shooting Incidents |396
Explosions |167
Bombs Neutralised |120
Weight of Explosives in Kgs<1> |5,392
Explosions Neutralised |15,328
Armed Robberies |438
Malicious Fires |333
Amount Stolen |£1,728,685
Deaths:
Civilian |49
Army/UDR (8 Army/7 UDR) |15
RUC/RUC'R' (7 RUC/5 RUC'R') |12
Injuries:
Civilian |478
Army/UDR (190 Army/24 UDR) |214
RUC/RUC'R' (165 RUC/49 RUC'R') |214
<1> Estimated weight only.
Part II-statistics of security forces' activity
Dwellings searched
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Finds |Number ---------------------------------- Weapons |223 Ammunition (rounds) |22,452 Explosives (kgs) |1,968
Persons charged with terrorist-type offences
Number
Murder 18
Attempted murder 62
Firearms offences 115
Explosives offences 22
Theft Act 31
Other 132
Total 380
Part III--convictions and sentences for scheduled offences Notes on the tables :
1. The offence classifications are based on those used by the Crown Court in their annual return.
2. The tables relate to persons convicted at the Belfast Crown Court. This covers all scheduled offences tried on indictment. 3. Some jury trials are included in cases where the Attorney General certified out of the scheduled mode of trial, ie non-terrorist serious offences.
4. Where a person has been convicted of more than one offence only the most serious or that which received the longest sentence is recorded in the statistics.
Persons charged with terrorist-type
offences
|Number
------------------------------------
Murder |18
Attempted murder |62
Firearms offences |115
Explosives offences |22
Theft act |31
Other |132
|-------
Total |380
Part III-convictions and sentences
for scheduled offences
Notes on the tables:
1. The offence classifications are
based on those used by the Crown
Court in their annual return.
2. The tables relate to persons
cinvicted at the Belfast Crown
Court. This covers all scheduled
offences tried on indictment.
3. Some jury trials are included in
cases where the Attorney General
certified out of the scheduled mode
of trial, ie non-terrorist serious
offences.
4. Where a person has been
convicted of more than one offence
only the most serious or that which
received the longest sentence is
recorded.
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Convictions and sentences for scheduled offences
Sentence (January to December 1990)
Offence |Number |Non- |Young |Less |5 years |7 years |10 years |15 years |20 years |Detained |Life
convicted |custodial|offenders|than |and less |and less |and less |and less |and over |SOS
1990 |sentence |centre |5 years |than |than |than |than
|training |7 years |10 years |15 years |20 years
|schools
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Murder |8 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |7
Attempted murder |10 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |5 |3 |1 |0 |0
Aid and abet murder 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Conspiracy to murder 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0
Manslaughter |4 |0 |1 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
Common assault |3 |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Assault occasioning actual
bodily harm |18 |12 |2 |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Wounding or grevious
bodily harm with intent 23 5 4 5 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
Wounding or grevious
bodily harm |14 |9 |3 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Kidnapping or false
imprisonment |3 |1 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Rape |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Arson |16 |6 |5 |2 |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Petrol bomb offences 27 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Threats to damage property 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hijacking |28 |19 |6 |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Robbery |114 |45 |15 |32 |12 |4 |3 |3 |0 |0 |0
Burglary |9 |2 |2 |1 |2 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Blackmail |5 |1 |0 |3 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Membership |6 |2 |2 |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Unlawful collection of
information |8 |3 |1 |3 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Witholding information 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributing towards
terrorism |3 |1 |1 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Possession of information
useful to terrorists 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Making property available 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riot |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Bomb hoax |3 |0 |1 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Impeding apprehension 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Conspiring to prevent the
course of justice |2 |1 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Breach of suspended
sentence |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Carrying firearm with intent 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Possession of firearm in
suspicious circumstances 12 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Possession of firearms with
intent |47 |12 |5 |3 |8 |6 |10 |3 |0 |0 |0
Possession of prohibited
weapon |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Causing explosion |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |2 |0 |0
Possession of explosives
with intent |16 |2 |0 |2 |3 |3 |4 |2 |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |440 |184 |51 |80 |35 |24 |28 |19 |4 |1 |14
Animal Carcases
Mr. Maginnis : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he has monitored, by council area, the incidence of illegal dumping of fallen animals which has had to be dealt with by individual councils ; and what are the statistics for each of the past eight months in each council area.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 18 June 1991] : District councils are being asked for the information requested and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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Mr. Maginnis : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases have been prosecuted or have prosecutions pending in relation to the illegal dumping of fallen animals during each of the past eight months.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 18 June 1991] : Records of prosecutions by district councils for the illegal dumping of fallen animals are not held centrally. However, information on such dumping including information on
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prosecutions is being sought from district councils and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible and place a copy of my letter in the Library.SCOTLAND
Labour Statistics
20. Sir Nicholas Fairbairn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were in employment in Scotland in 1979 ; and how many are now.
Mr. Allan Stewart : In December 1990, the latest date for which information is available, there were 2.27 million in the Scottish civilian work force, some 20,000 more than in December 1979.
Scottish Homes
21. Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had with Scottish Homes about the transfer of its housing stock.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : We have issued guidance to Scottish Homes regarding the disposal of its housing stock and proposals which have the agreement of tenants are subject to my approval. No proposals have yet been submitted for approval.
22. Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what funding arrangements he has made to enable Scottish Homes to meet its target of 300 new units of special needs accommodation as part of its second strategic plan.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Scottish Homes finances special needs accommodation provided by housing associations from within its traditional rented programme, which in 1990-91 was approximately £149 million.
Plant Closures, Leith
24. Mr. Ron Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from trade unions, local councils and community groups about the closure of Caledonia Mills and Scottish Agricultural Industries in Leith ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : My right hon. Friend has received no representations about Caledonia Mills. The hon. Gentleman will recall that one trade union representative attended the meeting I had with him on 20 March 1991 about Scottish Agricultural Industries--SAI. No other such representations have been received about SAI.
Lanarkshire Health Services
25. Mr. Ingram : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to improve the provision of general hospital services within the Lanarkshire health board area.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : On Friday, 7 June my right hon. Friend endorsed Lanarkshire health board's proposal in its acute services strategy to build a new 615-bed district general hospital in Wishaw at a cost of over £70 million to serve the Motherwell and Clydesdale area. The other component of the board's acute services strategy is to
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provide a new district general hospital to serve the Hamilton and East Kilbride districts by either redeveloping the existing Hairmyres hospital site or by building a new district general hospital at Blantyre.I visited Lanarkshire on Monday 17 June to see for myself the sites involved and to hear at first hand the various arguments in favour of each of the options. I shall make a further announcement as soon as possible.
Local Government Reform
26. Mr. Galloway : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has had about the constitutional arrangements between Scotland and Westminster ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : In the past six months representations received about constitutional issues have comprised 246 letters or postcards and one petition. The petition and 14 of the letters and postcards were in favour of devolution ; 222 were against devolution ; and 10 were in favour of separation.
Financial Services
27. Mr. Cran : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are currently employed in the financial services sector in Scotland.
Mr. Allan Stewart : In December 1990, the latest date for which an estimate is available, there were 184,400 employees employed in the banking, finance, insurance, business services and leasing industries in Scotland. This is some 50 per cent. higher than the number employed in the sector in 1979.
NHS Trusts
28. Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications have been submitted for self-governing trust status for hospitals and other national health service units.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Applications have been submitted by the South Ayrshire group of hospitals and by the Royal Scottish national hospital. A third application, from Foresterhill, is expected shortly.
Tourism
29. Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of overseas visitors to Scotland this year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : It is not possible at this early stage of the season to provide an accurate estimate. The Scottish tourist board expects a downturn in visitor numbers from north America but expects this to be offset by a continued increase in visitors from the EC and Japan.
Lanarkshire Working Party
30. Dr. Reid : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to publish the report of the Lanarkshire working party ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Tayside, North (Mr. Walker) on 7 June, at columns 379-82.
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University Students
31. Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest figures for full-time university students in Scotland ; and what is the proportion of women students.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : In 1989-90, the latest year available, there were 52,353 full-time students attending Scottish universities ; of these, 44 per cent. were women.
Training
32. Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next intends to meet the chairmen of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to discuss training provision in their respective areas.
Mr. Allan Stewart : My right hon. Friend, my noble Friend and I have frequent opportunities to meet the chairmen of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and to discuss a wide range of subjects, including training provision.
Primary Schools (Highlands)
33. Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on future plans for primary schools in the highlands.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The provision of primary school education in the highlands is a matter for Highland regional council as education authority.
Health Staff Morale
34. Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met the chairmen of Scottish health boards to discuss staff morale ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I last met health board chairmen on 3 May 1991.
West Coast Fishermen
35. Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received on the condition of the west coast fishing industry.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A number of representations have been received about the conservation of fish stocks on the west coast, particularly concerning access and the need to reduce pressure on nephrop stocks.
North Sea Oil
36. Mr. Salmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many official speeches he has made this year on development of North sea oil and gas reserves.
Mr. Allan Stewart : None. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I take every opportunity however to promote the importance of the North sea oil and gas industry in the course of discussions with organisations and individuals, and through press articles and interviews with the media.
Heart Bypass Operations
37. Mr. McKelvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the waiting times in Scotland for heart bypass operations ; and what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : In the year to 31 March 1991 a total of 1,515 patients received heart bypass operations. The mean waiting time was six months. I have already announced that I expect to increase funding for open heart surgery, which includes heart bypass operations, to around £19.8 million in 1991-92.
Preventive Medicine
38. Mr. Andrew Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has for promoting preventive medicine in Scotland.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The importance the Government attach to preventive medicine was reflected in our White Paper "Promoting Better Health"--Cmnd 249--published in November 1987. This stressed the need to shift the emphasis in primary care from the treatment of illness to the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. The new GP contract, which was introduced in April 1990, furthered this approach by actively encouraging immunisation and screening programmes and the provision of health promotion clinics. The benefits are already apparent and the attainment of targets has been impressive.
A related review of health education in Scotland which I commissioned in 1989 culminated on 25 March this year when I published the document "Health Education in Scotland : A National Policy Statement", copies of which have been placed in the Library. This statement reflects the importance which the Government place on the promotion of good health and identifies priorities and sets targets for the improvement of health in Scotland. It also describes the role of the new Health Education Board for Scotland and sets out the framework within which it will work together with health boards, local authorities, voluntary organisations, employers, the media and individuals, to secure the health improvements we seek. In addition, I expect to take further initiatives which will be announced in due course.
Inward Investment
Mr. Hind : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of total United Kingdom inward investment was made in Scotland in 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : According to the figures recorded by the Invest in Britain Bureau, in 1990 Scotland attracted 11.5 per cent. of the total number of inward investment projects coming to the United Kingdom, and 36 per cent. of planned new jobs.
Adult Education
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy toward the protection of adult basic education units in the Lothian region from the effects of charge-capping.
Mr. Allan Stewart : It was entirely for Lothian regional council itself to decide which of its services should be affected as a result of the redetermination of its personal community charge for 1991-92 and to what extent.
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Community Charge
23. Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the operation of the community charge reduction scheme.
Mr. Allan Stewart : The scheme has backdated effect in Scotland to 1 April 1990, although different rules apply in the financial years 1990-91 and 1991-92. A number of local authorities have already issued revised bills, taking account of reductions under the scheme in respect of both years, and most others expect to complete this task by the summer.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the amount of community charge payable by each eligible adult in a household of one, two, three, four or five adults where one, two or no adults have been exempted due to severe mental handicap in 1991-92 after the community charge reduction scheme has been applied, for each level of assumed rates in £50 bands from £150 to £500, in £100 bands from £500 to £1,500, £1, 750 and £2,000, where in each case the community charge is set at each £10 increment between £140 and £600.
Mr. Allan Stewart : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment on 12 June.
Local Authority Finance
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current loan debt of Scottish local authorities ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The estimated outstanding debt on each local authority's housing revenue account at 31 March 1991 is as follows :
|£ million
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Berwickshire |10.7
Ettrick and Lauderdale |14.1
Roxburgh |43.2
Tweeddale |3.7
Clackmannan |30.1
Falkirk |103.0
Stirling |50.7
Annandale and Eskdale |35.2
Nithsdale |32.6
Stewartry |15.7
Wigtown |23.2
Dunfermline |59.7
Kirkcaldy |83.4
North East Fife |27.3
Aberdeen |172.1
Banff and Buchan |58.3
Gordon |62.0
Kincardine and Deeside |34.1
Moray |55.1
Badenoch and Strathspey |8.4
Caithness |27.0
Inverness |48.5
Lochaber |32.8
Nairn |8.5
Ross and Cromarty |60.5
Skye and Lochalsh |14.1
Sutherland |17.2
East Lothian |50.9
Edinburgh |226.9
Midlothian |21.7
West Lothian |65.9
Argyll and Bute |50.4
Bearsden and Milngavie |8.8
Clydebank |40.1
Clydesdale |20.6
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |15.4
Cumnock and Doon
Valley |26.6
Cunninghame |70.5
Dumbarton |39.9
East Kilbride |4.6
Eastwood |5.9
Glasgow |976.1
Hamilton |75.2
Inverclyde |82.4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |46.2
Kyle and Carrick |62.0
Monklands |102.4
Motherwell |110.4
Renfrew |120.9
Strathkelvin |40.8
Angus |36.5
Dundee |125.5
Perth and Kinross |49.2
Orkney Islands |10.8
Shetland Islands |49.2
Western Isles |40.2
Note: All figures are provisional.
Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the priority areas for the commissioning of research work by the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland as identified by the Science Research and Development Board.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The commissioning of research work by the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland is a matter for the body itself.
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the membership of the science research and development board for the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland, and their research experience.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The membership of the science research and development board for the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland is decided by the council. The present members, together with their research experience, are listed in the table.
Professor George M. Dunnet--Zoologist
Professor John A. Raven--Biological sciences
Terrestrial and life sciences
Dr. Douglas Malcolm--Woodlands/forestry
Professor Paul Racey--Vertebrate ecology
Mr. Mark Young--Invertebrates
Dr. John Miles--Upland ecology
Professor Robert Crawford--Plant ecology/taxonomy
Dr. Patricia Monaghan--Ornithology
Marine and freshwater sciences
Professor Alasdair McIntyre--Marine science
Dr. Peter Maitland--Freshwater ecology
Earth Sciences
Profesor Geoffrey Boulton--Geology and geophysics
Professor David Sugden--Geomorphology
Landuse, survey and data management
Professor Jeff T. Maxwell--Agriculture/landuse/soils
Dr. Donald Davidson--Monitoring/survey/remote sensing
Professor R. Cormack--Data handling/statistics
Ms. Caroline Wickham-Jones--Archaeology
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