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mainland ports in the Community and also from any EC mainland port to off-shore installations. Liberalisation of some of these mainland port services will be phased in in the Mediterranean and along the coasts of Spain, Portugal and France--for example, cruises from 1 January 1995, transport of strategic goods from 1 January 1997 ; services by ships smaller than 650 gross tonnes from 1 January 1998 and regular passenger and ferry services from 1 January 1999. Mainland-to- island and island-to-island services will be liberalised in the Mediterranean from 1 January 1999, subject to a special exemption for certain Greek trades from 1 January 2004. In general, there will not be crew nationality restrictions for mainland cabotage over and above those imposed by the state of registry, but for a transitional period in respect of most types of island cabotage, host member states may impose their own crew nationality requirements. The Council also discussed but did not reach agreement on : the liberalisation of road haulage cabotage ; fiscal harmonisation in the road sector ; and a mandate for negotiations with third countries on inland waterways.Forthcoming United Kingdom Presidency
There are important tasks remaining for the United Kingdom presidency in the transport sector. Full liberalisation of road haulage cabotage has yet to be agreed ; and there will need to be Community agreement on airport slot allocation to complement the third aviation package. I also hope that during the United Kingdom presidency the Community will take forward the increasingly rigorous application of the state aid rules in the transport sector so as to provide for full and proper competition in the single market.
EMPLOYMENT
Regional Offices
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will provide a table of expenditure showing the cost of running each regional office of her Department and the cost of running sub-regional offices aggregated by region and with Greater London shown separately and excluding the funding programmes operated by the offices for each year from 1987-88 (a) at current prices and (b) at 1987-88 prices.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The table of expenditure shows the cost of running each regional office of the Department for Employment's training, enterprise and education directorate (TEED) for each year from 1987-88 to 1991-92. The figures are shown (a) at current prices and (b) at 1987-88 prices.
The figures exclude the funding for programmes operated by the offices. It is not possible to identify separately the costs of running sub-regional offices. Any sub-regional office costs are subsumed within the totals for each regional office.
The Employment Department group as a whole has other regionally based organisations, but is unable to supply information for those, except at disproportionate cost.
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|c|Employment Department TEED|c|
|c|Regional running costs 1987-88 to 1991-92|c|
Region 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92
|At 1987- |At 1992- |At 1987- |At 1992- |At 1987- |At 1992- |At 1987- |At 1992- |At 1987- |At 1992-
|88 prices|93 prices|88 prices|93 prices|88 prices|93 prices|88 prices|93 prices|88 prices|93 prices
|£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s |£000s
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South East |11,531.8 |15,943.1 |11,352.1 |15,777.2 |10,836.2 |15,125.6 |7,147.8 |10,044.7 |2,462.9 |3,478.2
London |13,553.3 |18,738.1 |13,051.1 |18,138.5 |12,228.7 |17,069.3 |13,828.7 |19,433.2 |3,812.9 |5,384.7
South West |7,576.9 |10,475.4 |6,778.6 |9,421.0 |6,692.2 |9,341.3 |4,761.5 |6,691.2 |1,542.7 |2,178.6
West Midlands |10,944.9 |15,131.7 |10,058.4 |13,979.2 |9,661.4 |13,485.9 |8,867.6 |12,461.5 |2,407.7 |3,400.2
East Midlands |8,995.0 |12,435.9 |8,465.3 |11,765.1 |8,576.6 |11,971.7 |8,415.4 |11,825.9 |2,422.1 |3,420.8
Yorkshire and Humberside |8,855.3 |12,242.7 |7,937.9 |11,032.2 |8,377.8 |11,694.2 |7,176.9 |10,085.5 |1,911.2 |2,699.9
Northern |7,443.9 |10,291.5 |6,908.8 |9,601.9 |6,871.0 |9,590.9 |3,494.9 |4,911.4 |1,818.9 |2,568.7
North West |13,823.1 |19,110.9 |12,902.0 |17,931.4 |12,555.6 |17,525.8 |10,048.2 |14,120.6 |2,898.0 |4,092.5
Wales |6,302.8 |8,713.8 |6,252.6 |8,689.9 |6,251.5 |8,726.3 |5,215.2 |7,328.9 |1,832.6 |2,587.9
Scotland |11,812.0 |16,330.5 |11,244.6 |15,627.9 |10,696.7 |14,930.9 |11,978.3 |16,832.7
Total |100,839.0|139,413.6|94,951.4 |131,964.3|92,747.7 |129,461.9|80,934.5 |113,735.6|21,109.0 |29,811.5
Note:
It is not possible to make a direct comparison of the figures from 1990-91 onwards. From 1990-91, training and enterprise councils
have replaced the Departments sub-regional officesarea officeson a phased time scale which ended in 1991-92.
Employment Prospects
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information she has on the employment prospects for people who are unemployed and do not enter employment training.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Department does not produce forecasts of the employment prospects of people who are unemployed. Information based on claimant data for April 1991--April 1992 shows that 41 per cent. of individuals unemployed for six months will leave the register before they have been unemployed for 12 months. It is not possible to determine how many of these individuals will leave to go into ET, leave the labour market or find employment.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what means are used to monitor TECs' performance against the business plan in meeting their contractual obligation for people with disabilities and learning difficulties ; what is done with the monitoring reports undertaken by her Department ; and what publicity she gives to the outcomes of these monitoring visits.
Mr. McLoughlin : Training and enterprise councils' business plans are examined before approval to ensure that they have included objectives and targets for helping people with disabilities. TECs are required by their contract to provide regular performance statistics relating to the training and placing of people with disabilities. The Department's regional contract managers review TEC's achievements against objectives at regular intervals.
Performance reports produced as part of this monitoring process are used to ensure that appropriate action is being taken and that TECs are delivering the agreed plan within the terms of their contract.
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what means of support TECs provide for young people leaving special schools who wish to enter youth training and gain vocational qualifications ; and what steps are taken to ensure that funding is available to meet the higher cost of training people with disabilities.
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Mr. McLoughlin : Support for young people with disabilities is provided as an integral part of the Department's training and enterprise programmes.
All young people under 18 wishing to enter youth training and who are not in full-time education or employment are guaranteed a YT place. All young people with disabilities remain eligible for a place on YT beyond 18 under the extended guarantee, if their availability for YT has been delayed by the effects of their disability or health problems.
TECs contract that every eligible person who is resident in a TEC's operational area and who is a member of the YT guarantee group or the YT extended guarantee group shall be assessed and offered a training opportunity with at least one approved qualification at or above level 2 national vocational qualification. For those young people with special needs for whom this would not be a realistic target, and provided that the individual is endorsed by the Careers Service as category A or B special training needs and continues to be a member of the YT guarantee or extended guarantee groups, the TEC has to ensure that training is individually designed to give them the support and help they need to make progress towards attainable general and vocational competences.
TECs' training budgets are negotiated annually with the regional directors of the Employment Department. These negotiations take into account the anticipated additional costs of providing youth training for trainees who have special training needs.
All young people including those leaving special schools come within these arrangements.
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make the system of payment for TECs for training those with disabilities or learning difficulties independent of the length of time to achieve qualifications.
Mr. McLoughlin : The system of payment for TECs already allows the duration of training to be tailored to the needs of the individual, including those with disabilities or learning difficulties.
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Training Credits
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what action has been taken on the report of the Training Standards Advisory Service on the lessons learnt from the first round of training credit pilots ; and if she will publish the report.
Mr. McLoughlin : On 17 June 1992, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment published a progress report on the first 12 months' operation of the pilots. The report summarised the findings from the main evaluation studies, including the inspections by the Training Standards Advisory Service (TSAS). Following normal practice, we do not intend to publish the TSAS report separately.
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evaluation has been undertaken on the first round of training credits to determine whether the special needs of people with disabilities and learning difficulties are being met.
Mr. McLoughlin : As part of the evaluation, case studies were carried out last year in each of the pilot areas. The studies focused on the impact of credits on various groups including young people with special needs. An overview of the studies has been prepared for the Department by Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte. This report is freely available and I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library. Further studies in this area are planned.
SCOTLAND
Steel Sites
19. Dr. Reid : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with Motherwell district council regarding the restoration of steel sites in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : The work on this is being done on the Government's behalf principally by Scottish Enterprise and the Lanarkshire development agency, involving the local authorities and others as appropriate. As the hon. Member is aware, I will be meeting him along with the hon. Member for Motherwell, South (Dr. Bray) and representatives of Motherwell district council later today to discuss this issue.
Youth Unemployment
21. Mr. Ernie Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many 16 and 17-year-olds in the Dundee travel-to-work area are currently unemployed or on youth training programmes.
Mr. Allan Stewart : In the Dundee travel-to-work area in April 1992 the number of unemployed claimants aged under 17 was 26 ; and the number aged 17 was 51. Information about how many 16 and 17-year-olds in the Dundee travel-to-work area are on youth training programmes is not available in the form requested. However, the number of young people aged 18 and under on youth training in the Dundee City district council area was 1,262 as at 14 May 1992, the latest date for which figures are available.
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Kingston Bridge, Glasgow
22. Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to assist Strathclyde regional council to keep Kingston bridge, Glasgow, open to traffic ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Plans for the future of Kingston bridge are matters for Strathclyde regional council in the first instance. We will, however, give careful consideration to any requirements included in the council's financial plans in respect of Kingston bridge when determining capital allocations for 1993-94 and subsequent years.
Offensive Weapons
23. Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any proposals to change the law on the carrying of offensive weapons.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : There are already heavy penalties available in law for carrying and using offensive weapons. We are committed to changing the law to make it even more difficult to carry knives and will be bringing forward proposals in due course.
Drug-related Crime
24. Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what resources he is allocating to Strathclyde regional council police department to combat drug-related crimes ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Strathclyde regional council determines the resources allocated to Strathclyde police and it is for the chief constable to decide how the resources available to him should be deployed. The council receives police grant at 51 per cent. of its net expenditure on the police.
A75
25. Mr. Trimble : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any further improvements are planned for the A75 Stranraer/Carlisle road.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : In recognition of its important role in serving ferry traffic to Ireland, the A75 Gretna to Stranraer route has now been substantially improved and all the major bypass schemes are complete. Current plans are aimed particularly at targeting residual overtaking and safety problems. The next major project, the Glen improvement just west of Dumfries, is currently at an advanced stage of preparation. In addition, a number of schemes are in preparation aimed specifically at road safety. As elsewhere in Scotland, there are projects on the A75 whose feasibility has not yet been established or developed which will be brought forward in the longer term.
Diabetics
26. Mr. Connarty : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he intends to take steps to alter the treatment available to diabetics through the national health service.
Mr. Allan Stewart : Other than evaluating the possibility that pen injection systems might become
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available on GP prescription, there are no present plans to alter the treatment available to diabetics through the NHS in Scotland.Governance
27. Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the Government's commitment to take stock of the Scottish constitutional question.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Government are continuing to review ways of making the government of Scotland fully responsive to Scotland's needs within the framework of an integrated United Kingdom.
32. Mrs. Adams : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next plans to meet representatives of the Scottish Trades Union Congress to discuss constitutional change in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Ministers meet representatives of the Scottish Trades Union Congress from time to time for discussions on a broad range of matters, but have no plans for a meeting specifically to discuss constitutional change in Scotland.
Alcohol-related Crime
28. Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what actions he is taking to reduce the incidence of alcohol-related crime in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : To tackle alcohol-related crime we have tightened the licensing laws ; provided tougher penalties for drink- driving offences ; and introduced experimental bye-laws to prohibit drinking in public places. The Scottish Council on Alcohol, which receives substantial Government funding, has produced an education package "Ending Offending" which is widely used in penal establishments with offenders aged 16 to 30. There are many other local initiatives aimed at tackling alcohol and crime.
Committee of the Regions
29. Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received about Scottish representation on the committee of the regions proposed in the draft treaty signed at Maastricht ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart : My right hon. Friend has received four representations about Scottish involvement in the proposed committee of the regions. The Government have not yet reached conclusions on how the United Kingdom's seats should be filled.
Local Government Review
30. Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when Her Majesty's Government expect to announce proposals arising from the current review of Scottish local government.
Mr. Allan Stewart : We plan to issue in the autumn a second consultation paper setting out illustrative options for the new structure.
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress he has made with his plans to reform local government in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Allan Stewart : We are making good progress with our plans to reform local government. My right hon. Friend announced in May that he had commissioned consultants to examine the transitional and long-term costs of restructuring. This work will inform a second consultation paper setting out illustrative options for the new structure which we will issue in the autumn.
Scottish History
31. Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to further knowledge and understanding of Scottish history throughout the United Kingdom.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Scottish history is well represented in the curriculum and examination syllabuses followed in Scottish schools. Bodies such as Historic Scotland, the national museums and galleries of Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish tourist board are active in developing wider awareness of Scotland's historical heritage.
Lockerbie
33. Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on what date the Scottish Office was first informed of the find of a case of drugs from Pan Am 103 at Lockerbie by Mr. Jim Wilson, farmer of Tundergarth Nains farm.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Scottish Office has never been informed of any case of drugs from Pan Am flight 103 being found.
Strathclyde Police
34. Mr. Michael J. Martin : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many chief superintendents have served in D division of Strathclyde police from June 1989 to June 1992.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I understand that four chief superintendents served in D division during the period in question. Two left the division on appointment as assistant chief constable, and one of the others was relief divisional commander during the serving officer's attendance at the Police Training College, Bramshill.
EC Council Meeting, Edinburgh
35. Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what extra costs will be incurred by his Department and by Lothian regional council as a consequence of the European Community Council in Edinburgh ; and if Lothian region will be fully paid for extra police costs.
Mr. Ian Lang : The main costs of holding the European Council meeting in Edinburgh, including works at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the provision of press facilities at Meadowbank, will be met by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In addition, the Scottish Office will provide police specific grant to meet 51 per cent. of the expenditure incurred by Lothian and Borders police board in policing the meeting ; I understand policing costs are estimated at around £2.5 million.
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Insects
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what studies the Forestry Commission has undertaken of the insect life supported by different species of trees.
Sir Hector Monro : The Forestry Commission has an active research programme into the ecology and conservation of forest insects. This includes a number of studies of the insect life supported by different species of tree. Several other institutes in Britain also conduct research on tree insects.
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Deaf-Blind People
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the number of deaf-blind people in each regional and island authority.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Provisional figures as at 31 March 1991 for people who are registered blind or partially sighted and who are also deaf are set out in the tables.
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|c|Registered blind and partially sighted people who are also deaf|c|
|c|Figures as at 31 March 1991 (provisional)|c|
|c|Table 1|c|
|c|Those aged under 65|c|
Blind Partially sighted
Region |Male |Female|Total |Male |Female|Total
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Borders |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 |0
Central |8 |6 |14 |2 |1 |3
Dumfries and Galloway |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Fife |1 |1 |2 |2 |1 |3
Grampian |3 |4 |7 |3 |4 |7
Highland |4 |1 |5 |3 |1 |4
Lothian |2 |3 |5 |3 |0 |3
Strathclyde |13 |11 |24 |3 |7 |10
Tayside |1 |6 |7 |1 |1 |2
Orkney |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Shetland |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Western Isles |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Scotland |32 |33 |65 |17 |15 |32
|c|Table 2|c|
|c|Those aged 65 and over|c|
Blind Partially sighted
Region |Male |Female|Total |Male |Female|Total
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Borders |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 |0
Central |19 |31 |50 |9 |5 |14
Dumfries and Galloway |0 |3 |3 |0 |0 |0
Fife |7 |11 |18 |5 |9 |14
Grampian |40 |57 |97 |13 |31 |44
Highland |17 |22 |39 |5 |6 |11
Lothian |4 |21 |25 |0 |5 |5
Strathclyde |79 |152 |231 |16 |41 |57
Tayside |19 |33 |52 |6 |15 |21
Orkney |1 |1 |2 |1 |0 |1
Shetland |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Western Isles |2 |2 |4 |1 |3 |4
Scotland |188 |334 |522 |56 |115 |171
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what facilities are available for deaf-blind people ; if he will make additional funds available to develop services for them ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Government policy is that deaf-blind people should be encouraged to reach their full potential in the community, and where care is required it should be provided in their own homes wherever possible.
The provision of facilities for deaf-blind people at local level is a matter for the local authorities and, in relation to health care, for the health boards. Decisions on the nature and extent of assistance to be provided are for the authorities themselves, having regard to the resources available to them. Since coming to office in 1979 the Government have increased expenditure provision for social work in real terms by 88 per cent.
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The Scottish Office has provided SENSE in Scotland, the voluntary body which works on behalf of deaf-blind children and young people, with grants under sections 9 and 10(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 totalling £60,000 in the current year. A capital grant of £36,000 was given to SENSE and Quarriers Homes in 1988 to help with building costs at the Overbridge centre, a national residential centre for deaf-blind people in Pollockshields.In addition, revenue grants totalling £22,000 and a capital grant of £10,000 have since been made to Visualise, an organisation which offers training in social skills to blind post-school young people who are multipally handicapped, at a residential centre in Edinburgh.
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Wick Airport
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what reasons were supplied to his Department for the improvement scheme for Wick airport announced in May by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The responsibility for determining priorities for expenditure on airport improvements, including those at Wick, lies with Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. I understand, however, that the works are required in order to update and improve facilities at the airport in the interests of providing a better service to users.
Teachers (Stress)
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans the Government have to improve the availability of and access to counselling and support services for members of the teaching profession.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Education authorities have the principal responsibility for assessing the need and making appropriate provision for services relating to the employment of teaching staff. As part of our guidance on implementation of the staff development and appraisal initiative, we recommended that teachers seeking to improve their professional performance should be able to obtain the advice and support needed from their employing authorities.
Diseases, Ayrshire and Arran
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of cases of lymphoma, myeloma and aplastic-anaemia per annum over the last 10 years in the Ayrshire and Arran health board area.
Mr. Allan Stewart : The information is as follows :
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Year of registration or discharge |Lymphoma |Multiple |Single |Aplastic-
|Myeloma |Myeloma/ |Anaemia
|Plasmacytoma
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1981 |38 |25 |0 |7
1982 |45 |23 |0 |18
1983 |41 |21 |0 |7
1984 |55 |13 |0 |13
1985 |53 |17 |0 |16
1986 |35 |16 |0 |6
1987 |43 |20 |0 |8
1988 |61 |10 |0 |7
1989 |50 |17 |2 |14
1990 |64 |20 |0 |13
Sources: Information on lymphoma and myeloma, including plasmacytoma is taken from the Scottish National Cancer Registration Scheme.
Information on the aplastic anaemia disease is taken from an analyses of discharges recorded in the Scottish Hospital Inpatient Statistics.
NHS Reforms
Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the expansion of trust hospitals and general practitioner fund-holding practices in Scotland.
Mr. Lang : Since the general election there has been a substantial increase in Scotland in declarations of interest, both in NHS trust status and in GP fund holding. It is evident that the benefits for patients are being recognised by those involved and I expect to see significant growth in both areas in the coming months.
Homelessness
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of homeless people in Scotland in April 1989 and for the most recent date for which information is available.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : A total of 14,900 households, containing an estimated 31,600 people, were assessed as homeless and 8,100, containing an estimated 18,200 people, as potentially homeless in the year ending 31 March 1991. A total of 11,400 households were so assessed as homeless and 6,750 as potentially homeless in the year to March 1989 ; information is not available on the number of persons.
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Seabirds, Sutherland
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has received about the cause of death of the seabirds washed up on the beach to the north of Embo, east Sutherland in the week ending 5 June.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 22 June 1992] : Scottish Natural Heritage--SNH--has advised that the cause of death is unknown. The condition of the corpses of 177 birds of different species found at the location showed that they had died at various times and some were affected to varying degrees by oil.
Mortality of sea birds during the summer is not an uncommon occurrence. The SNH has reported that other east-facing beaches, subject similarly to the recent prolonged succession of easterly winds, have also accumulated dead birds in above average numbers. A small quantity of oil identified as originating from the Beatrice Field was also found on the beach. An operation to clean the beach of oil was initiated promptly and was completed by 7 June.
Access to Records
Miss Emma Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what conclusions he has reached on the implications of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Graham Gaskin for people seeking access to personal records for which he has responsibility ; and what action he intends to take.
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Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 22 June 1992] : A consultation exercise is currently under way to obtain the views of interested bodies about ways in which the existing legislation and practice on the subject of access to social work records might need to be modified in the light of the European Court's judgment in the Gaskin case.Rents-to-Mortgages
Mr. Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of local authority tenants who have (a) applied and (b) purchased their home under the
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rents-to-mortgages scheme since its extension to local authority tenants ; and if he will provide a breakdown by local authority.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 17 June 1992] : Based on returns to 31 May 1992, a total of 846 local authority tenants have applied to purchase their home under the rents-to-mortgages scheme. Of these, 46 have already purchased, 336 have withdrawn their application and the remaining 464 applications are currently being processed. Many of those who have withdrawn their application have opted instead to purchase under the right to buy. The breakdown by local authority is shown in the table.
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Authority |Total |Applications |Sales |Applications in
|applications |withdrawn |process
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Berwickshire |7 |3 |4
Ettrick and Lauderdale |9 |5 |1 |3
Roxburgh |2 |1 |1
Tweeddale |2 |1 |1
Clackmannan |7 |1 |1 |5
Falkirk |28 |14 |14
Stirling |11 |3 |4 |4
Annandale and Eskdale |9 |4 |5
Nithsdale |13 |5 |1 |7
Stewartry |7 |4 |3
Wigtown |8 |3 |5
Dunfermline |28 |13 |15
Kirkcaldy |34 |12 |4 |18
North East Fife |24 |11 |13
Aberdeen |102 |29 |73
Banff and Buchan |7 |3 |4
Gordon |25 |6 |19
Kincardine and Deeside |25 |4 |21
Moray |28 |10 |18
Badenoch and Strathspey |5 |1 |4
Caithness
Inverness |5 |1 |4
Lochaber |10 |1 |9
Nairn |3 |1 |2
Ross and Cromarty |5 |4 |1
Skye and Lochalsh |1 |1
Sutherland |1 |1
East Lothian |36 |16 |9 |11
Edinburgh |21 |11 |10
Midlothian |23 |12 |6 |5
West Lothian |21 |11 |10
Argyll and Bute |18 |7 |11
Bearsden and Milngavie |12 |2 |10
Clydebank |6 |1 |5
Clydesdale |4 |1 |3
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |5 |4 |1
Cumnock and Doon Valley |6 |2 |4
Cunninghame |14 |8 |6
Dumbarton |4 |2 |2
East Kilbride |2 |1 |1
Eastwood |7 |2 |2 |3
Glasgow |23 |15 |8
Hamilton |21 |5 |16
Inverclyde |13 |6 |7
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |17 |9 |8
Kyle and Carrick |33 |17 |3 |13
Monklands |10 |2 |1 |7
Motherwell |15 |6 |9
Renfrew |46 |22 |7 |17
Strathkelvin |24 |10 |14
Angus |13 |3 |4 |6
Dundee |7 |5 |1 |1
Perth and Kinross |30 |14 |16
Orkney |4 |1 |1 |2
Shetland |2 |1 |1
Western Isles
Dumfries and Galloway RC |1 |1
Strathclyde regional council |2 |2
Total |846 |336 |46 |464
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