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1984 |555
1985 |492
1986 |464
1987 |583
1988 |469
1989 |411
1990 |381
1991 |454
1992 |501
1993 |693
Structural Funds
Mr. Morgan : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 17 February to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne (Mr. Coe), Official Report , column 269 , what parishes, districts and counties within Wales fall within the definition of rural Wales for the purposes of grants from structural funds.
Mr. Sainsbury [holding answer 2 March 1993] : Under the current structural funds regulations, the area covered by the objective 5(b) programme known as Rural Wales includes the whole of the three counties of Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys with the exception of the Llanelli travel-to-work area ; those parts of the Swansea, Aberdare and Blaenau Gwent (formerly Ebbw Vale) and Abergavenny travel-to-work areas in Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys ; and that part of the Conwy and Colwyn travel-to-work area in Gwynedd.
Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) 2052/88 requires that objective 1 regions shall be regions at NUTS II level. The
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NUTS II level region of rural Wales comprises the entire counties of Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys. It is in respect of this region that the Government continue to press the case for objective 1.Coal Task Force
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he received the report from the coal task force on the United Kingdom's future coal research requirements ; and what conclusions he has reached regarding its contents.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 4 March 1993] : The coal task force report on the United Kingdom's future coal research requirements was received by the then Secretary of State for Energy in July 1991. The subject of clean coal technology is currently being considered within the context of the coal review.
Gulf Co-operation Council (Market Share)
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information he has on the market share held by (a) the United Kingdom, (b) France, (c) Germany, (d) China, (e) Japan, (f) Italy and (g) the United States of America in each country of the Gulf Co-operation Council in each year since 1979.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 3 March 1993] : The information requested is in the tables :
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Percentage shares of total imports<1> of Gulf co-operation council countries analysed by
exporting country 1979-91
Year |UK |France |Germany |Italy |USA |Japan |China
|per cent.|per cent.|per cent.|per cent.|per cent.|per cent.|per cent.
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Bahrain
1979 |8.7 |2.0 |2.7 |2.1 |8.1 |6.8 |0.6
1980 |6.9 |1.4 |1.5 |1.3 |7.6 |7.5 |0.5
1981 |6.0 |1.1 |1.6 |1.2 |8.9 |6.2 |0.5
1982 |7.2 |1.7 |3.4 |1.6 |10.4 |7.8 |0.5
1983 |8.4 |2.4 |4.9 |3.9 |7.0 |12.7 |0.5
1984 |7.3 |1.4 |3.2 |6.3 |7.4 |9.9 |0.4
1985 |7.3 |1.4 |3.2 |6.3 |7.4 |9.9 |0.4
1986 |7.3 |1.4 |3.2 |6.3 |7.4 |9.9 |0.4
1987 |7.3 |1.4 |3.2 |6.3 |7.4 |9.9 |0.4
1988 |7.3 |1.4 |3.2 |6.3 |7.4 |9.9 |0.4
1989 |7.3 |1.4 |3.2 |6.3 |7.4 |9.9 |0.4
1990 |6.3 |1.5 |2.5 |4.0 |18.5 |6.7 |0.3
1991 |7.3 |3.9 |4.1 |2.7 |14.0 |4.6 |0.3
Saudi Arabia
1979 |7.1 |4.6 |11.0 |7.4 |19.8 |15.8 |0.6
1980 |6.5 |5.4 |9.1 |7.3 |20.0 |17.9 |0.8
1981 |6.2 |5.7 |9.5 |6.7 |21.4 |18.3 |0.7
1982 |6.6 |5.3 |11.0 |6.1 |21.0 |19.1 |0.6
1983 |6.2 |5.3 |9.9 |7.5 |19.7 |19.5 |0.6
1984 |5.8 |7.8 |8.3 |7.2 |17.4 |19.8 |0.6
1985 |6.2 |5.1 |8.4 |7.8 |17.0 |19.0 |0.9
1986 |7.3 |5.6 |8.1 |7.3 |17.5 |15.7 |1.2
1987 |7.8 |5.3 |7.7 |6.8 |15.3 |17.3 |1.6
1988 |7.3 |5.2 |7.2 |6.5 |16.2 |16.0 |1.8
1989 |10.2 |4.3 |6.3 |5.7 |18.2 |14.2 |1.9
1990 |11.3 |4.0 |7.4 |4.6 |16.7 |15.3 |1.8
1991 |11.3 |4.0 |7.8 |4.6 |20.2 |13.7 |2.2
Oman
1979 |16.8 |3.6 |6.3 |2.2 |8.0 |15.4 |1.2
1980 |15.6 |1.9 |5.6 |1.8 |5.7 |19.7 |1.0
1981 |14.5 |2.4 |4.3 |1.9 |7.8 |22.6 |0.7
1982 |14.4 |3.3 |8.3 |1.7 |8.0 |20.7 |0.7
1983 |18.6 |2.1 |7.3 |2.1 |7.7 |22.0 |0.5
1984 |16.6 |2.9 |9.5 |2.3 |7.6 |21.3 |0.5
1985 |16.4 |3.7 |7.8 |3.0 |5.7 |20.2 |0.3
1986 |16.8 |3.3 |8.4 |3.1 |7.1 |13.5 |0.4
1987 |13.7 |3.3 |7.5 |2.3 |6.2 |14.2 |0.4
1988 |13.3 |3.5 |5.2 |4.1 |8.8 |16.8 |0.4
1989 |11.7 |3.3 |5.5 |2.1 |8.5 |15.7 |0.5
1990 |11.3 |4.2 |4.8 |1.6 |9.2 |16.7 |0.4
1991 |14.0 |3.4 |5.5 |2.5 |6.8 |20.4 |0.3
Qatar
1979 |15.5 |10.0 |16.8 |5.8 |8.7 |18.6 |1.3
1980 |17.7 |5.4 |6.1 |5.3 |11.3 |18.3 |1.5
1981 |16.5 |6.0 |7.2 |4.8 |11.1 |20.5 |0.9
1982 |16.2 |9.8 |7.2 |4.7 |9.0 |22.0 |0.8
1983 |16.7 |4.9 |8.2 |5.0 |9.1 |21.8 |0.7
1984 |14.6 |5.4 |7.2 |4.8 |9.1 |19.2 |1.0
1985 |16.3 |7.6 |8.7 |4.9 |6.5 |18.2 |0.5
1986 |16.5 |5.1 |9.6 |5.3 |5.9 |17.0 |0.6
1987 |16.0 |4.3 |7.2 |4.9 |11.9 |16.3 |1.2
1988 |13.8 |4.0 |7.9 |4.3 |9.3 |17.6 |0.9
1989 |11.6 |4.7 |7.3 |7.8 |8.8 |18.8 |1.0
1990 |14.5 |4.7 |7.7 |9.4 |9.5 |14.6 |1.0
1991 |11.8 |5.2 |8.5 |5.6 |11.6 |13.6 |1.3
Kuwait
1979 |10.0 |3.4 |8.0 |5.6 |14.4 |18.3 |2.5
1980 |8.6 |3.9 |8.6 |5.6 |14.5 |21.0 |2.2
1981 |7.8 |3.5 |12.0 |5.8 |14.0 |22.7 |2.0
1982 |7.0 |3.6 |14.0 |6.0 |12.7 |24.1 |1.6
1983 |7.2 |5.8 |10.5 |6.4 |11.1 |25.7 |1.8
1984 |6.3 |8.6 |8.7 |6.5 |9.4 |23.8 |1.6
1985 |7.3 |3.7 |10.2 |6.0 |8.8 |27.1 |1.6
1986 |6.2 |4.0 |9.3 |5.3 |11.9 |22.9 |1.6
1987 |6.7 |3.9 |7.7 |4.9 |10.1 |18.8 |2.1
1988 |6.0 |3.1 |7.6 |4.6 |12.1 |13.3 |3.0
1989 |6.5 |3.3 |7.9 |5.3 |13.0 |12.7 |3.4
1990 |8.4 |3.5 |8.9 |6.1 |10.9 |11.3 |1.8
1991 |7.3 |2.6 |6.5 |0.0 |29.0 |10.3 |0.5
United Arab Emirates
1979 |15.9 |5.0 |7.8 |4.1 |13.1 |16.8 |1.6
1980 |14.3 |6.0 |5.8 |4.8 |13.5 |17.3 |1.6
1981 |11.7 |5.5 |6.7 |4.3 |14.4 |18.5 |1.6
1982 |11.7 |6.6 |8.6 |4.7 |13.5 |18.6 |1.4
1983 |10.3 |5.4 |7.2 |5.2 |12.4 |19.4 |1.7
1984 |9.9 |4.6 |6.7 |7.1 |12.1 |17.8 |1.6
1985 |11.1 |4.4 |7.2 |5.3 |11.0 |20.0 |1.8
1986 |11.2 |5.3 |8.6 |4.6 |9.7 |18.3 |2.2
1987 |10.6 |4.3 |9.0 |4.3 |8.4 |18.0 |2.9
1988 |9.7 |3.4 |7.1 |4.5 |9.5 |16.4 |3.3
1989 |9.4 |3.7 |7.6 |4.7 |9.7 |15.0 |2.9
1990 |10.0 |3.6 |7.6 |4.6 |9.1 |14.2 |5.0
1991 |8.9 |4.6 |6.8 |4.2 |9.7 |14.3 |2.7
<1> Total visible imports.
Source: IMF Direction of Trade.
SCOTLAND
Community Care
Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements are being made to ensure that moneys raised within the area of the Highland health board through the sale of Craig Dunain hospital are re-invested in community care in the health board area.
Mr. Stewart : Health boards and NHS trusts are allowed to retain the full receipts from the disposal of surplus property, to invest in developments which improve patient care within their area. Community based developments to replace any long-stay institution will be
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required before it is closed and will be funded from a number of sources including the normal health service capital programme and local authorities.Made in Scotland
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his Department's annual expenditure on Made in Scotland, Beauly ; and for how many years this is planned to continue.
Mr. Lang : There is no direct Scottish Office expenditure on Made in Scotland Ltd. The company was established in 1991 with assistance from Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, on the basis that it would be required to become commercially
self-supporting within a given period. The terms of the assistance are a matter between the company and the enterprise bodies.
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Women's Aid
Mr. Chisholm : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when 1993- 94 provision for Scottish Women's Aid will be decided under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
Mr. Stewart : Scottish Women's Aid was advised of its 1993-94 provision in a letter issued on 1 March 1993.
Continuing Care Beds
Mr. Chisholm : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many continuing care beds for elderly patients there were in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years ; and what projected figures he has for the future.
Mr. Stewart : The information requested for each of the last five years is shown in the following table. Health boards are constantly reviewing their assessment of need, consequently projected figures are not available.
NHS average available staffed beds: Geriatric long-stay and psychogeriatrics Years ending 31 March 1988 to 31 March 1992 Year |Total |Geriatric Long-stay|Psychogeriatrics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1988 |13,728 |8,535 |5,193 1989 |14,857 |8,896 |5,961 1990 |14,794 |8,880 |5,914 1991 |14,715 |8,727 |5,988 1992 |15,214 |8,522 |6,692
Crafts
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was his Department's annual expenditure on the craft section of Scottish development agency and Highlands and Islands development board in the year before their abolition.
Mr. Lang : Expenditure by the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board in 1990-91 was £377,000 and £569,000 respectively. These figures exclude any management and administration expenditure incurred by these bodies, and financial assistance to crafts made available by HIDB other than through Craftpoint, which cannot be separately identified.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what proposals he has for the administrative relationship between Made in Scotland and the Crafts Council and the Scottish Art Council ; (2) what will be the administrative base for decisions concerning the crafts within the Scottish Arts Council ;
(3) what is to be the administrative relationship between the Crafts Council and the Scottish Arts Council in terms of (a) the establishment of priorities and (b) the allocation and distribution of grants to crafts people and craft operators.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 3 March 1993] : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland announced on 1 February 1993 ( Official Report, column 37 ) his intention to establish new arrangements for the support of crafts in Scotland. The details of these arrangements are still under consideration and a further announcement will be made in due course.
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Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the annual Scottish Office expenditure of the craft section of the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board in the three years immediately prior to the winding up of both organisations.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 3 March 1993] : The expenditure by the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board was as follows :
Scottish
Development
Agency
|£000
------------------
1988-89 |303
1989-90 |315
1990-91 |377
The figures exclude any management and administration expenditure incurred, which could not be identified without incurring disproportionate cost.
Highlands and
Islands
Development Board
|£000
------------------
1988-89 |230
1989-90 |495
1990-91 |569
The figures exclude any management and administration expenditure incurred by HIDB, and financial assistance to crafts made available through other than Craftpoint, which cannot be separately identified.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the annual expenditure of the Scottish Office on Made in Scotland, Beauly, in each of the past three years ; and what it will be for each of the next three years.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 3 March 1993] : Made in Scotland Ltd. was only established in 1991. The company has received no direct support from the Scottish Office ; but was formed with assistance from Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise on the basis of the support it would provide for the marketing and promotion of the crafts industry in Scotland. The terms of the assistance are a matter between the company and the enterprise bodies.
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is to be the administrative relationship between the Crafts Council and the Scottish Arts Council in establishing priorities, deciding on allocation and dispersing grants to craftspeople and craft operations in Scotland ;
(2) what will be the administrative base for craft discussions within the Scottish Arts Council ;
(3) what is the administrative relationship between Made in Scotland and the Crafts Council/Scottish Arts Council administering the new money.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 1 March 1993] : I announced on 1 February 1993, Official Report, column 37, my intention to establish "new arrangements" for the support of the crafts sector in Scotland. The details of these arrangements are still under consideration and I will make a further announcement in due course.
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Extraction of Minerals
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 23 February, Official Report, column 562, if he will give the amounts received by the Forestry Commission from licences and leases for permitting the extraction of minerals in each of the last 10 years ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro : The information is given in the table. Detailed records are available only for the last four years ; the amounts for the first six years are therefore based on estimates.
Year ended 31 March |£ million ------------------------------------------------------------ 1983 |<1>0.3 1984 |<1>0.3 1985 |<1>0.4 1986 |<1>0.4 1987 |<1>0.5 1988 |0.5 1989 |0.6 1990 |0.7 1991 |0.9 1992 |0.8 <1> Estimate.
Obscenity Law
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what representations he has had from groups and individuals about the law in relation to obscene, violent and pornographic material ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what representations he has had from groups and individuals calling for Government action to review the law in relation to obscene, violent and pornographic material ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : We receive occasional representations both from groups and individuals about the law concerning such material. Current legislation on this matter is kept under constant review. The Government are supporting the Video Recordings (Amendment) Bill introduced in another place, which aims to improve the enforcement of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers of convictions of offences relating to obscene, violent and pornographic publications each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : Information is not available in the form requested. The table shows the number of persons with a main charge proved of handling obscene material.
|Persons with a
|charge proved
---------------------------------------------
1979 |24
1980 |16
1981 |8
1982 |8
1983 |15
1984 |21
1985 |19
1986 |18
1987 |20
1988 |17
1989 |14
1990 |13
1991 |8
Nimmo Smith/Friel Report
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the individuals and groups who have made representations to him following the publication of the Nimmo Smith/Friel report.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : My right hon. Friend has received two representations, one from me on behalf of a constituent, and one from a member of the public in Fife.
Juvenile Offenders
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultation he has had with representatives of the children's panel on the way to deal with persistent juvenile offenders aged between 12 and 15 years.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 2 March 1993] : Officials of the Scottish Office meet representatives of the children's panels regularly to discuss issues affecting children who are referred to reporters on offence and non-offence grounds. In addition there is a children's hearings representative group which meets twice a year under the chairmanship of a Scottish Office official.
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the maximum custodial sentence available to the courts for a persistent juvenile offender aged (a) 14 years and (b) 17 years in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1992.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : The term "persistent juvenile offender" is not legally defined but there is a range of sentences--custodial and non-custodial--available to the courts for a 14 or 17-year-old convicted on indictment. The maximum custodial sentence available for both these age groups for the most serious crimes-- including murder where the sentence is mandatory--is detention without limit of time.
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many juveniles have been convicted of offences involving the carrying or using of knives in (a) 1990, (b) 1991 and (c) June 1991 to July 1992.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : Information is held centrally only on the numbers of persons with a main charge proved of possession of an offensive weapon under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953. The number of persons aged less than 16 years and the number of 16 and 17-year-olds with a main charge proved of possession of an offensive weapon are shown in the table. The information relates to 1990 and 1991, the latest years for which data are available.
Age |1990|1991 ----------------------------------- Less than 16 years |2 |2 17 and 17-year-olds |202 |181
Prison Education
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure on education within Scottish prisons including staff costs each year since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : The expenditure on education in Scottish prisons since 1979 is as follows :
£000 Year |Amount ---------------------- 1979-80 |203 1980-81 |228 1981-82 |447 1982-83 |411 1983-84 |622 1984-85 |608 1985-86 |822 1986-87 |716 1987-88 |697 1988-89 |723 1989-90 |967 1990-91 |1,230 1991-92 |1,309 1992-93 |1,525
Stabbings
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many assaults with a knife or similar weapon resulted in either a serious injury or death in each police force area since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 3 March 1993] : The available information is provided in the tables. Figures for patients dealt with as outpatients are not available.
Number of persons recorded by the police in
Scotland who were killed
with a knife or other sharp instrument by police
force area, 1979-1991
Police Force |Number killed
--------------------------------------------------
Northern |19
Grampian |21
Tayside |22
Fife |16
Lothian and Borders |65
Central |9
Strathclyde |327
Dumfries and Galloway |8
|--
Total |487
In-patient discharges from Scottish hospitals with a
diagnosis of
injury (excluding death) resulting from an assault by
a cutting or
piercing instrument for each health board of
treatment, 1979-1991
Health board of |Number
treatment
------------------------------------------------------
Argyll and Clyde |933
Ayrshire and Annan |395
Borders |37
Dumfries and Galloway |58
Fife |158
Forth Valley |210
Grampian |466
Greater Glasgow |4,072
Highland |123
Lanarkshire |639
Lothian |1,098
Orkney |4
Shetland |9
Tayside |314
Western Isles |2
|---
Scotland |8,518
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many police officers in each police force area have been wounded or murdered by stabbing with a knife or similar weapon in each year since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 3 March 1993] : Since 1979 one police officer in Scotland has been murdered by stabbing, in Strathclyde police area in 1982. Information recorded by forces on the number of police officers wounded by stabbing is set out in the following table.
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|Central |Dumfries and |Fife |Grampian |Lothian and Borders|Northern |Strathclyde |Tayside
|Galloway
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979 |- |- |- |N/a |N/a |- |N/a |N/a
1980 |- |- |- |N/a |N/a |- |N/a |N/a
1981 |- |- |- |N/a |N/a |- |N/a |N/a
1982 |- |- |- |1 |- |2 |N/a |N/a
1983 |- |- |- |1 |- |- |N/a |N/a
1984 |- |- |- |1 |- |- |N/a |N/a
1985 |- |- |- |- |2 |- |N/a |N/a
1986 |- |- |- |- |4 |- |N/a |N/a
1987 |- |- |- |1 |1 |- |N/a |N/a
1988 |- |- |- |3 |1 |- |N/a |N/a
1989 |- |- |- |- |3 |- |N/a |N/a
1990 |- |- |- |- |2 |- |N/a |N/a
1991 |- |- |- |2 |- |- |N/a |N/a
1992 |- |1 |- |- |2 |- |N/a |N/a
1993 |- |- |- |- |- |- |N/a |N/a
N/a-Details not available.
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Prevention of Terrorism Acts
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were (a) arrested or (b) stopped and questioned under the terms of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts in 1990.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 3 March 1993] : The information sought by the hon. Member is set out in the report on the operation in 1990 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 by Viscount Colville of Culross QC, published on 21 February 1991, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Lilley and Company
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations have been made to him by the management and receivers of Lilley and Company relating to the London rules and the unanimity rule among banks.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 19 January 1993] : My right hon. Friend has not received any such representations.
Drug Offences
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the value of (a) money and (b) assets that have been confiscated from persons convicted by courts in (i) Strathclyde and (ii) Scotland as a whole for drug offences in each of the past four years.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 17 February 1993] : On conviction in drug trafficking cases the court may, in addition to imposing a sentence of imprisonment, impose a fine, order the forfeiture of specific assets (including drugs, cash and vehicles) and, in the case of the High Court, make a confiscation order. A confiscation order is an order to pay a sum of money and does not relate to specific assets, although specific assets may be realised to enforce it. Forfeiture is extensively ordered by the courts in drug trafficking cases, but figures are not available in the form sought. Confiscation orders were made by the High Court in each of the last four years as follows :
|Strathclyde|Scotland
|£ |£
------------------------------------------------
1989 |15,000 |26,795.70
1990 |Nil |Nil
1991 |Nil |83,963.38
1992 |17,490.36 |17,490.36
Nurses
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified nursing staff were employed in each health board in each year since 1989.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 February 1993] : The information requested is given in the table :
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NHS qualified nursing staff by health board.
Number and whole time equivalent (WTE) as at 30 September.
1989 1990 1991 1992<1>
Health Board |Number |WTE |Number |WTE |Number |WTE |Number |WTE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scotland |42,170 |36,221 |42,459 |36,258 |43,011 |36,449 |43,125 |36,300
Argyll and Clyde |2,996 |2,524 |3,055 |2,575 |3,159 |2,658 |3,206 |2,678
Ayrshire and Arran |2,348 |2,033 |2,394 |2,075 |2,493 |2,164 |2,433 |2,115
Borders |817 |705 |799 |681 |791 |672 |830 |700
Dumfries and Galloway |1,289 |1,068 |1,310 |1,091 |1,336 |1,109 |1,338 |1,105
Fife |2,377 |2,066 |2,436 |2,114 |2,497 |2,159 |2,516 |2,153
Forth Valley |2,181 |1,838 |2,294 |1,917 |2,338 |1,920 |2,475 |1,995
Grampian |4,427 |3,526 |4,566 |3,575 |4,586 |3,554 |4,704 |3,611
Greater Glasgow |9,351 |8,296 |9,042 |7,972 |8,850 |7,660 |8,643 |7,463
Highland |1,763 |1,490 |1,809 |1,520 |1,831 |1,548 |1,842 |1,536
Lanarkshire |3,886 |3,314 |3,954 |3,364 |3,970 |3,380 |3,810 |3,233
Lothian |6,073 |5,341 |5,979 |5,248 |6,053 |5,227 |6,081 |5,197
Orkney |165 |145 |175 |153 |184 |159 |188 |162
Shetland |172 |152 |175 |155 |192 |172 |186 |167
Tayside |3,991 |3,454 |4,117 |3,556 |4,128 |3,551 |4,242 |3,644
Western Isles |265 |207 |285 |203 |284 |207 |299 |220
CSA |69 |62 |69 |60 |53 |47 |58 |50
State hospital<2> |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |266 |263 |274 |271
<1> Data for September 1992 are provisional.
<2> Data for State hospital did not become available until September 1991.
Prescription Charges
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many claimants of disability working allowance are also in receipt of exemption from prescription charges by reason of (a) low income and (b) prescribed illness or condition ;
(2) what is his estimate of the number and types of eligible persons who fail to claim exemption from prescription charges.
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Mr. Stewart [holding answer 26 February 1993] : The requested information is not available. However, we believe that the figures are comparable with those in England and Wales and I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him today by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Health.
European Time
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the net extra numbers and categories, of people who would avoid injury due to road
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accidents if Scotland adopted common European time ; and if he will summarise the considerations that will influence his policy on Scotland's time zone.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 1 March 1993] : Estimates based on figures for Strathclyde published by the Transport Research Laboratory in 1989, updated to take account of 1991 casualty data and extended to the whole of Scotland using the results from the study of the BST experiment in 1969-70 indicate an estimated saving of five fatalities, 23 serious and 256 slight injury casualties. No breakdown of these figures by road user category is available but it is thought that pedestrians would be the largest group to benefit. These estimates do not take into account any possible increase in casualties which might result from additional activity in lighter evenings.
Given Scotland's particular geographical position, we wish to give the most careful consideration to the views of various sectors of the community and public generally on any proposals to change the present summer time arrangements.
Contaminated Land
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made following the further consultation exercise in respect of the setting up of a proposed register of land which may be contaminated ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 23 February 1993] : Good progress has been made in the further consideration of the proposals for registers of land which may be contaminated. An announcement will be made shortly.
SCOTLAND
Tenants' Rights
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the instructions and guidance he has given to Scottish Homes about the way to handle cases where local authority or Scottish Homes tenants have been the subject of compulsory purchase orders and have lost their tenant's right to buy.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : I have given no such guidance to Scottish Homes, which has no formal responsibility in such cases apart from the involvement it would have as landlord if one of its houses were subject to compulsory purchase. A Scottish Homes or local authority tenant whose house was subject to compulsory purchase would only lose his right to buy if he declined to accept an alternative tenancy which would normally be offered by the landlord or another public sector landlord.
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people whose homes were owned by local authorities or by Scottish Homes have been the subject of a compulsory purchase order which has resulted in the tenant losing the statutory right to buy in each of the last 10 years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : This information is not held centrally.
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will specify the statutory powers which give
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tenants of local authority or Scottish Homes domestic properties the right to financial compensation in lieu of the loss of tenant rights.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 March 1993] : Where a short tenancy (that is, a tenancy the duration of which is no greater than a year, and runs from year to year) has been terminated early, the provisions of section 114 of the Land Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 apply in respect of the payment of compensation for early termination of the lease.
NHS Premises (Access)
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy on the rights of access to national health service premises of (a) blind patients with guide dogs and (b) patients who suffer from other physical disabilities ; and what guidance he has issued or proposes to issue on this question of access.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 24 February 1993] : The Government's policy is that suitable access and facilities should be provided for disabled people who have problems of mobility or orientation. This includes those who are wheelchair bound and those who are blind. Such measures are inevitably constrained by practical considerations ; eg in relation to the adaptability of existing accommodation. It covers patients, staff and visitors. This policy is reflected in general and specific terms in the hospital planning guidance notes prepared by the Management Executive and published by HMSO.
Training
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, in 1992-93 prices and cash terms, the total amount spent of the budget for training for Scotland in each year since 1989-90, the expected outturn in 1992-93 and plans for 1993-94.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 24 February 1993] : Training expenditure in Scotland was not recorded separately in the years prior to 1991-92. Since then, resources have been made available as part of the grant-in-aid of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to support the training programmes administered by these bodies. The following table provides details :
£ million
|1991-92 (outturn) |1992-93 (estimated|1993-94<1> (plans)
|outturn)
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Cash |227.985 |216.451 |195.650
1992-93 prices |237.674 |216.451 |190.413
<1> The approved estimate for 1993-94 is expected to include additional provision of up to £4
million.
Unemployment
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide details from the 1991 census of the numbers unemployed as a proportion of the economically active population in each ward making up the Cunninghame, North constituency.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 3 March 1993] : The figures are given in the table.
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Unemployed as a percentage of the economically
active population
Ward |Per cent.
----------------------------------------------------
Ardrossan North |12.4
Ardrossan South |16.8
Arran |8.3
Beith |9.6
Dalry |10.5
Fairlie, Skelmorlie and Cumbrae |7.8
Garnock East |8.3
Kilbirnie North |13.6
Kilbirnie South |14.8
Largs North |9.5
Largs South |9.0
Saltcoats East |20.2
Saltcoats North |17.0
South Beach |11.9
West Kilbride |10.4
|--
All wards in constituency |11.7
Note: The areal definition of ward used for census
output involves some approximation but it is
thought unlikely that this would have a significant
effect on the figures.
Archaeological Sites
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment his Department and Historic Scotland have made of the effect of extreme weather conditions in January on archaeological sites in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 25 February 1993] : Inspectors from Historic Scotland have visited a selection of sites damaged by the January storms on Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. The Orkney Islands archaeologist is conducting detailed inspection of damage to sites in Orkney with financial support from Historic Scotland. Historic Scotland will fund at least one small excavation at Tuquoy in Orkney, to follow up damage in January to a site on which excavations were undertaken in advance of coastal erosion which took place up to 1988. Historic Scotland also plans further assessment at the Brough of Birsay as a consequence of storm damage. Sampling is being arranged at one damaged site in the Western Isles ; other sites visited by an inspector following storm damage had been sampled previously and no systematic survey is planned. No request has been received to date from the Shetland Islands archaeologist for emergency assessment of sites following the January storms. No systematic survey is planned but Historic Scotland inspectors will shortly be carrying out a further inspection. Assessment of the effects of pollution from oil spilled from the Braer wreck on Jarlshof and neighbouring sites has already commenced. No reports have been received of damage to archaeological sites elsewhere in Scotland from the extreme weather conditions in January.
Ecological Steering Group
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the budgetary arrangements for the ecological steering groups referred to in his statement of 11 January, Official Report, column 626.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 25 February 1993] : The sum of £20,000 has been made available to support the ecological steering group in this financial year, and adequate provision will be made for 1993- 94. I expect that its work will largely be founded on investigations carried
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out, or to be carried out, by other bodies, but if it should become clear that further funding is needed the Government will respond appropriately.Arbroath Infirmary
Mr. Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what reductions Tayside health board intend to make on X-ray facilities at Arbroath infirmary.
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