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Northern Ireland Administrative and Clerical Staff at 30 September
EHSSB NHSSB SHSSB WHSSB Total
Year |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1>
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1989 |3,411 |3,018.15|1,227 |1,075.03|993 |836.22 |867 |784.09 |6,438 |5,713.49
1990 |3,643 |3,250.08|1,327 |1,169.40|1,012 |888.93 |930 |859.89 |6,912 |6,168.30
1991 |3,965 |3,554.54|1,488 |1,325.39|1,118 |966.92 |999 |912.00 |7,570 |6,758.85
1992 |4,174 |3,719.56|1,565 |1,395.21|1,162 |1,044.18|1,099 |1,006.00|8,000 |7,164.95
1993 |4,064 |3,621.47|1,680 |1,489.93|1,196 |1,060.93|1,127 |1,017.82|8,067 |7,190.15
<1> WTE = Whole Time Equivalent.
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, for each health and social services board, the number of (a) medical staff by grade and (b) nursing and midwifery staff since 1989.
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Mr. Ancram : The information requested is shown in the tables.
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Northern Ireland nursing and midwifery staff
EHSSB NHSSB SHSSB WHSSB Total
Nurse Type |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1>
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at 30 September 1989
Trained |7,400 |6,072.31 |2,456 |2,098.31 |2,361 |1,962.86 |2,254 |2,066.26 |14,471 |12,199.74
Student |1,782 |1,777.00 |279 |279.00 |291 |290.00 |370 |365.00 |2,722 |2,711.00
Others |1,809 |1,480.79 |445 |404.74 |585 |516.60 |443 |430.13 |3,282 |2,832.26
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10,991 |9,330.10 |3,180 |2,782.05 |3,237 |2,769.46 |3,067 |2,861.39 |20,475 |17,743.00
at 30 September 1990
Trained |7,358 |5,998.35 |2,466 |2,114.27 |2,399 |1,952.78 |2,312 |2,093.04 |14,535 |12,158.44
Student |1,833 |1,825.60 |247 |247.00 |207 |206.00 |373 |371.00 |2,660 |2,649.60
Others |1,942 |1,591.51 |435 |392.37 |612 |520.44 |461 |442.87 |3,450 |2.947.19
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |11,133 |9,415.46 |3,148 |2,753.64 |3,218 |2,679.22 |3,146 |2,906.91 |20,645 |17,755.23
at 30 September 1991
Trained |7,408 |6,016.02 |2,530 |2,158.25 |2,431 |1,955.45 |2,319 |2 087.90 |14,688 |12,217.62
Student |1,415 |1,410.60 |150 |150.00 |138 |138.00 |353 |352.00 |2,056 |2,050.60
Others |2,110 |1,746.38 |455 |411.40 |655 |547.57 |502 |485.57 |3,722 |3,190.92
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10,933 |9,173.00 |3,135 |2,719.65 |3,224 |2,641.02 |3,174 |2,925.47 |20,466 |17,459.14
at 30 September 1992
Trained |7,286 |5,858.66 |2,561 |2,151.51 |2,498 |2,000.72 |2,357 |2,087.65 |14,702 |12,098.54
Student |894 |888.56 |60 |60.00 |40 |40.00 |165 |165.00 |1,159 |1,153.56
Others |2,166 |1,783.14 |467 |411.61 |688 |562.50 |548 |516.97 |3,869 |3,274.22
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10,346 |8,530.36 |3,088 |2,623.12 |3,226 |2,603.22 |3,070 |2,769.62 |19,730 |16,526.32
at 30 September 1993
Trained |7,171 |5,719.68 |2,606 |2,164.40 |2,564 |2,024.65 |2,385 |2,022.05 |14,726 |11,930.78
Student |313 |307.80 |6 |6.00 |2 |2.00 |37 |36.00 |358 |351.80
Others |2,212 |1,806.45 |481 |420.01 |701 |573.08 |606 |543.69 |4,000 |3,343.23
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |9,696 |7,833.93 |3,093 |2,590.41 |3,267 |2,599.72 |3,028 |2,601.74 |19,084 |15,625.80
<1>WTE=Whole Time Equivalent.
Northern Ireland nursing and midwifery staff
EHSSB NHSSB SHSSB WHSSB Total
Nurse Type |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1> |Number |WTE<1>
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at 30 September 1989
Trained |7,400 |6,072.31 |2,456 |2,098.31 |2,361 |1,962.86 |2,254 |2,066.26 |14,471 |12,199.74
Student |1,782 |1,777.00 |279 |279.00 |291 |290.00 |370 |365.00 |2,722 |2,711.00
Others |1,809 |1,480.79 |445 |404.74 |585 |516.60 |443 |430.13 |3,282 |2,832.26
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10,991 |9,330.10 |3,180 |2,782.05 |3,237 |2,769.46 |3,067 |2,861.39 |20,475 |17,743.00
at 30 September 1990
Trained |7,358 |5,998.35 |2,466 |2,114.27 |2,399 |1,952.78 |2,312 |2,093.04 |14,535 |12,158.44
Student |1,833 |1,825.60 |247 |247.00 |207 |206.00 |373 |371.00 |2,660 |2,649.60
Others |1,942 |1,591.51 |435 |392.37 |612 |520.44 |461 |442.87 |3,450 |2.947.19
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |11,133 |9,415.46 |3,148 |2,753.64 |3,218 |2,679.22 |3,146 |2,906.91 |20,645 |17,755.23
at 30 September 1991
Trained |7,408 |6,016.02 |2,530 |2,158.25 |2,431 |1,955.45 |2,319 |2 087.90 |14,688 |12,217.62
Student |1,415 |1,410.60 |150 |150.00 |138 |138.00 |353 |352.00 |2,056 |2,050.60
Others |2,110 |1,746.38 |455 |411.40 |655 |547.57 |502 |485.57 |3,722 |3,190.92
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10,933 |9,173.00 |3,135 |2,719.65 |3,224 |2,641.02 |3,174 |2,925.47 |20,466 |17,459.14
at 30 September 1992
Trained |7,286 |5,858.66 |2,561 |2,151.51 |2,498 |2,000.72 |2,357 |2,087.65 |14,702 |12,098.54
Student |894 |888.56 |60 |60.00 |40 |40.00 |165 |165.00 |1,159 |1,153.56
Others |2,166 |1,783.14 |467 |411.61 |688 |562.50 |548 |516.97 |3,869 |3,274.22
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |10,346 |8,530.36 |3,088 |2,623.12 |3,226 |2,603.22 |3,070 |2,769.62 |19,730 |16,526.32
at 30 September 1993
Trained |7,171 |5,719.68 |2,606 |2,164.40 |2,564 |2,024.65 |2,385 |2,022.05 |14,726 |11,930.78
Student |313 |307.80 |6 |6.00 |2 |2.00 |37 |36.00 |358 |351.80
Others |2,212 |1,806.45 |481 |420.01 |701 |573.08 |606 |543.69 |4,000 |3,343.23
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |9,696 |7,833.93 |3,093 |2,590.41 |3,267 |2,599.72 |3,028 |2,601.74 |19,084 |15,625.80
<1>WTE=Whole Time Equivalent.
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Handicapped Children
Mr. William O'Brien : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what provision currently exists in Northern Ireland for (a) children with learning difficulties and (b) children with cerebral palsy ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ancram : A wide range of services and facilities is available at special schools and special units throughout Northern Ireland for children with learning difficulties, including those with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders. Each child follows a learning programme which is individually tailored according to his or her needs (as specified in his or her statement of special educational needs), together with any necessary equipment and ancillary support.
Special Advisers Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements are made to ensure that special advisers to Ministers in his Department do not have access to the kind of information, and are not involved in the type of business, that would be likely to create suspicion of impropriety in relation to subsequent employment.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : Care is taken to ensure that my special adviser does not have access to the kind of information likely to create suspicion of impropriety. He is not involved in evaluating tenders or letting contracts.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the name and job description of each special ministeral adviser employed in his Department showing any particular outputs for which each adviser is responsible.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : Mr. Jonathon Caine is my special adviser. His role is to provide political advice on a range of matters concerning Northern Ireland.
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School Bus Service
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the capacity of the school bus provided by Ulsterbus for the morning journey from Castlereagh road to Newtownbreda high school ; how many children travel each morning in this bus ; whether the bus is insured for this level of service ; and if he will make a statement about the safety of pupils on this bus.
Mr. Ancram : The maximum seating and standing capacity on buses is governed by the Public Services Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985.
There are two 53-seater buses and one 49-seater bus provided by Ulsterbus for the morning journey from Castlereagh to Newtonbreda high school and other schools and colleges in the area ; each of these buses may also carry up to 22 standing passengers. A recent survey by Ulsterbus showed that the maximum number of passengers carried on each bus at any time on their journey averaged 62. Ulsterbus is insured for this level of service.
Prison Officers (Assaults)
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many assaults have been made on prison officers in each Northern Ireland prison in each of the last 24 months ; how many prison officers required hospital tr2XZ Sir John Wheeler : The table shows the number of prison officers physically assaulted in Northern Ireland prisons in each of the last 24 months resulting in an absence from duty on medical grounds. Details of officers requiring hospital treatment, and of the affiliation of prisoners who carried out assaults, are not held centrally but will be made available by the end of January.
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Month/Year |Belfast |Maze |Maghaberry |Magilligan |YOC |Monthly total
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December 1991 |17 |1 |nil |nil |3 |21
January 1992 |1 |2 |1 |1 |nil |5
February 1992 |1 |nil |nil |2 |1 |4
March 1992 |6 |1 |17 |5 |1 |30
April 1992 |3 |1 |2 |nil |nil |6
May 1992 |1 |1 |nil |3 |2 |7
June 1992 |5 |2 |4 |nil |nil |11
July 1992 |12 |1 |1 |1 |nil |15
August 1992 |4 |nil |3 |1 |1 |9
September 1992 |16 |1 |1 |nil |nil |18
October 1992 |3 |1 |1 |3 |nil |8
November 1992 |8 |nil |3 |nil |nil |11
December 1992 |3 |2 |3 |nil |nil |8
January 1993 |4 |nil |1 |1 |nil |6
February 1993 |nil |2 |1 |1 |1 |5
March 1993 |2 |4 |1 |1 |1 |9
April 1993 |11 |8 |1 |1 |1 |22
May 1993 |5 |2 |1 |2 |nil |10
June 1993 |2 |3 |2 |nil |nil |7
July 1993 |2 |16 |4 |nil |nil |22
August 1993 |11 |6 |4 |nil |nil |21
September 1993 |4 |3 |3 |nil |nil |10
October 1993 |1 |nil |2 |2 |nil |5
November 1993 |nil |8 |nil |nil |nil |8
Totals |122 |65 |56 |24 |11
Grand Total |278
Note: The figures show the number of staff absent from duty on medical grounds due to physical assault by
prisoners. There may be other staff who although assaulted were not injured and did not go off duty on sick
leave.
School Performance Data
Mr. Stott : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on the collection and publication of school performance data ; if he has any plans to extend the scope of any future data to include vocational qualifications ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ancram : Expenditure on the publication of information about school performance in the 1991-92 school year was in the region of £32,000. Information to be published about school performance in the 1992-93 school year and subsequent years will include data about performance in general national vocational qualifications at intermediate and advanced level and in a range of other vocational qualifications.
Housing Executive
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria are used in the selection of the chair and the executive members of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, in respect of relevant experience and qualifications ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins : The board of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive consists of 10 members, including a chairman and vice-chairman. Of these, three must be members nominated by the Northern Ireland Housing Council (a statutory advisory body made up of one representative from each of the 26 local councils). In considering appointments to the board of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive I have a responsibility to ensure that, taken as a whole, the board is balanced and reflects a mix of experience, business background and expertise to enable it to achieve the objectives for which it has been established. The work of the board, including the development of a more customer-orientated approach and appropriate business practices, means that board membership should include those with an interest in housing or related public sector policies and relevant professional, managerial and commercial experience.
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Public Bodies
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department's policy is regarding the use of executive search consultants in making appointments to public bodies ; and if he will (a) list the appointments where such consultants have been used and (b) list the cost in each case since April 1992.
Sir John Wheeler : The Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments may, in accordance with paragraphs 5.20 to 5.25 of the guide on public appointments procedures, use executive search consultants when making appointments to public bodies. To date, however, search consultants have not been used.
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which of the appointments made to public bodies by his Department since April 1992 have been advertised.
Sir John Wheeler : The following appointments have been advertised :
Chief Commissioner of the Planning Appeals Commission. Principal Professional Commissioner of the Planning Appeals Commission.
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing, at 1992-93 prices, the gross public spending for each year since 1990-91 and the projected expenditure for each year to 1995-96 for each executive non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department, as listed in "Public Bodies 1992".
Sir John Wheeler [holding answer 15 December 1993] : Gross public spending for each executive non-departmental public body from 1990- 91 to 1992-93 and the estimated outturn for 1993-94 at 1992-93 prices is shown in the table.
My right hon. and learned Friend recently announced allocations to Northern Ireland programmes for the years 1994-95 to 1996-97. Allocations to individual public non-departmental bodies will be decided over the next few months.
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(thousands)
|1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |Estimated outturn
|1993-94
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Public Service Training Council |325 |307 |250 |302
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery, Health Visiting for Northern Ireland |9,830 |10,002 |10,226 |9,870
Northern Ireland Council for Post Graduate Medical Education |685 |808 |840 |859
Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland |295 |288 |281 |292
Agricultural Research Institute for Northern Ireland |2,059 |2,185 |2,263 |2,388
Agricultural Wages Board |3 |4 |4 |4
Foyle Fisheries Commission |125 |123 |122 |125
Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbour Authority |784 |767 |761 |780
Arts Council for Northern Ireland |5,883 |6,428 |6,286 |5,926
Council for Catholic Maintained Schools |846 |877 |923 |962
Education and Library Boards (ELBs) |416,509 |878,876 |918,337 |902,221
Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council |1,818 |2,625 |3,617 |4,736
Staff Commission for ELBs |182 |159 |176 |178
Sports Council for Northern Ireland |1,883 |1,904 |1,970 |1,887
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum |2,709 |3,591 |3,885 |3,544
Ulster Museum |4,439 |4,177 |3,734 |3,646
Youth Council for Northern Ireland |1,635 |1,746 |1,909 |1,948
Enterprise Ulster |6,671 |7,581 |7,206 |7,684
Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland |934 |1,054 |1,252 |1,354
Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland |1,519 |1,690 |1,983 |2,473
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland |350 |377 |406 |361
Health and Safety Agency |146 |166 |173 |157
Labour Relations Agency |1,157 |1,259 |1,323 |1,386
Local Enterprise Development Unit |42,861 |37,176 |33,411 |37,573
Northern Ireland Tourist Board |7,357 |7,094 |11,660 |11,902
Ulster Sheltered Employment Ltd. |1,427 |1,900 |2,329 |2,245
Wages Council Northern Ireland |4 |5 |8 |7
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company |23,213 |22,880 |22,288 |22,584
Laganside Corporation |6,746 |7,513 |4,577 |4,847
Northern Ireland Housing Executive |495,760 |475,582 |468,000 |461,017
Fire Authority for Northern Ireland |40,080 |39,675 |40,609 |41,513
Training Schools |9,063 |10,081 |11,062 |12,022
Probation Board |7,738 |8,594 |9,494 |9,764
Independent Commission for Police Complaints |532 |622 |644 |693
Police Authority for Northern Ireland |471,284 |522,936 |566,442 |592,878
Vaughan's Charity |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Pig Production Development Committee |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Livestock Marketing Commission for Northern Ireland |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Construction Industry Training Board |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Northern Ireland Consumer Committee for Electricity |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee |Nil |Nil |Nil |Nil
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many press releases his Department has issued in each year since 1979.
Sir John Wheeler : The number of press releases issued since 1979 is as follows :
|Number
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1979 |1,444
1980 |1,410
1981 |1,436
1982 |1,573
1983 |1,719
1984 |1,440
1985 |1,460
1986 |1,371
1987 |1,252
1988 |1,294
1989 |1,063
1990 |1,553
1991 |1,294
1992 |1,289
1993 |1,370
Habitats and Species Directive
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will issue a consultation paper on the implementation of the EC habitats and species directive in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Atkins : The consultation paper on the implementation of the EC habitats and species directive in Northern Ireland was issued on 7 December 1993 and was circulated widely to interested bodies. The paper largely mirrors proposals put forward in the Great Britain consultation document which was issued on 4 October 1993, but takes account of Northern Ireland's distinct legislative framework. The closing date for responses to the paper is 21 January 1994.
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Advertising
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spends annually on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising and (c) press advertising ; and what were the corresponding figures for 1985 and 1979.
Sir John Wheeler : The information could be obtained in the form requested only at disproportionate cost. The total figure for spending on all advertising, and other promotional material for 1992-93 is £7,356,526. Of this sum £509,000 was used for security advertising, a breakdown of which is provided in the table. The available corresponding figures for 1985-86 and 1979-80 are £3, 916,824 and £468,972 respectively.
SCOTLAND
Caledonian Pine
Mr. Clifton-Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to maintain and extend the area covered by native Caledonian pine in the next 20 years, in response to (a) the EC habitats and species directive and (b) the biodiversity convention signed at the United Nations conference on environment and development.
Sir Hector Monro : The Government recognise Caledonian pine forest as a priority habitat type of European importance, and as a significant component of United Kingdom biodiversity in respect of its genetic, species and habitat values. We are fully committed to supporting the international initiatives referred to by my hon. Friend and have already introduced measures for the management and extension of the area covered by Caledonian pine in Scotland. Grants are available to private woodland owners for the regeneration and extension of native pinewoods, and since 1989, the Forestry Commission has grant-aided the planting and regeneration of over 6,000 hectares of native pines and associated broadleaves. This has increased the native pinewood area by one half. Owners of native
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pinewoods are also eligible for management grants in return for maintaining their woods in a way that conserves their environmental value.The Forestry Commission itself has a programme of enhancing the biodiversity value of the 3,000 hectares of native pinewoods in its care, and of doubling the area by the year 2000.
Youth Training
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many YTS or youth training places there were in (a) Dundee and (b) Scotland in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Stewart : The information requested is given in the table :
@
Estimated population aged 16 and 17
Dundee city Scotland
district
|16 |17 |16-17 |16 |17 |16-17
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1988 |2,511 |2,692 |5,203 |76,813 |81,292 |158,105
1989 |2,211 |2,492 |4,703 |71,291 |76,069 |147,360
1990 |2,088 |2,215 |4,303 |66,248 |70,849 |137,097
1991 |2,012 |2,033 |4,045 |64,501 |65,750 |130,251
1992 |1,978 |2,048 |4,026 |63,397 |64,338 |127,735
Local Government Reorganisation
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 1 December 1993, Official Report , column 639 , how many letters, cards and other representations he has received from people resident in Musselburgh supporting the case for Musselburgh to remain in East Lothian ; and what support he has had for his proposal to detach Musselburgh from the East Lothian local authority area.
Mr. Stewart : Since publication of the White Paper "Shaping the Future--The New Councils" a total of 35 letters, all of which have supported the retention of Musselburgh within East Lothian, have been received from Musselburgh residents, businesses and other organisations. In addition a number of the 14,000 postcards received as part of the East Lothian "Standing Firm" campaign have been sent from people resident in Musselburgh.
Forestry Commission
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will carry out an investigation into the offering of tracts of Forestry Commission land to various conservation bodies ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro : I refer the hon. Member to my letter to him of 16 November, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to ensure that the freedom to roam on any currently available Forestry Commission land will not be placed in jeopardy following the report of the forestry review group ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro : The remit of the forestry review group includes the request that it should make proposals for changes which would improve the effectiveness of the
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delivery of the Government's forestry policy objectives, having regard to the Government's other economic and environmental policies.Such objectives and policies include the practice of the Forestry Commission in encouraging public access to woodlands as set out in "Forestry Policy for Great Britain", copies of which are in the library.
Ministers are well aware of the importance to many people of access and therefore, have asked the review group to take this into account when developing its advice.
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy, following the report of the forestry review group, to maintain the freedom to roam on any Forestry Commission land currently available in (a) the Sheffield, Hillsborough constituency and (b) elsewhere in Britain.
Sir Hector Monro : Ministers are conscious of the importance to many people of access to Forestry Commission land including land in the hon. Member's constituency. They have therefore asked the review group to take the issue of public access fully into account when developing its advice.
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all Forestry Commission woods in Scotland by region ; and which woods are to be placed for sale under the current disposals programme.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 13 December 1993] : The Forestry Commission manages the following areas of land in Scotland :
Region |Area (hectares) ------------------------------------------------------ Borders |30,853 Central |29,850 Dumfries and Galloway |101,258 Fife |4,780 Grampian |61,555 Highland |236,983 Lothian |1,650 Orkney |9 Strathclyde |201,738 Tayside |40,084 Western Isles |867
Details of individual forests and woodlands are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. I have, however, made arrangements for a map showing the location of the individual areas to be placed in the Library as soon as possible.
The areas of forest land in Scotland currently being offered for sale by the Forestry Commission on the open market are as follows :
Region and Name |Area (hectares)
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Dumfries and Galloway
Glaik |63
Grampian
Barlatch |3
Craigmuir Wood |34
Crimond Hill |25
Cruchie Wood |7
Haremoss |19
Hillend Moss |16
Lauchentilly Moss |30
Longhill |120
Moreseat of Hatton |38
Mormond Hill |255
New Pitsligo (2 lots) |42
Whitestones |5
Highland
Ardelve |26
Balmore (Main Road) |40
Clava and Craggie (Lot 1) |33
Croftdhu |14
Dhivach (North) |45
Dhivach (South) |77
Dundonnell |312
Eilean Darach |110
Fain (Cpt 2038) |22
Fain South (Cpt 2037) |4
Score Farm and Roadside Strips 17
Storr (East) |79
Strathclyde
Aucheneden |538
Achentorlie |439
Auchindrain |234
Carrick |2
Daljarrock |52
Dalsmirren (part) |1,094
Garrochoran |192
High Ugadale |21
Inverneill |102
Loch Sween |179
Merkins/Knockupple |587
Moss Priory |71
Scoor and Beech (Lot 5) |360
Tayside
Aukleeks |358
Keillour |11
Mr. Tipping : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, for each separate piece of land currently owned or leased by the Forestry Commission in the Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Grampian and Highland regions (a) its name and (b) its area in hectares ; and whether he will place a map in the Library which names and identifies each of these pieces of land ;
(2) if he will list for each separate piece of land currently owned or leased by the Forestry Commission in the Borders (a) its name and (b) its area in hectares ; and if he will place a map in the Library which names and identifies each of these pieces of land ; (3) if he will list for each separate piece of land currently owned or leased by the Forestry Commission in Lothian, Orkney, Shetlands, Strathclyde, Tayside and Western Isles regions (a) its name and (b) its area in hectares ; and whether he will place a map in the Library which names and identifies each of these pieces of land.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 8 December 1993] : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Clwyd, North-West (Mr. Richards) earlier today.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what publicly owned woodland in the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency has been put on sale in each of the past five years ; and what areas are planned to be put on sale.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 13 December 1993] : Lists giving details of the areas of forest land sold
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by the Forestry Commission in each region from the start of the disposals programme in July 1981 to December 1992 are held in the Library of the House. A list of the forest land sold by the Commission in 1993 will be drawn up and placed in the Library in the new year.Aucheneden--538 hectares--is the only commission woodland currently on the market in the hon. Member's constituency.
Mr. Paddy Tipping : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in respect of which areas of Forestry Commission land assurances have been issued that they will not be privatised ; and according to what criteria these decisions are made.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 25 November 1993] : Ministers will await the advice of the forestry review group before considering what action, if any, should be taken in respect of the ownership and management of Forestry Commission woodlands.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultation there has been in relation to the national forest plan to be published shortly.
Sir Hector Monro : Since we did not wish the plan to pre-empt the findings of the forestry review group or to prejudice our decisions on the group's recommendations, we decided it would not be practical for the plan to go beyond drawing together the various strands of the Government's present forestry policy and programmes.
We concluded, therefore, that there would be little benefit in consulting publicly before publishing the plan. Instead, we will be inviting comments on the plan after it has been published.
Local Enterprise Companies
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total budget for local enterprise companies in Scotland for (a) 1992-93 and (b) 1993-94 ; and what is the planned budget for 1994-95.
Mr. Stewart : The allocation of resources to the local enterprise companies is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. I understand that total budgets for the local enterprise companies for 1992-93 and 1993-94 amount to £382.1 million and £379.2 million respectively, but that budget allocations for 1994- 95 have yet to be determined.
Winter Deaths
Mr. Chisholm : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of excess winter deaths in Scotland in each of the last three years.
Mr. Stewart : The information available is given in the table.
Number of deaths by quarter, Scotland, 1990-92
Year |(Quarter) |Number of deaths
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1990 |1 |16,933
|2 |15,105
|3 |13,737
|4 |15,752
1991 |1 |16,278
|2 |14,891
|3 |13,814
|4 |16,058
1992 |1 |16,511
|2 |14,668
|3 |14,024
|4 |15,734
Seals
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his estimates for each of the last three available years of the number of each type of seal resident in Scottish waters and the varieties and value of fish taken by such seals in each of these years.
Sir Hector Monro : Both grey and common seals are resident in Scottish waters. Estimated grey seal numbers are as follows :
|Number
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1990 |79,000
1991 |86,900
1992 |92,800
Comparable figures are not available for common seals which are presently estimated at 24,100.
Research has shown that seals are opportunistic feeders which consume a wide variety of species including those of commercial importance such as cod, whiting, various flat fishes, herring, sprat and sandeels as well as salmon. No recent estimate is available of the value of the commercial fish consumed by seals in Scottish waters.
Mrs. Golding : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest estimates by the sea mammals research unit of the numbers of grey and common seals in Scotland.
Sir Hector Monro : The latest grey and common seal populations in Scotland as estimated by the sea mammal research unit are 92,800 and 24,100 respectively.
Sheriff Court Fees
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will reconsider the proposed increases in sheriff court fees ; and what representations he has received from the Law Society on this matter.
Mr. Lang : The changes to Sheriff Court fees, which are projected to lead to an overall 12 per cent. increase in income, are included in the Sheriff Court Fees Amendment (No. 2) Order 1983 which was laid before Parliament on 10 December.
My noble and learned Friend has received a number of
representations from the Law Society of Scotland to which he has responded clarifying the basis of the changes.
Water Metering
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what instructions he has given to local authorities, concerning features to be incorporated in provision of new domestic water supplies, with a view to future adaptation for metering.
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Sir Hector Monro : No requirements have been placed on local authorities in Scotland concerning the future adaptation of new domestic water supplies for metering. Metering is a voluntary option we made available to householders from 1 April this year. The technical adaptations necessary are matters for discussion between regional or island councils as water authorities and the individual consumer.
In May my Department issued a circular to water authorities drawing their attention to the new optional provision (in the Local Government Finance Act 1992) and highlighting certain matters such as meter siting and payment terms that they might wish to take into account when meeting a consumer's request for a meter. I am arranging for a copy of the circular (SOEnD 10/93) to be placed in the Library.
Department of Education
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland under what public expenditure headings costs of public relations, publications, and circulars to schools, parents and local authorities, incurred by the Scottish Office Department of Education are shown ; and how much has been expended under each heading since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Since 1979, the Scottish Office Education Department (formerly the Scottish Education Department) has issued a wide range of materials to local authorities, schools and parents including consultation documents, circulars, regulations and publications.
The cost of these are included under a variety of public expenditure headings, either within Departmental running costs or within the votes appropriate to the subjects to which they relate. No single headings cover only costs related to these reports, circulars or publications. It is therefore not possible to identify such costs separately.
Kilgarth Tip, Coatbridge
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 10 December, Official Report , column 411 , if he will publish the correspondence relating to his decision about the application by City of Glasgow district council in respect of Kilgarth tip, Coatbridge.
Mr. Lang : I do not intend to publish the correspondence relating to my decision in the Kilgarth case. It is our normal practice to treat such papers as private matters involved only the parties directly concerned. After decision letters are issued it is for each party to decide whether, or to what extent, it wishes to disclose details of the case.
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's policy is regarding the use of executive search consultants in making appointments to public bodies ; and if he will (a) list the appointments where such consultants have been used and (b) list the cost in each case since April 1992.
Mr. Lang : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible. Copies of my reply will be placed in the Library of the House.
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Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria are used in the selection of the chair and the executive members of (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise, (c) the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and (d) Scottish Homes,ight hon. Friend is required by the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 to appoint to Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise persons who appear to him to have knowledge or experience relevant to the discharge of the functions of those bodies (regard being had to the principle that equality of opportunity should be promoted as between men and women).
Criteria for the selection of the chairman and executive members of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council are set out in the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 and are as follows :
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