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Exports
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the value of exports which derive from each local authority district in Scotland, expressed both in cash terms and as a percentage of the total ; if he will also show the estimated per capita value of these exports for each district ; and if he will make a statement on the variations between districts.
Mr. Stewart : This information is not available. However, the Scottish Council Development and Industry, which produces the Annual Survey of Scottish Manufactured Exports, also compiles reports commissioned by a number of local enterprise companies. These reports are published and are available from SCDI.
Executive Agencies
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the executive agencies which are responsible to his Department.
Mr. Lang : I am responsible for five executive agencies in the Scottish Office. These are :
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Scottish Prison ServiceScottish Office Pensions Agency
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency
Historic Scotland
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
In addition, I am responsible for two independent departments which are also executive agencies. These are the Registers of Scotland and the Scottish Record Office.
I have announced that the student awards branch of the Scottish Office will become an executive agency from 5April 1994. The fisheries research service and roads directorate of the Scottish Office and the Scottish Court Service, part of the Scottish Courts Administration, are currently under consideration for executive agency status.
Alzheimer's Disease
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of Alzheimer's disease have been identified within Scotland ; how many of those affected are (a) hospitalised, (b) in residential care and (c) being cared for in the community ; and what further assistance he proposes to provide to carers.
Mr. Stewart : The figures requested are not available. However, there were 4,666 patients with dementia in mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units at the end of 1992. There were 4,145 people in residential homes for the elderly reported by the homes as being mentally confused at 31 March 1992. Estimates suggest that there are up to about 90,000 people suffering from some form of dementia. An estimated 60 per cent. of these suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Local authorities have lead responsibility for assisting carers. It is for authorities to decide the particular services which they provide, drawing on the substantial resources provided for the implementation of community care.
Stoddard's Carpet Factory
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last visited Stoddard's carpet factory in Elderslie ; what plans he has to make a ministerial visit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart : My right hon. Friend visited Stoddard's factory in 1987 as the Scottish Office Minister with responsibility for industry and home affairs. He has no plans to re-visit the factory. There have been more recent visits to the factory by our officials.
Fox Hunting
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will ban fox hunting on all land over which he has jurisdiction.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if his Department now recognises the classification of myalgic encephalomyelitis as a disease by the World Health Organisation ; what plans he has to give health boards guidance on the treatment of this disease ; what funds he will make available for research into its prevention and cure ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart : The version of the international classification of diseases currently in operation in Scotland
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is the ninth revision, ICD9, which does not have a specific code for myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, although it can be recorded under "unspecified encephalopathy". The next revision, ICD10, which has a code for "Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis", is expected to come into operation in Scotland in spring 1996.As a matter of principle, the Government do not issue clinical guidance, since that is the responsibility of the medical profession.
The chief scientist office of the Scottish Office Home and Health Department is always prepared to give consideration to applications for scientifically bases research projects related to ME.
CPC (United Kingdom) Ltd.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met representatives of CPC (United Kingdom) Ltd., to discuss the continuance and development of their food manufacturing operation in Paisley ; when he next plans to meet them ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart : My right hon. Friend has had no meeting with representatives of CPC (United Kingdom) Ltd. to discuss the future of the company's operation in Paisley, and he has no plans for such a meeting. Our officials in Locate in Scotland, however, have met representatives of the company and are maintaining contact.
Co-operative Movement
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans Her Majesty's Government have to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the co-operative movement by the Rochdale pioneers.
Mr. Stewart : The Government have no such plans.
Scottish Grand Committee
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the places which are being considered as future venues for meetings of the Scottish Grand Committee.
Mr. Lang : The Scottish Grand Committee is a Committee of the House of Commons and accordingly responsibility for arranging meeting venues lies with the authorities of the House.
OPEN Project, Paisley
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide funding which will allow the one person employment network project in Paisley,
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operated by ENABLE from urban aid funding services, to extend its catchment area beyond areas of priority treatment ; and if he will make a statement.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The area covered by the OPEN project was defined in the application for urban programme support submitted by Strathclyde regional council in November 1991. Extending the project's boundaries would be a matter for the regional council. Urban programme support is available only in those areas designated as eligible for such funding.
Sheltered Housing
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of the shortfall of provision of sheltered housing to meet known needs in Renfrew district ; how long it will take at current expenditure levels to match provision to need ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : A comparison between the actual number of sheltered housing units in Renfrew district notified by the district council and the guideline figure of need estimated in accordance with the Scottish Office Environment Department circular 8/91 "Housing and Community Care" suggests that there may be a shortfall of 466 units in the district. It is, however, for the local authority to make its own estimate of the level of need and set targets for meeting that need based on its knowledge of local circumstances and other competing priorities for investment. Local Housing authorities are not expected to provide all sheltered housing in their district, but to work with other housing agencies, including Scottish Homes, to meet local needs. Renfrew District Council should take into account the contribution of Scottish Homes and other housing providers when setting targets for meeting their estimated need for sheltered housing.
Ambulance Service
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number and grades of the operational staff employed by the Scottish ambulance service in each area or division in each year since 1984 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart : The information requested is shown in the following table. The whole-time equivalent number of operational staff has risen from 1,720 in 1984 to 2,195 in 1994--an increase of nearly 28 per cent.
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Scottish Ambulance Service
Operational Staff Establishment 1984-1994-Whole Time Equivalents
1984-85
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |n/a |n/a |n/a |168
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |n/a |n/a |n/a |219
Fife, Lothian and Borders |n/a |n/a |n/a |418
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |n/a |n/a |n/a |268
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |n/a |n/a |n/a |125
Greater Glasgow |n/a |n/a |n/a |303
Highland and Western Isles |n/a |n/a |n/a |95
Tayside |n/a |n/a |n/a |124
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |n/a |n/a |n/a |1,720
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||4 |1985-86
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |n/a |n/a |n/a |167
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |n/a |n/a |n/a |225
Fife, Lothian and Borders |n/a |n/a |n/a |433
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |n/a |n/a |n/a |267
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |n/a |n/a |n/a |130
Greater Glasgow |n/a |n/a |n/a |302
Highland and Western Isles |n/a |n/a |n/a |97
Tayside |n/a |n/a |n/a |130
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |n/a |n/a |n/a |1,751
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1986-87
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |13 |147 |10 |170
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |13 |201 |10 |224
Fife, Lothian and Borders |16 |331 |91 |438
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |8 |252 |14 |274
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |14 |107 |10 |131
Greater Glasgow |18 |201 |91 |310
Highland and Western Isles |15 |82 |- |97
Tayside |8 |103 |20 |126
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |105 |1,424 |246 |1,775
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1987-88
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |12 |121 |42 |175
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |11 |173 |49 |233
Fife, Lothian and Borders |12 |301 |129 |442
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |8 |189 |76 |273
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |15 |104 |22 |141
Greater Glasgow |11 |159 |122 |292
Highland and Western Isles |16 |85 |1 |102
Tayside |8 |101 |21 |130
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |93 |1,233 |462 |1,788
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1988-89
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |10 |96 |64 |170
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |13 |142 |88 |243
Fife, Lothian and Borders |19 |243 |191 |453
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |8 |151 |111 |270
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |14 |82 |46 |142
Greater Glasgow |11 |96 |176 |283
Highland and Western Isles |15 |70 |21 |106
Tayside |8 |78 |55 |141
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |98 |958 |752 |1,808
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1989-90
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |6 |135 |36.6 |177.6
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |8 |190 |39.1 |237.1
Fife, Lothian and Borders |16 |321 |99.4 |436.4
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |7 |196 |43.2 |246.2
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |4 |117 |24.6 |145.6
Greater Glasgow |14 |151 |117.9 |282.9
Highland and Western Isles |8 |95 |10.0 |113.0
Tayside |9 |93 |44.0 |141.0
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |72 |1,298 |414.8 |1,784.8
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1990-91
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |6 |134 |38.8 |178.8
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |9 |187 |50.1 |246.1
Fife, Lothian and Borders |17 |327 |109.6 |453.6
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |9 |196 |71.5 |276.5
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |4 |128 |32.4 |164.4
Greater Glasgow |15 |153 |107.6 |275.6
Highland and Western Isles |7 |98 |14.7 |119.7
Tayside |9 |94 |40.8 |143.8
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |76 |1,317 |465.5 |1,858.5
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1991-92
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |6 |140 |56.9 |202.9
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |8 |197 |79.5 |284.5
Fife, Lothian and Borders |15 |380 |131.1 |526.1
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |7 |195 |74.6 |276.6
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |3 |137 |48.7 |188.7
Greater Glasgow |14 |160 |91.4 |265.4
Highland and Western Isles |7 |126 |20.5 |265.5
Tayside |7 |101 |43.7 |151.7
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |67 |1,436 |546.4 |2,049.4
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1992-93
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |28 |125 |56.6 |209.6
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |48 |171 |69.5 |288.5
Fife, Lothian and Borders |70 |319 |142.3 |531.5
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |43 |157 |81.4 |281.4
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |25 |125 |46.7 |196.7
Greater Glasgow |25 |135 |122.7 |282.7
Highland and Western Isles |27 |110 |19.0 |156.0
Tayside |22 |88 |45.2 |155.2
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |288 |1,230 |583.4 |2,101.4
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1993-94
Area |Leading |Qualified |Basic grade|Total
|ambulance |ambulance
|person |technician
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Argyll and Clyde |27 |127 |57.4 |211.4
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |49 |171 |76.5 |296.5
Fife, Lothian and Borders |70 |325 |159.8 |554.8
Forth Valley and Lanarkshire |43 |162 |82.4 |287.4
Grampian, Orkney and Shetland |25 |131 |45.9 |201.9
Greater Glasgow |32 |159 |125.8 |316.8
Highland and Western Isles |27 |122 |18.8 |167.8
Tayside |22 |88 |48.6 |158.6
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |295 |1,285 |615.2 |2,195.2
n/a denotes not available.
The figures relate to vehicle crews.
Carpet Manufacturing
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the state of the carpet manufacturing industry in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart : The latest full year figures show that the output of the Scottish carpet industry increased by almost 6.5 per cent. between 1991 and 1992. However this was against the background of a downward trend in output since 1989. Employment in the industry has been broadly stable since 1991 at around 1,500 employees.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to promote on the international market carpets designed and manufactured in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart : The Scottish carpet industry can benefit from a wide range of advice and assistance available from Scottish trade international, including the Government's overseas trade services. These include support for participation in industry specific overseas trade fairs. The Scottish Enterprise-funded Scottish textile design development scheme places design graduates with Scottish textile companies to assist in improving their design awareness and capabilities. The Scottish carpet industry has benefited from this scheme.
Ministerial Responsibilities
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the precise duties and responsibilities of each Minister in his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang : The information requested by the hon. Member is included in the Cabinet Office publication "List of Ministerial
Responsibilities". Copies are distributed to hon. Members by the Vote Office.
Councillors (Expenses)
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to increase the (a) special responsibility payments, (b) allowances, (c) subsistence allowances and (d) travelling expense rates of elected members of Scottish local authorities in the forthcoming financial year.
Mr. Stewart : The system of councillors' allowances and the travel and subsistence allowances scheme are currently under review.
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Coylton-Ballantrae Power Line
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the organisations which have submitted objections to the proposal by Scottish Power to construct a power line from Coylton to Ballantrae, and the total number of members of the public and hon. Members of both Houses of Parliament who have submitted objections by the final date designated for the submission by such non-statutory bodies and individuals.
Mr. Stewart : The 17 organisations listed below have submitted objections to the proposals.
Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland
Ayrshire Tourist Board
Barr Community Council
Barhill Community Council
Burns Country Tourist Association
Coylton Branch SNP
Coylton Community Council
Crosshill, Straiton and Kirkmichael Community Council
The Grey Man Hillwalking Club
Leitrum Stop the Pylons Movement (Republic of Ireland)
National Farmers Union--Ayr Area
Pinwherry Community Association
Pinwherry Community Council
Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society Ltd.
Scottish Landowners Federation
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Stonehouse Heritage Group
In addition, approximately 5,500 representations have been received from members of the public and hon. Members of both Houses of Parliament.
Scottish Co-operative Development Company
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the role of the Scottish Co-operative Development Company in economic development ; what support is offered by his Department and by Scottish Enterprise ; what guidelines he has issued to local enterprise companies on their relationships with the Scottish Co-operative Development Company ; and if he will allocate additional funding to the Scottish Co-operative Development Company for the development of a phoenix unit.
Mr. Stewart : The Government acknowledge that the Scottish Co- operative Development Company has performed a valuable role in helping to establish business co-operatives. One of the company's main sources of income is the urban programme, which is funded by the Scottish Office. The company currently receives no funding from Scottish Enterprise. It is open to local enterprise companies to contract with the Scottish Co-operative Development Company as they see fit ; my right hon. Friend has issued no guidelines on this matter.
The question of funding for a phoenix unit will be considered when the company submits its proposals to the Scottish Office.
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Co-operatives
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to encourage the development of retail, wholesale and manufacturing co-operatives.
Mr. Stewart : Co-operatives have benefited and will continue to benefit from the range of Government policies designed to encourage the development of small and medium-sized businesses. Scottish Office funding for a number of co-operative projects has been made available through the urban programme, and applications for funding for other such projects can still be made.
Patients
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many patients have been treated in national health service hospitals' private facilities in each year since 1987-88 ;
(2) how much income has been generated by private patient facilities in national health service hospitals in each year since 1987-88.
Mr. Stewart : The number of private patients and the income generated are as follows :
<
Financial year |Number |Income
|£
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1987-88 |1,300 |1,060,660
1988-89 |1,139 |1,078,452
1989-90 |1,301 |1,224,720
1990-91 |1,430 |1,354,542
1991-92 |1,567 |1,935,616
1992-93 |<1>1,209 |1,357,570
<1> Provisional figure.
Dementia
Ms Rachel Squire : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many beds are provided for people with dementia by each health board in Scotland and expressed as a percentage of the elderly population.
Mr. Stewart : The number of patients in psychogeriatric beds in hospital with a diagnosis of dementia as at 31March 1993, the latest date for which complete information is available is shown in the following table.
As at 31 March 1993
|Patients in |Percentage of
|hospital with a|population
|dementia
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Scotland |5,364 |0.7
Argyll and Clyde |393 |0.6
Ayrshire and Arran |298 |0.5
Borders |157 |0.8
Dumfries and Galloway |188 |0.7
Fife |430 |0.8
Forth Valley |223 |0.6
Grampian |658 |0.9
Greater Glasgow |1,003 |0.7
Highland |217 |0.7
Lanarkshire |417 |0.6
Lothian |716 |0.6
Orkney |- |-
Shetland |- |-
Tayside |599 |0.9
Western Isles |65 |1.2
These figures exclude those in geriatric units with diagnosis of dementia for whom separate information is not centrally held.
Ms Rachel Squire : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish targets for the reduction of NHS continuing care provision for elderly people and people with dementia for each health board by (a) 1996 and (b) 2001 ; and if he will explain the criteria on which these targets are based.
Mr. Stewart : There are no set targets for the reduction of NHS continuing care provision. It is for individual health boards to determine future in-patient bed numbers, based on assessment of patients who are likely to require continuing specialist medical and nursing supervision.
The scale and pace of any patient transfer programme is subject to local negotiation and agreement between the health and local authorities and founded on the basis of individual patient assessment.
Hospital Staff Redundancies
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of redundancies among national health service hospital staff (a) by grade and (b) by reason for each year since 1988-89.
Mr. Stewart : Statistics on the redundancies in the NHS in Scotland are not collected centrally other than in respect of staff who are both over 50 years of age and have at least five years' reckonable service for superannuation purposes where a benefit is immediately payable under the National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1981. The total number of such premature retirement awards for the years since 1988-89 is as follows :
Year |Number of
|cases
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1988-89 |354
1989-90 |1,040
1990-91 |480
1991-92 |625
1992-93 |759
A breakdown by hospital staff only and by grade and by reason of redundancy is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Homicides (Firearms)
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many homicides involving (a) shotguns and (b) other firearms have taken place as a result of domestic incidents in each police force area in each of the last 10 years ; and how many of the victims in each case were women.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information held on homicides gives details of the relationship between the victim and the accused but does not separately identify incidents involving shotguns from those involving other firearms.
The available information is given in the table :
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Total victims of homicide where the method of killing was shooting and the victim was a sibling, parent, spouse, whether separated or otherwise,
cohabitee, lover or boyfriend etc., 1983-92<1>
Police force area |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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Northern |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |2
Tayside |- |- |- |1 |- |- |2 |- |1 |-
Fife |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Lothians and Borders |- |- |1 |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |-
Central |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Strathclyde |2 |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
Dumfries and Galloway |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |--
Total |2 |1 |1 |1 |2 |- |5 |- |2 |2
<1> Information as at 4 February 1994. The number of incidents identified as homicides may change as a result of subsequent court proceedings.
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Female victims of homicide where the method of killing was shooting and the victim was a sibling, parent, spouse, whether separated or otherwise,
cohabitee, lover or boyfriend etc., 1983-92<1>
Police force area |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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Northern |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Tayside |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
Fife |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Lothians and Borders |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Central |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Strathclyde |2 |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
Dumfries and Galloway |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |--
Total |2 |1 |1 |1 |- |- |3 |- |2 |-
<1> Information as at 4 February 1994. The number of incidents identified as homicides may change as a result of subsequent court proceedings.
Local Government Pensions
Mr. Norman Hogg : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he has to give to local authorities on enhancing the pensions of senior local government officers who choose to retire early ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart : The arrangements under which local authorities can make compensation payments to enhance the pensions of staff who retire prematurely on redundancy or in the interests of the efficiency of the service are set out in the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1979, as amended.
These arrangements are currently being reviewed, in consultation with the local authorities.
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