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Wind Turbines
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many planning applications for wind turbines have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected since 1984 ; and how many wind turbines are currently in operation in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart : The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Staff
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the total number of staff employed by his office and the total amount of public spending administered by his office for the latest date available ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang : Details of staff employed and public expenditure administered by my Departments are contained in my 1993 departmental report, "Serving Scotland's Needs" Cm 2214, a copy of which is available in the Library. My departmental report for 1994 will be published shortly.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the number of staff employed and public spending administered by his office on each of three functions which would currently not be administered by the Secretary of State for Wales within Wales for the latest convenient date available ; what is the total of each of these figures ; and what proportion these figures are of the total staff employed and total public spending administered by the Scottish Office.
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Mr. Lang : This information is not held centrally by my Department and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Overseas Visits
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many visits abroad the Solicitor-General for Scotland made during 1993 ; and what was (a) the cost to public funds and (b) the purpose of each visit.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Solicitor-General for Scotland made two visits abroad during 1993. The first was to Cyprus for the Xth Commonwealth law conference from 3 to 8 May and the second was to Switzerland on 22 June for an informal meeting of the European Ministers of Justice. The cost to public funds was £1,936.15 for the Xth Commonwealth law conference and £739.00 for the informal meeting of European Ministers of Justice.
Rents
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each Scottish local authority (a) the current average weekly rent and (b) the rent change in monetary and percentage terms for each of the last 10 years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the tables.
Average Standard Local Authority Rent 1993-94
|£ per dwelling
|per week
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Berwickshire |23.60
Ettrick and Lauderdale |21.09
Roxburgh |27.62
Tweeddale |22.44
Clackmannan |25.23
Falkirk |22.90
Stirling |29.14
Annandale and Eskdale |28.10
Nithsdale |25.66
Stewartry |28.40
Wigtown |29.34
Dunfermline |24.91
Kirkcaldy |26.22
North East Fife |24.50
Aberdeen |21.55
Banff and Buchan |23.17
Gordon |27.05
Kincardine and Deeside |25.63
Moray |24.40
Badenoch and Strathspey |26.80
Caithness |27.13
Inverness |29.09
Lochaber |29.83
Nairn |27.22
Ross and Cromarty |30.99
Skye and Lochalsh |31.77
Sutherland |30.09
East Lothian |22.99
Edinburgh |32.13
Midlothian |18.13
West Lothian |21.27
Argyll and Bute |29.36
Bearsden and Milngavie |28.60
Clydebank |28.06
Clydesdale |23.58
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |25.63
Cumnock and Doon Valley |24.35
Cunninghame |24.31
Dumbarton |29.90
East Kilbride |25.18
Eastwood |21.73
Glasgow |30.78
Hamilton |25.39
Inverclyde |25.94
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |20.83
Kyle and Carrick |26.28
Monklands |25.66
Motherwell |23.43
Renfrew |24.41
Strathkelvin |25.11
Angus |18.88
Dundee |32.06
Perth and Kinross |22.94
Orkney Islands |27.60
Shetland Islands |29.76
Western Isles |33.38
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Annual average rent increase £ per dwelling per week Authorities |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Berwickshire |1.20 |1.02 |0.63 |0.95 |1.52 |1.10 |1.09 |2.01 |1.44 |1.11 Ettrick and Lauderdale |2.22 | (0.08) |0.00 |0.74 |0.70 |0.96 |0.93 |2.35 |1.39 |0.86 Roxburgh |1.02 |1.28 |1.67 |0.48 |1.22 |1.71 |0.93 |3.23 |2.22 |1.44 Tweeddale | (0.05) |0.06 |1.35 |0.44 |1.13 | (0.20) |1.43 |2.33 |1.73 |2.88 Clackmannan |0.96 |0.46 |1.20 |1.47 |1.91 |2.64 |2.28 |1.77 |1.86 |0.44 Falkirk |0.51 |0.93 |0.93 |1.35 |1.36 |1.79 |1.93 |0.84 |1.47 |1.62 Stirling |0.01 |2.26 |2.08 |1.44 |1.03 |2.37 |2.21 |2.52 |2.11 |3.84 Annandale and Eskdale |1.22 |0.95 |1.37 |1.26 |1.61 |1.25 |2.61 |2.21 |1.82 |2.10 Nithsdale |0.90 |0.98 |1.66 |0.72 |1.59 |1.52 |1.79 |2.39 |2.06 |2.46 Stewartry |1.31 |0.13 |1.36 |1.00 |1.61 |1.45 |1.24 |3.77 |2.36 |1.51 Wigtown |2.19 |1.62 |0.90 |0.01 |0.87 |0.85 |0.48 |4.57 |3.60 |2.26 Dunfermline |0.49 |0.00 |1.30 |1.25 |1.94 |1.29 |1.56 |2.04 |1.36 |2.02 Kirkcaldy |1.15 |0.99 |1.25 |1.47 |1.69 |1.65 |1.95 |1.76 |2.10 |1.74 North East Fife | (0.05) |1.14 |2.05 |1.20 |1.09 |2.63 |0.29 |2.26 |0.18 |0.98 Aberdeen |0.98 |2.32 |1.34 |2.14 |1.27 |1.95 |1.57 |1.32 | (0.20) |0.95 Banff and Buchan |1.17 |1.37 |1.18 |0.63 |1.66 |1.70 |1.04 |1.16 |0.92 |1.08 Gordon |0.50 |1.73 |1.27 |0.20 |0.95 |1.65 |1.33 |4.26 |1.40 |2.34 Kincardine and Deeside |1.28 |1.21 |0.84 |0.49 |0.70 |0.03 |2.05 |1.84 |2.66 |4.01 Moray |1.29 |1.94 |0.45 |1.63 |1.59 |2.16 |1.35 |0.01 |1.50 |2.12 Badenoch and Strathspey |1.04 |0.94 |1.85 | (0.02) |1.59 | (0.13) | (0.85) |2.94 |3.26 |4.67 Caithness |2.08 |0.90 |1.04 |1.15 |1.71 |1.52 |1.75 |2.38 |2.40 |2.53 Inverness |0.74 |1.91 |0.83 |1.94 |1.95 |2.35 |1.33 |2.77 |2.70 |2.03 Lochaber |0.92 |0.70 |1.31 |1.74 |1.11 |1.95 |2.08 |2.52 |2.82 |3.33 Nairn |0.92 |1.38 |1.15 |1.11 |1.63 |1.86 |0.06 |4.61 |2.96 |0.31 Ross and Cromarty |1.24 |0.74 |1.99 |1.13 |1.65 |2.09 |1.70 |3.79 |3.54 |2.36 Skye and Lochalsh |1.94 |1.89 |1.97 |0.24 |0.93 |1.14 |2.21 |3.60 |4.71 |2.04 Sutherland |1.06 |0.97 |1.37 |0.26 |1.37 |1.46 |2.43 |3.25 |4.53 |2.62 East Lothian |0.86 |1.29 |0.97 |1.35 |1.57 |1.60 |2.11 |2.13 |0.52 |0.36 Edinburgh |1.25 | (0.18) |0.03 |1.84 |1.93 |4.12 |3.52 |4.31 |1.43 |1.60 Midlothian |0.87 |1.07 |0.92 |0.96 |1.01 |1.09 |0.00 |0.11 |0.21 |2.00 West Lothian |0.50 |0.80 |0.85 |0.90 |1.40 |1.80 |1.02 |1.07 |0.92 |1.55 Argyll and Bute | (0.15) |2.03 | (0.01) |0.49 |1.56 |1.74 |2.35 |1.92 |2.88 |3.09 Bearsden and Milngavie |0.58 |0.72 |2.06 |2.35 |1.40 |1.74 |2.12 |2.61 |3.23 |0.94 Clydebank |1.00 |2.15 |2.85 |2.02 |1.94 |3.75 |2.81 |1.56 | (0.51) |1.46 Clydesdale |1.01 |1.45 |0.87 |0.83 |1.75 |1.74 |1.36 |2.18 |1.30 |1.41 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |0.49 |2.13 |2.01 |1.67 |1.50 |1.85 |1.35 |1.94 |0.91 |1.66 Cumnock and Doon Valley |0.50 |0.72 |1.04 |1.46 |1.06 |1.66 |1.36 |2.60 |2.26 |1.79 Cunninghame |0.01 |0.00 |1.65 |2.51 |1.78 |1.63 |1.93 |1.92 |1.85 |2.18 Dumbarton |0.81 |0.01 |2.29 |2.93 |3.46 |3.08 |2.85 |1.77 |2.21 |1.93 East Kilbride |1.01 |1.05 |2.06 |0.98 |0.93 |2.09 |2.06 |1.01 |1.74 |0.82 Eastwood |0.50 |0.48 |0.44 |0.50 |1.46 |1.19 |1.49 |1.51 |2.96 |0.67 Glasgow |0.01 |1.02 |1.96 |2.02 |2.55 |3.98 |2.86 |2.78 |1.85 |2.13 Hamilton |0.70 |0.92 |1.85 |2.06 |0.79 |2.25 |1.47 |1.68 |2.20 |2.15 Inverclyde |0.77 |2.21 |1.11 |0.92 |1.05 |2.48 |2.32 |2.27 |2.49 |2.01 Kilmarnock and Loudoun |0.51 |1.01 |1.83 |1.43 |0.63 |1.74 |1.29 |1.88 |0.07 |1.38 Kyle and Carrick |0.81 |1.76 |1.19 |1.01 |1.27 |0.91 |2.17 |1.49 |1.00 |5.06 Monklands |0.00 |2.02 |2.35 |1.82 |1.45 |1.83 |1.47 |2.56 |0.86 |2.00 Motherwell |1.00 |1.35 |1.20 |1.64 |0.93 |2.26 |1.31 |1.11 |1.33 |2.40 Renfrew |0.48 |1.00 |1.69 |1.49 |0.92 |2.81 |1.97 |1.98 |1.77 |1.96 Strathkelvin |0.88 |1.05 |2.57 |1.12 |1.93 |0.88 |1.33 |1.87 |1.55 |2.23 Angus |0.97 |0.96 |1.11 |0.80 | (0.10) |1.28 |1.04 |1.07 | (0.11) |1.11 Dundee |0.73 |1.02 |1.81 |1.98 |3.50 |4.08 |4.06 |2.96 |2.23 |1.62 Perth and Kinross |0.00 |1.16 |1.00 |0.95 |0.75 |1.21 |2.33 |1.61 |2.34 |0.82 Orkney Islands |0.88 |2.16 |1.33 |1.50 |1.07 |3.34 |2.21 |3.00 |2.38 | (0.40) Shetland Islands | (0.05) |2.91 |1.53 |0.96 |2.28 |0.87 |1.61 |4.34 |3.87 |0.87 Western Isles |1.84 |0.59 |1.02 |1.03 |1.44 |0.75 |2.75 |6.57 |1.85 |2.49 Note: Rent reductions shown in brackets.
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Annual average rent increase (expressed as a percentage increase on previous year) Authorities |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Berwickshire |10.4 |8.0 |4.6 |6.6 |9.9 |6.5 |6.1 |10.5 |6.9 |4.9 Ettrick and Lauderdale |20.2 | (0.6) |0.0 |5.6 |5.1 |6.6 |6.0 |14.3 |7.4 |4.3 Roxburgh |8.2 |9.5 |11.3 |2.9 |7.2 |9.4 |4.7 |15.6 |9.3 |5.5 Tweeddale | (0.4) |0.6 |11.9 |3.5 |8.6 | (1.4) |10.2 |15.0 |9.7 |14.7 Clackmannan |9.4 |4.1 |10.3 |11.5 |13.3 |16.3 |12.1 |8.4 |8.1 |1.8 Falkirk |5.0 |8.7 |8.0 |10.8 |9.8 |11.7 |11.3 |4.4 |7.4 |7.6 Stirling |0.1 |24.3 |18.0 |10.6 |6.8 |14.7 |12.0 |12.2 |9.1 |15.2 Annandale and Eskdale |10.5 |7.3 |9.9 |8.3 |9.7 |6.9 |13.5 |10.1 |7.5 |8.1 Nithsdale |9.4 |9.3 |14.4 |5.5 |11.5 |9.8 |10.5 |12.8 |9.8 |10.6 Stewartry |10.3 |0.9 |9.6 |6.5 |9.8 |8.0 |6.4 |18.2 |9.6 |5.6 Wigtown |18.2 |11.4 |5.7 |0.1 |5.2 |4.8 |2.6 |24.2 |15.3 |8.4 Dunfermline |4.2 |0.0 |10.7 |9.3 |13.2 |7.8 |8.7 |10.5 |6.3 |8.8 Kirkcaldy |11.0 |8.6 |9.9 |10.6 |11.1 |9.7 |10.4 |8.5 |9.4 |7.1 North East Fife | (0.4) |8.9 |14.8 |7.6 |6.4 |14.5 |1.4 |10.7 |0.8 |4.2 Aberdeen |12.3 |26.0 |12.0 |17.0 |8.7 |12.2 |8.8 |6.8 | (1.0) |4.6 Banff and Buchan |10.4 |11.0 |8.6 |4.2 |10.7 |9.8 |5.5 |5.8 |4.4 |4.9 Gordon |4.4 |14.5 |9.4 |1.4 |6.3 |10.3 |7.5 |22.4 |6.0 |9.5 Kincardine and Deeside |12.1 |10.3 |6.4 |3.5 |4.9 |0.2 |13.6 |10.8 |14.0 |18.5 Moray |12.4 |16.7 |3.3 |11.6 |10.1 |12.5 |7.0 |0.1 |7.2 |9.5 Badenoch and Strathspey |9.0 |7.5 |13.7 | (0.2) |10.4 | (0.8) | (5.0) |18.4 |17.3 |21.1 Caithness |21.5 |7.6 |8.2 |8.4 |11.5 |9.2 |9.7 |12.0 |10.8 |10.3 Inverness |7.0 |17.0 |6.3 |13.9 |12.2 |13.1 |6.6 |12.8 |11.1 |7.5 Lochaber |8.1 |5.7 |10.1 |12.2 |6.9 |11.4 |10.9 |11.9 |11.9 |12.6 Nairn |8.2 |11.4 |8.5 |7.5 |10.3 |10.7 |0.3 |23.9 |12.4 |1.2 Ross and Cromarty |11.6 |6.2 |15.7 |7.7 |10.4 |11.9 |8.7 |17.8 |14.1 |8.3 Skye and Lochalsh |17.5 |14.6 |13.2 |1.4 |5.4 |6.3 |11.5 |16.8 |18.9 |6.9 Sutherland |9.9 |8.2 |10.7 |1.8 |9.5 |9.2 |14.1 |16.5 |19.8 |9.5 East Lothian |8.4 |11.6 |7.8 |10.1 |10.7 |9.8 |11.8 |10.6 |2.4 |1.6 Edinburgh |10.2 | (1.3) |0.3 |13.7 |12.7 |24.0 |16.6 |17.4 |4.9 |5.2 Midlothian |8.8 |9.9 |7.8 |7.5 |7.4 |7.4 |0.0 |0.7 |1.3 |12.4 West Lothian |4.8 |7.2 |7.2 |7.1 |10.3 |12.0 |6.1 |6.0 |4.9 |7.8 Argyll and Bute | (1.1) |15.3 |0.0 |3.2 |9.9 |10.0 |12.3 |9.0 |12.3 |11.8 Bearsden and Milngavie |5.3 |6.3 |16.9 |16.5 |8.4 |9.7 |10.7 |11.9 |13.2 |3.4 Clydebank |11.1 |21.5 |23.4 |13.4 |11.4 |19.7 |12.3 |6.1 | (1.9) |5.5 Clydesdale |10.5 |13.5 |7.1 |6.3 |12.7 |11.2 |7.9 |11.7 |6.2 |6.3 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |4.9 |20.0 |15.8 |11.3 |9.2 |10.3 |6.8 |9.2 |3.9 |6.9 Cumnock and Doon Valley |5.1 |6.9 |9.4 |12.0 |7.8 |11.3 |8.3 |14.7 |11.1 |7.9 Cunninghame |0.1 |0.0 |18.6 |23.9 |13.7 |11.0 |11.8 |10.5 |9.1 |9.9 Dumbarton |9.5 |0.1 |24.4 |25.1 |23.7 |17.0 |13.5 |7.4 |8.6 |6.9 East Kilbride |8.8 |8.5 |15.3 |6.3 |5.6 |12.0 |10.5 |4.7 |7.7 |3.4 Eastwood |4.7 |4.4 |3.8 |4.2 |11.7 |8.5 |9.9 |9.1 |16.4 |3.2 Glasgow |0.1 |10.6 |18.4 |16.0 |17.4 |23.1 |13.5 |11.6 |6.9 |7.4 Hamilton |7.5 |9.2 |16.8 |16.1 |5.3 |14.4 |8.2 |8.7 |10.4 |9.2 Inverclyde |9.3 |24.4 |9.8 |7.4 |7.8 |17.2 |13.8 |11.8 |11.6 |8.4 Kilmarnock and Loudoun |5.6 |10.5 |17.2 |11.5 |4.6 |12.0 |7.9 |10.8 |0.3 |7.1 Kyle and Carrick |8.5 |16.9 |9.8 |7.6 |8.8 |5.8 |13.1 |7.9 |4.9 |23.9 Monklands |0.0 |21.7 |20.8 |13.3 |9.3 |10.8 |7.8 |12.6 |3.8 |8.4 Motherwell |11.3 |13.6 |10.6 |13.2 |6.6 |15.0 |7.6 |6.0 |6.7 |11.4 Renfrew |5.8 |11.3 |17.2 |13.0 |7.1 |20.2 |11.8 |10.6 |8.6 |8.7 Strathkelvin |9.1 |9.9 |22.1 |7.9 |12.6 |5.1 |7.3 |9.6 |7.3 |9.8 Angus |9.0 |8.2 |8.8 |5.8 | (0.7) |8.8 |6.6 |6.4 | (0.6) |6.3 Dundee |9.1 |11.6 |18.4 |17.0 |25.8 |23.8 |19.1 |11.7 |7.9 |5.3 Perth and Kinross |0.0 |10.7 |8.4 |7.3 |5.4 |8.3 |14.7 |8.8 |11.8 |3.7 Orkney Islands |8.7 |19.7 |10.1 |10.4 |6.7 |19.6 |10.8 |13.3 |9.3 | (1.4) Shetland Islands | (0.5) |27.7 |11.4 |6.4 |14.3 |4.8 |8.4 |21.0 |15.5 |3.0 Western Isles |14.1 |4.0 |6.6 |6.2 |8.2 |4.0 |13.9 |29.3 |6.4 |8.1 Note: Rent reductions shown in brackets.
Cornton Vale Prison
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to close Cornton Vale prison.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : There are no plans to close Cornton Vale prison.
Assisted Places
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much the Scottish Office has spent on the operation of the assisted places scheme in each year since 1981 ; how many pupils have been covered by the scheme in each year since 1981 ; and what overspend occurred on the budget allocated in each of these years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information for school years 1981- 82 to 1992-93 is as follows :
School |Total cost |Number of sessions |(£) |assisted pupils ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1981-82 |799,023 |790 1982-83 |1,718,485 |1,450 1983-84 |2,454,386 |1,900 1984-85 |3,298,461 |2,265 1985-86 |4,217,234 |2,620 1986-87 |4,861,150 |2,626 1987-88 |5,310,061 |2,680 1988-89 |5,758,542 |2,695 1989-90 |6,681,213 |2,841 1990-91 |7,641,895 |2,861 1991-92 |<1>8,716,185 |<1>2,916 1992-93 |<1>9,811,185 |<1>3,043 1993-94 |<1>10,099,167 |<1>3,024 <1>Provisional-Final claims still to be submitted. The Assisted Places Scheme in Scotland is cash limited and there were no overspends in budget provision for the scheme in financial years 1981-82 to 1992-93.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what level of fees was charged by each institution covered by the assisted places scheme in Scotland in the current academic year.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Fees charged to the assisted places scheme by each school vary according to the income levels of individual parents whose children benefit under the scheme.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what safeguards are available to the Scottish Office to ensure that schools covered by the assisted places scheme meet recognised educational standards.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Before a school can participate in the assisted places scheme in Scotland it requires to satisfy certain criteria, including certain standards of achievement, breadth of curriculum and teachers' qualifications. The schools are also subject to inspection by Her Majesty's inspectors of schools.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the schools in Scotland which had pupils under the assisted places scheme for each academic year since 1989 ; how many pupils have been supported at each institution in each year ; and how much it has cost the Scottish Office to provide this support in each year.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the table.
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1988-89 1989-90 1990-91<1> 1991-92<1>
School |Number of |Amount |Number of |Amount |Number of |Amount |Number of |Amount
|assisted |paid |assisted |paid |assisted |paid |assisted |paid
|pupils |£ |pupils |£ |pupils |£ |pupils |£
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Aberlour |- |- |5 |17,501 |8 |27,331 |7 |27,865
Albyn |16 |31,116 |20 |41,376 |23 |51,747 |20 |55,279
Ardvreck |- |- |1 |2,777 |2 |5,785 |3 |9,180
Beaconhurst |- |- |3 |3,756 |6 |11,676 |6 |18,589
Belhaven |- |- |4 |11,989 |3 |8,484 |3 |9,798
Belmont |18 |36,917 |21 |46,918 |20 |49,083 |23 |60,329
Blairmore - - 2 5,948 5 15,058 4 11,202
Butterstone |- |- |2 |6,348 |4 |12,624 |5 |18,283
Cargilfield |- |- |3 |10,425 |4 |17,547 |4 |19,128
Cliftonhall |- |- |6 |11,312 |7 |18,637 |7 |22,755
Craigclowan |- |- |6 |10,839 |9 |16,225 |9 |20,000
Craigholme |31 |51,537 |39 |67,548 |39 |85,924 |37 |96,643
Crawfordton |- |- |8 |13,420 |6 |19,219 |6 |22,456
Croftinloan |- |- |4 |13,350 |4 |15,278 |5 |16,359
Daniel Stewart and Melville
Coll, and Mary Erskine |542 |1,089,782 |291 |647,807 |274 |686,814 |276 |766,689
Dollar |63 |115,546 |63 |130,540 |68 |145,185 |59 |150,044
Drumley House |- |- |6 |12,828 |5 |15,116 |3 |10,049
Edinburgh Academy |43 |113,014 |46 |134,944 |48 |166,508 |50 |191,777
Fernhill |40 |63,937 |28 |46,687 |29 |55,159 |30 |63,846
Fettes |26 |101,191 |32 |134,472 |32 |151,610 |33 |174,548
Fort Augustus Abbey 38 107,450 34 105,345 33 134,983 34 170,400
George Heriots |226 |427,484 |237 |486,666 |236 |531,754 |247 |596,848
George Watsons Included in DSME 240 506,852 243 575,268 238 639,740
Glasgow Academy |41 |74,168 |42 |89,605 |37 |107,175 |89 |301,839
Glenalmond |36 |143,697 |34 |145,745 |30 |166,502 |33 |190,588
Gordonstoun |23 |91,513 |24 |108,155 |26 |124,412 |29 |144,094
Hamilton College |- |- |11 |12,591 |12 |15,725 |14 |22,101
High School of Dundee |164 |330,043 |174 |387,281 |182 |454,337 |180 |462,132
High School of Glasgow |46 |87,364 |40 |71,268 |38 |82,074 |39 |102,007
Hutchesons Grammar |143 |223,351 |135 |255,370 |135 |301,004 |138 |356,361
Keil |60 |129,698 |71 |152,685 |66 |174,156 |67 |198,819
Kelvinside |54 |121,290 |58 |137,390 |58 |161,317 |67 |213,982
Kilgraston |57 |114,354 |52 |120,210 |51 |142,624 |53 |164,519
Kilquhanity |19 |39,002 |18 |41,146 |18 |41,398 |18 |46,218
Lathallan |- |- |6 |16,874 |5 |17,536 |5 |19,869
Laurel Bank |63 |151,674 |59 |160,687 |54 |161,490 |53 |173,919
Lomond |42 |97,986 |43 |105,236 |39 |101,807 |44 |133,431
Loretto |24 |94,012 |29 |118,549 |31 |139,628 |33 |159,046
Merchiston Castle |50 |180,744 |56 |218,085 |60 |249,586 |62 |281,393
Morrisons Academy |166 |295,408 |177 |339,309 |164 |347,790 |172 |416,876
New Park |- |- |3 |7,888 |3 |10,017 |3 |10,944
Oxenfoord Castle - - 5 11,987 11 25,838 13 38,622
Park Lodge |- |- |1 |1,809 |- |- |1 |2,598
Park School |63 |147,616 |61 |152,808 |72 |192,881 |68 |217,964
Rannoch |26 |77,343 |27 |101,463 |28 |119,766 |30 |139,248
Robert Gordons |61 |94,486 |58 |116,513 |63 |128,557 |64 |150,951
Rudolf Steiner |60 |110,877 |61 |127,413 |56 |136,397 |57 |159,714
St. Aloysius |139 |259,995 |154 |295,900 |160 |330,424 |166 |380,134
St. Columbas |36 |80,870 |40 |95,467 |32 |83,327 |42 |115,778
St. Dennis and Cranley |25 |56,241 |28 |76,908 |30 |91,509 |28 |99,836
St. Georges |18 |37,227 |17 |40,371 |20 |52,130 |25 |64,959
St. Leonards |23 |63,324 |24 |75,795 |31 |113,765 |35 |131,000
St. Margarets (Aberdeen) |13 |24,235 |18 |33,545 |19 |41,987 |22 |42,501
St. Margarets (Edinburgh) |59 |121,628 |65 |154,491 |68 |182,386 |70 |213,688
St. Marys |- |- |2 |6,030 |4 |9,936 |1 |2,100
Strathallan |35 |136,720 |41 |187,165 |42 |215,432 |42 |243,000
Wellington |43 |84,849 |49 |108,121 |48 |129,636 |44 |144,149
Westbourne |63 |151,073 |57 |137,705 |60 |172,304 ||6 |Amalgamated with Glasgow Academy
<1>Provisional figures.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the annual cost to the Scottish Office of publicising and administering the operation of the assisted places scheme.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The estimated cost to the Scottish Office of administering the assisted places scheme in 1993-94 financial year is £44,000. This total includes the cost of producing the "Brief Guide for Parents" advice booklet for 1993-94 school session of £655.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment the Scottish Office has made of the assisted places scheme.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The aim of the assisted places scheme is to widen the range of educational opportunity for children by allowing them to attend independent schools which would normally be beyond the reach of their parents' financial circumstances. The Scottish Office carries out regular audit and monitoring procedures to ensure that the scheme meets the criteria set for it.
In November 1992, published results from an independent survey commissioned jointly by the Scottish Office Education Department and the Scottish Council of Independent Schools confirmed that the main policy objectives of the scheme were being achieved.
Secondary Schools
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average yearly cost of educating a pupil in each of the secondary schools in the Ayr division of Strathclyde regional council.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the table :
Strathclyde Region |Running cost
Air Division |per pupil
|(£)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Ardrossan Academy |2,307
Arran High School |3,160
Auchenharvie Academy |2,974
Auchinleck Academy |2,562
Ayr Academy |2,986
Belmont Academy |2,225
Carrick Academy |2,887
Cumnock Academy |2,593
Doon Academy |3,628
Garnock Academy |2,409
Girvan Academy |2,409
Grange Academy |2,561
Greenwood Academy |2,356
Irvine Royal Academy |<1>
James Hamilton Academy |3,247
Kilmarnock Academy |2,236
Kilwinning Academy |2,387
Kyle Academy |2,430
Largs Academy |2,430
Loudoun Academy |2,388
Mainholm Academy |3,531
Marr College |2,263
Prestick Academy |2,469
Queen Margaret Academy |2,905
St. Andrew's Academy |2,801
St. Conval's High School |4,240
St. Joseph's Academy |2,848
St. Michael's Academy |2,512
Stewarton Academy |2,430
<1>No entry.
Notes
The figures given are derived by dividing the total budgeted
running cost by the school roll, where the school roll is the
number of pupils on the roll
at the time of the annual school census in September 1992,
including pupils of any special unit, and the total budgeted
school running costs are as specified by the School Board
regulations in respect of the period 1 April 1993 to 31 March
1994.
No entry is given for Irvine Royal Academy because of special
circumstances following a local rationalisation.
Shipping (Tariff Rebates)
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list for each year from 1986-87 the amount paid under the tariff rebate subsidy scheme to each shipping company operating within the scheme ;
(2) if he will list for each year from 1986-87 the shipping operators who did not reach the capping level for subventions under the tariff rebate subsidy scheme and the amount of shortfall in each case ;
(3) if he will list for each year from 1986-87 the shipping operators who reached a capping level for subvention payments under the tariff rebate subsidy scheme.
Mr. Lang : Individual bulk shipping operators' TRS allocations are treated as being commercially confidential.
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in any year since 1986-87, any shortfall in the
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amount of payments to a shipping operator under the tariff rebate subsidy scheme has been reallocated to another participating operator.Prison Cells
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each prison in Scotland the total number of cells, the number of cells without sanitation and the number of prisoners presently held.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer15 February 1994] : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Scottish Prison Service under its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Mr. Stephen Byers, dated15 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about prisoner accommodation and prisoner numbers.
The latest available information--reflecting the position as at Friday 4 February--is set out in the table below :
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|Cells in use
|without access
|Design |to night |Prisoner
Establishment |capacity |Cells in use |sanitation |population
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen |152 |147 |- |143
Barlinnie |935 |833 |829 |995
Castle Huntly |144 |124 |- |74
Cornton Vale |217 |183 |- |156
Dumfries |146 |146 |146 |134
Dungavel |147 |128 |- |74
Edinburgh |527 |527 |378 |640
Friarton |57 |57 |- |73
Glenochil |496 |348 |- |336
Glenochil YOI |179 |154 |- |141
Greenock |179 |179 |4 |230
Inverness |87 |80 |- |100
Longriggend |185 |185 |- |197
Low Moss |400 |400 |- |330
Noranside |137 |137 |- |127
Penninghame |82 |82 |- |61
Perth |453 |435 |410 |454
Peterhead |272 |210 |200 |207
Polmont |418 |340 |324 |378
Shotts |533 |190 |- |474
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |5,746 |5,185 |2,291(44) |5,324
The difference between "Design Capacity" and "Cells in Use" reflects the fact that a
number of cells are not available because of redecoration or damage repair work,
refurbishment (including in some cases, to provide night sanitation) or for other policy
reasons (eg being retained in the event of an emergency).
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, in 1992-93 prices, the gross public spending each year from 1990-91 and the
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projected expenditure for each year of the national health service bodies (Scotland) as listed in "Public Bodies 1993."Mr. Stewart [holding answer 15 February 1994] : The information is set out in the table. The figures have been adjusted to 1992 -93 prices using the GDP deflator and have been taken from NHS (Scotland) summarised accounts.
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Health Body |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94
|(£000) |(£000) |(£000) |(£000)<4>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Services Agency |128,141 |142,535 |157,829 |160,709
Health Boards |3,210,418 |3,492,667 |3,767,893 |3,799,638
Health Education Board for Scotland<1> |- |5,525 |6,422 |6,411
Mental Welfare Commission |776 |828 |900 |872
NHS Trusts<2> |- |- |- |-
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education |2,298 |2,357 |2,303 |4,126
Scottish Hospital Trust<3> |- |- |-
State Hospital, Carstairs |12,260 |13,303 |16,178 |17,394
<1> The Health Education Board for Scotland was part of the Common Services Agency in 1990-91.
<2> NHS Trusts are funded by Health Boards.
<3> The Scottish Hospital Trust is not Government funded.
<4> Estimate.
Equipment Thefts
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 16 February 1994] : A variety of minor items are periodically reported missing. The following more substantial items have been formally recorded since 1990 as losses to the Scottish Office which are attributable to theft.
Year and Item |Approximate
|value £
-----------------------------------------------
1990
Furniture |1,595
1991
Video equipment |749
1992
Video equipment |359
Motor car |2,650
Computer equipment |3,500
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NHS Trusts
Dr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospital trusts have been approved in the Lothian health board area ; and if he will list all the individuals he has appointed to these trusts with any relevant details of their experience available to him.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 14 February 1994] : I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Godman) on 7 February 1994, Official Report, column 53. All those appointed have skills or experience relevant to the strategic management of major service providing bodies.
Nurses
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of (a) whole-time equivalent registered nurses, (b) whole- time equivalent unregistered nurses and (c) whole-time equivalent nurses in training in Scotland for each year from 1988 onwards.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 14 February 1994] : The information is set out in the table.
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Nursing staff employed by the NHS in Scotland: at 30 September
Whole time equivalent
|1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |<1>1993
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified<2> |35,589.8|36,224.8|36,258.6|36,449.9|36,304.2|35,992.1
Unqualified<3> |17,395.6|17,325.0|16,911.1|17,071.3|17,374.3|17,347.9
In training<4> |10,797.5|10,906.3|10,516.1|9,981.7 |9,376.4 |8,677.4
<1>Provisional.
<2>Includes both registered and enrolled nurses.
<3>Includes auxiliaries, assistants and nursery nurses.
<4>Includes students and pupil nurses, qualified nurses undergoing further
training and, from 1992 onwards, Project 2000 students.
Limb Defects
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration was given during the recent investigaton of the incidence of limb defects within the Ayrshire and Arran health board area undertaken by the health board, to the incidence of brain tumours occurring within the Ayrshire and Arran, and Dumfries and Galloway health board areas.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 14 February 1994] : The investigation took account of a 1992 review of brain tumours in the health board area during the period 1975-90 and concluded that there was no evidence of a common factor linking cases of brain tumour with cases of upper limb reduction defect. Both studies related exclusively to the Ayrshire and Arran health board area.
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EMPLOYMENT
Foreign Nationals
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to improve the working conditions of foreign nationals brought into the country as personal servants on restricted entry conditions.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : In general, conditions of work are a matter for negotiation and agreement between employers and their employees, without Government intervention. This applies whatever the nationalities of the parties. Domestic workers from overseas have the same employment protection rights as resident United Kingdom employees. The criteria under which these workers are admitted to the United Kingdom are a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, but I understand that overseas domestic
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workers receive a leaflet explaining their rights in the United Kingdom and where to get help before they enter the country.Hampshire TEC
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total budget of Hampshire training and enterprise council for the year 1993-94.
Miss Widdecombe : The total sum of money available to the Hampshire training and enterprise council, for the performance of its contract with the Secretary of State in the year 1993-94, is £39,197,414.
Restart
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many restart interviews have so far been conducted ; what numbers were referred to each menu option ; what numbers actually took up their referral ; what numbers were referred to the unemployment benefit service for non- attendance at an interview ; what numbers were referred to the unemployment benefit service for
non-availability ; what numbers were referred to the unemployment benefit service for the refusal of suitable employment ; and if he will express the numbers also as a percentage.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Frank Field, dated 17February 1994 :
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about how many Restart interviews have so far been conducted ; what numbers were referred to each menu option and how many took up their referral ; how many were sanctioned for non-attendance at interview, non-availability and refusal of suitable employment ; and if the numbers can also be expressed as a percentage.
Unfortunately the information you request is not available in the level of detail you require. The reason for this is that following a review of data collected by the Employment Service (ES) we decided that the amounts of information collected about the Restart programme could be reduced, lessening the burden throughout the organisation and producing savings in administration costs. Consequently we do not now collect information on the numbers of referrals made to each menu option. Also, information about the number of Restart clients who actually took up their referral is not available separately for each menu option, but is shown "as total starts on Employment Department (ED) programmes".
The information we have available for the current year is shown in the attached table.
These figures reflect only the direct results of Restart. We do not know how many people subsequently take up a job or a place on an employment or training programme as a result of the guidance given to them at their interview.
Sign-offs, as a direct result of Client Adviser action, include : entering full-time education, starting training (not an ED programme), Youth Training, as a result of benefit disallowed, for pension purposes (no need to sign for NI credits), or those covered by home responsibilities protection (no need to sign for NI credits). They do not include sign-offs for : found work cases, for fraud intervention, failed to sign, clients transferring their claim to another office, or any other reasons not listed above.
Starts on Employment Department programmes include Jobclub, Restart Course, Jobplan Workshop, Job Review
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Workshop, Training for Work, Learning for Work, Community Action, Work Trials, Business Start-Up Scheme and Job Interview Guarantee. Similarly, we do not now collect information about the numbers of people invited to Restart interviews who were subsequently referred to adjudication authorities because of a doubt raised at their interview about their entitlement to benefit. Consequently I am unable to provide the number you requested in the final part of your question or to indicate the percentage of claims this represents. However, information about the total number of adjudication officers' decisions irrespective of source of referral is collected on a regional basis and is summarised quarterly. A copy of each summary entitled "Analysis of Adjudication Officers' Decisions" is placed in the Library of the House.I hope this is helpful.
1993-94 Operational Year: (to end of December 1993 rounded to 100s)
Number of Restart |2,400,000
Interviews
Outcomes |Outcomes as
|percentage of
|Interviews
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Started work |27,800 |1.1
Took up other benefit |45,000 |1.9
Signed off as a direct result of
Client Adviser action |55,700 |2.3
Starts on Employment Department
Programmes |526,500 |21.9
ENVIRONMENT
Biodiversity Action Plan
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his definition of the satisfactory progress referred to in paragraph 8(2) of the United Kingdom biodiversity action plan.
Mr. Atkins : Satisfactory progress will have been made when we judge there to be reasonable safeguards in support of our concerns that donor countries should retain the right to determine their financial contribitions under the biodiversity convention.
Government Car Service
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the policy of his Department regarding motor vehicles belonging to the Government car service being left with their engines running when parked ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : GCS drivers are instructed to keep the running of their vehicles' engines while parked to a minimum consistent with passenger and security requirements.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy on giving preference to British-made cars in purchasing official and ministerial cars.
Mr. Baldry : The Department's official and ministerial vehicles are purchased through call-off contract arrangements which comply with EC and GATT requirements. The current vehicles are sourced from three United Kingdom-based car manufacturers. The procurement policy is kept under review.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the rules and regulations relating to the use of Government cars.
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Mr. Baldry : I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, the Member for Bolton, West (Mr. Sackville) on 28 January, Official Report, column 415, to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett).
Condensing Boiler Grant
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the future of the Energy Saving Trust's condensing boiler grant scheme following the Director General of Ofgas's decision on the E-factor.
Mr. Atkins : The future of the condensing boiler grant scheme is a matter for the Energy Saving Trust Ltd. and British Gas plc, and its continued funding through theE-factor is a matter for the Director General of Gas Supply.
Climate Change Convention
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what papers or proposals were submitted by the United Kingdom delegation to the intergovernmental negotiating committee for a framework convention on climate change at its meeting in Geneva that began on7 February.
Mr. Atkins : The United Kingdom submitted the climate change programme as its report under article 12 of the framework convention on climate change, making it the first country to do so.
Ultraviolet Radiation
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will issue daily bulletins on levels of ultraviolet radiation from National Radiological Protection Board monitoring stations in the United Kingdom, and issue guidance to the public if levels become enhanced due to thinning of the ozone layer.
Mr. Atkins : The National Radiological Protection Board restarted its weekly bulletins on levels of ultraviolet radiation in the United Kingdom on 8 February 1994. UV levels are so low during this period of the year that NRPB sees no need for more frequent bulletins. My Department issues weekly bulletins on the levels of ozone over the United Kingdom and copies are placed in the Library of the House. Guidance to the public on avoiding excessive exposure to solar UV radiation is available from the Health Education Authority and the NRPB.
Women's Aid Refuges
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the women's aid refuges funded directly or indirectly by his Department that have been closed in each region since 1990.
Sir George Young : My Department funds some women's aid refuges indirectly through the Housing Corporation. I am not aware of any refuges supported in this way which have closed since 1990.
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Incinerators
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what are the sulphur dioxide emission limits for power stations and incinerators of different types : and what is the frequency of monitoring undertaken of emissions of sulphur dioxide from them ;
(2) if he will list the different types of incinerator according to the severity of their regulatory regimes and the criteria used for distinguishing each category.
Mr. Atkins : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has issued statutory guidance, PG notes, to local authorities on the emission limits and monitoring frequency they should specify in individual authorisations for processes subject to air pollution control under part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The chief inspector of Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has issued guidance, IPR notes, to his inspectors covering emission limits and monitoring frequency for processes subject to integrated pollution control under the 1990 Act. The following guidance notes relate to power stations and incinerators and are all in the Library of the House : PG1/3(91) boilers and furnaces 20-50MW net rated thermal input PG1/4(91) gas turbines 20-50MW net rated thermal input
PG5/1(92) clinical waste incineration processes under 1 tonne an hour
PG5/3(91) animal carcase incineration processes under 1 tonne an house
PG5/4(91) general waste incineration processes under 1 tonne an house
PG5/5(91) sewage sludge incineration processes under 1 tonne an house
IPR1/1 combustion processes with an aggregate net rated thermal input of 50MW or more
IPR1/2 gas turbines with an aggregate net rated thermal input of 50MW or more
IPR5/1 merchant and in-house chemical waste incineration IPR5/2 clinical waste incineration
IPR5/3 municipal waste incineration
IPR5/4 animal carcase incineration
IPR5/11 sewage sludge incineration
IPR1/2 is under review and I am placing a copy of the latest consultation draft of proposed revisions in the Library. The Secretary of State has directed the chief inspector of HMIP to include in authorisations for new large combustion plant conditions which give effect to the emission limits contained in Council directive 88/609/EEC on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants.
Almost all incinerators are controlled under part I of the Environmental Protection Act. The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991, SI472, as amended, lay down the criteria for determining whether an incinerator falls to integrated pollution control or air pollution control. A waste disposal licence under part I of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 is required for some aspects of an incineration process falling under air pollution control, as provided by the Disposal of Controlled Waste (Exceptions) Regulations 1991, SI 508, and for incinerators exempt from air pollution control. For incinerators not subject to integrated pollution control, any discharges to controlled waters require the consent of the National Rivers Authority under the Water Resources Act 1991.
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