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Year |Number --------------------------- 1985 |2,949 1986 |2,873 1987 |2,789 1988 |2,690 1989 |2,622 1990 |2,562 1991 |2,515 1992 |2,460 1993 |1,885<1> <1> A new system of farm typology was introduced in 1993. On the same basis there were 1,899 dairy farms in 1992.
Agriculture (Incomes)
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will show the average income of (a) farmers and (b) farm workers in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, using 1985 as a constant, in each year since 1980 showing these incomes as a percentage of the average wage.
Sir Hector Monro : Estimates of the earnings of full-time hired agricultural workers in Scotland are derived from the control test inspection sample survey carried out under the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949. Those figures are given in the table. None of the estimates of average farm income is comparable with the average wage. The table presents estimates of cash income to farm businesses in Scotland for 1986-87 onwards. Estimates for previous years are not available on a consistent basis.
Earnings of Hired Full-time Agricultural Workers in Scotland
Year |Estimated |Current |Real terms |Percentage
|annual cash |terms<2> |at 1985 |of average
|income<1> all|(£/Week) |prices<2><3> |wage<4>
|Types of
|Farm
|(£'000s per |(£ per week) |(£ per week)
|farm)
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1980 |- |81.63 |115.53 |78.5
1981 |- |89.44 |113.15 |78.5
1982 |- |98.08 |114.24 |78.8
1983 |- |107.41 |119.62 |80.9
1984 |- |114.36 |121.32 |80.0
1985 |- |122.17 |122.17 |79.8
1986 |16.9 |129.33 |125.07 |79.2
1987 |21.1 |134.56 |124.92 |77.6
1988 |20.5 |142.91 |126.47 |76.3
1989 |22.6 |154.79 |127.11 |76.2
1990 |27.2 |171.51 |128.67 |77.5
1991 |26.3 |189.06 |133.97 |80.0
1992 |28.6 |195.57 |133.58 |78.0
<6>1993 |<5>- |204.50 |137.50 |79.7
<1> Accounting years end, on average, in February of the following year. Cash
income represents the total receipts less the total expenditure (excluding net
investment expenditure) of the farm business. Source: Farm Accounts Survey.
<2> Includes payments for basic, overtime and holiday hours, plus the value of
annual bonus, perquisites and other payments. It also includes the value of the
employer's contribution to the employees' rates, community charge and council tax
where the value is known.
<3> Deflated by the all items RPI (1985=100)
<4> Average earnings of full-time manual employees on adult rates (compiled on a
basis of men aged 21+ and women aged 18+ prior to 1983) in all industries and
services in Great Britain whose pay was not affected
by absence for the survey period. Source: New Earnings Survey.
<5> Not available
<6> Provisional
Farm Workers
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the total number of (a) farmers and (b) farm workers in Scotland in each year since 1980.
Sir Hector Monro : The information requested is given in the table. The figures are from the June agricultural census of main holdings.
|Occupiers |Spouses |All other
|farmworkers
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1980 |23,061 |7,872 |40,602
1981 |22,984 |7,724 |37,756
1982 |23,452 |8,045 |37,301
1983 |23,375 |8,352 |36,177
1984 |23,369 |8,265 |34,538
1985 |23,672 |8,536 |33,964
1986 |23,386 |8,633 |31,798
1987 |23,122 |8,678 |30,311
1988 |23,783 |8,740 |29,503
1989 |24,366 |8,861 |28,420
1990 |23,820 |10,238 |28,592
1991 |23,398 |10,393 |27,313
1992 |22,839 |10,485 |26,823
1993 |22,770 |10,717 |26,299
City Technology Colleges
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his current plans for city technology colleges in Scotland.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : No proposals for establishing a city technology college in Scotland are currently under consideration. Any firm proposals which come forward will be carefully considered.
Court of Session Fees
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to implement the extension of the principle that the litigant should contribute to the recovery of the full judicial costs applicable to civil business ; and when he intends to lay the statutory instrument order on Court of Session fees.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I refer to the answer I gave the hon. Gentleman on Thursday 24 February, column 442.
An order will be laid later this year.
Nursery Schools
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the extra nursery school places since 1979 have been provided through the urban programme ; and what percentage the urban programme places are of the increase in places since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : No central records are maintained of the number of places which have been created through the urban programme and continue to form part of the total provision of nursery school places in Scotland. Such information could be gathered only at disproportionate cost.
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Training
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct Scottish Enterprise that it should be able to provide answers to questions about the specific skills being learnt on Government training schemes.
Mr. Stewart : My right hon. Friend has no plans to instruct Scottish Enterprise on this matter.
Schools (Expenditure)
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the annual capital expenditure on schools since 1979 in real and constant price terms.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested, which is given in the table, has been compiled from local authority financial returns. The fall in expenditure in real terms during the period reflects a substantial and progressive decline in school pupil numbers which has reduced the requirement for new school building.
Capital expenditure by local authorities on
schools
|At out-turn|At 1992-93
|prices |prices
|£ million
------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |47.598 |113.307
1980-81 |52.391 |105.404
1981-82 |60.404 |110.807
1982-83 |52.378 |89.694
1983-84 |45.416 |74.326
1984-85 |45.945 |71.594
1985-86 |51.194 |75.581
1986-87 |46.694 |66.976
1987-88 |47.742 |65.015
1988-89 |59.392 |75.792
1989-90 |66.884 |79.803
1990-91 |67.305 |74.314
1991-92 |72.572 |75.358
1992-93 |89.679 |89.679
Mr. McKelvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people, of all ages, are on training schemes in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart : The numbers of Government training programmes in Scotland at the end of December were as follows :
|Number
--------------------------------
Youth training |32,453
Training for work |14,065
Mr. McKelvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many training establishments he visits each year.
Mr. Stewart : My right hon. Friend and I and other ministerial colleagues have in recent years visited a number of employers, chambers of commerce, training providers and educational establishments which provide vocational and non-vocational training.
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Proton Cars
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Proton cars were purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years for which information is available ; and at what cost.
Assisted Places
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the 20 independent schools which currently have the highest proportions of their school rolls made up by pupils covered by the assisted places scheme ; and if he will give the percentage of pupils covered by the assisted places scheme and the size of the school rolls.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information, for autumn term 1993- 94, is as follows :
School |School roll |Per cent. of
|pupils
|supported
|by assisted
|place
|scheme
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Kilquhanity House School, Castle
Douglas |40 |50
Keil School, Dumbarton |225 |28
Morrison's Academy, Crieff |642 |24
Rudolf Steiner School, Edinburgh |252 |23
The Park School, Glasgow |320 |21
Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn |263 |19
Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh |365 |18
George Heriot's School, Edinburgh |1,480 |17
High School of Dundee |1,132 |17
St. Denis and Cranley School, Edinburgh |173 |17
Laurel Bank School, Glasgow |374 |16
St. Aloysius College, Glasgow |1,078 |15
Wellington School, Ayr |363 |15
Glenalmond College, Perth |255 |15
Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow |585 |15
Rannoch School, Perthshire |278 |13
Daniel Stewart's and Melville College
and The Mary Erskine School,
Edinburgh |2,514 |12
George Watson's College, Edinburgh |2,025 |12
Crawfordton House School, Thornhill,
Dumfries |45 |11
Lomond School, Helensburgh |514 |11
Mr. McKelvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what follow-up is undertaken to assess the usefulness of training schemes in finding jobs.
Mr. Stewart : Responsibility for the follow-up survey of leavers from the employment training and youth training programmes was transferred from the Training Agency to Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise on 1 April 1991. The Department of Employment delivered the service on their behalf under contract until 1 April 1993 when the enterprise bodies introduced their own follow-up systems.
I have asked the chairmen of the enterprise bodies to write to the hon. Member.
Mr. McKelvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of trainees between the ages of 40 and 50 years find work on completion of a training course.
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Mr. Stewart : The information is not collected in the form requested.
Motorists (Culpable Homicide Charges)
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what considerations he takes into account when determining whether charges of culpable homicide should be proceeded with in relation to drivers of motor vehicles.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Crown counsel will charge a motorist with culpable homicide where, on the evidence available to them, the driver's conduct showed gross or wicked criminal negligence amounting to a criminal indifference to the consequences of his driving.
DNase
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions his Department has had with health boards relating to the use of the drug DNase ; and if he has recommended its use to health boards.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1994] : There has been no discussions between the Scottish Office Home and Health Department and health boards about the drug DNase ; and no recommendations have been made as regards its use. The prescribing of DNase is a matter for clinical judgment.
Council Tax
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals there have been against council tax valuations since the council tax was introduced in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1994] : By 30 November 1993, 95,966 proposals to change the valuation list were lodged with assessors' departments in Scotland.
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average waiting time for appeals against valuation to be heard since the introduction of the council tax in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1994] : For proposals to change the valuation list and consequential appeals settled by 30 November 1993, the average time from lodging the proposal to settlement was four months.
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals against council tax valuations are still waiting to be heard in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1994] : At 30 November 1993, the latest date for which information is available centrally, 66,329 proposals to change the valuation list and appeals were still to be dealt with.
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals against valuation have resulted in a change in the banding of a property since the introduction of the council tax.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1994] : Information is not collected centrally on the number of proposals to change the valuation list which have resulted in a change in the banding of a property. The table shows the recorded outcomes of the 29,637 proposals settled up to 30 November 1993.
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|Number
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Settled before citation by the Valuation Appeals
Committee:
Withdrawn by appellant |6,995
List adjusted by assessor |21,699
Settled after citation and prior to Valuation Appeals
Committee hearing:
Withdrawn by appellant |415
List adjusted by assessor |496
Decisions by the Valuation Appeal Committee:
Number dismissed |29
Number allowed |3
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total cost of the valuation exercise in Scotland, including the appeals process, since the introduction of the council tax.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 25 March 1994] : No information is held centrally relating to the cost of the appeals process or to costs of valuation work other than the initial preparation of valuation lists. The additional costs incurred by valuation authorities on the initial valuation exercise, which are reimbursed by my Department through the council tax valuation grant, amount to an estimated £9 million. Not all final claims have yet been received in respect of work in 1992-93.
NHS Staff
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospital staff were lost from each health board in 1993 ; and of these totals how many were nurses.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 21 March 1994] : The information requested is not available centrally for all staff groups. The readily available data on qualified nurses joining and leaving each board are shown in the table.
Qualified nurses (excluding those in training): net
movement analysis by
health board for year beginning 30 September 1992 (
Headcount).
|<1>Leavers|<2>Joiners
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Scotland |3,631 |3,676
Argyll and Clyde |182 |180
Ayrshire and Arran |182 |179
Borders |61 |82
Dumfries and Galloway |97 |112
Fife |165 |252
Forth Valley |250 |223
Grampian |539 |347
Greater Glasgow |713 |764
Highland |161 |131
Lanarkshire |268 |223
Lothian |526 |744
Orkney |9 |17
Shetland |14 |15
Tayside |402 |324
Western Isles |15 |67
State Hospital |47 |16
<1>No longer employed as a qualified hospital nurse by
30 September 1993.
<2>Became employed as a qualified hospital nurse by 30
September 1993.
Public Appointments
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those members of bodies to which he makes appointments who can be identified as having estate-owning interests.
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Mr. Lang [holding answer 28 March 1994] : Appointments are made on the basis of aptitude, merit and the qualifications of the person for the post to which they are appointed. No central record is kept of the land ownership of those appointed to public bodies.
Football Grounds
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland by how much Greenock Morton football club will benefit in terms of the formula valuation following the changes contained in the Football Grounds (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1994.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 22 March 1994] : The Football Grounds (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1994 falls to be implemented by the local assessor. I cannot, therefore, provide a definitive figure for its effect on any particular club. From the latest figures available to my Department, however, I estimate that the club's rateable value will be reduced from £17,000 to £11,600.
Specialists (Waiting Lists)
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people, not on waiting lists for treatment, were waiting to see a specialist in the national health service for each quarter in the last two years.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 23 March 1994] : Information on waiting times to first out-patient appointment is set out in the "NHS Patient Treatment and Waiting Time Bulletin". Copies of the bulletin, which is published quarterly, have been placed in the Library of the House.
Civil Servants
Ms Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department the number of (a) male and (b) female, (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employees.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 28 March 1994] : The number of staff in post in the Scottish Office, its executive agencies and associated Departments as at 1 April 1993 are shown by grade equivalent, full-time or part-time status and gender in the table.
Number of staff at 1 April 1993, by grade equivalent, full-time/part-time
status and gender
(a) Scottish Office core and agencies (excluding SPS) plus associated
departments of GRO(S) and SRO
Scottish Office
core
Full-time Part-time
Grade equivalent |male |female |male |female
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |1 |0 |0 |0
Grade 2 |9 |0 |0 |0
Grade 3 |20 |3 |0 |1
Grade 4 |14 |3 |0 |0
Grade 5 |108 |10 |2 |7
Grade 6 |149 |35 |1 |2
Grade 7 |332 |57 |2 |11
Senior Executive Officer |329 |35 |0 |4
Higher Executive Officer |524 |209 |2 |36
Executive Officer |479 |375 |1 |32
Administrative Officer |296 |646 |1 |84
Administrative Assistant |359 |659 |0 |89
Industrial grades |122 |5 |2 |11
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |2,742 |2,037 |11 |277
Agencies (Excl
SPS)
Full-time Part-time
Grade equivalent |Male |Female |Male |Female
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 2 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 3 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 4 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 5 |5 |0 |0 |0
Grade 6 |12 |0 |0 |0
Grade 7 |44 |5 |0 |3
Senior executive officer |65 |7 |0 |1
Higher executive officer |120 |20 |0 |0
Executive officer |122 |59 |0 |4
Administrative officer |121 |113 |3 |24
Administrative assistant |45 |64 |3 |2
Industrial grades |351 |2 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |885 |270 |6 |34
General register
office
Full-time Part-time
Grade equivalent |Male |Female |Male |Female
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 2 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 3 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 4 |1 |0 |0 |0
Grade 5 |1 |0 |0 |0
Grade 6 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 7 |7 |0 |0 |0
Senior executive officer |10 |1 |0 |0
Higher executive officer |27 |7 |0 |1
Executive officer |32 |21 |0 |3
Administrative officer |28 |44 |0 |12
Administrative assistant |31 |51 |0 |5
Industrial grades |0 |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |137 |124 |0 |21
Grade Equivalent Scottish Records
Office
Full time Part-time
|Male |Female|Male |Female
------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 2 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 3 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 4 |0 |0 |0 |0
Grade 5 |1 |0 |0 |0
Grade 6 |1 |0 |0 |0
Grade 7 |4 |4 |0 |0
Senior Executive Officer |4 |3 |0 |0
Higher Executive Officer |10 |4 |0 |0
Executive Officer |7 |5 |0 |0
Administrative Officer |17 |13 |0 |0
Administrative Assistant |25 |9 |0 |9
Industrial grades |2 |1 |0 |0
|-- |-- |-- |--
Totals |71 |39 |0 |9
Grade Equivalent Total Staff
Full time Part-time
|Male |Female|Male |Female
------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 1 |1 |0 |0 |0
Grade 2 |9 |0 |0 |0
Grade 3 |20 |3 |0 |1
Grade 4 |15 |3 |0 |0
Grade 5 |115 |10 |2 |7
Grade 6 |162 |35 |1 |2
Grade 7 |387 |66 |2 |14
Senior Executive Officer |408 |46 |0 |5
Higher Executive Officer |681 |240 |2 |37
Executive Officer |640 |460 |1 |39
Administrative Officer |462 |816 |4 |120
Administrative Assistant |460 |783 |3 |105
Industrial grades |475 |8 |2 |11
|--- |--- |-- |--
Totals |3,835 |2,470 |17 |341
(b) Scottish Prison Service
Scottish Prison
Service
Full time Part-time
|Male |Female|Male |Female
---------------------------------------------
All Staff |4,182 |414 |30 |28
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) at what stage the unit general manager at Glasgow royal infirmary became aware that Greater Glasgow health board had awarded cleaning and portering contracts to Executive Healthcare ; and whether his advice was sought on that company's suitability to be invited to tender ; (2) if he will investigate the contract evaluation methods carried out by Greater Glasgow health board, to determine whether they meet ministerial guidelines ;
(3) if he will conduct an investigation into the practices of the commercial section of Greater Glasgow health board ;
(4) on what criteria firms were chosen to be invited to tender for cleaning and portering services at the Glasgow royal infirmary.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : The unit general manager was a member of the evaluation panel for the tenders and was involved in the advice to Greater Glasgow health board in reaching its decision to award the contract.
My noble and learned Friend has been assured by the health board that the evaluation was carried out in accordance with the central guidance issued and the board's standing instructions. It is for the board's auditors to investigate any non-compliance with procedures and standing instructions.
In line with EC procurement regulations, advertisements were placed in the national press and European Journal. Technical and financial checks were undertaken on the companies that responded to the advertisements.
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The checks included the taking up of bank and trade references. Only those companies that satisfied the checks were placed on the tender list.Scottish New Town Development Corporation
Mr. Ingram : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements have been made for the maintenance of pension funds for staff employed by the Scottish New Town development corporation following the wind-up of those bodies.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : New towns staff are in general members of either the new towns pension fund or local government superannuation schemes. Discussions are taking place at present towards safeguarding staff pension rights, following the wind-up of the development corporations.
Mearnskirk Hospital
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much surplus land within the grounds of Mearnskirk hospital is for sale ; what price was negotiated with Dickie Ambion Bryant ; how many other firms were invited to submit bids for the purchase of this land ; and how many bids were received.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : Thirty-six hectares of land at Mearnskirk hospital has been declared surplus to requirements and offered for sale by Greater Glasgow health board. Extensive marketing included a mailshot of the top 500 housing developers. By the closing date seven formal offers and one expression of interest were received, and the offer from Dickie Ambion Bryant was recently approved by the board. As missives of sale have not yet been concluded, it would be inappropriate to reveal price details.
East End Leisure Centre, Shettleston
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial contribution the Glasgow Development Agency is making to the proposed East End leisure centre in Shettleston constituency ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : It is for the local enterprise company to decide what, if any, contribution it wishes to make towards a particular project. I understand Glasgow Development Agency has, at present, no plans to make any financial contribution towards the East End leisure centre.
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East Kilbride Development Corporation
Mr. Ingram : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library documents from 1989 onwards relating to the agreed redundancy arrangements applying to staff employed by East Kilbride development corporation.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : It is not normal practice for copies of correspondence between the Secretary of State or his officials and third parties to be made public.
Specialist Medical Examinations
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average length of time which elapses between a general practitioner's recommendation for specialist
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investigation and the effecting of such consultations in each health board or health trust area in Scotland, in each specialty.Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : Information on the average waiting time for first out-patient consultations in the main specialties following GP referrals is set out in the "NHS Patient Treatment and Waiting Time Bulletin". Copies of the bulletin, which is published quarterly, may be found in the Library of the House. The following table sets out the average waiting time for each specialty :
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Specialty |Greater |Highland |Lanarkshire|Lothian |Orkney |Shetland |Tayside |Western
|Glasgow |Isles
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adolescent psychiatry |- |- |30 |- |- |-
Anaesthetics |96 |72 |- |- |122
Cardiology |51 |62 |34 |- |- |92
Child psychiatry |70 |- |134 |- |72 |-
Clinical genetic |46 |34 |46 |- |-
Communicable diseases |18 |18 |14 |- |- |-
Dermatology |55 |58 |49 |59 |31 |46 |64
ENT surgery |59 |46 |67 |56 |25 |28 |51 |27
Gastroenterology |77 |- |72 |30 |- |- |32 |-
General medicine |34 |36 |39 |23 |16 |40 |32 |24
General surgery |38 |45 |35 |39 |9 |22 |32 |13
Geriatric assessment |14 |23 |14 |11 |- |- |7 |-
Gynaecology |55 |41 |45 |34 |27 |40 |25 |29
Haematology |20 |20 |11 |- |22 |-
Homeopathy |131 |146 |- |- |-
Medical oncology |- |- |-
Medical paediatrics |53 |51 |47 |27 |48
Mental handicap |- |- |- |25 |-
Mental illness |45 |18 |28 |20 |17
Metabolic disease |39 |58 |46 |29 |- |24 |-
Nephrology |56 |- |- |-
Neurology |59 |79 |64 |92
Neurosurgery |74 |33 |81 |41 |- |- |62
Obstetrics-specialist antena |24 |20 |18 |28 |21 |39
Obstetrics-specialist postna |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Ophthalmology |73 |80 |47 |70 |26 |60 |31 |35
Oral surgery and oral
medicine |27 |84 |29 |42 |18
Orthodontics and paediatric
dent |73 |100 |107 |87 |- |- |37 |-
Orthopaedic surgery |43 |64 |44 |39 |20 |52 |47 |52
Specialty |Greater |Highland |Lanarkshire|Lothian |Orkney |Shetland |Tayside |Western
|Glasgow |Isles
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adolescent psychiatry |- |- |30 |- |- |-
Anaesthetics |96 |72 |- |- |122
Cardiology |51 |62 |34 |- |- |92
Child psychiatry |70 |- |134 |- |72 |-
Clinical genetic |46 |34 |46 |- |-
Communicable diseases |18 |18 |14 |- |- |-
Dermatology |55 |58 |49 |59 |31 |46 |64
ENT surgery |59 |46 |67 |56 |25 |28 |51 |27
Gastroenterology |77 |- |72 |30 |- |- |32 |-
General medicine |34 |36 |39 |23 |16 |40 |32 |24
General surgery |38 |45 |35 |39 |9 |22 |32 |13
Geriatric assessment |14 |23 |14 |11 |- |- |7 |-
Gynaecology |55 |41 |45 |34 |27 |40 |25 |29
Haematology |20 |20 |11 |- |22 |-
Homeopathy |131 |146 |- |- |-
Medical oncology |- |- |-
Medical paediatrics |53 |51 |47 |27 |48
Mental handicap |- |- |- |25 |-
Mental illness |45 |18 |28 |20 |17
Metabolic disease |39 |58 |46 |29 |- |24 |-
Nephrology |56 |- |- |-
Neurology |59 |79 |64 |92
Neurosurgery |74 |33 |81 |41 |- |- |62
Obstetrics-specialist antena |24 |20 |18 |28 |21 |39
Obstetrics-specialist postna |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Ophthalmology |73 |80 |47 |70 |26 |60 |31 |35
Oral surgery and oral
medicine |27 |84 |29 |42 |18
Orthodontics and paediatric
dent |73 |100 |107 |87 |- |- |37 |-
Orthopaedic surgery |43 |64 |44 |39 |20 |52 |47 |52
Sporting Rates
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he received from Scottish Natural Heritage on the abolition of sporting rates in Scotland ; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : None.
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of the cost, by local authority area, of abolishing sporting rates in Scotland.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 28 March 1994] : There will be no cost to local authorities due to the loss of non-domestic rate income following the abolition of sporting rates in Scotland. Through the aggregate external finance mechanism any NDRI forgone will be compensated by an increase in revenue support grant.
TRANSPORT
West London Railway Line
Mr. Carrington : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to ask Railtrack to undertake studies into alternative routes to the west London railway line for freight traffic to and from the channel tunnel.
Mr. Freeman : I am asking Railtrack to carry out a study of the proposal to route international freight trains via the North Downs route when it takes over responsibility for the infrastructure in April 1994.
Cash Limits
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to change his Department's cash limits for 1993-94.
Mr. Macgregor : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Mr. Dunn) on Thursday 24 February 1994, Official Report, column 324.
London, Tilbury and Southend Line
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the ministerial statement of March concerning closure of Fenchurch Street station for seven weeks in the summer, Official Report, column 1220, what alternative services, or what recommended means, will be
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available to passengers wishing (a) to use the London, Tilbury and Southend line to and from Limehouse station and (b) to interchange at that station to and from stations on the docklands light railway.Mr. Freeman : Fenchurch Street and Limehouse stations on the London, Tilbury and Southend line will be closed from 22 July to 12 September. I understand that, during the closure, LT and S passengers wishing to travel from Limehouse into the City of London will be able to do so using the docklands light railway. Passengers wishing to transfer to the docklands light railway will be able to change to the London Underground District line at Barking and then to the docklands light railway at Bow Road--Bow Church. LT and S services terminating at Liverpool Street will call at Stratford where there is also an interchange with the docklands light railway.
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the ministerial statement of 17 March concerning the seven week closure of Fenchurch Street station this summer, Official Report, column 1220, over what period of time the re-signalling and track re-laying programme, costing £83 million, could be accomplished on the basis of withdrawal of all trains between Barking and Fenchurch Street on weekends only from 21.00 hours on Friday until 06.00 hours on Monday ; and what withdrawal of services, other than those already announced, he expects east of Barking in this respect during the remainder of 1994 and in 1995.
Mr. Freeman : It is impossible to undertake the required resignalling work between Fenchurch Street and Barking at weekends and at night in a safe manner. It involves the complete removal of the tracks into Fenchurch Street.
The full scheme will involve a programme of works in 1995 both east and west of Barking. LT and S management cannot predict at present what further changes to the service may be necessary before the resignalling scheme is complete.
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the ministerial statement of 17 March concerning closure of Fenchurch Street station for seven weeks this summer, Official Report, column 1220, how many passengers travel (a) to Fenchurch Street from Barking via West Ham on the London, Tilbury line between 07.00 hours and 10.00 hours on a normal weekday morning and (b) westbound on the District line to central London via West Ham on that line between 07.00 hours and 10.00 hours on a weekday morning in August ; how many in (a) above are expected, during closure of the line
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from Barking to Fenchurch Street, to add to those travelling as in (b) above ; how many are expected to travel by trains direct from Barking to Liverpool Street ; what is the planned capacity provided over those times ; how many additional passengers are expected on services on the Great Eastern line between Southend and Stratford ; and what is his estimate on the reduction in demand in (a) above from 22 July to 9 September this year.Mr. Freeman : The information requested is as follows : (a) Approximately 3,000 passengers join trains at Barking for Fenchurch Street station on the London, Tilbury and Southend line--LT and S--between 07.00 and 10.00 hours on a weekday morning in August. Many of these have changed from the District line.
(b) This information is not available in the form requested. London Underground says that, in spring 1990, the latest period for which figures are available, 30,500 people each weekday travelled westbound on the District and Hammersmith and City lines between Plaistow and West Ham during the morning peak.
During the closure of Fenchurch Street station, several alternative travel options for LT and S passengers will be available : to change at Barking on to the London Underground District line, to travel to Liverpool Street on the London, Tilbury and Southend line or to travel to Liverpool Street on the Great Eastern line. It is not possible to predict precisely which options passengers will choose. However, extensive research is being undertaken to forecast traffic flows and the likely level of passengers who will transfer at Barking. London, Tilbury and Southend management will consult the Southend Rail Travellers Association before publishing a temporary timetable at the end of April.
Planned capacity is as follows :
There will be approximately 960 seats every 12 minutes from the Southend Borough West, Benfleet, Pitsea and Basildon to Liverpool Street. There will be 620 seats every 12 minutes from Southend Borough calling at all stations to Barking. There will be 620 seats every 12 minutes from Pitsea to Barking via Tilbury.
There is usually a 13 per cent. seasonal reduction in passenger numbers in July and August, but owing to the closure it is expected that this will increase to 20 or 30 per cent.
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the ministerial statement of 17 March concerning the closure of Fenchurch Street station for seven weeks this summer, Official Report, column 1220, how many additional trains will be run by London Underground between Upminster or Barking and central London during weekday mornings and evening peak hours--between 07.00 hours and 10.00 hours and 16.00 hours and 19.00--during those weeks ; and what number and proportion of timetabled trains outside those periods on those days, and on Saturdays and Sundays, respectively, will be run direct from Barking into and out of Liverpool Street station.
Mr. Norris : The eastern section of London Underground's District line already operates at full capacity during the peak periods, leaving no possibility of additional services during the seven weeks' closure of Fenchurch Street station. The frequency of peak hour services from Barking on the Hammersmith and City line
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