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Mr. Lang: The preferred carrier for any particular civil servant's travel will depend on the circumstances of the journey concerned and value for money. For regular requirements, my Department has entered into arrangements with Sabena for travel to Brussels and Air France for Paris.
Right to Buy
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total value of discounts to public sector tenants in Scotland exercising their right to buy in each year since 1980 81, both in cash terms and expressed in 1994 95 prices.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is set out in the table for each full year for which data are available.
£ million
|Value of discounts |Value of discounts
Year |(cash) |(at 1994-95 prices)
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1980-81 |37.647 |79.814
1981-82 |73.290 |141.675
1982-83 |104.473 |188.526
1983-84 |130.756 |225.495
1984-85 |137.929 |226.485
1985-86 |130.145 |202.475
1986-87 |139.921 |211.489
1987-88 |257.497 |369.521
1988-89 |425.120 |571.674
1989-90 |513.940 |646.189
1990-91 |420.089 |488.777
1991-92 |371.803 |406.947
1992-93 |376.111 |396.520
1993-94 |355.854 |362.972
Scottish Enterprise Loans
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what were the locations of the head offices of the firms which benefited from Scottish Enterprise loans and grants in 1993 94; (2) which companies have benefited from Scottish Enterprise loans and grants in 1993 94; and what were the amounts.
Mr. Stewart: These are operational matters for Scottish Enterprise. I have asked its chairman to write to the hon. Member.
Agricultural Arbitrators
Mr. Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of Scottish agricultural arbitrators, indicating in each case the individual's stated profession.
Sir Hector Monro: Arbitrations conducted by arbiters appointed by the parties themselves are not notified to my Department. Arbiters appointed by the Secretary of State, following an application by either party, are selected from a panel whose membership was last reviewed in October 1993. I am arranging for copies of the full list of current panel members, with each member's stated profession, to be placed in the Library.
Mr. Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the guidelines issued to agricultural arbitrators in respect of (a) their basis of selection of comparable farms and (b) the number of comparable farms to be selected for the purposes of an arbitration; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro: Provisions for arbitration on the level of rent, including reference to comparable subjects, are contained in section 13 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991. The Act does not, however, specify how the comparables should be selected nor the number. Given the great variation in size and circumstances of farms, comparables are selected by the arbiter in the context of each particular case.
My Department does not issue guidance to arbiters beyond that contained in the relevant legislation. However, training by the Scottish Association of Agricultural Arbiters and the Royal Institution of
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Chartered Surveyors in Scotland is available to all arbiters.Mr. Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has carried out of the costs to tenant farmers associated with agricultural arbitration cases; what fresh proposals he has to bring forward to the makings of the scheme as laid down under the 1991 Act with particular reference to the introduction of a right of appeal to his choice of arbitrator in any given case; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro: The rate of remuneration for arbiters appointed by the Secretary of State is set by him in accordance with Section 63 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991. It is a matter for the parties themselves to decide how they wish to be represented at the arbitration and the arrangements for awarding expenses set out in schedule 7 to the 1991 Act provide for the arbiter to disallow expenses incurred by the parties unnecessarily.
There are no proposals to introduce changes to the provisions of the 1991 Act to provide parties with a right of appeal against the choice of arbiter by the Secretary of State.
Mr. Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farm arbitrations were held in Scotland in the last five years, indicating the number of arbitrations carried out by each arbitrator; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro: Members of the Secretary of State's panel of agricultural arbiters were appointed to conduct 255 arbitrations in the years 1990 1994. The information on the number of occasions on which each member of the panel was appointed is set out in the table. A number of these cases were, however, settled by agreement without proceeding to an arbitration hearing.
|Appointments
Member of panel |1990-1994
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R. Baird |11
F. Barraclough |19
J. Boyne |3
A. Bremner |8
D. Buchan |10
C. Campbell |8
I. Chalmers |6
G. Chalmers |6
A. Clark |2
D. Craib |1
T. Cruikshank |1
T. Donald |10
I. Douglas |10
G. Dunlop |1
J. Elliot |1
A. Elvy |2
T. Finlayson |1
R. Forrest |3
W. Fraser |4
W. Gourlay |10
N. Graham-Campbell |3
T. Graham |8
A. Gray |3
P. Hardie |2
I. Harley |1
J. Hunter |2
W. Ironside |1
J. Jones-Perrott |1
D. Laird |1
J. Lamont |1
R. Lennox |1
G. Lumsden |5
J. Lumsden |5
A. MacDonald |1
I. K. MacKenzie |13
K.F.S. MacKenzie |16
R.A.M. MacKenzie |1
J. McLaren |2
I. McLaren |1
J. McNaughton |1
J. Marshall |1
J. Maxwell |1
M. Milligan |19
C. Mitchell |1
J. Pattullo |5
D. Reid |5
T. Renwick |1
G. Robertson |1
J. Seed |5
J. Sharp |4
R. Shearlaw |4
J. Smith |1
G. Tait |2
J. Thorburn |10
P. Waddell |2
R. Walker |1
R. Weir |1
I. Wilson |4
R. Wilson |1
Set-aside Payments
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of farmers in Scotland who have not yet received payments under the 1994 arable aid scheme for land set aside from oilseed production for non-food use; how much money in total is currently being withheld; what is the reason for the delay in making such payments; and when he expects the money to be released.
Sir Hector Monro: Seventy-nine payments involving a non-food crop element under the 1994 arable area payments scheme, amounting to a total of just over £2.3 million, are being withheld. My Department has no authority under the relevant EC legislation to make these payments until the collectors-first processors concerned have sent the Intervention Board the necessary documentation covering proof of delivery and the board has given formal clearance for payment to proceed.
My Department will make these outstanding payments as soon as the Intervention Board can give the necessary clearance.
Electro-shock Weapons
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information his Department has in respect of (a) past and (b) present production of electro-shock weapons at ICL Technical Plastics in Glasgow; what approval his Department has given for such production; and what support he has given (i) directly and (ii) indirectly for the export of such goods.
Mr. Stewart: The Scottish Office does not have, and never has had, any information about the production of electro-shock weapons at ICL Plastics Ltd. nor has the Department ever given, or been asked to give, approval for such production.
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Scottish Trade International, the export arm of the Scottish Office and Scottish Enterprise, had some discussions in 1993 with the company about the marketing of a range of conventional riot gear which had been already sold to police forces within the United Kingdom. No mention of electro-shock weapons or similar products has ever been made to officials. The company has not had any direct or indirect financial support from STI.Sheriff Courts
Mr. McKelvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was (a) the number of cases disposed of and (b) the number of custodial sentences imposed, by each sheriff court in Scotland, for each of the past five years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 16 January 1995]: The available information is set out in the table.
Outcome of sheriff court proceedings in Scotland in 1989
|Persons
|Persons |Persons with |receiving a
|called to |charge |custodial
Sheriff court |court |proved |sentence
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Aberdeen |4,989 |4,490 |556
Banff |481 |466 |27
Peterhead |849 |807 |92
Stonehaven |875 |806 |19
Elgin |1,383 |1,301 |112
Wick |545 |517 |39
Inverness |2,177 |1,990 |205
Fort William |650 |604 |31
Portree |278 |250 |13
Dingwall |701 |647 |70
Tain |503 |469 |19
Dornoch |225 |209 |4
Kirkwall |589 |554 |7
Lerwick |505 |493 |16
Lochmaddy |178 |165 |7
Stornoway |398 |362 |16
Arbroath |1,228 |1,128 |72
Forfar |995 |901 |52
Dundee |4,002 |3,393 |511
Perth |3,137 |2,790 |248
Alloa |875 |756 |75
Falkirk |2,544 |2,230 |211
Stirling |3,078 |2,711 |231
Cupar |970 |880 |78
Dunfermline |3,200 |2,828 |268
Kirkcaldy |3,876 |3,511 |384
Haddington |1,431 |1,282 |133
Edinburgh |10,766 |9,232 |928
Linlithgow |2,567 |2,347 |247
Duns |179 |170 |10
Selkirk |343 |315 |25
Jedburgh |461 |435 |45
Peebles |289 |276 |10
Glasgow |11,668 |9,763 |2,057
Campbeltown |446 |422 |35
Dunoon |542 |491 |49
Oban |611 |546 |33
Rothesay |195 |185 |28
Dumbarton |3,287 |2,836 |269
Greenock |2,169 |1,976 |542
Kilmarnock |5,106 |4,524 |838
Paisley |5,361 |4,455 |495
Dumfries |3,862 |3,439 |174
Kirkcudbright |688 |615 |58
Stranraer |1,035 |939 |84
Airdrie |2,678 |2,321 |444
Ayr |4,045 |3,583 |356
Hamilton |5,215 |4,318 |642
Lanark |1,026 |893 |57
Not known |83 |20 |7
Total |103,284 |90,641 |10,929
Source:
Unpublished Scottish Office statistics on criminal proceedings.
Outcome of sheriff court proceedings in Scotland in 1990
|Persons
|Persons |Persons with |receiving a
|called to |charge |custodial
Sheriff court |court |proved |sentence
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Aberdeen |5,739 |5,116 |547
Banff |482 |464 |36
Peterhead |924 |882 |65
Stonehaven |851 |761 |19
Elgin |1,304 |1,212 |93
Wick |673 |608 |55
Inverness |2,386 |2,192 |228
Fort William |631 |569 |48
Portree |247 |225 |17
Dingwall |771 |730 |64
Tain |539 |496 |29
Dornoch |285 |260 |7
Kirkwall |562 |503 |2
Lerwick |561 |531 |11
Lochmaddy |207 |192 |3
Stornoway |390 |371 |14
Arbroath |1,302 |1,155 |78
Forfar |1,119 |1,011 |54
Dundee |3,452 |2,880 |384
Perth |3,072 |2,666 |272
Alloa |956 |852 |100
Falkirk |2,277 |2,026 |257
Stirling |3,225 |2,871 |199
Cupar |931 |854 |65
Dunfermline |2,443 |2,123 |218
Kirkcaldy |3,962 |3,614 |437
Haddington |1,229 |1,082 |98
Edinburgh |11,356 |9,557 |876
Linlithgow |2,658 |2,405 |217
Duns |234 |216 |10
Selkirk |425 |403 |37
Jedburgh |453 |428 |47
Peebles |290 |271 |12
Glasgow |11,103 |8,947 |1,874
Campbeltown |381 |333 |32
Dunoon |583 |536 |73
Oban |720 |621 |52
Rothesay |161 |155 |28
Dumbarton |3,389 |2,742 |218
Greenock |2,089 |1,918 |522
Kilmarnock |5,376 |4,628 |736
Paisley |4,951 |4,079 |467
Dumfries |3,189 |2,864 |161
Kirkcudbright |582 |523 |42
Stranraer |1,022 |937 |113
Airdrie |2,585 |2,169 |379
Ayr |3,514 |3,129 |334
Hamilton |4,804 |3,956 |458
Lanark |1,184 |1,026 |77
Not known |56 |20 |3
Total |101,625 |88,109 |10,168
Source:
Unpublished Scottish Office statistics on criminal proceedings.
Outcome of sheriff court proceedings in Scotland in 1991
|Persons
|Persons |Persons with |receiving a
|called to |charge |custodial
Sheriff court |court |proved |sentence
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Aberdeen |6,199 |5,506 |610
Banff |528 |509 |41
Peterhead |858 |820 |84
Stonehaven |940 |863 |22
Elgin |1,339 |1,257 |88
Wick |558 |483 |33
Inverness |2,292 |2,076 |228
Fort William |606 |539 |53
Portree |206 |184 |8
Dingwall |809 |768 |73
Tain |525 |468 |39
Dornoch |272 |231 |5
Kirkwall |349 |324 |10
Lerwick |461 |440 |17
Lochmaddy |152 |140 |2
Stornoway |491 |450 |13
Arbroath |1,334 |1,203 |117
Forfar |867 |795 |70
Dundee |3,057 |2,441 |285
Perth |3,314 |2,947 |238
Alloa |918 |831 |72
Falkirk |2,344 |2,080 |220
Stirling |3,021 |2,658 |171
Cupar |893 |791 |91
Dunfermline |2,765 |2,355 |299
Kirkcaldy |3,731 |3,286 |394
Haddington |1,144 |1,049 |125
Edinburgh |10,770 |9,549 |954
Linlithgow |2,399 |2,179 |203
Duns |208 |191 |9
Selkirk |384 |361 |18
Jedburgh |483 |467 |28
Peebles |347 |328 |9
Glasgow |9,169 |7,435 |1,498
Campbeltown |308 |274 |24
Dunoon |584 |534 |62
Oban |556 |508 |64
Rothesay |134 |122 |13
Dumbarton |3,705 |3,085 |197
Greenock |1,699 |1,547 |395
Kilmarnock |4,184 |3,583 |645
Paisley |3,998 |3,274 |416
Dumfries |2,722 |2,497 |165
Kirkcudbright |552 |512 |48
Stranraer |1,200 |1,094 |87
Airdrie |2,390 |1,915 |315
Ayr |3,056 |2,669 |336
Hamilton |4,944 |3,976 |387
Lanark |1,200 |1,040 |78
Not known |49 |7 |-
Total |95,014 |82,641 |9,359
Source:
Unpublished Scottish Office statistics on criminal proceedings.
Outcome of sheriff court proceedings in Scotland in 1992
|Persons
|Persons |Persons with |receiving a
|called to |charge |custodial
Sheriff court |court |proved |sentence
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Aberdeen |6,106 |5,486 |745
Banff |493 |468 |32
Peterhead |733 |700 |58
Stonehaven |899 |836 |25
Elgin |1,252 |1,173 |71
Wick |595 |529 |68
Inverness |2,231 |2,092 |253
Fort William |514 |483 |64
Portree |213 |196 |8
Dingwall |866 |813 |69
Tain |650 |578 |38
Dornoch |217 |196 |7
Kirkwall |383 |361 |27
Lerwick |369 |350 |20
Lochmaddy |170 |162 |6
Stornoway |347 |298 |14
Arbroath |1,324 |1,093 |96
Forfar |974 |893 |51
Dundee |3,787 |3,100 |460
Perth |3,088 |2,653 |284
Alloa |815 |717 |70
Falkirk |2,550 |2,296 |288
Stirling |2,781 |2,438 |311
Cupar |901 |810 |96
Dunfermline |2,437 |1,967 |227
Kirkcaldy |3,375 |2,973 |414
Haddington |1,122 |1,033 |126
Edinburgh |11,736 |10,385 |1,022
Linlithgow |2,569 |2,281 |169
Duns |214 |199 |5
Selkirk |412 |386 |16
Jedburgh |554 |522 |24
Peebles |384 |365 |7
Glasgow |10,133 |8,162 |1,838
Campbeltown |309 |257 |29
Dunoon |536 |499 |66
Oban |501 |464 |57
Rothesay |144 |131 |22
Dumbarton |3,458 |2,838 |325
Greenock |1,978 |1,709 |388
Kilmarnock |5,129 |4,272 |943
Paisley |4,194 |3,397 |525
Dumfries |3,486 |3,153 |178
Kirkcudbright |641 |589 |51
Stranraer |1,149 |1,040 |93
Airdrie |2,413 |1,907 |379
Ayr |3,834 |3,293 |447
Hamilton |5,503 |4,428 |539
Lanark |1,165 |1,009 |102
Not known |30 |7 |1
Total |99,664 |85,987 |11,154
Source:
Unpublished Scottish Office statistics on criminal proceedings.
Outcome of sheriff court proceedings in Scotland in 1993
|Persons
|Persons |Persons with |receiving a
|called to |charge |custodial
Sheriff court |court |proved |sentence
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Aberdeen |6,340 |5,649 |694
Banff |488 |466 |33
Peterhead |760 |710 |49
Stonehaven |915 |859 |22
Elgin |966 |902 |81
Wick |536 |493 |79
Inverness |1,991 |1,829 |256
Fort William |572 |536 |61
Portree |185 |167 |16
Dingwall |682 |630 |61
Tain |540 |471 |40
Dornoch |198 |169 |11
Kirkwall |335 |312 |15
Lerwick |340 |316 |20
Lochmaddy |237 |216 |9
Stornoway |232 |206 |13
Arbroath |963 |832 |138
Forfar |1,021 |924 |80
Dundee |3,881 |3,009 |413
Perth |2,735 |2,289 |236
Alloa |716 |655 |85
Falkirk |2,747 |2,408 |257
Stirling |2,415 |2,143 |309
Cupar |935 |855 |87
Dunfermline |2,692 |2,291 |234
Kirkcaldy |3,461 |3,010 |469
Haddington |1,082 |988 |99
Edinburgh |11,292 |10,096 |1,346
Linlithgow |2,456 |2,218 |144
Duns |237 |219 |14
Selkirk |355 |340 |30
Jedburgh |517 |481 |46
Peebles |241 |233 |14
Glasgow |10,947 |8,650 |1,949
Campbeltown |245 |219 |13
Dunoon |569 |511 |58
Oban |444 |396 |50
Rothesay |125 |119 |31
Dumbarton |3,239 |2,650 |399
Greenock |2,027 |1,731 |521
Kilmarnock |4,122 |3,538 |943
Paisley |4,531 |3,580 |556
Dumfries |3,094 |2,664 |177
Kirkcudbright |588 |537 |51
Stranraer |925 |805 |73
Airdrie |2,644 |2,044 |386
Ayr |3,595 |3,087 |422
Hamilton |4,945 |3,951 |463
Lanark |1,046 |860 |88
Not known |455 |6 |4
|96,604 |82,270 |11,645
Source:
Unpublished Scottish Office statistics on criminal proceedings.
Housing
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each of the years between 1979 89 and 1993 94 inclusive of the total number of completed dwellings (a) built for rent by (i) local authorities, (ii) new towns, (iii) Scottish Homes and (iv) housing associations and housing co-operatives, (b) rehabilitated for rent by (i) local authorities, (ii) new towns, (iii) Scottish Homes and (iv) housing associations and housing co-operatives, (c) built or rehabilitated by local authorities for low-cost home ownership, (d) built or rehabilitated by housing associations and co-operatives for low-cost home ownership, (e) built or rehabilitated by private developers through GRO grant for rent and (f) built or rehabilitated by private developers through GRO grant for ownership.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 16 January 1995]: The available information on (a) and (b) is published quarterly in the statistical bulletin series "Housing Trends in Scotland" which is available in the House Library.
(c) No information is collected centrally on local authority low-cost home ownership provision.
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(d) The available information is given.
Housing
association/co-operati
ve
low-cost home
ownership completions
|Number
----------------------
1981-82 |115
1982-83 |244
1983-84 |156
1984-85 |63
1985-86 |166
1986-87 |79
1987-88 |388
1988-89 |89
1989-90 |209
1990-91 |319
1991-92 |400
1992-93 |475
1993-94 |858
(e), (f) The number of units approved is given.
GRO grant unit approvals for:
|Owner
|Market rent|occupation
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1989-90 |- |123
1990-91 |56 |1,059
1991-92 |159 |1,228
1992-93 |309 |1,617
1993-94 |586 |1,534
Independent Schools
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of independent schools operating in Scotland for each financial year since 1975.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 13 January 1995]: The information requested is as follows:
|Number of
|registered
|independent
Financial year |schools
---------------------------------------------
1975-76 |102
1976-77 |99
1977-78 |100
1978-79 |98
1979-80 |96
1980-81 |92
1981-82 |90
1982-83 |90
1983-84 |87
1984-85 |90
1985-86 |108
1986-87 |115
1987-88 |127
1988-89 |121
1989-90 |122
1990-91 |123
1991-92 |125
1992-93 |116
1993-94 |117
1994-95 |117
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment his Department has made of the average household income of the pupils applying for
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assistance under the assisted places scheme; and what is the average household income of pupils covered by the assisted places scheme.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 13 January 1995]: Comprehensive information on the household incomes of pupils applying for assistance under the assisted places scheme is not collected centrally. No details, for example, are held on the incomes of households below the threshold at which full fee remission applies nor of those applicants who may be successful in obtaining an assisted place. Applications to join the scheme are made direct to participating schools which must administer the scheme in accordance with the statutory regulations.
Information which is available centrally shows that, in the 1993 94 school session, over 81 per cent. of the families of pupils receiving assistance had household incomes of less than £18,000 per annum, and just over 45 per cent. had household incomes below the £9,522 threshold for full fee remission.
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Plastic Surgery, Ayrshire and Arran
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of plastic surgery on patients from Ayrshire and Arran is carried out within hospitals in the Ayrshire and Arran health board area; what action is being taken to increase the percentage treated in local hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 10 January 1995]: The percentage of plastic surgery in patient discharges of Ayrshire and Arran residents from hospitals within the local health board area rose from 56.8 per cent. in 1991 to 65.3 per cent in 1993, the latest full year for which figures are available.
The Ayrshire and Arran health board's draft acute services strategy states the boards' commitment to purchase more plastic surgery services locally. A new consultant plastic surgeon post to be made at Canniesburn hospital in Glasgow will further impact on local Ayrshire and Arran services as the post will cover patient consultations in Ayrshire.
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