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Intensive care beds<1>: by health board area of treatment: years ending 31 March Intensive Therapy |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 Unit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |125 |136 |137 |142 |159 |166 |168 |166 Argyll and Clyde |4 |3 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 Ayrshire and Arran |5 |5 |5 |5 |7 |10 |8 |6 Borders |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Dumfries and Galloway |- |- |- |2 |8 |8 |8 |8 Fife |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Forth Valley |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 Grampian |6 |6 |6 |6 |6 |10 |11 |11 Greater Glasgow |65 |72 |72 |74 |80 |81 |81 |81 Highland |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 Lanarkshire |13 |15 |15 |16 |19 |19 |20 |19 Lothian |12 |12 |12 |12 |12 |11 |12 |12 Orkney |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Shetland |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Tayside |11 |13 |14 |14 |14 |15 |15 |15 Western Isles |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Intensive Therapy |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 Unit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |166 |166 |182 |189 |198 |219 |230 |250 Argyll and Clyde |3 |1 |- |- |- |4 |7 |12 Ayrshire and Arran |8 |6 |6 |6 |6 |7 |8 |8 Borders |- |- |2 |2 |2 |2 |2 |2 Dumfries and Galloway |8 |8 |8 |8 |8 |8 |8 |16 Fife |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |5 Forth Valley |4 |4 |4 |9 |9 |9 |9 |9 Grampian |11 |11 |10 |10 |10 |10 |11 |10 Greater Glasgow |80 |75 |76 |78 |77 |77 |77 |75 Highland |6 |6 |6 |6 |6 |6 |6 |6 Lanarkshire |18 |19 |24 |31 |35 |37 |37 |37 Lothian |14 |21 |30 |25 |28 |38 |41 |41 Orkney |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Shetland |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Tayside |15 |15 |15 |15 |15 |20 |24 |28 Western Isles |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Note: <1>Average available staffed beds in specialties of intensive therapy unit. Source: Information and Statistic Division.
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Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers of teachers employed and the number and percentages of women employed in
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these posts for each education authority within Scotland for each year since 1985 for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [16325]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 27 March 1995]: The available information is given in the following table:
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Education Authority Schools number (full-time equivalents) of teachers<1>; number (FTE) and percentage of female teachers (at September) 1987 1988 1990 1992 |Number |Per cent. |Number |Per cent. |Number |Per cent. |Number |Per cent. Education authority |Total |female |female |Total |female |female |Total |female |female |Total |female |female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primary schools Scotland |21,480 |19,457 |90.6 |21,586 |19,619 |90.9 |22,628 |20,745 |91.7 |22,728 |20,947 |92.2 Borders |448 |383 |85.5 |466 |404 |86.6 |472 |416 |88.1 |476 |425 |89.4 Central |1,162 |1,074 |92.4 |1,160 |1,079 |93.0 |1,165 |1,090 |93.5 |1,167 |1,095 |93.8 Dumfries and Galloway |654 |562 |86.0 |648 |561 |86.6 |690 |603 |87.4 |697 |620 |88.9 Fife |1,524 |1,384 |90.8 |1,552 |1,416 |91.2 |1,614 |1,486 |92.0 |1,617 |1,505 |93.1 Grampian |2,251 |1,991 |88.5 |2,261 |1,997 |88.3 |2,280 |2,060 |90.4 |2,361 |2,159 |91.4 Highland |1,052 |928 |88.2 |1,052 |933 |88.7 |1,109 |991 |89.4 |1,137 |1,020 |89.7 Lothian |2,742 |2,510 |91.5 |2,770 |2,542 |91.8 |2,842 |2,623 |92.3 |2,853 |2,636 |92.4 Strathclyde |9,559 |8,805 |92.1 |9,602 |8,875 |92.4 |10,311 |9,575 |92.9 |10,264 |9,557 |93.1 Tayside |1,612 |1,402 |87.0 |1,606 |1,399 |87.2 |1,659 |1,471 |88.7 |1,662 |1,493 |89.8 Orkney |113 |98 |87.3 |112 |100 |89.8 |125 |112 |89.8 |127 |117 |92.3 Shetland |175 |153 |87.6 |174 |151 |86.9 |174 |151 |86.7 |178 |151 |84.6 Western Isles |189 |167 |88.6 |182 |161 |88.3 |188 |168 |89.4 |190 |171 |89.6 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute |300 |259 |86.5 |311 |270 |86.9 |357 |316 |88.4 |348 |309 |88.9 Ayr |1,569 |1,419 |90.5 |1,578 |1,438 |91.1 |1,696 |1,556 |91.7 |1,700 |1,572 |92.5 Dunbarton |1,392 |1,313 |94.3 |1,384 |1,302 |94.1 |1,431 |1,363 |95.3 |1,423 |1,359 |95.5 Glasgow |2,687 |2,492 |92.7 |2,696 |2,506 |93.0 |3,002 |2,783 |92.7 |3,020 |2,790 |92.4 Lanark |2,205 |2,025 |91.9 |2,211 |2,044 |92.4 |2,324 |2,160 |93.0 |2,296 |2,143 |93.3 Renfrew |1,407 |1,297 |92.2 |1,423 |1,315 |92.4 |1,501 |1,398 |93.1 |1,478 |1,384 |93.7 Secondary schools Scotland |25,462 |11,279 |44.3 |24,757 |11,028 |44.5 |23,988 |11,065 |46.1 |23,994 |11,518 |48.0 Borders |504 |200 |39.8 |496 |202 |40.7 |494 |209 |42.4 |501 |222 |44.3 Central |1,379 |634 |46.0 |1,327 |605 |45.6 |1,276 |602 |47.2 |1,283 |624 |48.6 Dumfries and Galloway |821 |321 |39.1 |814 |320 |39.3 |778 |313 |40.2 |759 |314 |41.4 Fife |1,686 |730 |43.3 |1,657 |732 |44.2 |1,615 |749 |46.4 |1,626 |791 |48.7 Grampian |2,452 |1,120 |45.7 |2,393 |1,101 |46.0 |2,312 |1,081 |46.8 |2,444 |1,217 |49.8 Highland |1,148 |498 |43.3 |1,153 |494 |42.8 |1,150 |519 |45.1 |1,229 |603 |49.0 Lothian |3,213 |1,413 |44.0 |3,092 |1,357 |43.9 |2,945 |1,341 |45.6 |2,888 |1,354 |46.9 Strathclyde |11,697 |5,247 |44.9 |11,330 |5,131 |45.3 |11,014 |5,170 |46.9 |10,879 |5,284 |48.6 Tayside |2,032 |914 |45.0 |1,960 |875 |44.7 |1,862 |857 |46.0 |1,832 |878 |47.9 Orkney |120 |36 |30.2 |126 |46 |36.1 |132 |49 |36.7 |135 |51 |38.1 Shetland |168 |71 |42.1 |173 |73 |42.5 |178 |78 |44.0 |190 |88 |46.1 Western Isles |243 |94 |38.9 |238 |92 |38.6 |233 |95 |40.9 |228 |93 |41.0 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute |351 |136 |38.8 |346 |145 |41.8 |360 |160 |44.4 |352 |159 |45.3 Ayr |1,923 |832 |43.3 |1,856 |808 |43.5 |1,868 |859 |46.0 |1,843 |881 |47.8 Dunbarton |1,672 |825 |49.4 |1,630 |803 |49.3 |1,627 |820 |50.4 |1,663 |842 |50.6 Glasgow |3,165 |1,368 |43.2 |3,063 |1,354 |44.2 |2,828 |1,283 |45.4 |2,703 |1,275 |47.2 Lanark |2,683 |1,194 |44.5 |2,585 |1,154 |44.7 |2,550 |1,176 |46.1 |2,534 |1,214 |47.9 Renfrew |1,904 |892 |46.8 |1,850 |868 |46.9 |1,781 |873 |49.0 |1,784 |912 |51.1 <1> The total figures given are based on statistical returns made by individual teachers, and hence may differ slightly from those figures published elsewhere which are based on the totals reported by each school.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers of (a) staff and (b) women employed at head teacher, assistant head teacher and deputy head teacher levels for (i) secondary and (ii) primary schools for each education authority within Scotland for each year since 1985. [16326]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 27 March 1995]: The available information is given in the following table:
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Education authority primary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1987 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |2,299 |1,484 |14 |11 |1,611 |1,444 Borders |71 |36 |0 |0 |22 |20 Central |114 |83 |0 |0 |89 |76 Dumfries and Galloway |113 |58 |0 |0 |36 |30 Fife |142 |84 |0 |0 |112 |101 Grampian |260 |139 |0 |0 |135 |110 Highland |202 |126 |0 |0 |55 |50 Lothian |234 |137 |14 |11 |209 |192 Strathclyde |886 |661 |0 |0 |799 |734 Tayside |187 |101 |0 |0 |122 |102 Orkney |20 |15 |0 |0 |5 |5 Shetland |29 |16 |0 |0 |13 |11 Western Isles |41 |29 |0 |0 |14 |13 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute |75 |45 |0 |0 |17 |15 Ayr |149 |91 |0 |0 |137 |126 Dunbarton |113 |90 |0 |0 |125 |116 Glasgow |232 |192 |0 |0 |214 |197 Lanark |210 |172 |0 |0 |179 |164 Renfrew |107 |70 |0 |0 |128 |117
Education authority primary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1988 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |2,255 |1,480 |238 |206 |1,340 |1,197 Borders |77 |43 |4 |4 |20 |19 Central |112 |83 |15 |14 |73 |62 Dumfries and Galloway |110 |56 |5 |5 |28 |24 Fife |142 |87 |23 |22 |78 |69 Grampian |265 |145 |29 |21 |108 |91 Highland |200 |128 |5 |5 |49 |44 Lothian |231 |137 |45 |39 |179 |160 Strathclyde |848 |636 |85 |75 |682 |626 Tayside |187 |105 |23 |18 |97 |81 Orkney |20 |15 |1 |1 |2 |2 Shetland |29 |17 |2 |2 |11 |9 Western Isles |36 |27 |1 |1 |13 |11 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute |72 |42 |2 |1 |15 |14 Ayr |146 |90 |22 |21 |106 |97 Dunbarton |108 |88 |16 |15 |99 |90 Glasgow |220 |185 |12 |11 |185 |170 Lanark |199 |164 |14 |11 |172 |159 Renfrew |104 |68 |19 |16 |105 |96
Education authority primary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1990 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |2,301 |1,597 |293 |253 |1,187 |1,074 Borders |75 |44 |4 |4 |19 |18 Central |113 |85 |23 |19 |63 |57 Dumfries and Galloway |113 |60 |4 |4 |28 |25 Fife |141 |91 |25 |25 |82 |72 Grampian |265 |167 |40 |31 |92 |83 Highland |200 |134 |9 |9 |40 |34 Lothian |240 |154 |46 |37 |159 |141 Strathclyde |889 |694 |113 |102 |591 |546 Tayside |184 |107 |26 |20 |90 |79 Orkney |20 |16 |0 |0 |2 |2 Shetland |27 |19 |2 |2 |10 |8 Western Isles |34 |27 |1 |1 |13 |10 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute |74 |50 |3 |2 |11 |10 Ayr |151 |95 |24 |23 |101 |93 Dunbarton |115 |102 |20 |18 |90 |83 Glasgow |231 |194 |20 |20 |152 |144 Lanark |212 |178 |18 |16 |142 |128 Renfrew |107 |76 |28 |23 |95 |88
Education authority primary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1992 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |2,277 |1,622 |509 |464 |984 |880 Borders |75 |48 |10 |10 |10 |10 Central |113 |87 |46 |40 |41 |40 Dumfries and Galloway |113 |68 |23 |22 |12 |11 Fife |142 |98 |48 |45 |54 |47 Grampian |267 |172 |77 |73 |59 |47 Highland |194 |132 |26 |25 |21 |15 Lothian |236 |152 |63 |56 |146 |128 Strathclyde |872 |689 |153 |136 |564 |520 Tayside |183 |113 |58 |52 |56 |45 Orkney |20 |17 |1 |1 |1 |1 Shetland |28 |19 |3 |3 |8 |6 Western Isles |34 |27 |1 |1 |11 |9 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute |73 |53 |3 |2 |10 |9 Ayr |148 |99 |26 |24 |93 |88 Dunbarton |115 |101 |30 |26 |79 |74 Glasgow |223 |184 |31 |30 |158 |149 Lanark |207 |172 |27 |25 |129 |111 Renfrew |106 |80 |36 |29 |94 |88
Education authority secondary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1987 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |414 |17 |424 |25 |1,050 |180 Borders |9 |0 |9 |0 |19 |3 Central |20 |0 |20 |1 |57 |9 Dumfries and Galloway |16 |0 |17 |1 |33 |4 Fife |18 |0 |19 |1 |83 |17 Grampian |40 |3 |36 |1 |96 |18 Highland |26 |1 |25 |1 |42 |10 Lothian |47 |3 |51 |4 |145 |29 Strathclyde |186 |6 |194 |12 |489 |79 Tayside |28 |2 |30 |2 |75 |11 Orkney |6 |0 |3 |0 |4 |0 Shetland |7 |1 |7 |1 |3 |0 Western Isles |14 |1 |13 |1 |5 |1 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute |9 |1 |9 |0 |14 |1 Ayr |31 |0 |29 |2 |80 |9 Dunbarton |24 |1 |25 |1 |69 |19 Glasgow |52 |2 |57 |3 |131 |23 Lanark |37 |2 |38 |1 |116 |16 Renfrew |33 |0 |36 |5 |79 |11
Education authority secondary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1988 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |413 |17 |417 |25 |1,028 |174 Borders |9 |0 |8 |0 |24 |3 Central |20 |0 |20 |1 |59 |8 Dumfries and Galloway |16 |0 |16 |0 |33 |4 Fife |21 |0 |19 |1 |77 |17 Grampian |38 |3 |38 |2 |91 |16 Highland |24 |1 |26 |1 |38 |7 Lothian |50 |3 |50 |5 |146 |30 Strathclyde |179 |6 |189 |12 |471 |78 Tayside |30 |3 |30 |1 |74 |9 Orkney |6 |0 |2 |0 |5 |0 Shetland |7 |1 |8 |1 |4 |0 Western Isles |14 |1 |12 |1 |7 |2 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute |8 |1 |9 |0 |14 |1 Ayr |29 |0 |30 |3 |75 |8 Dunbarton |23 |1 |26 |1 |69 |18 Glasgow |51 |2 |53 |2 |122 |23 Lanark |36 |2 |36 |1 |108 |17 Renfrew |32 |0 |35 |5 |83 |11
Education authority secondary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1990 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |415 |11 |406 |31 |987 |187 Borders |9 |0 |9 |0 |24 |3 Central |19 |0 |19 |1 |49 |3 Dumfries and Galloway |16 |0 |15 |1 |32 |4 Fife |19 |0 |20 |3 |73 |18 Grampian |38 |2 |37 |2 |85 |21 Highland |24 |1 |26 |2 |39 |4 Lothian |51 |2 |51 |4 |135 |31 Strathclyde |182 |4 |177 |14 |466 |89 Tayside |31 |2 |31 |1 |70 |12 Orkney |6 |0 |2 |0 |5 |0 Shetland |8 |0 |8 |1 |4 |0 Western Isles |13 |1 |13 |2 |6 |2 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute |9 |1 |8 |2 |13 |1 Ayr |31 |1 |29 |0 |75 |10 Dunbarton |25 |0 |26 |1 |64 |18 Glasgow |50 |0 |46 |4 |126 |26 Lanark |38 |2 |35 |2 |104 |19 Renfrew |29 |0 |33 |5 |85 |15
Education authority secondary schools total and female teacher numbers (full-time equivalents) at head, deputy head and assistant head teacher levels-September 1992 Head teacher Deputy head Assistant head teacher teacher Education authority |Total |Female |Total |Female |Total |Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland |403 |12 |405 |37 |1,021 |225 Borders |9 |0 |9 |0 |26 |4 Central |18 |0 |18 |1 |49 |5 Dumfries and Galloway |15 |0 |16 |0 |32 |4 Fife |19 |0 |20 |3 |73 |18 Grampian |38 |1 |38 |4 |95 |25 Highland |26 |1 |27 |1 |37 |6 Lothian |47 |1 |49 |4 |133 |30 Strathclyde |172 |6 |176 |19 |479 |105 Tayside |30 |1 |31 |1 |81 |24 Orkney |6 |0 |2 |0 |5 |1 Shetland |8 |1 |8 |2 |4 |1 Western Isles |15 |1 |12 |2 |7 |2 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute |9 |1 |9 |0 |20 |3 Ayr |29 |0 |27 |2 |80 |13 Dunbarton |24 |0 |25 |3 |70 |21 Glasgow |44 |2 |44 |4 |118 |29 Lanark |37 |3 |38 |3 |102 |18 Renfrew |29 |0 |34 |7 |89 |21
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals against valuations for council tax have been lodged; how many appeals have been considered; how many appeals have been successful; and what is the average time taken to consider an appeal against valuation in each valuation area in Scotland. [16319]
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Mr. Kynoch [holding answer 27 March 1995]: The table provides the available information, which relates to all classes of proposals to change the valuation list made to assessors and subsequent appeals. The table, which is taken from information supplied by assessors, shows the position at 31 December 1994 for all areas.
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Number of proposals/appeals and their progress as at 31 December 1994<1> |Number of |Number where list |Average<2> time from |date of |proposals/appeals |adjusted/appeal |lodgement to date of |settlement Region |lodged |Number settled |upheld |Months ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borders |3,124 |2,943 |2,314 |10 Central |3,115 |2,751 |1,706 |9 Dumfries and Galloway |3,235 |3,213 |1,824 |7 Fife |6,735 |6,354 |3,634 |7 Grampian |11,741 |9,945 |6,023 |9 Highland |6,366 |5,286 |3,037 |8 Lothian |13,451 |12,569 |8,202 |10 Strathclyde |42,734 |35,780 |25,618 |5 Tayside |11,629 |7,095 |5,306 |9 Orkney |217 |216 |122 |3 Shetland |181 |176 |130 |3 Western Isles |929 |818 |424 |9 Scotland |103,457 |87,146 |53,340 |7 Source: Information supplied by assessors in regular statistical returns. Notes: <1> Analysis of all classes of proposal/appeal lodged with assessors, almost all of which will relate to appeals against banding. Separate statistics are not provided for each class of appeal. <2> Average time from date of lodgement to date of settlement, of those proposals/appeals which have been settled.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the management grading structure currently in operation in the national health. [16324]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer27 March 1995]: New arrangements for the grading of general and senior manager posts in the national health service in Scotland were introduced as from 1 September 1993. These arrangements apply to health boards and are commended to NHS trusts.
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Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many individuals were on the electoral register of each local authority area in Scotland for each year since 1987. [14541]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer21 March 1995]: The information is set out in the following table. Data on the 1995 registers are not yet available centrally.
Total electors Area |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scotland |3,994,211|3,967,334|3,932,897|3,936,737|3,912,528|3,927,475|3,930,286|3,946,264 Borders |81,963 |82,078 |82,268 |82,902 |83,346 |83,879 |84,405 |84,774 Berwickshire |15,020 |15,038 |15,041 |15,177 |15,261 |15,400 |15,631 |15,620 Ettrick and Lauderdale |26,424 |26,549 |26,849 |27,096 |27,383 |27,534 |27,795 |27,972 Roxburgh |28,665 |28,601 |28,450 |28,505 |28,496 |28,598 |28,572 |28,625 Tweeddale |11,854 |11,890 |11,928 |12,124 |12,206 |12,347 |12,407 |12,557 Central |211,944 |211,190 |210,333 |210,588 |210,115 |211,171 |211,041 |211,434 Clackmannan |36,946 |36,588 |36,360 |36,461 |36,708 |36,794 |36,806 |37,006 Falkirk |110,951 |110,580 |110,416 |110,554 |110,180 |110,655 |110,576 |110,424 Stirling |64,047 |64,022 |63,557 |63,573 |63,227 |63,722 |63,659 |64,004 Dumfries and Galloway |113,970 |113,601 |113,449 |115,574 |116,055 |116,708 |116,914 |116,548 Annandale and Eskdale |28,475 |28,541 |28,599 |29,053 |29,253 |29,415 |29,571 |29,372 Nithsdale |43,755 |43,501 |43,358 |44,223 |44,222 |44,612 |44,532 |44,517 Stewartry |18,544 |18,536 |18,494 |18,712 |18,908 |18,981 |19,098 |19,073 Wigtown |23,196 |23,023 |22,998 |23,586 |23,672 |23,700 |23,713 |23,586 Fife |266,585 |265,105 |3,590 |264,366 |263,563 |264,601 |266,807 |271,160 Dunfermline |97,250 |96,468 |96,480 |96,498 |95,861 |96,147 |96,839 |98,179 Kirkcaldy |116,580 |116,150 |115,587 |114,959 |114,291 |114,249 |114,345 |116,036 North East Fife |52,755 |52,487 |52,355 |52,909 |53,411 |54,205 |55,623 |56,945 Grampian |391,115 |388,252 |385,170 |391,081 |390,279 |397,563 |401,700 |406,199 Aberdeen City |175,434 |171,205 |168,266 |169,336 |168,169 |170,075 |170,627 |172,043 Banff and Buchan |62,864 |63,054 |62,830 |64,249 |64,126 |65,621 |66,717 |67,571 Gordon |53,321 |53,982 |54,188 |56,124 |56,135 |57,976 |59,095 |60,027 Kincardine and Deeside |36,588 |36,808 |37,048 |38,064 |38,507 |39,959 |40,677 |41,435 Moray |62,908 |63,203 |62,838 |63,308 |63,342 |63,932 |64,584 |65,123 Highland |151,641 |149,963 |151,361 |152,806 |155,078 |157,393 |159,000 |160,950 Badenoch and Strathspey |8,378 |8,406 |8,411 |8,516 |8,941 |9,128 |9,348 |9,227 Caithness |20,765 |20,462 |20,564 |20,240 |20,611 |20,624 |20,645 |20,820 Inverness |45,409 |45,329 |45,976 |46,856 |47,211 |48,023 |48,552 |49,216 Lochaber |14,744 |14,392 |14,486 |14,610 |14,531 |14,809 |14,907 |15,071 Nairn |7,976 |7,931 |7,992 |7,988 |8,139 |8,370 |8,496 |8,582 Ross and Cromarty |34,776 |34,393 |34,871 |35,379 |36,170 |36,759 |37,361 |38,065 Skye and Lochalsh |8,842 |8,530 |8,591 |8,752 |8,972 |9,136 |9,224 |9,320 Sutherland |10,751 |10,520 |10,470 |10,465 |10,503 |10,544 |10,467 |10,649 Lothian |599,036 |598,561 |593,864 |597,136 |590,523 |590,780 |589,218 |592,093 East Lothian |65,559 |65,543 |66,112 |67,519 |67,193 |67,565 |67,530 |67,832 Edinburgh City |367,582 |366,102 |358,940 |359,122 |351,743 |350,930 |350,281 |351,748 Midlothian |61,128 |61,141 |61,092 |60,981 |60,836 |61,166 |60,959 |61,050 West Lothian |104,767 |105,775 |107,720 |109,514 |110,751 |111,119 |110,448 |111,463 Strathclyde |1,819,132|1,801,468|1,776,392|1,767,109|1,746,981|1,745,127|1,739,901|1,741,190 Argyll and Bute |49,274 |48,923 |48,704 |48,637 |48,056 |48,428 |48,991 |49,345 Bearsden and Milngavie |31,853 |31,806 |31,570 |31,598 |31,508 |31,593 |31,588 |31,743 Clydebank |38,189 |37,539 |36,691 |35,985 |35,405 |35,234 |35,182 |35,392 Clydesdale |44,310 |44,406 |44,227 |44,172 |44,110 |44,374 |44,589 |44,807 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |46,136 |46,388 |46,341 |46,723 |46,869 |47,140 |47,415 |47,573 Cumnock and Doon Valley |34,107 |33,869 |33,554 |33,543 |33,332 |33,243 |33,106 |33,049 Cunninghame |106,060 |105,980 |105,194 |105,478 |105,058 |105,195 |105,184 |105,597 Dumbarton |59,490 |59,352 |58,310 |58,041 |57,680 |57,855 |57,498 |57,592 East Kilbride |63,993 |63,954 |63,715 |64,206 |64,331 |64,799 |65,031 |65,352 Eastwood |44,203 |44,621 |45,399 |46,289 |46,377 |46,712 |46,644 |46,899 Glasgow City |573,009 |561,512 |547,594 |537,691 |524,481 |523,080 |518,308 |518,131 Hamilton |81,268 |81,364 |80,918 |81,347 |80,738 |80,638 |80,743 |81,151 Inverclyde |75,605 |74,480 |72,957 |72,283 |71,136 |70,742 |70,282 |69,462 Kilmarnock and Loudoun |63,437 |63,325 |62,834 |62,982 |62,491 |62,764 |62,632 |62,544 Kyle and Carrick |90,290 |89,902 |89,333 |89,267 |88,736 |89,018 |89,178 |89,487 Monklands |80,280 |79,784 |78,456 |78,717 |78,098 |77,693 |77,720 |77,191 Motherwell |111,377 |110,930 |109,675 |109,582 |109,266 |108,609 |108,276 |107,933 Renfrew |160,171 |157,482 |155,782 |155,771 |155,206 |153,772 |153,543 |153,913 Strathkelvin |66,080 |65,851 |65,138 |64,797 |64,103 |64,238 |63,991 |64,029 Tayside |303,808 |302,852 |301,424 |300,996 |302,177 |305,415 |306,135 |306,292 Angus |71,661 |71,510 |71,612 |72,036 |72,345 |73,367 |74,117 |74,854 Dundee City |137,921 |136,960 |134,949 |133,725 |133,924 |134,799 |133,525 |132,188 Perth and Kinross |94,226 |94,382 |94,863 |95,235 |95,908 |97,249 |98,493 |99,250 Orkney |14,975 |14,960 |15,029 |15,142 |15,204 |15,404 |15,552 |15,555 Shetland |16,357 |16,219 |16,088 |15,953 |16,139 |16,424 |16,493 |16,753 Western Isles |23,685 |23,085 |23,097 |23,084 |23,068 |23,010 |23,120 |23,316
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much revenue his Department has raised from payment for national health service prescriptions for each financial year since 1968 (a) in total and (b) in each health board area. [14543]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer21 March 1995]: The information requested, which is
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available only from the financial year 1978 79, is set out in the tables. The amounts of revenue shown include:(i) NHS prescription charges paid by patients in respect of drugs and appliances dispensed by pharmacists, dispensing doctors and appliance suppliers;
(ii) the sums collected in respect of the sale of prepayment certificates, and;
(iii) NHS prescription charges recovered from patients under health board post-dispensing checking arrangements.
£ Health board |1978-79 |1979-80 |1980-81 |1981-82 |1982-83 |1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Argyll and Clyde |253,495 |384,553 |710,375 |912,138 |1,061,996 |1,140,655 |1,248,761 |1,367,266 Ayrshire and Arran |229,680 |372,980 |611,728 |884,519 |945,886 |1,012,273 |1,092,777 |1,222,220 Borders |50,976 |82,995 |160,373 |199,830 |239,355 |261,077 |293,543 |343,694 Dumfries and Galloway |75,606 |125,434 |210,020 |289,827 |346,765 |381,207 |412,283 |469,511 Fife |192,135 |302,176 |507,722 |703,629 |819,691 |895,391 |969,976 |1,091,333 Forth Valley |156,147 |240,709 |447,119 |575,067 |671,486 |737,966 |800,850 |887,644 Grampian |243,511 |405,785 |767,762 |993,264 |1,217,667 |1,331,868 |1,515,858 |1,761,953 Greater Glasgow |569,490 |827,176 |1,512,904 |1,871,278 |2,104,653 |2,263,993 |2,403,376 |2,544,619 Highland |93,039 |152,733 |287,663 |367,900 |430,711 |473,272 |508,331 |567,855 Lanarkshire |340,890 |513,804 |943,964 |1,204,771 |1,382,484 |1,491,495 |1,623,988 |1,775,441 Lothian |342,405 |598,195 |1,004,091 |1,388,292 |1,628,506 |1,771,330 |1,923,164 |2,165,150 Orkney |9,030 |14,113 |26,139 |34,558 |42,707 |44,157 |49,924 |78,156 Shetland |11,135 |22,933 |46,290 |51,351 |53,750 |53,303 |59,549 |70,211 Tayside |196,643 |322,775 |600,078 |743,446 |894,191 |960,155 |1,069,281 |1,209,421 Western Isles |10,561 |18,437 |32,287 |347,855 |51,258 |55,486 |62,683 |69,478 Total |2,774,743 |4,384,789 |7,868,515 |10,267,725 |11,891,106 |12,873,628 |14,034,344 |15,623,952
£ Health board |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Argyll and Clyde |1,686,047 |1,559,865 |1,801,196 |1,864,601 |1,976,974 |2,191,217 |2,362,746 |2,553,453 Ayrshire and Arran |1,399,374 |1,498,208 |1,537,218 |1,698,499 |1,834,772 |1,989,472 |2,141,099 |2,375,010 Borders |399,503 |410,304 |474,894 |496,887 |534,811 |596,394 |669,390 |752,834 Dumfries and Galloway |597,128 |577,792 |670,903 |703,861 |756,737 |856,385 |943,044 |1,064,693 Fife |1,413,629 |1,262,129 |1,372,150 |1,533,802 |1,639,310 |1,851,376 |2,006,133 |2,085,955 Forth Valley |1,111,409 |1,047,005 |1,196,049 |1,246,609 |1,342,106 |1,509,718 |1,624,407 |1,868,042 Grampian |2,025,171 |2,249,322 |2,233,299 |2,467,763 |2,691,248 |3,044,950 |3,424,948 |3,772,414 Greater Glasgow |3,064,898 |2,765,545 |2,962,109 |3,134,470 |3,274,768 |3,521,660 |3,728,157 |3,984,581 Highland |694,861 |634,423 |788,072 |845,898 |943,125 |1,075,565 |1,177,872 |1,279,493 Lanarkshire |2,133,117 |1,988,051 |2,166,055 |2,387,645 |2,475,710 |2,728,958 |2,932,888 |3,220,526 Lothian |2,725,794 |2,566,582 |2,789,551 |3,302,626 |3,338,395 |3,694,434 |4,039,914 |4,534,870 Orkney |89,461 |85,812 |95,512 |100,388 |119,264 |136,354 |259,837 |188,254 Shetland |85,335 |86,971 |93,694 |99,316 |123,642 |126,551 |138,170 |157,075 Tayside |1,500,871 |1,433,136 |1,557,736 |1,721,211 |1,883,434 |2,083,760 |2,307,325 |2,541,305 Western Isles |77,078 |88,235 |80,494 |87,552 |97,826 |101,328 |116,826 |136,040 Total |19,003,676 |18,253,380 |19,818,932 |21,691,128 |23,032,122 |25,508,122 |27,872,756 |30,514,545
Sir Timothy Sainsbury: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take action to clear up the
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ambiguities in the statutory terms "dwelling house", "building" and "house in multiple occupation" and the two statutory definitions of an HMO which are referred in paragraph 18 of the Department of the Environment's publication, "Monitoring the New Housing Fitness Standard", reference 95/2/140ES. [15353]Mr. Curry: The definitions referred to are being considered in the context of the current review of the house renovation grant system and the Government's consideration of the case for licensing HMOs.
Mr. Robert Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment will send the letter he undertook to write in the debate on 17 February, Official Report, column 1311.
Sir Paul Beresford: I wrote to the hon. Member on 23 March.
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many representations he has received on the Town and Country Planning (Costs of Enquiries) Bill; what was the length of the consultation period for the Bill; if he will list the organisations that have responded and the nature of the response; and what action he is taking as a result of the consultation. [16174]
Sir Paul Beresford: My letter of 23 January to the hon. Member explained that my Department's officials were inviting comments from officers of the English local authority associations on the provisions of the Bill. By the time limit of 24 February, comments had been received from the Association of County Councils, the Association of District Councils, the Association of London Authorities and the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House. The comments are being considered.
Mr. Robert Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he has revised the carbon dioxide savings target he set for the Energy Saving Trust in the climate change programme; [15893]
(2) what representations the Energy Saving Trust has made to him regarding the carbon dioxide savings they expect to deliver by 2000; [15894]
(3) what meetings he has held with the Energy Saving trust to discuss the carbon dioxide savings they are expected to deliver by 2000; and if he will make a statement. [15895]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The Department has held several meetings with the Energy Saving Trust recently and has received a number of representations. The trust is currently reviewing its plans. It estimates that the programme of activities already established and financed will save about 0.3 million tonnes of carbon in the year 2000. Further schemes will make additional contributions, but they are not yet established.
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the scientific studies funded by his Department which link United kingdom coastal erosion with chemical contamination of Danish beaches. [15938]
Mr. Atkins: No studies funded by the Department show any link between United Kingdom coastal erosion
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and contamination of Danish beaches. German, Dutch and Danish coastal waters receive large inputs from the major continental rivers such as the Rhine and the Elbe. Danish agriculture is a substantial source of nutrients in their waters. Inputs are kept close to the coast by poor mixing with waters well out to sea, leading to problems such as eutrophication.The 1989 "North Sea Satellite Colour Atlas", published with data and financial contributions from the Department and the Natural Environment Research Council, showed a natural plume of sediment material from the Norfolk coast. The poor mixing of continental waters with those offshore prevents material from the UK reaching Danish coastal waters; there is, therefore, no link between this material and problems in Danish waters.
Ms Corston: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what statutory obligations are imposed on owners of land which the Health and Safety Executive has identified as a major asbestos contamination zone; and if he will make a statement. [15972]
Mr. Atkins: The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for the operation of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987. The regulations place duties on employers in respect of their employees when working with asbestos. Employers also have duties in relation to other persons who might be affected by such work.
Contamination with asbestos could come within the definitions of statutory nuisances under the terms of section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 if, in any individual circumstances it is prejudicial to health or a nuisance. Under section 80 of that Act, the owner or occupier of premises could be served with an abatement notice requiring the execution of such works as may be necessary to deal with the asbestos contamination, either where he is himself responsible for the nuisance, or where the person responsible cannot be found.
The Environment Bill, which received its First Reading in this House on 21 March 1995, introduces a specific definition of contaminated land and regulatory machinery for dealing with it, to replace the use of the more general definitions and procedures relating to statutory nuisances. Under these provisions, local authorities will serve remediation notices requiring steps by way of assessment, remedial works or monitoring when they identify contaminated land. In line with the "polluter pays" principle, the primary responsibility for dealing with any contamination will rest with the person who caused or knowingly permitted the contamination to be present. However, responsibility will pass to the owner or occupier of the land, either where no such person can be found or where his responsibilities have been transferred through contractual means.
Mr. David Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce on-the-spot fines for local authorities to apply to those responsible for smell nuisances to residential areas from industrial and farming sources; and if he will make a statement. [16127]
Mr. Atkins: No. Many industrial processes are regulated under part I of the Environmental Protection Act
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1990, which provides for controls over odour emissions among other types of pollution. Controls also exist under part III of the Act to deal with complaints of possible statutory nuisances, which includes smells arising on industrial, trade or business premises and those premises being in a state which is prejudicial to health or constitutes a nuisance.Mr. David Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review the Enclosure Acts; and if he will make a statement. [16171]
Sir Paul Beresford: I have no plans to review the Enclosure Acts.
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what research his Department has undertaken on the economic and employment impacts of North sea pollution on (a) fisheries and (b) tourism. [15937]
Mr. Atkins: No studies of economic and employment impacts of North sea pollution have been undertaken by the Department. The priority for the Department's marine research programme is to provide a scientific basis for measures to control pollution. It is implicit within this that high standards of water quality can only be of benefit to economic and tourism prospects.
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what evidence his Department has evaluated that discharged substances are dispersed once they reach the coastal waters of the United Kingdom. [15939]
Mr. Atkins: A range of studies, the latest of which is quoted in the 1993 "North Sea Quality Status Report"--page 102--have shown that physical, chemical and biological mechanisms in North sea waters lead to widespread dispersal of substances, subject to the mixing characteristics of different regions. A copy of the quality status report is in the Library of the House.
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will bring forward proposals to place a statutory requirement on highway authorities to consult persons whose property rights may be directly or indirectly affected by proposals affecting rights of way; and if he will make it his policy to require such consultations to be completed before the implementation of any such proposals. [15891]
Mr. Atkins: I have no such proposals. Consultations, other then those statutorily required, are at the discretion of the order-making authority.
However, Rights of way Review Committee, practice guidance note no. 1, on consultation over changes to rights of way, recommends authorities to consult landowners affected by a proposal, including owners and occupies other than those across whose land the right of way in question runs or will run. This is helpful advice.
Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many responses he has received and
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from what sources, in respect of the Government's consultation paper "Using Water Wisely". [16577]Mr. Atkins: The responses received in respect of the consultation paper "Using Water Wisely" are shown in the table.
Source |Number ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Water companies<1> |10 Professional and Trade Associations |30 Local Authorities (including local authority associations) |150 Consumer Groups |5 Environmental Groups |21 Water Industry Companies and Consultants |29 Government Departments, Agencies Etc |12 Other Organisations and individuals |90 Total responses |347 <1> The Water Services Association and Water Companies Association submitted a joint response on behalf of all water service and water only companies. In addition nine water service companies submitted separate responses.
Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the responses to the paper, "Using Water Wisely", supported the proposal to give water companies mandatory targets for reducing leakage. [16552]
Mr. Atkins: Of the 347 responses received 126 were in favour of the proposal to give water companies mandatory targets for reducing leakage.
Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to publish his response to the consultation process prompted by the publication of "Using Water Wisely". [16551]
Mr. Atkins: We expect to publish the response to the consultation process later this year.
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes to the system of water rating his Department is considering under the Government's review of charging policy. [16424]
Mr. Atkins: The outcome of the Government's deliberations will be made known in due course.
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment who is responsible for approving applications to develop opencast mining in Oxfordshire. [16241]
Sir Paul Beresford: The Mineral Planning Authority, Oxfordshire county council are responsible for determining applications to develop opencast mining in Oxfordshire.
Mr. Peter Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for the Enviornment what facilities are provided and
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arrangements made for the comfort and well- being of staff who (a) smoke and (b) do not wish to be affected by smoking at (i) the work station and (ii) rest, recreation and refreshment facilities at 2 Marsham street, London. [16567]Sir Paul Beresford: Smoking is prohibited in lifts, toilets, conference rooms, designated restaurant and refreshment areas, some rest rooms and in areas where there are health and safety implications. Staff may decide among themselves to ban smoking in their own or shared offices and in recreation areas. Staff are discouraged from smoking in other common areas.
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the 1995 96 charging schemes for Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution. [17203]
Mr. Atkins: Charges to cover the costs of regulating processes under integrated pollution control and Premises Subject to Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Regulations were introduced in 1991 under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The Act requires Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution to balance costs and income, taking one financial year with another.
With the agreement of the Treasury, and following consultation with industry and other bodies, my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales have now made revised IPC and RSA93 charging schemes, specifying the revised scales of fees and charges which will take effect from 1 April 1995.
Most charges are held at their 1994 95 levels, the exceptions being the IPC subsistence charge which is increased by 4.7 per cent. to £1, 805 per component, to contribute to additional regulatory activity of around 10 per cent. needed to implement the check monitoring programme, and an increase in the RSA93 band 3 subsistence charge of 12 per cent. to £1,115, to accommodate a request from some operators who sought and were granted a compensatory reduction of 50 per cent. to £710 in some variation fees.
The rate per inspector day will be £924, a reduction of 5.1 per cent. in the rate for 1994 95, but offset in calculating the charges by a change in the method of accounting for inspector's travelling time.
Full details are included in the revised schemes, copies of which I have placed in the Library.
Copies of the schemes will shortly be sent to relevant operators and to other interested bodies.
Mr. Forman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to publish the annual report for 1994 on compulsory competitive tendering in local authorities. [17202]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: My Department has published today the "CCT and Local Government in England Annual Report" for 1994. It describes the achievements of 1994, both on the work extending CCT to new services and in promoting and enforcing fair competition for the
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existing services. The report also describes two major research studies which have been published in the last year.Copies of the report will be sent to all local authorities in England, and to the main trade associations and others involved with CCT. Copies have also been placed in the House Library.
During the last year CCT has been extended to further manual services, as well as to certain local authority professional services. Housing management, legal services, construction and property services, on-street parking, vehicle fleet management and security services have been added to the statute. These followed extensive consultation with the local authority associations, and representatives from the professional and trade organisations. My Department had to investigate over 100 allegations that local authorities had acted anti-competitively when tendering services. The majority were resolved without statutory action, but in nine cases directions were given; most required the local authority to re-tender the work. My right hon. Friend also gave 39 directions where activities had failed to meet the specified financial objective; four of these prevented the local authority from carrying out the work in-house.
Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list, by local authority, the total amounts outstanding in arrears of (a) domestic rates, (b) community charge and (c) council tax; [16875]
(2) what is the total amount of outstanding arrears for all local authorities of (a) domestic rates, (b) community charge and (c) council tax. [16876]
Mr. Gummer: Estimates of uncollected community charge and council tax for each local authority are published regularly by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy; figures for 31 March 1994 are available in its revenue collection statistics 1993 94 publication, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. The outstanding arrears of council tax in England as at 31 March 1994 were estimated to be £580 million, of which £226 million had been collected by December 1994. The outstanding arrears of community charge in England as at 31 March 1994 were estimated to be £1,700 million, of which £217 million had been collected by December 1994. No data are yet available centrally on the sums of either council tax or community charge written off between April and December 1994. Information on arrears of domestic rates is not published by CIPFA and is not available centrally.
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of 16 to 17-year-olds attained qualifications equivalent to NVQ level 3 in each of the last five years (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands. [15821]
Mr. Paice: The information requested is shown in the table:
Proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds attaining qualifications equivalent to NVQ levels 2 and 3 (per cent.) NVQ level 2 NVQ level 3 |United |West |United |West Spring |Kingdom |Midlands|Kingdom |Midlands ------------------------------------------------------ 1990 |31.6 |26.8 |3.8 |<1>- 1991 |32.2 |28.7 |4.0 |<1>- 1992 |32.7 |30.1 |3.8 |<1>- 1993 |35.4 |34.8 |2.5 |<1>- 1994 |38.5 |31.1 |2.1 |<1>- Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS). Note: <1> - Indicates fewer than 10,000 respondents in the cell.
Progress towards foundation target 3 of the national targets for education and training Proportion of young people gaining NVQ level 3 or equivalent by the age of 21<1> |United |West Spring |Kingdom |Midlands ------------------------------------ 1990 |30.2 |27.8 1991 |30.2 |25.1 1992 |34.0 |30.6 1993 |36.9 |35.4 1994 |39.4 |37.9 Source: LFS Note: <1> The proportion of 21 to 23-year-olds is used as a proxy for achievement at 21. The sample size of a single year's data in the LFS does not allow the achievement of 21-year-olds to be measured accurately.
Mr. Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evidence he has, following the decision to put out to tender the services provided by the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service, that those not currently employed by the service will have greater knowledge and skills and perform in a superior manner to those currently employed in that service. [15863]
Mr. Oppenheim: The market test of the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service will explore how the service can best be delivered. In considering bids, the Department will consider most carefully which organisation is best placed to maintain the nature and quality of the service. The assessment of suppliers will cover their financial standing, experience in providing similar services and experience of staff and quality systems and methods. At this stage it is too early to speculate on the outcome of the market test.
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the expected savings from the market testing of the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service; over what period savings will be costed; and when he expects savings to be first identifiable. [16128]
Mr. Oppenheim: The Government's policy, which is set out in the White Paper, "Competing for Quality", is to provide high quality public service in the most cost
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effective way. The Race Relations Employment Advisory Service was assessed as meeting the criteria for market testing. At this stage it is too early to speculate on the outcome of the market test, including details of any savings that may be made. Tenders will be evaluated over a 10-year period.Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assurances he can give on the maintenance of the quality and quantity of the service provided by the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service. [16129]
Mr. Oppenheim: Ministers have given an undertaking that the nature and quality of the service will be maintained following market testing. The precise requirements for the service, including activity levels and quality criteria, will be determined during the process. Whatever the outcome of the market test, the Department will continue to monitor performance to ensure that employers receive sound advice on the development of racial equality policies.
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, what was the cost of the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service in 1993 94; and what is the expected cost for 1994 95 and 1995 96. [16420]
Mr. Oppenheim: In 1993 94, the cost of the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service was £0.9 million. The cost for each of the years 1994 95 and 1995 96 is expected to be £1 million.
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he will commence the market testing of the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service. [16418]
Mr. Oppenheim: The process of market testing the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service began in November 1994. An invitation to potential suppliers to express an interest in providing the service was published on 23 February 1995.
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many companies, voluntary groups or employee groups have expressed an interest in the market testing of the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service. [16421]
Mr. Oppenheim: So far, expressions of interest have been received from 18 organisations.
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, what criteria will have to be met by those who tender for the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service. [16419]
Mr. Oppenheim: The Department's requirement is for a national service under a single contract--or a prime contractor, if a consortium-- with a clear specification of the types of services and standards required. Potential suppliers will be shortlisted on the information requested by the Department in response to expressions of interest. In broad terms, this will cover financial standing, experience in providing similar services, experience of staff and quality systems and methods. Evaluation criteria for bids are being drawn up in parallel with the statement of service requirements. Further information will be provided to shortlisted suppliers at the invitation to tender stage.
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