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This total includes the cost of assisting clients in the development of outline specifications, developing general guidance, supporting the preparation of bids by some in-house teams and ensuring that skills were transferred to Scottish Office staff so that future programmes could largely be supported by in-house staff.NHS Provider Units
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total annual cost improvement programme in the national health service provider units in each of the last four years. [21331]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 1 May 1995]: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) annual reports, (b) annual accounts, (c) minutes of meetings, (d) the agendas of meetings and (e) registers of members' interests; and whether this in each case is (i) under statutory requirement or (ii) voluntary. [20503]
Mr. Lang [holding answer 25 April 1995]: The information which is requested is as follows:
(a) Those executive NDPBs which are covered by the Companies Acts are required to publish annual reports and some other bodies are also required by the statute creating them to publish annual reports. These bodies are:
Hannah Research Institute
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Moredun Research Institute
Rowett Research Institute
Scottish Crop Research Institute
River Purification Boards
Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board
Scottish Council for Educational Technology
Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust
Scottish Seed Potato Development Council
Scottish Vocational Educational Council.
In a number of other cases, the body is required by statute to produce an annual report on the exercise and performance of its functions for the Secretary of State which he is obliged to lay before Parliament. These bodies are:
Crofters Commission
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
National Museums of Scotland (required by statute at least every three years, but voluntarily produces an annual report)
National Galleries of Scotland (required by statute every 3 years, but voluntarily produces an annual report)
New Town Development Corporations
Red Deer Commission
Royal Botanic Garden
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (as part of the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Annual Report which is a Command Paper)
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Examination Board
Scottish Homes
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Scottish Legal Aid BoardScottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Tourist Board
Some bodies publish reports on a non-statutory basis. They are: Accounts Commission for Scotland
Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee
National Library of Scotland
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Community Education Council
Scottish Film Council
Scottish Further Education Unit
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
Scottish Medical Practices Committee
Scottish Sports Council
(b) Those bodies which are required to publish their annual accounts under the terms of the Companies Acts, the Friendly Societies Acts or other legislation are:
Hannah Research Institute
Macaulay Land Research Institute
Moredun Research Institute
Rowett Research Institute
Scottish Crop Research Institute
River Purification Boards
Scottish Council for Educational Technology
Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust
Scottish Seed Potato Development Council
Scottish Vocational Educational Council.
Some bodies are required by statute to submit annual accounts to the Secretary of State who is obliged to pass them to the Comptroller and Auditor General. He is then obliged to lay copies of them before Parliament. These bodies are:
Accounts Commission Scotland
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
National Library of Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
National Museums of Scotland
New Town Development Corporations
Royal Botanic Garden
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Examination Board
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
Scottish Homes
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Tourist Board.
The Scottish Sports Council makes its accounts available on a voluntary basis.
(c) No executive NDPB sponsored by my Department is required to publish the minutes of its meetings on a statutory basis. The minutes of the General Teaching Council for Scotland are published on a voluntary basis; Livingston development corporation voluntarily makes available for public inspection the minutes of those parts of its meetings which it opens to members of the public.
(d) No executive NDPB sponsored by my Department is required to publish the agenda of its meetings and none does so.
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(e) Information about members' interests is available from Companies House in relation to executive NDPBs which are covered by the Companies Acts and the Friendly Societies Acts. These bodies are:Hannah Research Institute
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Moredum Research Institute
Rowett Research Institute
Scottish Crop Research Institute
Scottish Council for Educational Technology
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Scottish Vocational Education CouncilAlthough registers of members' interests are held by a number of other executive NPDBs, none is required to publish them. Following the publication last year of the code of best practice for board members of public bodies, the Scottish version of which was published in September 1994 and a copy of which is available in the Library of the House, a number of executive NDPBs are considering publication of their register of members' interests on an annual basis, although none has yet done so.
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DEFENCE
Bosnia
6. Sir Fergus Montgomery: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he next expects to visit Bosnia to inspect the work of the UN peacekeeping force. [20081]
Mr. Rifkind: I hope to be able to visit British forces in Bosnia before the summer recess.
23. Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to increase the allocation of aircraft fuel to the RAF detachments enforcing the UN no-fly zone over Bosnia. [20098]
Mr. Freeman: The RAF detachments helping to enforce the UN no-fly zone over Bosnia draw fuel as required to meet their operational commitments. This arrangement works well and there are no plans to change it.
Royal Anglian Regiment
15. Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he next intends to pay an official visit to units of the Royal Anglian Regiment to discuss its future deployment. [20090]
Mr. Freeman: I look forward to paying an early visit to my local regiment, the Royal Anglians.
Defence Industries
16. Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in United Kingdom defence industries. [20091]
Mr. Freeman: I refer my hon. Friend to section 1.10 of "UK Defence Statistics", 1994 edition, which gives details of defence-related employment, published by the Government statistical service. The 1995 edition of this document will be published in July.
Royal Irish Regiment
17. Rev. Martin Smyth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers in the Royal Irish Regiment have appealed against their discharge from the regiment in the last two years. [20092]
Mr. Freeman: Seven soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment have appealed against discharge from the regiment in the last two years.
Service Personnel (Disablement)
19. Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were disabled as a result of injury in the armed forces in the last three years for which he has records. [20094]
Mr. Freeman: Although statistics for the number of service personnel disabled as a result of injury in the armed services are not held, the numbers of personnel discharged on medical grounds are as follows:
1991 92: 842
1992 93: 772
1993 94: 809
Defence Attache s
20. Dr. Goodson-Wickes: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent consultations he has had to reform the system of appointment of defence attache s. [20095]
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