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Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what costs his Department has incurred during the last 12 months as a result of cloning of mobile telephones being used by his Department, with particular reference to the making of unauthorised calls. [23482]
Mr. Lang [holding answer 9 May 1995]: No costs have been incurred during the last 12 months as a result of cloning of mobile telephones.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps his Department has taken to prevent the cloning of telephones being used by his Department; and if his Department has discussed this matter with any official agencies. [23462]
Mr. Lang [holding answer 9 May 1995]: All departmental users are encouraged to ensure the physical security of their mobile telephones but nothing can be done of a technical nature to prevent cloning. There have been no discussions with any official agencies on this subject.
Civil Defence Facilities
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil defence facilities in Scotland it is envisaged would be used as emergency centres of government in time of war; and if he will make a statement. [23171]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 11 May 1995]: There is one purpose-built civil defence facility, at Cultybraggan, which would be available to be used as an emergency centre of government during a war.
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what future plans he has for the civil defence facility underneath Cultybraggan training camp, near Comrie; and if he will make a statement. [23189]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 11 May 1995]: While much of the former civil defence infrastructure has been sold or dismantled, the Cultybraggan facility will be retained, since it houses the central node of the emergency communications network. The ECN links together all local authorities, the emergency services, a number of central Government locations, and other sites such as nuclear industry off-site emergency centres. This network is available to local authorities when responding to civil emergencies in peace time and proved to be most useful during the severe weather emergencies of 1993 and 1994.
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the final cost of (a) constructing the civil defence facility located underneath Cultybraggan training camp, near Comrie and (b) the unfinished civil defence facility at the grounds of Peel hospital near Galashiels; and if he will make a statement. [23187]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 11 May 1995]: The final cost of the facility at Cultybraggan training camp was £3.6 million. The Scottish Office purchased the site at the former Peel hospital at a cost of £100,000. Because of the change in the perceived threat of a major conflict; no start was made on construction work, and the site is currently being offered for sale.
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Hospital Beds
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of hospital beds in (a) medical and (b) surgical specialisms in each health board area as at 1st April 1993, 1994 and 1995; and what are the projected figures for 1996 and 1997. [24053]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 15 May 1995]: The information requested is shown in the table.
Hospital bed numbers are not projected on a national basis and the availability of beds in any specialty is primarily a matter for health boards and the appropriate health care providers to agree.
National Health Service hospitals in Scotland: average available staffed surgical and medical beds
Quarters ending 31 March 1994 31 December 1994
31 March 1993 <1>
|Surgical (1)|Medical (2) |Surgical |Medical |Surgical |Medical
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Scotland |8,568 |6,260 |8,051 |6,117 |7,856 |5,942
Argyll and Clyde |573 |451 |541 |447 |538 |439
Ayrshire and Arran |596 |371 |565 |382 |557 |367
Borders |143 |95 |137 |95 |131 |92
Dumfries and Galloway |210 |107 |187 |136 |186 |146
Fife |391 |236 |378 |240 |362 |240
Forth Valley |354 |193 |346 |196 |354 |192
Grampian |853 |593 |838 |576 |811 |576
Greater Glasgow |2,064 |1,661 |1,905 |1,573 |1,864 |1,470
Highland |384 |276 |364 |258 |356 |255
Lanarkshire |888 |544 |845 |536 |809 |520
Lothian |1,222 |1,071 |1,152 |1,012 |1,100 |999
Orkney |39 |- |39 |- |39 |-
Shetland |23 |24 |26 |20 |26 |20
Tayside |777 |589 |676 |601 |675 |582
Western Isles |50 |50 |52 |46 |51 |44
<1> Provisional.
Notes:
1. Surgical: general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ENT surgery, ophthalmology, urology, neurosurgery,
cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, orthodontics and paediatric dentistry, oral surgery and medicine,
restorative dentistry, spinal paralysis, paediatric surgery, gynaecology.
2. Medical: general medicine, cardiology, metabolic diseases, neurology, gastroenterology, poisons, dermatology,
nephrology, rheumatology, rehabilitation medicine, respiratory medicine, radiotherapy (consultative) paediatric
medicine, anaesthetics, haematology.
3. General practice beds are excluded.
Departmental Accounting Officer
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many times in the last 10 years, and on which dates, his departmental accounting officer has issued a minute in that role; and what was the issue in each case. [22564]
Mr. Lang [holding answer 9 May 1995]: Where a Minister overrules an accounting officer's advice on an issue of propriety or regularity or one of value for money, the accounting officer should request a written instruction from the Minister to take the action in question.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney(Mr. Rowlands) on 2 March 1994, Official Report , column 783 , when I advised that no such occasion had been identified. No direction has been issued since that date. Any such instruction would be reported to the Comptroller and Auditor General who, after making whatever investigations he considers appropriate, would report his findings to the Committee of Public Accounts.
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NHS Administration
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many health service employees, including management and clerical grades, in respect of each health board area and NHS trust in Scotland, were engaged in administration on 31 March in each year since 1988; and what percentage they represented of the total number of persons employed by each health board and NHS Trust in each of these years. [20605]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 May 1995]: Information is not available centrally on which staff are engaged in administration as a whole or part of their work. The table shows, therefore, the number of staff employed on senior manager, and administrative and clerical payscales. Increases in numbers can be accounted for in part due to the assimilation of some professional staff into senior manager grades. Data are shown for 30 September, the only date for which a complete census of all NHS staff is available. Information at trust level is not available centrally.
NHSiS administrative and clerical staff<1 2 3 4 7> by health board as at 30 September
Whole time equivalent
|1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992<6>|1993<6>|1994<6>
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Argyll and Clyde |1,132 |1,191 |1,225 |1,231 |1,370 |1,400 |1,472
Ayrshire and Arran |754 |778 |810 |847 |913 |957 |1,019
Borders |224 |219 |231 |237 |257 |272 |335
Dumfries and Galloway |339 |348 |367 |412 |442 |463 |496
Fife |654 |676 |722 |769 |800 |920 |1,022
Forth Valley |564 |594 |632 |666 |716 |758 |775
Grampian |1,313 |1,371 |1,413 |1,489 |1,581 |1,636 |1,755
Greater Glasgow |3,343 |3,368 |3,421 |3,511 |3,679 |3,800 |3,875
Highland |489 |504 |548 |594 |627 |652 |713
Lanarkshire |1,009 |1,019 |1,091 |1,097 |1,159 |1,240 |1,322
Lothian |2,151 |2,274 |2,340 |2,355 |2,417 |2,635 |2,757
Orkney |21 |23 |29 |30 |31 |33 |37
Shetland |39 |43 |44 |50 |55 |59 |64
Tayside<5> |1,230 |1,229 |1,347 |1,399 |1,509 |1,478 |1,564
Western Isles |50 |54 |56 |65 |79 |88 |91
|----- |----- |----- |----- |----- |----- |-----
Total |13,311 |13,690 |14,275 |14,751 |15,636 |16,390 |17,296
<1> These data need to be interpreted carefully because of the possible inclusion of
supra-area functions in the data of some boards, eg., computer consortia staff may
appear on one health board payroll but supply a service across several health boards.
<2> Comprises staff on senior management grades and A and C grades one to 10.
<3> The increase in numbers can be partially accounted for by the assimilation of
some professional staff to senior manager grades.
<4> Excludes nurses in training.
<5> Data for Tayside in 1989 is at 31 March for staff other than medical and dental
staff.
<6> The data include trust staff within the health board area.
<7> The data exclude staff in the Common Services Agency and state hospital,
Carstairs.
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from Payroll.
Medical and Dental Census.
Information and Statistics Division.
NHSIS Administration and Clerical Staff<1>< 2 ><3 ><7> as a percentage of all
staff<4>: by health board as at 30 September
Percentage
County |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992<6>|1993<6>|1994<6>
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Argyll and Clyde |14.1 |14.9 |15.6 |15.5 |17.1 |17.3 |18.1
Ayrshire and Arran |12.8 |12.9 |13.5 |13.7 |14.8 |15.5 |16.1
Borders |12.0 |11.5 |12.4 |12.9 |13.7 |14.2 |16.5
Dumfries and Galloway |11.3 |11.7 |12.2 |13.4 |14.2 |14.7 |15.5
Fife |11.5 |12.3 |13.0 |13.6 |14.1 |16.0 |18.3
Forth Valley |10.3 |11.0 |11.4 |12.1 |12.6 |13.5 |13.9
Grampian |13.2 |13.7 |14.3 |14.8 |15.3 |16.0 |17.1
Greater Glasgow |12.6 |13.4 |14.5 |15.2 |15.9 |16.5 |17.0
Highland |12.3 |12.7 |13.6 |14.4 |15.0 |15.8 |16.6
Lanarkshire |11.2 |11.4 |12.4 |13.0 |14.1 |15.0 |16.1
Lothian |13.2 |14.2 |15.4 |15.7 |16.2 |17.3 |17.4
Orkney |7.3 |7.8 |8.9 |9.0 |8.9 |9.0 |10.1
Shetland |10.8 |11.6 |11.6 |12.4 |17.0 |17.5 |17.6
Tayside |11.8 |11.9 |13.0 |13.9 |15.0 |15.0 |15.5
Western Isles |9.9 |10.7 |10.7 |12.1 |13.8 |13.7 |14.0
|----- |----- |----- |----- |----- |----- |-----
Total |12.4 |13.0 |13.9 |14.4 |15.2 |15.9 |16.7
Notes:
<1> These data need to be interpreted carefully because of the possible inclusion of
supra-area functions in the data of some boards eg computer consortia staff may
appear on one health board payroll but supply a service across several health boards.
<2> Comprises staff on senior management grades and A to C grades one to 10.
<3> The increase in numbers can be partially accounted for by the assimilation of
some professional staff to senior manager grades.
<4> Excludes nurses in training.
<5> Data for Tayside in 1989 is at 31 March for staff other than medical and dental
staff.
<6> The data include trust staff within the health board area.
<7> The data excludes staff in the Common Services Agency and state hospitals,
Carstairs.
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from Payroll.
Medical and Dental Census.
Information and Statistics Division.
Cervical Smears
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women underwent surgical treatment and medical care as a result of the maladministration of the cervical smear programme at the Inverclyde royal hospital, Greenock; what types of surgical operations and treatment were involved; and if he will make a statement. [21613]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 May 1995]: Following the re-reading of 1,954 cervical smear slides at Inverclyde royal hospital, 400 women received a result which indicated assessment by colposcopy. Approximately 2,000 additional cervical smear tests were carried out. Some 346 women were assessed for colposcopy in Inverclyde royal hospital. Some 147 had cervical biopsies with associated
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appropriate treatment of the cervix either in Inverclyde or elsewhere.The forms of treatment include colposcopy without biopsy, colposcopically directed selective biopsy, cold coagulation and conization of the cervix.
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women have instituted legal proceedings against the Argyll and Clyde health board and the Inverclyde royal hospital, Greenock, as a result of the maladministration of the cervical smear programme at the aforesaid hospital; of such cases, how many have
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(a) been settled out of court, (b) resulted in court cases and (c) are still waiting a court hearing; what financial compensation has been paid; and if he will make a statement. [21614]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 2 May 1995]: Argyll and Clyde health board has received 105 legal claims as a result of the re-reading of cervical smear slides at Inverclyde royal hospital. Two claims have proceeded to a settlement. A further 10 settlements are in the process of negotiation. Once all the claims have been settled, I will be in a position to give an indication of the total amount of settlements made. No claims have resulted in a court case or are at present awaiting a court hearing.
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