| Previous Section | Home Page |
|£million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contracted out following market test
1 April 1993-31 March 1994
Airfield services, RAF Gibraltar |1.44
1 April 1994-31 March 1995
Industrial mess (catering and stewardship Function)
Mill Hill |0.68
2nd line engineering support, Flag Officer Naval
Aviation, Yeovilton |6.20
Nimrod Major Servicing Unit, RAF Kinloss |7.49
|15.81
Contracted out without Market Test
1 April 1993-31 March 1994
British Forces Hong Kong school bus service |0.42
British Forces Hong Kong furniture repair |0.43
AWE Aldermaston |275.00
Combat systems information management team |0.03
Catering strategy study, UK Land Forces |22.10
Data entry, Met Office Bracknell |0.12
Government Pipeline and Storage System |9.66
Repair of Defence Accommodation Store, Quedgeley |1.40
1 April 1994-31 March 1995
Parachute transport flight, RAF Hullavington |0.32
Electronic Warfare training tasks, 360 Sqn, RAF Wyton |18.50
British Forces Hong Kong food supply |1.52
British Forces Hong Kong curtain manufacture |0.01
British Forces Hong Kong Support Services |4.90
Station Engineering management Aid, (Maintenance
Analysis and Computing Division)-RAF Swanton
Moreley |0.72
NAAFI food study |25.49
Air weapons range, Rosehearty |0.32
Support Services, Akrotiri, Cyprus |4.18
The Queens Flight, (engineering support) RAF Northolt |2.29
Wireless stations, (operation and maintenance) Inskip
and Crimond |2.84
Support for Parachute Training |3.05
Mobile Civilian Artisan Groups, Germany |5.70
Freight Services, Germany |2.20
|381.20
Total |397.01
Departmental Performance
Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what performance indicators and performance targets there are for measuring the performance of his Department in (a) answering letters from members of the public and (b) answering telephone calls from members of the public; how performance is monitored; and what are the latest figures for performance measured against the target set. [26241]
Mr. Freeman: My Department aims to reply fully to all letters from members of the public within 20 days. Letters are referred to the appropriate secretariat, which is responsible for ensuring that this target is met. Central records are therefore not kept and could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
Telephone calls to my Department's switchboard are logged automatically and should normally be answered within 15 seconds. Data on the number of telephone calls and the time taken to answer is recorded. The latest information is as follows:
Number of calls received (May 1995): 101,129
Percentage answered within 15 seconds: 99.3 per cent.
Rosyth Dockyard
Ms Rachel Squire: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on when he will meet the trade union representatives for Rosyth dockyard to discuss the impact of privatisation on the arrangements for pension and redundancy entitlements. [27247]
Mr. Freeman: I have met representatives of the employees of Rosyth Royal Dockyard plc during recent visits to Rosyth and am, subject to time constraints and other commitments, prepared to do so again during any future visits. I am also prepared to meet the relevant national trades union officers as and when appropriate as part of my Department's wider commitment to inform and consult about the proposed privatisation of Rosyth dockyard, as I and my predecessor have in the past.
Companies
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those companies in which the holder of his office is a majority shareholder which (a) are currently in existence and (b) have been wound up in the past five years. [25721]
Mr. Freeman [holding answer 22 May 1995]: The only company currently in existence in which my right hon. and learned Friend is a majority shareholder is IMS Ltd. No such companies have been wound up in the past five years.
Republic of Ireland (Sea Boundary)
Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to meet his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland with a view to delimiting the territorial sea boundary between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. [25928]
Mr. Hurd: I have been asked to reply.
There are no plans to hold a ministerial meeting to discuss this matter.
Diversification
Mr. David Young: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he last visited the north-west of England
Column 149
to discuss defence diversification and if he will make a statement. [25231]Mr. Eggar: I have been asked to reply.
I have not visited the north-west for the purpose of discussing defence diversification. It is a matter for companies to decide whether, and into which markets, they should diversify. However, my Department monitors how the defence industry is responding to the defence downturn and has produced a manual, "Changing Tack: New Perspectives for Defence Suppliers", which provides guidance and advice on diversification. It is also participating in a NATO advanced studies institute on defence diversification which will be held in Scotland this July and has contributed £5,622 in support of costs. Some companies are eligible for assistance, to help them adjust to changing markets, through non-sector specific UK schemes and some projects may qualify for European Community funding through the KONVER scheme.
SCOTLAND
Conservative Party Conference
Mr. McFall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost to public funds of hosting the recent Conservative party conference in Scotland; and how much was borne by (a) Strathclyde regional council-- Strathclyde police--and (b) any other bodies involved in expenditure for this conference. [25044]
Mr. Kynoch: I understand from the chief constable of Strathclyde police that, although full details of all the costs incurred are not yet available, it is likely that additional costs of around £22,800 will have been incurred in policing the conference. Details of costs of any other public sector bodies involved with the conference are not held centrally.
Housing (Energy Efficiency)
Mr. Chisholm: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to improve the energy efficiency of Scottish housing. [25133]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Substantial resources of nearly £1 billion have been made available to local authorities and new town development corporations and Scottish Homes respectively in 1995 96 for investment in housing. These allocations are generally not earmarked for specific purposes and it is for local authorities, new town development corporations and Scottish Homes to invest in energy efficiency measures in accordance with their assessment of local housing needs and priorities.
In addition, the Scottish building regulations are currently being revised to set more demanding standards for energy efficiency in new build.
Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he concluded his consultation on the area of the Strathclyde passenger transport authority; what was the final total number of representations; how many of those favoured the present Strathclyde regional council boundary; when he expects to announce the outcome of his consideration; and if he will make a statement. [25620]
Column 150
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The consultation concluded on 31 January, though some responses were received after that date. The final total number of responses received, which contained a wide range of views, was 147.
Consideration of the responses is continuing, and we shall announce the result in the near future.
Patients
Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients were struck off general practitioners' lists in each health board during the last year for which figures are available. [26109]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information as set out in the table relates to the period April 1994--March 1995.
Health board |Number
------------------------------------------------
Argyll and Clyde |489
Ayrshire and Arran |374
Borders |10
Dumfries and Galloway |82
Fife |206
Forth Valley |261
Grampian |262
Greater Glasgow |2,375
Highland |42
Lanarkshire |659
Lothian |969
Orkney |0
Shetland |2
Tayside |503
Western Isles |5
Total |6,239
Asthma Medication
Mrs. Ray Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the expenditure on general practitioner prescribed anti-asthma medication and preparations in each health board in Scotland giving the figures for (a) net ingredient costs and (b) net ingredient cost per capita for 1994 95. [25961]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information by health board and Scotland for the financial year 1994 95 is set out in the table. The costs shown are based on the value of ingredients before the addition of dispensing fees or deduction of any discount or patient charges. The costs relate only to inhaled and oral adrenoceptor stimulants, inhaled steroids, inhaled antimuscarinic bronchodilators and theophylline preparations.
|Cost of |Cost per
|medication |patient on
|£ million |GP lists (£)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Health Board
Argyll and Clyde |3.570 |8.06
Ayrshire and Arran |3.966 |10.12
Borders |0.948 |8.80
Dumfries and Galloway |1.193 |7.80
Fife |2.623 |7.44
Forth Valley |2.272 |7.83
Grampian |3.954 |7.22
Greater Glasgow |8.087 |8.13
Highland |1.400 |6.58
Lanarkshire |5.067 |8.68
Lothian |5.643 |7.03
Orkney |0.130 |6.47
Shetland |0.111 |4.82
Tayside |3.930 |9.58
Western Isles |0.172 |5.77
Unallocated prescriptions |0.062 |-
Scotland |43.128 |8.03
Rooflessness
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how he has defined (a) homelessness and (b) rooflessness for the purposes of current research into rooflessness in Scotland; and what distinction he draws between the two definitions; [26587]
(2) what policy options he had developed in preparing a response to the current Scottish Office research into rooflessness in Scotland; and what additional resources he has earmarked to tackle rough sleeping in preparing his expenditure plans for 1996 97; [26590] (3) what is the total cost of the Scottish Office research project into rooflessness in Scotland; what proportion is being met by Scottish Homes and what proportion by the Scottish Office; and what proportion of the Scottish Office research budget for housing is taken up by the Scottish Office share of costs for the rooflessness research. [26589]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The total planned cost of the rooflessness project is £91,666. The Scottish office and Scottish Homes will contribute 28 per cent. each of the cost, and the European Commission 44 per cent. The Scottish Office contributions account for 5 per cent. of its 1994 95 housing research budget, and an estimated 6 per cent. of the 1995 96 budget.
Homelessness is a wider category than rooflessness and the Department publishes annual homelessness statistics based on the definition in the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987. However this research is confined to rooflessness which is generally equated with sleeping rough, but the research includes the development of an instrument to allow consistent measurement of rooflessness across a range of statutory voluntary agencies, covering such aspects as the time spent roofless and the number of continuous periods of rooflessness. The study's figures on the prevalence of rooflessness in Scotland will be taken into account in policy and expenditure decisions, together with other sources on the needs of roofless people.
Rough Sleepers
Mr. Chisholm: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the additional capital allocations for homelessness made available to housing authorities since 1991 has been specifically targeted on people sleeping rough. [26378]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Additional resources totalling almost £30 million were made available to local authorities for homeless projects from 1991 to 1994. Of this over £7.5 million, or 25 per cent., related to the provision of temporary accommodation which would particularly benefit people who were sleeping rough.
Column 152
Mr. Chisholm: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the current level of services to people sleeping rough. [26379]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Information is not available centrally on rooflessness services provided by statutory and voluntary bodies, and moreover services will often be used by other categories of homeless people as well as roofless people. However, we would expect local housing authorities, which have both the primary statutory responsibility for tackling homelessness, and also a duty to assess housing needs for their areas, to take account of the needs of roofless people in preparing their housing programmes. These programmes will inform authorities' capital allocations. At national level, we are undertaking research to produce during 1996 estimates of the prevalence of rooflessness in Scotland.
Police National Computer
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the number of accesses made to the police national computer by each constabulary over the last year; and what was the proportion of access requests made to the vehicles indexes of the police national computer. [26397]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is set out in the table.
R Police forces |Accesses |Percentage vehicles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Scotland |178,710 |48.0 Dumfries and Galloway |171,484 |60.4 Fife |171,149 |52.7 Grampian |323,399 |47.0 Lothian and Borders |830,210 |63.1 Northern |148,029 |42.4 Strathclyde |1,477,896 |42.8 Tayside |311,142 |47.4
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many accesses were made to each index of the police national computer over the last year, indicating the number of access requests that involved searching more than one index. [26396]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Data on the police national computer are stored on five databases. The number of transactions made by Scottish police forces, including transactions involving additional or retrial of information or both, undertaken on each database in the 12 months to 30 April 1995 is shown in the table. It is not possible to confirm whether transactions undertaken on separate databases are linked, with the exception of those undertaken on both the names and the fingerprint databases. There were 8,994 transactions which involved the use of both of these databases.
|Number
-------------------------------------------
Vehicles |1,780,205
Stolen property |18,205
Names |1,655,442
Fingerprints |9,748
Crime Pattern Analysis |0
Scottish Natural Heritage
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current system at Scottish Natural Heritage for dealing with inquiries from hon. Members. [26380]
Sir Hector Monro: When enquiries relate to day-to-day management and individual cases hon. Members are encouraged to communicate directly with Scottish Natural Heritage. Where questions arise involving broader policy or strategic issues hon. Members are advised to write to the Secretary of State or the appropriate junior Minister.
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set up a system at Scottish Natural Heritage to provide hon. Members with information and advice; and if he will make a statement. [26381]
Sir Hector Monro: The system which Scottish Natural Heritage presently uses was established in 1992 following a scrutiny of ministerial correspondence undertaken by the efficiency unit of the Cabinet Office. There are no plans to introduce a new system.
Healthy Eating
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list his Department's projects aimed at promoting healthy eating, indicating the cost of each project to his Department. [26302]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: As foreshadowed in "Scotland's Health-- A Challenge To Us All", the policy statement issued in 1992, a number of experimental projects have been mounted in selected urban partnership areas to explore ways of encouraging healthy eating. These are as listed with the respective costs of each:
Area |Cost £ --------------------------------------- Wester Hailes, Edinburgh |37,580 Castlemilk, Glasgow |42,000 Ferguslie Park, Paisley |11,095 Whitfield, Dundee |9,000
Assistance totalling £11,200 has also been made available to the Barri Grubb good food project in Pilton, Edinburgh, while the following projects have received funding under the urban programme:
Area |Cost £ ------------------------------------------------------ Govan Healthy Eating Project, Glasgow |268,680 Castlemilk Foodstore Project, Glasgow |162,000
The promotion of healthy eating is among the priority topics for the Health Education Board for Scotland and, in 1994 95, the board spent some £347,000 on initiatives in this area.
In addition to these specific activities, the Scottish Diet Action group, led by my noble and learned Friend, the Minister of State, is engaged in the preparation of an action plan for delivering the dietary targets announced by my right hon. Friend in November 1994.
Custodial Deaths
Mr. Chisholm: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people aged 25 years and under have
Column 154
died (a) in prison and (b) in police custody in Scotland in (i) 1993, (ii) 1994 and (iii) so far this year. [26377]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Information on the number of deaths in (a) prison and (b) police custody of those aged 25 years and under for the years 1993, 1994 and to date in 1995 is set out in the table:
|1993|1994|1995
-----------------------------------
Prison Custody |3 |10 |1
Police Custody |1 |2 |0
Total |4 |12 |1
Light Pollution
Mr. Maclennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to address the problem of light pollution. [26319]
Sir Hector Monro: Officials of the Scottish Office Environment Department wrote to all district and islands councils in April of this year to ask about their experiences of dealing with complaints about light pollution. Local authorities' responses are now being considered by the Department. However, preliminary findings suggest that light pollution is a minor problem in Scotland with the majority of complaints being dealt with on an informal basis by local authorities.
Anti-competitive Behaviour
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many complaints his Department received in the financial years 1990 91, 1991 92, 1992 93 and 1993 94 alleging anti-competitive behaviour by local authorities in Scotland under the terms of the Local Government Act 1988; and, as a result, how many local authorities were subsequently issued under a section 19a notice or 19b direction. [26711]
Mr. Lang: In 1990 91, we received six complaints of
anti-competitive behaviour under the Local Government Act 1988: these resulted in one notice--under section 13 of that Act--and one direction-- under section 14 of that Act--being issued. In 1991 92, we received five complaints: these resulted in four notices and four directions being issued. In 1992 93, we received four complaints: these resulted in two notices. In 1993 94, we received 10 complaints: these have resulted in six notices.
Cashmere Goats
Sir David Steel: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will extend the hill livestock compensatory allowances and sheep annual premium payments to include cashmere goats; [26685] (2) what is his policy in respect of subsidised cashmere production in less favoured areas of Scotland. [26686]
Mr. Lang: The Government are keen to encourage the development of alternative land uses such as cashmere goat production where they can be shown to have a profitable future without a continuing dependence on subsidy. It is therefore not the Government's policy to seek to extend the coverage of livestock subsidies to include cashmere goats.
Column 155
Local Government Surpluses and Deficits
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, by authority and service area, as defined by the Local Government Act 1988, surpluses achieved by local authority direct labour-- service organisations in Scotland for the financial years 1992 1993 and 1993 1994; [26768]
(2) if he will list, by authority, the surplus achieved on trading accounts for the financial years 1992 1993 and
Column 156
1993 1994 for (a) refuse collection, (b) street cleaning, (c) building cleaning, (d) school and welfare catering, (e) other catering, (f) vehicle maintenance, (g) grounds maintenance and (h) sports and leisure maintenance delivered by local authorities' direct labour-services organisations in Scotland under the terms of the Local Government Act 1988. [26767]Mr. Lang: The following tables show the surpluses, and deficits, returned by authorities for 1992 1993 and 1993 94:
Column 155
Surpluses/deficits on DLO/DSO activity in 1992-93 in £s
|Refuse |Building |Other |School and |Other |Ground |Vehicle |Leisure
Local Authority |collection<1> |cleaning |cleaning<1> |welfare catering|catering |maintenance |maintenance |management
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen DC |8,822 |17,446 |591,314 |86,550 |443,877
Angus DC |127,622 |17,266 |81,572 |194,384 |18,111 |16,139
Annandale and Eskdale DC |93,432 |20,734 |120,687 |29,294
Argyll and Bute DC |2,000 |25,000 |95,331 |11,318 |3,000
Badenoch and Strathspey DC |23,746 |28,981
Banff and Buchan DC |22,965 |2,876 |113,165 |12,647
Bearsden and Milngavie DC |52,378 |98,020 |5,749
Berwickshire DC |49,950 |44,906 |6,122
Borders RC |-172,000 |-51,000 |78,000
Caithness DC |52,580 |13,729
Central RC |556,453 |163,181 |6,292 |51,680
Clackmannan DC |40,000 |96,000 |16,000
Clydebank DC |132,473 |42,045
Clydesdale DC |74,391 |20,041 |96,830 |58,788
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC |33,969 |5,198 |15,154 |7,787
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC |40,420 |18,755 |16,753 |2,973
Cunninghame DC |26,092 |19,254 |18,829 |106,047 |3,780 |71,252
Dumbarton DC |27,165 |-135,002 |50,749 |-175 |96,553 |100,322
Dumfries and Galloway RC |406,000 |157,000 |20,000 |59,000
Dundee DC |317,932 |2,924 |143,412 |250,551 |72,000
Dunfermline DC |21,000 |98,428 |7,926 |0
East Kilbride DC |56,939 |50,313 |51,648 |12,627 |401,280
East Lothian DC |97,577 |10,158 |60,093 |134,658
Eastwood DC |23,272 |1,142 |24,720 |24,881 |27,187
Edinburgh DC |79,111 |63,097 |86,771 |-34,966 |199,140 |100,524 |35,170
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC |67,822 |54,235 |66,748
Falkirk DC |77,000 |4,000 |134,000 |305,000 |6,000 |65,000
Fife RC |522,000 |205,000 |2,000 |19,000
Glasgow DC |914,896 |90,994 |265,576 |148,629 |1,116,950 |129,212 |195,021
Gordon DC |10,000 |102,000 |57,000
Grampian RC |-10,000 |204,000 |5,000 |108,000 |187,000
Hamilton DC |231,782 |135,682 |246,906
Highland RC |295,722 |465,010 |391,917
Inverclyde DC |186,367 |131,010 |3,504 |66,154 |77,138
Inverness DC |122,433 |81,067 |66,633 |39,393 |77,582
Kilmarnock and Loudoun DC |125,000 |2,000 |63,000 |6,000 |58,000 |32,000 |11,000
Kincardine and Deeside DC |9,529 |73,537 |21,893
Kirkcaldy DC |96,192 |15,048 |59,105 |229,085 |142,143 |156,093
Kyle and Carrick DC |30,408 |38,993 |12,963 |159,246
Lochaber DC |6,533 |12,394
Lothian RC |166,945 |47,344 |12,125 |69,701 |-290,516
Midlothian DC |78,000 |-2,000 |154,000 |6,000 |28,000
Monklands DC |67,717 |23,028 |135,366 |157,920 |27,410
Moray DC |22,025 |54,647 |61,418 |31,030
Motherwell DC |6,937 |516,884 |21,208 |134,065 |55,824 |219,195
Nairn DC |-2,567
Nithsdale DC |700 |200 |2,550 |64,899
North East Fife DC |45,000 |203,000 |93,000 |54,000
Orkney IC |22,000 |60,000 |8,000 |14,000 |9,000
Perth and Kinross DC |21,106 |26,349 |105,626 |53,207 |147,714
Renfrew DC |325,000 |8,000 |80,000 |401,000 |42,000
Ross and Cromarty DC |34,000 |-42,000 |28,726
Roxburgh DC |11,980 |3,831 |76,574 |4,545 |30,180
Shetland IC |10,000 |8,000 |30,000 |78,000 |77,000 |34,000
Skye and Lochalsh DC |3,771 |4,705 |17,145 |5,830 |-12,007
Stewartry DC |31,598 |63,443
Stirling DC |71,200 |1,300 |9,600 |84,800 |8,900 |4,700
Strathclyde RC |237,407 |237,808 |11,243 |41,818 |84,377
Strathkelvin DC |202,000 |91,000 |22,000
Sutherland DC |16,223 |43,554 |7,238
Tayside RC |6,000 |363,000 |102,000
Tweeddale DC |14,000 |10,000 |17,000
Western Isles IC |3,000 |16,000 |73,000 |44,000 |-43,000 |19,000
West Lothian DC |99,547 |205,916 |4,135 |122,874
Wigtown DC |23,908 |141,701 |156,222
Cumbernauld NT |77,000
East Kilbride NT
Glenrothes NT |133,000
Irvine NT |43,038
Livingston NT |38,000
<1> The accounts for refuse collection an other cleaning may have been combined by some authorities.
1. The absence of an entry, therefore, does not necessarily indicate that the DSO has not carried out the activity in question.
Surpluses/deficits on DLO/DSO activity in 1993-94 in £s
|Refuse |Building |Other |School and |Other |Ground |Vehicle |Leisure
Local Authority |collection<1> |cleaning |cleaning<1> |welfare catering|catering |maintenance |maintenance |management
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen DC |35,938 |2,747 |41,002 |968,329 |50,353 |678,929
Angus DC |227,756 |32,732 |81,518 |173,254 |15,769 |112,629
Annandale and Eskdale DC |104,174 |16,279 |31,190 |25,170
Argyll and Bute DC |20,000 |20,000 |17,000 |8,000 |15,000
Badenoch and Strathspey DC |11,665 |6,142 |18,990
Banff and Buchan DC |30,748 |1,706 |164,143 |26,640
Bearsden and Milngavie DC |232,081 |91,133 |900
Berwickshire DC |41,532 |36,044 |1,424
Borders RC |-91,000 |91,000
Caithness DC
Central RC |659,419 |29,375 |9,010 |87,336
Clackmannan DC |20,000 |0 |37,000 |13,000
Clydebank DC |61,130 |34,463 |175,472 |4,827
Clydesdale DC |87,365 |92,000 |11,854 |19,221
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC |-46,240 |4,094 |4,855 |23,832
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC |54,578 |25,472 |3,362 |4,857
Cunninghame DC |27,683 |16,309 |19,676 |42,206 |15,565 |54,793
Dumbarton DC |-61,590 |-96,333 |18,579 |132,985 |168,874
Dumfries and Galloway RC |36,000 |194,000 |40,000 |92,000
Dundee DC |218,797 |23,674 |29,912 |172,402 |72,000
Dunfermline DC |99,592 |16,000 |23,428 |9,687 |0
East Kilbride DC |113,453 |106,160 |85,836 |28,263 |360,149
East Lothian DC |67,358 |2,120 |116,018 |50,945
Eastwood DC |40,708 |7,864 |39,382 |8,954
Edinburgh DC |118,904 |80,676 |139,245 |-8,474 |174,214 |155,095 |0
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC |73,985 |87,549 |44,243
Falkirk DC |81,000 |5,000 |147,000 |301,000 |13,000 |95,000
Fife RC |128,000 |162,000 |1,000 |76,000
Glasgow DC |685,835 |191,972 |218,187 |64,354 |1,155,537 |94,588 |262,309
Gordon DC |11,000 |127,000 |79,000
Grampian RC |-155,000 |290,000 |12,000 |184,000 |440,000
Hamilton DC |67,337 |175,132 |18,459 |287,894
Highland RC |251,003 |218,028
Inverclyde DC |170,413 |106,002 |35,587 |300,068 |95,784
Inverness DC |214,720 |106,245 |73,205 |3,829 |24,633
Kilmarnock and Loudoun DC |53,000 |2,000 |52,000 |5,000 |46,000 |15,000 |1,000
Kincardine and Deeside DC |9,529 |73,537 |21,893
Kirkcaldy DC |144,537 |4,405 |118,477 |304,100 |127,056 |188,408
Kyle and Carrick DC |70,905 |3,897 |29,699 |7,523 |122,624
Lochaber DC |12,756 |31,105 |7,832
Lothian RC |38,975 |75,051 |10,580 |88,915 |-259,690
Midlothian DC |81,000 |0 |117,000 |46,000 |177,000
Monklands DC |12,850 |12,070 |62,472 |21,373 |93,091 |70,836
Moray DC |19,262 |7,380 |87,987 |35,834 |73,800
Motherwell DC |7,633 |355,485 |5,689 |36,624 |43,558
Nairn DC |17,140 |11,014 |2,393
Nithsdale DC |500 |200 |1,757 |24,221
North East Fife DC |20,000 |136,000 |47,000 |40,000
Orkney IC |-17,000 |56,000 |36,000 |17,000 |41,000
Perth and Kinross DC |26,343 |11,094 |48,741 |44,134 |227,964
Renfrew DC |264,000 |18,000 |68,000 |2,000 |313,000 |72,000 |108,000
Ross and Cromarty DC |2,000 |7,000 |16,731
Roxburgh DC |13,244 |18,761 |79,528 |2,253 |22,831
Shetland IC |453,000 |54,000 |14,000 |82,000 |92,000 |67,000
Skye and Lochalsh DC |497 |1,599 |9,252
Stewartry DC |58,901 |44,053
Stirling DC |105,600 |18,100 |46,500 |50,600 |3,000 |35,300
Strathclyde RC |500,331 |100,043 |11,671 |57,830 |42,959
Strathkelvin DC |142,000 |144,000 |27,500
Sutherland DC |20,513 |38,278 |525
Tayside RC |58,000 |408,000 |45,000
Tweeddale DC
Western Isles IC |67,000 |23,000 |62,000 |24,000 |4,000 |6,000
West Lothian DC |178,996 |167,428 |12,976 |117,160
Wigtown DC |23,602 |92,963 |59,405
Cumbernauld NT |190,000
East Kilbride NT
Glenrothes NT |119,000
Irvine NT |35,576
Livingston NT |14,000
<1> The accounts for refuse collection an other cleaning may have been combined by some authorities.
1. The absence of an entry, therefore, does not necessarily indicate that the DSO has not carried out the activity in question.
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, by authority and service area, as defined by the Local Government (Planning and Land) Act 1980, surpluses achieved by local authority direct labour services organisations in Scotland for the financial years 1992 93 and 1993 94;
(2) if he will list, by authority, the surplus achieved on trading accounts for the financial years 1992 93 and 1993 94 for (a) general highways work, (b) construction
Column 160
and maintenance of sewers, (c) works of new construction and (d) maintenance work, delivered by local authorities' direct labour-services organisations in Scotland under the terms of the Local Government (Planning and Land) Act 1980. [26765]Mr. Lang: The following tables show the surpluses, and deficits, returned by authorities for 1992 93 and 1993 94 in relation to the categories of account laid down under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980:
Column 159
Surpluses/deficits on DLO/DSO activity in 1992-93 in £s
|New construction |New construction |Building |General highways |General water and
Local authority |under £50,000 |over £50,000 |maintenance |work |sewerage work
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen DC |- |- |276,110 |- |-
Angus DC |- |- |- |- |-
Annandale and Eskdale DC |- |- |- |- |-
Argyll and Bute DC |- |- |57,391 |- |-
Badenoch and Strathspey DC |- |- |- |- |-
Banff and Buchan DC |- |- |1,761 |- |-
Bearsden and Milngavie DC |- |- |28,915 |- |-
Berwickshire DC |- |- |- |- |-
Borders RC |- |- |- |169,000 |-
Caithness DC |- |- |37,606 |- |-
Central RC |1,378 |3,667 |49,703 |224,586 |24,535
Clackmannan DC |- |- |23,000 |- |-
Clydebank DC |- |- |219,498 |- |-
Clydesdale DC |- |- |34,381 |- |-
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC |- |- |57,918 |- |-
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC |- |- |55,143 |- |-
Cunninghame DC |- |- |366,000 |- |-
Dumbarton DC |- |- |150,857 |- |-
Dumfries and Galloway RC |- |- |7,619 |109,780 |-
Dundee DC |4,667 |15,208 |430,356 |- |-
Dunfermline DC |- |- |- |- |-
East Kilbride DC |- |- |- |- |-
East Lothian DC |- |- |67,271 |- |-
Eastwood DC |- |- |- |- |-
Edinburgh DC |- |- |-448,750 |- |-
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC |- |- |19,104 |- |-
Falkirk DC |- |- |325,000 |- |-
Fife RC |10,000 |-358,000 |311,000 |1,000 |5,000
Glasgow DC |- |- |9,274,493 |- |-
Gordon DC |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian RC |- |- |- |501,000 |31,000
Hamilton DC |- |- |162,653 |- |-
Highland RC |- |- |- |2,128,575 |-
Inverclyde DC |- |- |304,594 |- |-
Inverness DC |- |- |94,194 |- |-
Kilmarnock and Loudoun DC |- |- |247,000 |- |-
Kincardine and Deeside DC |- |- |- |- |-
Kirkcaldy DC |- |- |68,224 |- |-
Kyle and Carrick DC |- |- |60,454 |- |-
Lochaber DC |- |- |64,113 |- |-
Lothian RC |- |- |174,313 |451,113 |161,662
Midlothian DC |- |- |44,000 |- |-
Monklands DC |- |- |51,000 |- |-
Moray DC |- |- |95,100 |- |-
Motherwell DC |- |- |200,159 |- |-
Nairn DC |- |- |- |- |-
Nithsdale DC |- |- |45,222 |- |-
North East Fife DC |- |- |50,000 |- |-
Orkney IC |- |- |6,000 |269,000 |2,000
Perth and Kinross DC |- |- |67,703 |- |-
Renfrew DC |- |- |748,622 |- |-
Ross and Cromarty DC |- |- |96,000 |- |-
Roxburgh DC |- |- |10,000 |- |-
Shetland IC |- |- |166,000 |595,000 |-
Skye and Lochalsh DC |- |- |-45,022 |- |-
Stewarty DC |- |- |- |- |-
Stirling DC |- |- |92,500 |- |-
Strathclyde RC |174,602 |7,734 |787,281 |339,025 |60,302
Strathkelvin DC |- |- |149,000 |- |-
Sutherland DC |- |- |- |- |-
Tayside RC |- |- |36,000 |1,497,000 |-
Tweeddale DC |- |- |64,000 |- |-
Western Isles IC |- |- |3,000 |54,000 |-
West Lothian DC |- |- |169,954 |- |-
Wigtown DC |- |- |118,208 |- |-
Cumbernauld NT |- |- |144,000 |- |-
East Kilbride NT |- |- |125,000 |- |-
Glenrothes NT |- |- |77,000 |- |-
Irvine NT |- |- |- |- |-
Livingston NT |- |- |89,000 |- |-
Surpluses/deficits on DLO/DSO activity in 1993-94 in £s
|New construction |New construction |Building |General highways |General water and
Local authority |under £50,000 |over £50,000 |maintenance |work |sewerage work
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen DC |- |- |259,953 |- |-
Angus DC |- |- |- |- |-
Annandale and Eskdale DC |- |- |- |- |-
Argyll and Bute DC |- |- |75,000 |- |-
Badenoch and Strathspey DC |- |- |- |- |-
Banff and Buchan DC |- |- |74,711 |- |-
Bearsden and Milngavie DC |- |- |37,375 |- |-
Berwickshire DC |- |- |- |- |-
Borders RC |- |- |- |742,000 |-
Caithness DC |- |- |- |- |-
Central RC |8,241 |3,853 |262,192 |276,991 |30,861
Clackmannan DC |- |- |137,000 |- |-
Clydebank DC |- |- | 82,059 |- |-
Clydesdale DC |- |- |38,636 |- |-
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC |- |- |55,548 |- |-
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC |- |- |13,064 |- |-
Cunninghame DC |- |- |395,000 |- |-
Dumbarton DC |- |- | 77,207 |- |-
Dumfries and Galloway RC |- |- |-32,795 | 84,539 |-
Dundee DC |7,682 |21,837 |142,208 |- |-
Dunfermline DC |22,996 |37,715 |47,676 |- |-
East Kilbride DC |- |- |- |- |-
East Lothian DC |- |- |27,346 |- |-
Eastwood DC |- |- |- |- |-
Edinburgh DC |- |42,837 |188,515 |- |-
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC |- |- |59,920 |- |-
Falkirk DC |- |- | 47,000 |- |-
Fife RC |4,000 | 11,000 |172,000 |1,166,000 |78,000
Glasgow DC |- |- |8,966,109 |- |-
Gordon DC |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian RC |- |- |- |1,195,000 |-137,000
Hamilton DC |- |- |20,790 |- |-
Highland RC |- |- |- |3,096,908 |-
Inverclyde DC |- |- | 76,110 |- |-
Inverness DC |- |- |30,373 |- |-
Kilmarnock and Loudoun DC |- |- |158,000 |- |-
Kincardine and Deeside DC |- |- |- |- |-
Kirkcaldy DC |- |- |139,452 |- |-
Kyle and Carrick DC |- |- |65,408 |- |-
Lochaber DC |- |- |72,706 |- |-
Lothian RC |- |- |120,668 |352,354 |127,135
Midlothian DC |- |- | 13,000 |- |-
Monklands DC |- |- |120,622 |- |-
Moray DC |- |- |53,999 |- |-
Motherwell DC |- |- |485,189 |- |-
Nairn DC |- |- |- |- |-
Nithsdale DC |- |- |7,697 |- |-
North East Fife DC |- |- |66,000 |- |-
Orkney IC |- |-22,000 |81,000 |615,000 |-6,000
Perth and Kinross DC |- |- |103,290 |- |-
Renfrew DC |- |- |714,378 |- |-
Ross and Cromarty DC |- |- |11,000 |- |-
Roxburgh DC |- |- |27,000 |- |-
Shetland IC |- |- |261,000 |662,000 |-
Skye and Lochalsh DC |- |- |- |- |-
Stewarty DC |- |- |- |- |-
Stirling DC |- |- |-74,100 |- |-
Strathclyde RC | 4,669 |11,303 |819,583 |278,092 |151,325
Strathkelvin DC |- |- | 59,000 |- |-
Sutherland DC |- |- |30,000 |- |-
Tayside RC |- |- |- |1,292 |-
Tweeddale DC |- |- |- |- |-
Western Isles IC |- |- |19,000 |43,000 |-
West Lothian DC |- |- |120,538 |- |-
Wigtown DC |- |- | 59,065 |- |-
Cumbernauld NT |- |- | 68,000 |- |-
East Kilbride NT |- |- |306,000 |- |-
Glenrothes NT |- |- |133,000 |- |-
Irvine NT |- |- |- |- |-
Livingston NT |- |- |72,000 |- |-
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by authority and service area the recorded deficits made by local authority direct labour-services organisations in Scotland that have failed to meet the rate of return requirements under the terms of the Local Government Act 1988 for the
Column 164
financial years 1990 91, 1991 92, 1992 93 and 1993 94 expressed in absolute and percentage terms. [26707]Mr. Lang: The following table shows the deficits recorded and how these related, in percentage terms, to the DLO/DSO's income:
Column 163
Year |Local Authority |Deficit £ |Percentage (related
|to income)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Building Cleaning
1990-91 |Dumbarton DC |-7,299 |-83.4
1990-91 |East Lothian DC |-3,000 |-2.1
1990-91 |Shetland IC |-13,000 |-2.6
1991-92 |Dumbarton DC |-66,438 |-59.6
1992-93 |Borders RC |-172,000 |-55.7
1992-93 |Dumbarton DC |-135,002 |-137.8
1992-93 |Grampian RC |-10,000 |-0.2
1992-93 |Midlothian DC |-2,000 |-1.4
1993-94 |Grampian RC |-155,000 |-3.6
1993-94 |Dumbarton DC |-96,333 |-99.5
Grounds Maintenance
1990-91 |Strathkelvin DC |-58,708 |-12
1990-91 |Stirling DC |-7,005 |-2.3
1990-91 |Moray DC |-122,476 |-24.7
1990-91 |Highland RC |-84,375 |-5.5
1991-92 |Stirling DC |-245,779 |-49.3
1992-93 |Ross and Cromarty DC |-42,000 |-4.1
1992-93 |Wester Isles IC |-43,000 |-9.8
Leisure Management
1992-93 |Lothian RC |-290,516 |-49.3
1992-93 |Nairn DC |-2,567 |-4.1
1992-93 |Skye and Lochalsh DC |-12,007 |-7.4
1993-94 |Lothian RC |-259,690 |-47.7
Other Catering
1990-91 |Central RC |-17,156 |-4.4
1992-93 |Dumbarton DC |-175 |-0.3
1992-93 |Edinburgh DC |-34,966 |-6.4
1993-94 |Edinburgh DC |-8,474 |-1.3
Other Cleaning
1991-92 |Annandale and Eskdale DC |-24,223 |-9.4
Refuse Collection
1990-91 |Kincardine and Deeside DC |-2,484 |-0.7
1991-92 |Kincardine and Deeside DC |-13,113 |-3.3
1991-92 |Orkney IC |-6,000 |-2.5
1991-92 |North East Fife DC |-24,000 |-2.7
1993-94 |Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC|-46,240 |-5.2
1993-94 |Dumbarton DC |-61,590 |-4.5
1993-94 |Orkney IC |-17,000 |-5.7
School and Welfare Catering
1992-93 |Borders RC |-51,000 |-3.0
1993-94 |Borders RC |-91,000 |-8.5
Vehicle Maintenance
1990-91 |Inverness DC |-65,733 |-33.9
1990-91 |Inverclyde DC |-7,521 |-2.5
1990-91 |Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC|-38,495 |-29.3
1991-92 |Stirling DC |-670 |-0.2
1991-92 |Clackmannan DC |-2,000 |-0.7
Housing Associations
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the conformity with local government legislation and procedures of (a) a district council's housing officer to serve as secretary to the board of the local housing association and (b) a district council and local housing association retaining the same legal advisers when housing stock is to be transferred between them; and if he will make a
statement. [26683]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: It is common and accepted practice for a local authority sponsoring a new housing association in its area to provide services in kind to the association until it becomes a viable organisation. As to the question of conflict of interest in the case of legal advisers, it is up to both parties and their legal advisers to ensure that such a problem does not arise. If the ballot of tenants results in a vote in favour of transfer to the association, I would expect the parties to engage separate legal advisers to negotiate terms and conditions.
Local Government Contracts
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what proportion of local authority direct
labour-services organisations in Scotland,
Column 166
operating contracts under the terms of the Local Government (Planning and Land) Act 1980, have achieved the required rate of return for the financial year 1992 93 and 1993 94. [26708]Mr. Lang: In 1992 93, 74 DLOs-DSOs, in an individual service area, met the prescribed financial objective. This represented 94.9 per cent. of the total returns received. In 1993 94, 75 met the prescribed financial objective: this represented 92.6 per cent of the total returns received. The figures for both years include a small number of returns from new town development corporations.
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by authority and service area the number of full time equivalent job losses experienced by local authority direct labour-services organisations in Scotland operating contracts under the terms of the Local Government Act 1988 for the financial years 1990 91, 1991 92, 1992 93 and 1993 94. [26716]
Mr. Lang: My Department does not hold this information.
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by authority and service area
Column 167
the recorded deficits made by local authority directlabour-services organisations in Scotland that have failed to meet the rate of return requirements operating contracts under the terms of the Local Government (Planning and Land) Act 1980 for financial years 1990 91, 1991 92,
Column 168
1992 93 and 1993 94 expressed in both absolute and percentage terms. [26706]Mr. Lang: The following table shows the deficits recorded and how these related, in percentage terms, to the DLO-DSOs income:
Column 167
Year |Local Authority |Deficit £ |Percentage (related
|to income)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Water and sewerage
1990-1991 |Central RC |-3,332 |-3.6
1993-1994 |Orkney IC |-6,000 |-3.4
1993-1994 |Grampian RC |-137,000 |-8.2
Roads
Nil
New construction under £50,000
1990-1991 |Central RC |-32,574 |-8.2
New construction over £50,000
1991-1992 |Orkney IC |-16,000 |-21.1
1992-1993 |Fife RC |-358,000 |-50.9
1993-1994 |Orkney IC |-22,000 |-6.7
Building maintenance
1990-1991 |Argyll and Bute DC |-81,000 |-8.3
1990-1991 |Clydesdale DC |-37,555 |-3.1
1990-1991 |Dumfries and Galloway RC |-50,075 |-33.5
1990-1991 |Hamilton DC |-770,649 |-11.0
1990-1991 |Kirkcaldy DC |-234,472 |-3.5
1990-1991 |Orkney IC |-47,000 |-2.9
1991-1992 |Bearsden and Milngavie DC|-17,095 |4.7
1991-1992 |Edinburgh DC |-708,635 |-7.7
1991-1992 |North East Fife DC |-176,000 |-14.4
1991-1992 |Kirkcaldy DC |-563,702 |-8.5
1991-1992 |Nithsdale DC |-21,364 |-1.1
1991-1992 |Dumfries and Galloway RC |-102,137 |-64.1
1991-1992 |Dumbarton DC |-119,072 |-3.6
1992-1993 |Edinburgh DC |-448,750 |-5.5
1992-1993 |Skye and Lochalsh DC |-45,022 |-49.0
1993-1994 |Dumfries and Galloway RC |-32.795 |-28.7
1993-1994 |Stirling DC |-74,100 |-1.3
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland out of the total number of accounts recorded, how many and what proportion of, local authority direct labour-services organisations in Scotland, operating contracts under the terms of the Local Government Act 1988, have achieved the required rate of return for the financial years 1992 93 and 1993 94.
Mr. Lang: In 1992 93, 258 DLOs/DSOs, in an individual service area, met the prescribed financial objective. This represented 94.9 per cent. of the total returns received. In 1993 94, 267 met the prescribed financial objective: this represented 96.7 per cent. of the total returns received. The figures for both years include a small number of returns from new town development corporations.
Surcharges
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many councillors in Scotland have been surcharged or prosecuted as a consequence of taking decisions in relation to the Local Government Act 1988. [26713]
Mr. Lang: No councillors in Scotland have been surcharged as a consequence of taking decisions in
Column 168
relation to the Local Government Act 1988. Figures on prosecutions are unavailable but I am not aware of any that have taken place.Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many councillors in Scotland have been surcharged or prosecuted as a consequence of taking decisions in relation to the Local Government (Planning and Land) Act 1980. [26712]
Mr. Lang: No councillors in Scotland have been surcharged as a consequence of taking decisions in relation to the Local Government (Planning and Land) Act 1980. Figures on prosecutions are unavailable but I am not aware of any that have taken place.
Client-contractor Splits
Mr. George Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by service area the local authorities in Scotland that have been challenged by his Department under regulation issued under section 9 of the Local Government Act 1992 in relation to their internal arrangements for establishing client-contractor splits. [26714]
Column 169
Mr. Lang: My Department has not taken statutory action against any authority in relation to their internal arrangements for establishing client-contractor splits.
| Next Section
| Home Page |