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Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what steps the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department takes to ensure that the management of fisheries does not conflict with the Government's international commitments to the conservation of flora and fauna; [27114]
(2) what action the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department will take if monitoring Shetland's seabird population demonstrates low survival of chicks or shortages of food. [27116]
Sir Hector Monro: As set out in the United Kingdom's sustainable development strategy, the Government are committed to promoting fisheries policies which take proper account of the environmental impact of fishing. We therefore take due account of relevant international commitments, and retain statutory powers to act where appropriate, as under the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967. These Acts provide the power, if necessary, to close or otherwise regulate the Shetland sandeel fishery. Any such statutory arrangements would then be enforced in the normal manner through the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) where fishing for sandeels has been taking place around Shetland since the fishery was re-opened; [27117]
(2) how many boats have been licensed to fish for sandeels (a) around Shetland and (b) on the west coast of Scotland in 1995. [27118]
Sir Hector Monro: Eight vessels have been licensed to fish at Shetland, and four on the west coast of Scotland. The former have concentrated their fishing around the north and north-west of the island of Mousa.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the role of the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department in negotiating an integrated package of management instruments for the Shetland sandeel fishery; and what considerations underlie the extent to which the management option of closed areas is delegated to voluntary agreement between Scottish Natural Heritage on the one hand and the Shetland Fishermen's Association on the other; [27115] (2) what evidence he has that the recently re-opened Shetland sandeel fishery is sustainable; [27109]
(3) what advice Scottish Natural Heritage has given him on the closure of areas to sandeel fishing around seabird colonies in Shetland. [27112]
Sir Hector Monro: Following public consultation, the Government have established a framework of rigorous management controls to ensure that the Shetland sandeel fishery operates in a sustainable manner. We have set a total allowable catch of 3,000 tonnes. This represents less than 10 per cent. of the spawning stock biomass, is well within the safe biological limits for such species, and is less than the loss by natural predation. In addition, we have restricted access to small, licensed boats, have limited the season, and have stipulated a single landing point in Lerwick to aid enforcement. In view of this tight framework, we concluded that there was no need for statutory closed areas and have therefore provided for these as an optional management regime. As the Secretary of State's statutory adviser on nature conservation matters, Scottish Natural Heritage is an appropriate focal point for such voluntary liaison with local interests, in this instance the Shetland Fishermen's Association. Although
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it would have preferred formal closed areas, SNH welcomed our precautionary approach and expressed themselves willing to work closely with those concerned.Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions sample trawls were taken to assess the state of the 1995 Shetland sandeel stock. [27113]
Sir Hector Monro: The Shetland sandeel stock assessment for the 1995 season was undertaken in August 1994 and involved a total of 48 sample trawls.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the value of the Shetland sandeel fishery in 1995. [27119]
Sir Hector Monro: At current market prices, the total allowable sandeel catch of 3,000 tonnes would fetch about £138,000. This excludes the added value derived from the associated processing and marketing. These benefits will accrue mainly to the local economy in Shetland itself.
Accident Statistics
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the accident statistics for each stretch of the A76 on comparable basis with the A77, A74 and A96 over the past four years. [27376]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is as follows:
Route: A76
Section: Dumfries to Marchburn
Length Kms.: 53.03
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |2 |17 |35 |54 |0.47
1992 |2 |7 |19 |28 |0.25
1993 |4 |14 |27 |45 |0.39
1994 |2 |14 |20 |36 |0.32
Route: A76
Section: Marchburn to Kilmarnock
Length Kms.: 36.86
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |1 |11 |27 |39 |0.50
1992 |3 |9 |22 |34 |0.43
1993 |2 |5 |12 |19 |0.24
1994 |2 |3 |18 |23 |0.29
Route: A76
Section: Dumfries to Kilmarnock (whole trunk road)
Length Kms.: 89.89
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |3 |28 |62 |93 |0.48
1992 |5 |16 |41 |62 |0.32
1993 |6 |19 |39 |64 |0.33
1994 |4 |17 |38 |59 |0.31
Route: A77
Section: Stranraer to Ayr
Length Kms.: 83.18
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |3 |19 |33 |55 |0.37
1992 |6 |24 |47 |77 |0.51
1993 |3 |18 |39 |60 |0.40
1994 |0 |26 |48 |74 |0.49
Route: A77
Section: Ayr to Glasgow city boundary
Length Kms.: 46.70
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |8 |29 |75 |112 |0.29
1992 |5 |31 |72 |108 |0.28
1993 |3 |18 |64 |85 |0.22
1994 |3 |22 |57 |82 |0.21
Route: A77<1>
Section: Stranraer to Glasgow city boundary (whole
trunk road)
Length Kms.: 129.88
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |11 |48 |108 |167 |0.31
1992 |11 |55 |119 |185 |0.35
1993 |6 |36 |103 |145 |0.27
1994 |3 |48 |105 |156 |0.29
<1> The accident rates in this table reflect
corrections to traffic flow data used in the answer
given to the hon. Member on 23 February. [OR volume 225,
number 63, column 601-603].
Route: A77
Section: Within Glasgow city boundary
Length Kms.: 6.00
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |1 |28 |65 |94 |1.67
1992 |0 |21 |57 |78 |1.38
1993 |0 |14 |50 |64 |1.13
1994 |0 |20 |42 |62 |1.10
Route: A74
Section: National boundary to Millbank<1>
Length Kms.: 92.16
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |4 |31 |76 |111 |0.15
1992 |8 |26 |55 |89 |0.12
1993 |7 |24 |50 |81 |0.11
1994 |1 |21 |37 |59 |0.08
<1> The construction worked related to the upgrading of
the A74 to motorway has been underway during the
reporting period making separation of individual dual
and motorway sections impractical for this report.
Route: M74
Section: Millbank to Maryville
Length Kms.: 35.83
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |4 |9 |23 |36 |0.09
1992 |0 |11 |26 |37 |0.09
1993 |1 |8 |20 |29 |0.07
1994 |1 |9 |43 |53 |0.13
Route: A74/M74
Section: National boundary to Maryville (whole trunk
road)
Length Kms.: 127.99
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |8 |40 |99 |147 |0.13
1992 |8 |37 |81 |126 |0.11
1993 |8 |32 |70 |110 |0.09
1994 |2 |30 |80 |112 |0.10
Route: M74
Section: Within Glasgow city boundary
Length Kms.: 5.50
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |1 |17 |51 |69 |1.73
1992 |1 |13 |42 |56 |1.40
1993 |3 |15 |26 |44 |1.10
1994 |0 |13 |27 |40 |1.00
Route: A96
Section: Aberdeen to Fochabers
Length Kms.: 85.63
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |3 |26 |58 |87 |0.33
1992 |3 |28 |71 |102 |0.39
1993 |2 |19 |65 |86 |0.32
1994 |5 |16 |52 |73 |0.28
Route: A96
Section: Fochabers to Inverness
Length Kms.: 73.01
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |3 |22 |52 |77 |0.26
1992 |6 |13 |56 |75 |0.25
1993 |4 |13 |47 |64 |0.21
1994 |2 |12 |42 |56 |0.19
Route: A96
Section: Aberdeen to Inverness (whole trunk road)
Length Kms.: 158.63
|Section
Personal injury accident
accidents
Year |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total |rate
--------------------------------------------------------
1991 |6 |48 |110 |164 |0.29
1992 |9 |41 |127 |177 |0.31
1993 |6 |32 |112 |150 |0.27
1994 |7 |28 |94 |129 |0.23
The accident rates shown in all the tables are
expressed in numbers of personal injury accidents per
million vehicle kilometres travelled. The traffic flows
are estimated from sample counts taken at specific
sites and updated annually using national growth
factors.
Cancer
Mr. McFall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each geographical unit within Argyll and Clyde health board the number and percentage of (a) all cancers, for male and female, (b) breast cancer, female (c) colo-rectal cancer, male and female and (d) prostate cancer, male, registered within the period 1984 to 1989 inclusive and surviving for at least five years; and how many individuals in each category were registered only on death. [27577]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is set out in the tables.
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Table 1: Total numbers of cancers registered and numbers registered from death certificates only by site of cancer,
geographical area of residence at time of diagnosis and sex, Argyll and Clyde health board, 1984-89
(A) All malignant neoplasms (ICD-9 140-208<1>)
Numbers of
registrations made
from death
Total numbers of certificates only
registrations
Area of residence at |Males |Females |Males |Females
diagnosis
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Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |1,156 |1,163 |75 |81
Area 2 PA1-PA9 |2,085 |2,063 |216 |178
Area 3 PA10-PA19 |1,474 |1,410 |61 |54
Area 4 PA20-PA29 |514 |578 |17 |44
Area 5 PA30-PA39 |291 |296 |12 |17
Area 6 PA40-PA49 |36 |43 |3 |0
Area 7 PA60-PA69 |11 |14 |0 |0
Area 8 PA70-PA79 |38 |36 |4 |1
Argyll and Clyde health board |5,605 |5,603 |388 |375
<1> Excludes registrations of non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD-9 173).
(B) Cancer of the large bowel (ICD-9 153+154)
Numbers of
registrations made
from death
Total numbers of certificates only
registrations
Area of residence at |Males |Females |Males |Females
diagnosis
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |137 |165 |3 |16
Area 2 PA1-PA9 |203 |271 |16 |25
Area 3 PA10-PA19 |150 |171 |7 |8
Area 4 PA20-PA29 |76 |81 |3 |9
Area 5 PA30-PA39 |47 |49 |5 |1
Area 6 PA40-PA49 |4 |2 |0 |0
Area 7 PA60-PA69 |3 |4 |0 |0
Area 8 PA70-PA79 |7 |9 |0 |0
Argyll and Clyde Health Board |627 |752 |34 |59
(c) Cancer of the prostate (ICD-9 1985) and female breast (ICD-9 174)
Numbers of
registrations made
from death
Total numbers of certificates only
registrations
Area of residence at |Males: prostate |Females: breast |Males: prostate |Females: breast
diagnosis
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |87 |303 |7 |16
Area 2 PA1-PA9 |177 |422 |9 |29
Area 3 PA10-PA19 |136 |325 |9 |9
Area 4 PA20-PA29 |52 |123 |2 |15
Area 5 PA30-PA39 |39 |75 |1 |1
Area 6 PA40-PA49 |4 |18 |0 |0
Area 7 PA60-PA69 |1 |3 |0 |0
Area 8 PA70-PA79 |5 |5 |2 |0
Argyll and Clyde health board |501 |1,274 |30 |70
Table 2: Total numbers of persons registered with cancer and eligible for inclusion in survival analysis<2>, numbers and percentage
alive at five years following diagnosis by site of cancer, geographical area of residence at diagnosis and sex,
Argyll and Clyde Health Board, 1984-89
(A) All malignant neoplasms (ICD-9 140-208<1>)
Males Five years after Females Five years after
diagnosis diagnosis
|Number of |Numbers |Percentage |Number of |Numbers |Percentage
Area of residence at |cases<2> |alive |alive |cases<2> |alive |alive
diagnosis
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |998 |220 |22.0 |1,009 |378 |37.5
Area 2 PA1-PA9 |1,768 |324 |18.3 |1,778 |546 |30.7
Area 3 PA10-PA19 |1,316 |265 |20.1 |1,284 |395 |30.8
Area 4 PA20-PA29 |461 |87 |18.8 |490 |158 |32.3
Area 5 PA30-PA39 |263 |72 |27.5 |269 |95 |35.4
Area 6 PA40-PA49 |30 |8 |26.5 |41 |12 |29.3
Area 7 PA60-PA69 |9 |3 |33.3 |13 |2 |15.4
Area 8 PA70-PA79 |32 |14 |43.8 |35 |15 |42.9
Argyll and Clyde Health Board |4,877 |990 |20.3 |4,919 |1,604 |32.6
<1> Excludes registrations of non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD-9 173).
<2> Excludes
(i) second and subsequent primary tumours in any patient.
(ii) registrations made from death certificates only.
(iii) registrations where the vital status of the patient is unknown.
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(B) Cancer of the large bowel (ICD-9 153+154<>)
Males Five years after Females Five years after
diagnosis diagnosis
|Number of |Numbers |Percentage |Number of |Numbers |Percentage
Area of residence at |cases<2> |alive |alive |cases<2> |alive |alive
diagnosis
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |117 |36 |30.7 |144 |48 |33.6
Area 2 PA1-PA9 |176 |38 |21.8 |226 |59 |26.3
Area 3 PA10-PA19 |133 |40 |30.4 |159 |60 |37.6
Area 4 PA20-PA29 |65 |17 |25.6 |63 |24 |37.8
Area 5 PA30-PA39 |40 |14 |34.2 |48 |16 |32.5
Area 6 PA40-PA49 |4 |1 |25.0 |2 |0 |0.0
Area 7 PA60-PA69 |3 |2 |66.7 |4 |0 |0.0
Area 8 PA70-PA79 |6 |2 |33.3 |9 |2 |22.2
Argyll and Clyde Health Board |544 |150 |27.6 |655 |209 |31.9
<1> Excludes
(i) second and subsequent primary tumours in any patient.
(ii) registrations made from death certificates only.
(iii) registrations where the vital status of the patient is unknown.
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(B) Cancer of the prostate (ICD-9 185) and female breast (ICD-9 174<>)
Males Five years after Females Five years after
diagnosis diagnosis
|Number of |Numbers |Percentage |Number of |Numbers |Percentage
Area of residence at |cases<2> |alive |alive |cases<2> |alive |alive
diagnosis
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |71 |23 |32.0 |267 |154 |57.8
Area 2 PA1-PA9 |155 |45 | 29.2 |375 |214 |57.0
Area 3 PA10-PA19 |121 |30 | 24.8 |295 |151 |51.3
Area 4 PA20-PA29 |45 | 7 | 14.8 |98 |47 |47.6
Area 5 PA30-PA39 |38 |14 | 35.6 |69 |38 |54.5
Area 6 PA40-PA49 |3 |2 | 66.7 |18 |5 |27.8
Area 7 PA60-PA69 |0 |- | - |3 |1 |33.3
Area 8 PA70-PA79 |2 |1 | 50.0 |5 |4 |80.0
Argyll and Clyde Health Board |435 |121 |27.9 | 1,130 |614 |54.3
<1> Excludes
(i) second and subsequent primary tumours in any patient.{text}{end par}
(ii) registrations made from death certificates only.
(iii) registrations where the vital status of the patient is unknown.
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Disabled Living Centres
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all disabled living centres in Scotland; and how much his Department contributes to each of their budgets. [27767]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: There are six disabled living centres in Scotland, situated in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Grangemouth, Inverness, Paisley and St. Andrews. As DLCs are locally based, they are eligible to seek financial support from local statutory agencies. I understand that all six DLCs are funded by either local authorities or health boards.
Prisoners (Suicide)
Mr. Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the numbers of prisoners in Scotland committing acts of suicide and self- harm in each year since 1988. [27675]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Mr. Michael Connarty, dated 14 June 1995:
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your Question relating to the number of prisoners in Scotland committing acts of suicide and self- harm in each year since 1988.
Information and statistics on the number of prisoners who commit acts of self-harm are not available. The table below shows the number of prisoners who have committed suicide, whilst in custody, each year since 1988.
Year |Number --------------------- 1988 |7 1989 |6 1990 |3 1991 |4 1992 |9 1993 |5 1994 |15
A further death in custody in 1994 is subject to the findings of a Fatal Accident Inquiry, which is due to be held later this month.
A1 Steering Group
Mr. John Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many times the A1 steering group has met during the last two years; what were the dates of the meetings; what were the principal items on the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the future of the A1 steering group and his Department's representation on it. [27584]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The A1 steering group has met formally twice in the last two years on 22 February 1994 and 9 March 1995. The agenda covered road safety, traffic growth, progress with the promotion of road improvements, accident investigation and prevention measures and route management. The Government consider that the A1 steering group provides a useful forum and propose to continue to sponsor annual meetings.
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Meat Hygiene Inspectors
Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many meat hygiene inspectors were employed by Scottish local authorities prior to the establishment of the Meat Hygiene Service. [28293]
Sir Hector Monro: A total of 125 meat hygiene inspectors were employed by Scottish local authorities prior to 1 April 1995 when the Meat Hygiene Service came into being.
Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many inspectors are employed in Scotland following the establishment of the Meat Hygiene Service. [28292]
Sir Hector Monro: Currently 112 meat hygiene inspectors are employed in Scotland by the Meat Hygiene Service.
School Meals
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the percentage and number of children receiving (a) free school meals and (b) parentally paid for school meals for the last 10 years. [28440]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested for education authority schools is as follows:
Free meals Paid meals
|Number of |Percentage of|Number of |Percentage
|pupils taking|all pupils |pupils |of all pupils
Year |meals |present |taking meals |present
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1985 |136,669 |18.2 |182,255 |24.2
1986 |136,627 |18.6 |179,868 |24.5
1987 |143,194 |19.6 |186,191 |25.5
1988 |145,219 |19.9 |184,780 |25.3
1989 |105,232 |14.8 |223,456 |31.3
1990 |99,303 |14.1 |230,410 |32.7
1991 |101,915 |14.6 |230,378 |33.0
1992 |107,186 |15.4 |227,740 |32.8
1993 |107,709 |15.7 |238,493 |34.7
1994 |121,479 |16.7 |230,314 |31.7
Source:
Annual school meals census in January of each year.
Local Authority Social Services
Mr. Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will, list for each available year since 1970, the number of cases of assistance by local authority social services departments, showing separately for each year (a) the number of telephone installations, (b) telephone adaptions, (c) telephone rentals paid, (d) installations of other communications equipment, (e) television installations, (f) payment of television licences or rentals, (g) the number of radio sets provided, (h) the number of other personal aids provided, (i) the number of adaptions to property and (j) the number of holidays provided.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The table gives the number of cases of assistance between 1979 and 1993. Complete data prior to 1979 are not available. The categories match as closely as possible to those requested.
Material provision by Scottish Social Work Departments
Number of cases, by year
|Alarm systems |Payment of
|Telephone |installed (with |television |Aids to
Year |Telephone |attachments |Telephone |and without |Television |licences or |Radio sets |daily |Adaptations |Holidays
Ended |installations |installed |rentals paid |speech) |installations |rentals |provided |living |to property |provided
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979 |864 |n/a |1,975 |n/a |<1>19 |2,796 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
1980 |817 |n/a |2,179 |n/a |<1>12 |3,316 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
1981 |674 |n/a |2,993 |n/a |<1>54 |3,874 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
1982 |490 |n/a |2,682 |n/a |<1>301 |3,885 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
1983 |526 |n/a |2,016 |n/a |<1>56 |3,378 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
1984 |674 |n/a |2,032 |n/a |0 |870 |n/a |<2>4,110 |<2>19,387 |2,000
1985 |751 |n/a |2,140 |n/a |<1>29 |51 |n/a |<2>47,326 |21,276 |2,733
1986<3> |733 |123 |2,233 |<4>4,215 |35 |235 |117 |<2>46,602 |19,510 |3,406
1987<5> |833 |163 |4,486 |<6>4,186 |27 |1,810 |89 |<7>48,127 |19,328 |2,741
1988<5> |913 |192 |2,013 |<6>2,261 |33 |9,365 |89 |<7>55,810 |21,418 |3,121
1989<5> |372 |106 |1,294 |<8>5,762 |4 |9,945 |47 |<9>26,064 |11,022 |1,088
1990<10> |508 |158 |1,249 |7,263 |2 |10,248 |13 |<11>28,894 |<11>12,556 |<11>1,285
1991<12> |350 |308 |1,116 |<14>4,280 |3 |11,637 |81 |<13>37,832 |<13>12,550 |1,392
1992<15> |394 |123 |276 |5,950 |6 |5,036 |104 |55,614 |31,304 |1,300
1993<16> |346 |226 |288 |6,718 |1 |4,976 |81 |45,692 |28,910 |1,116
<1> Includes radio.
<2> Lothian figures for 1983.
<3> Strathclyde figures use 1985 figures for Glasgow.
<4> Excludes Strathclyde and Tayside.
<5> Strathclyde figures are for 1986.
<6> Excludes Strathclyde.
<7> Lothian figure estimated.
<8> Excludes Shetland.
<9> Lothian figures are for clients rather than cases.
<10> Excludes Strathclyde, and Central and Orkney figures for 1989.
<11> Lothian figures are for 1989, and adaptions and holidays figures are for West Lothian only.
<12> Excludes Strathclyde, and Borders figures for 1990.
<13> Lothian figures are for 1989 and the adaptations figure is for West Lothian only.
<14> Lothian figures are for 1990.
<15> Excludes Strathclyde and uses 1990 figures for Borders and 1991 figures for Fife.
<16> Excludes Strathclyde and Borders, and uses 1992 figures for Lothian.
Disabled People
Mr. Alfred Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure on personal social services for disabled people in each year since 1970. [28204]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Information from 1980 to 1993 is available and is listed in the table. Figures are at cash value.
Identifiable Gross
Expenditure by local
authorities on
personal
social services for
disabled people:
1980-1993
|£000
----------------------
1992-93 |51,778
1991-92 |43,059
1990-91 |36,971
1989-90 |33,011
1988-89 |15,363
1987-88 |14,090
1986-87 |13,232
1985-86 |13,036
1984-85 |12,209
1983-84 |10,085
1982-83 |4,988
1981-82 |4,436
1980-81 |4,408
1979-80 |3,203
GP Fundholders
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the payment of management allowances to general practitioner fundholders. [29147]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Payments of management allowances are made to fundholding practices to reimburse the additional costs incurred in directly managing National Health Service resources on behalf of their patients. Sections 87A to 87C of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 enable fundholders to receive an allotted sum determined in such manner and by reference to such factors as the Secretary of State may direct. Payments to fundholders for the sole purpose of management expenses should have been specified within the fundholding regulations. Amending regulations will be laid before Parliament shortly. Extra-statutory management allowance payments made in the period 1990 91 to 1994 95, estimated at around £9 million, and any subsequent payments made from 1 April 1995 until the statutory position is regularised have now been authorised.
Railway Restructuring, Strathclyde
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what provision he is making for the additional costs being incurred by Strathclyde regional council and Strathclyde passenger transport executive as a result of the restructuring of the railways. [29148]
Mr. Lang: A special grant report has been laid before the House today for the payment of grant in 1995 96 to Strathclyde regional council. The purpose of the grant is to provide support to SRC for the additional costs falling to be met by it in the financial year 1995 96 for the railway passenger services provided by British Rail to Strathclyde passenger transport executive arising from the restructuring of railways in Great Britain in accordance with the Railways Act 1993.
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DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Upper Limb Disorders
Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants have taken legal action against each Department and agency as a result of work-related upper limb disorders for each year since 1990. [28117]
Mr. Horam: This information is not held centrally.
Charters (Compensation)
Mr. Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much the state has paid each year in compensation under the terms of each charter since their inception; how many claims for compensation have been made; and how many have resulted in a payment being made. [27560]
Mr. Horam: Information concerning compensation paid under the terms of each charter is not held centrally. However, Departments have provided the following figures:
Table 1: Passenger's Charter
£000
|Season ticket
Year |discounts |Compensation |Total
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1992-93 |85 |1,850 |1,900
1993-94 |2,400 |2,300 |4,700
1994-95 |200 |3,300 |3,500
No figure is available for the number of claims.
Season ticket discounts are made where train operating units have failed to meet its punctuality and reliability targets over a given period of time. Compensation is given as a result of claims concerning single journeys.
Table 2: London Underground Customer's Charter
|Compensation paid
Year |Claims made |£000
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August 1992 to March 1993 |23,763 |56
1993-94 |142,071 |329
1994-95 |252,692 |553
Table 3: Taxpayer's Charter
|Amount paid
Year |Claims |£000
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1991-92 |286 |339
1992-93 |743 |389
1993-94 |800 |418
1994-95 |1,107 |407
Inland Revenue does not centrally collect statistics on the total number of claims made; the figures given are for claims which resulted in payment. The Inland Revenue also gives other forms of financial redress for its mistakes or delays in handling taxpayers' affairs, by, for example deciding not to collect tax or interest which would otherwise be properly due under tax law.
Table 4: Northern Ireland Rail Passenger's Charter
|Number of |Amount paid
Year |claims |£000
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1 January 1993-31 December 1993 |291 |1.5
1 January 1994-31 December 1994 |728 |2.0
1 January 1995-31 March 1995 |418 |1.4
Totals |1,437 |4.8
Table 5: Northern Ireland Bus Passenger's Charter
|Complimentary
|Number of |Amount |ticket value
Year of charter |incidents |£000 |£000
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1 April 1992- 31 March 1993 |320 |0.3 |0.3
1 April 1993- 31 March 1994 |340 |0.5 |0.4
1 April 1994- 1 March 1995 |432 |0.6 |0.5
1 April 1995- 9 June 1995 |77 |0.3 |0.3
Totals |1,169 |1.7 |1.5
Table 6: The Traveller's Charter
|Number of |Compensation paid
Year |cases |£000
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January 1992-March 1992 |37 |2.7
April 1992-March 1993 |86 |6.4
April 1993-March 1994 |96 |11.4
April 1994-March 1995 |91 |5.1
April 1995-May 1995 |15 |1.0
In addition, Departments have a number of arrangements for paying compensation which are not directly linked to charters. These include the Department of Social Security's special payments arrangements set up in 1977. Figures are not yet available for 1994 95. However, in 1993 94, the Benefits Agency paid £3,143,491 in 7,631 compensation cases under these arrangements; the Contributions Agency paid out a total of £5,644 for seven cases.
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