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Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: The number of confirmed cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Scotland is as follows: 1986: 0
1987: 7
1988: 54
1989: 208
1990: 486
1991: 808
1992: 1,850
1993: 2,208
1994: 1,324
1995 : 253
To 30 June.
BSE was first identified in November 1986 and information on the incidence of the disease prior to that date is not available.
Animal Diseases
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Soctland how many cases of peste des petits ruminants occurred in each year since 1985. [32286]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: There have been no cases of peste des petits ruminants in Scotland since 1985.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of contagious equine metritis occurred in each year since 1985. [32304]
Mr. Robertson: There has been only one case of contagious equine metritis recorded in Scotland since 1985. This occurred in 1990.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will show, by type, the number of cases of fowl pest in each year since 1985. [32292]
Mr. Robertson: No cases of fowl pest--avian influenza or Newcastle disease--have been reported in Scotland since 1985.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease occurred in each year since 1985. [32283]
Mr. Robertson: No cases of epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease have been recorded in Scotland since 1985.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of African horse sickness occurred in each year since 1985. [32301]
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Mr. Robertson: African horse sickness has never been reported in Scotland.
A74
Mr. Maxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Government has changed the penalties to be applied for failing to meet contractual obligations on the contract to upgrade the A74 between Eaglesfield and Kirkpatrick Fleming to motorway standard. [32713]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The application of liquidated damages, which are not penalties, are being applied strictly in accordance with their purpose in the contract.
The liquidated damages provisions relate to two parts of the works. Those provisions related to the southern section, which can be open to traffic as and when it is ready, remain unchanged. Those related to the northern section, which cannot be open to traffic until the adjacent contract is complete, are now no longer relevant. Their purpose was to cover the Secretary of State against any claim by the adjacent contractor for delay in handing over the northern section which is necessary to provide access for him to construct his adjacent section. The adjacent contractor has now waived all such claims against the Secretary of State as he is now acting as sub-contractor to Castelli-Girola for the northern section. Consequently, there is now no justification for the application of liquidation damages against Castelli-Girola by the Secretary of State for the northern section.
Mr. Maxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the progress of the project to upgrade the A74 between Eaglesfield and Kirkpatrick Fleming to motorway standard; and what penalties have been applied to Castelli-Girola for failing to meet their contractual obligations on this project. [32712]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The southern section of the works that should have been open to traffic at the end of last year has now been granted a partial substantial completion certificate and is open to traffic. This section of the works is subject to the deduction of liquidated damages for failure to deliver the road in due time. The extent of the damages will be determined by the contract and will be subject to any contractually agreed extensions of time.
Mr. Maxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the costs to public funds of the delays in the work to upgrade the A74 between Eaglesfield and Kirkpatrick to motorway standard. [32714]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The delays in completing the upgrade of the A74 Eaglesfield to Kirkpatrick Fleming section to motorway standard has not caused any additional public expenditure; nor have public funds suffered any loss.
Citylink Development
Mr. McFall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on public funds provided to Citylink Developments since 1980; and if he will list the conditions attached to such funding. [32855]
Mr. Kynoch: Citylink Developments received assistance from the Scottish Development Agency. The provision of that assistance is now an operational matter
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for Scottish Enterprise. I have asked the chairman of Scottish Enterprise to write to the hon. Member.Constituency Boundaries
Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 22 November, Official Report , columns 112 13 , if he is now in a position to list the names for the 72 Scottish parliamentary constituencies as proposed by the boundary commission and the names of the new local authority areas which each constituency will be part of from April 1996. [33705]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information is as follows:
|Comprising part of
|new local
Proposed |authority from April
constituency |1996
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen Central |City of Aberdeen
Aberdeen North |City of Aberdeen
Aberdeen South |City of Aberdeen
Airdrie and Shotts |North Lanarkshire
Angus |Angus/City of Dundee/Perthshire
| and Kinross
Argyll and Bute |Argyll and Bute
Ayr |South Ayrshire
Banff and Buchan |Aberdeenshire
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter |Highland
Ross
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon |East Ayrshire/South Ayrshire
Valley
Central Fife |Fife
Clydebank and Milngavie |Dumbarton and Clydebank/East
|Dumbartonshire
Clydesdale |South Lanarkshire
Coatbridge and Chryston |East Dumbartonshire/North
| Lanarkshire
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |North Lanarkshire
Cunninghame North |North Ayrshire
Cunninghame South |North Ayrshire
Dumbarton |Argyll and Bute/Dumbarton and
| Clydebank
Dumfries |Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee East |City of Dundee
Dundee West |City of Dundee
Dunfermline East |Fife
Dunfermline West |Fife
East Kilbride |South Lanarkshire
East Lothian |East Lothian
Eastwood |East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh Central |City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |East Lothian/City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh North and Leith |City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Pentlands |City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh South |City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh West |City of Edinburgh
Falkirk East |Falkirk
Falkirk West |Falkirk
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale |Dumfries and Galloway
Glasgow Anniesland |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Baillieston |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Cathcart |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Govan |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Kelvin |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Maryhill |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Pollok |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Rutherglen |City of Glasgow/South
| Lanarkshire
Glasgow Shettleston |City of Glasgow
Glasgow Springburn |City of Glasgow
Gordon |Aberdeenshire/Moray
Greenock and Inverclyde |Inverclyde
Hamilton North and Bellshill |North Lanarkshire/South
| Lanarkshire
Hamilton South |South Lanarkshire
Inverness East, Nairn and |Highland
Lochaber
Kilmarnock and Loudon |East Ayrshire
Kirkcaldy |Fife
Linlithgow |West Lothian
Livingston |West Lothian
Midlothian |Midlothian
Moray |Moray
Motherwell and Wishaw |North Lanarkshire
North East Fife |Fife
North Tayside |Angus/Perthshire and Kinross
Ochil |Clackmannanshire/Perthshire and
| Kinross/Stirling
Orkney and Shetland |Orkney Islands/Shetland Islands
Paisley North |Renfrewshire
Paisley South |Renfrewshire
Perth |Perthshire and Kinross
Ross, Skye and Inverness West |Highland
Roxburgh and Berwickshire |The Scottish Borders
Stirling |Stirling
Strathkelvin and Bearsden |East Dunbartonshire
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale |Midlothian/The Scottish Borders
West Aberdeenshire and |Aberdeenshire
Kincardine
Western Isles |Western Isles
West Renfrewshire |Inverclyde/Renfrewshire
Cardiac Mortality
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cardiac mortality rate for each year since 1989; and if he will provide a breakdown by health authority area in Scotland. [33327]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is given in the table.
Death rates for heart disease<1> per 100,000 population for each health
board area, 1989-94
|1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994<2>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scotland |416 |390 |385 |380 |391 |349
Health Board Areas
Argyll and Clyde |421 |393 |400 |401 |414 |356
Ayrshire and Arran |419 |438 |398 |396 |428 |386
Borders |474 |421 |444 |412 |391 |372
Dumfries and Galloway |489 |459 |419 |427 |420 |403
Fife |414 |393 |403 |386 |381 |358
Forth Valley |394 |361 |358 |383 |359 |331
Grampian |370 |342 |320 |325 |339 |301
Greater Glasgow |455 |414 |416 |399 |421 |376
Highland |399 |382 |353 |364 |355 |325
Lanarkshire |392 |355 |371 |367 |375 |350
Lothian |376 |356 |363 |345 |351 |307
Orkney |461 |567 |399 |462 |420 |363
Shetland |410 |339 |324 |283 |420 |319
Tayside |453 |432 |419 |427 |452 |376
Western Isles |553 |500 |510 |419 |486 |423
<1> World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (Ninth
Revision) codes 390-429.
<2> Provisional.
Home Office Road Traffic Forms
Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of forms
HORT-1 issued for the years (a) 1993 and (b) 1994; and if he will provide a breakdown by individual police force in
Scotland. [33369]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: This information is not available.
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Consultants
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which firms of consultants employed by his Department over the last year have been paid more than £1,000 per day. [33873]
Mr. Michael Forsyth: The information requested is currently not held centrally and is therefore not available. Steps are, however, being taken to establish a central record of such information.
Cupar Sheriff Court
Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary for Scotland (1) what sums have been spent in maintenance and refurbishment of Cupar sheriff court in each of the last 10 years for which information is available; [32661]
(2) when a review was last carried out of the existing facilities at Cupar sheriff court; and what proposals there are for upgrading them. [32662]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 11 July 1995]: The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish court service. I have asked its chief executive, Michael Ewart, to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Michael Ewart to Mr. Menzies Campbell, dated 12 July 1995:
The Secretary of State for Scotland has asked me to reply to your questions about how much was spent in the last 10 years on maintenance and refurbishment at Cupar Sheriff Court; when a review was last carried out of the facilities there; and what proposals there are for upgrading them.
Responsibility for arranging maintenance and refurbishment of courthouses prior to 1 April 1992 lay with the Property Services Agency and I regret that we do not have detailed expenditure figures readily available before that date. However, expenditure at Cupar since then was as follows:
1992 93: £15,000
1993 94: £4,000
1994 95: £20,000
The facilities at all Courthouses are constantly kept under review. Projects are initiated to solve particular problems as resources allow. We recently improved the prisoner interview and toilet facilities at Cupar to assist the local police and we do not have further major plans to develop the facilities at Cupar at this stage.
Court Services Salaries
Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the current salaries of (a) sheriffs, (b) sheriffs principal, (c) senators of the College of Justice, (d) the Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session and (e) the Lord Justice Clerk. [32666]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 11 July 1995]: The current annual salaries are (a) £72,524, (b) £85,241, (c) £98, 957 (outer house) and £110,137 (inner house), (d) £114,874 and (e) £114,137.
Farming Employment
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were employed in Scottish farming in each of the years 1990 91, 1991 92, 1992 93, 1993 94 and 1994 95. [33539]
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Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 11 July 1995]: The figures requested are set out in the table.
Year |Number employed in
|Scottish farming
---------------------------------------------------------
1990 |62,650
1991 |61,061
1992 |60,146
1993 |58,778
1994 |59,942
The figures are obtained from the annual June agricultural census and relate to main holdings. The numbers include total regular staff full and part-time, casual staff, occupiers working on farms and occupiers' spouses also working on farms. Figures for 1995 are not yet available.
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many fatalities there have been among those employed in Scottish farming in each of the years 1990 91, 1991 92, 1992 93, 1993 94 and 1994 95; [33541]
(2) how many people employed in Scottish farming have been injured in each of the years 1990 91, 1991 92, 1992 93, 1993 94 and 1994 95. [33540]
Mr. Robertson [holding answer 11 July 1995]: The information on injuries and fatalities among those employed in Scottish farming as reported to the Health and Safety Executive is set out in the table.
|Number of |Number of
Year |injuries |fatalities
--------------------------------------------
1990-91 |216 |9
1991-92 |195 |6
1992-93 |223 |4
1993-94 |193 |8
Note:
The table shows injuries and fatalities
reported to the HSE and to local
authorities covering agriculture and
horticulture. The HSE gets to know of
virtually all workplace deaths but it is
known that non-fatal injuries are subject
to under-reporting; the extent of
under-reporting may be considerable so the
figures need to be interpreted in this
light. Figures for 1994-95 are not yet
available.
Road Accidents (Children)
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by region the number of school children killed or injured on roads in the latest available year. [33309]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 11 July 1995]: The information requested is given in the following table.
Child casualties of school age (five to 16 years), by region
and
severity, 1994
Region |Fatal |Serious|Slight |Total
--------------------------------------------------------------
Borders |1 |15 |77 |93
Central |1 |59 |143 |203
Dumfries and Galloway |- |32 |60 |92
Fife |- |47 |151 |198
Grampian |7 |49 |265 |321
Highland |- |35 |102 |137
Lothian |3 |117 |504 |624
Strathclyde |13 |516 |1,400 |1,929
Tayside |3 |82 |280 |365
Orkney |- |5 |3 |8
Shetland |- |- |8 |8
Western Isles |1 |6 |17 |24
Scotland |29 |963 |3,010 |4,002
Sewerage Services
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what subsidy will be provided to each of the three new Scottish sewerage authorities to cover the costs of sewerage services in the years 1996 97, 1997 98 and 1998 99. [33312]
Mr. Kynoch [holding answer 11 July 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Ayr (Mr. Gallie) on 15 June, Official Report , column 679 . The new public water and sewerage authorities will not receive a subsidy as such from the Government for the services they provide. In recognition of the change in financing of domestic sewerage, however, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will make regulations to reduce charges for domestic sewerage in 1996 97. He will give grant to the authorities to compensate for the income forgone. The amount of grant will be determined later this year, and the full charges will be phased in over a period of time.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Training for Work
Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will publish a breakdown by TEC administrative area showing the amount of spending on training for work as a percentage of TEC spending as a whole. [32365]
Mr. Paice: Information on Training and Enterprise Council spend, by programme, is not held centrally. Information is available on what the Department has paid to TECs under their contract. However, this does not equate to TEC spend; TECs may also spend funds obtained from sources other than the Department contract and from their own reserve.
Workstart
Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many of the people who participated in the original workstart pilot programme started in 1993 currently (a) employed with the original employer, (b) employed with another employer, (c) in training or education and (d) unemployed. [32366]
Mr. Forth: Approximately one third of the participants in the original workstart pilots are still on programme and therefore employed with the original employer. Destinations of participants who have left the programme will be obtained from a follow-up survey which is due to report in November 1995.
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Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what obligation lies on employers in the second phase of workstart pilot schemes to provide training for people taken on. [32368]
Mr. Forth: Employers receiving a workstart subsidy are not required to offer training.
The evaluation of the initial workstart pilots found that nearly two thirds of employers felt new workstart recruits had the necessary skills to undertake the job adequately and they required no more help than would have been otherwise offered to new recruits.
Pamphlets and Mailings
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the (a) pamphlets and (b) mailings which her Department has issued since 22 June giving the subject for each. [33603]
Mr. Robin Squire: The Department has issued the following new brochures and booklets since 22 June:
on education topics:
Final report to the DFE on a national survey of LEA's policies and procedures for the identification of, and provision for, children who are out of school by reason of exclusion or otherwise
GCSE to GCE A/AS--Value Added: Briefing for Schools and Colleges GM ballots: Notes for Parents
Schools Update--Summer Term Issue
Technology Colleges and Language Colleges: Schools for the Future
on employment topics:
Industrial Tribunal Procedure
Guidelines on Training for Offenders
Technical, Vocational and Education Initiative (TVEI): Free Your Potential (Insight 33)
TVEI Briefings No 9
TVEI Report 1994
Adult and Training Strategy (Individual Commitment):
The Tool Kit Guide
Employee Development Schemes
The Tool Kit Summary
Youth Education and Policy:
Modern Apprenticeships--Employers' Leaflet
Equal Opportunities:
Equal Opportunities for Women
Careers Service:
Measuring Satisfaction with the Careers Service
Careers Guidance Performance Indicators for work with Clients with Special Needs
Working Models of Careers Guidance
A Review of Current Literature on the Careers Service
An Evaluation of the Use Made of Careers Service
Useful Products from the Careers Service
Careers Education and Guidance in Schools
Open Learning:
New Perspectives in Modern Language
Attracting small firms to Open Learning
Achieving Flexibility in Training
Open Learning in High Region Libraries
Open Learning Project Report
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