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Sludge, Garrock Head
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what results have been obtained by the marine laboratory in Aberdeen from its survey of sludge dumped at Garrock Head; what evidence of the effect of polychlorinated biphenyls, DDT or Dieldrin in the food chain has been evaluated; what action he has taken or will take to deal with the problems arising; and if he will make a statement. [28100]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department's marine laboratory in Aberdeen regularly monitors contaminant levels at Garroch Head. All results of this monitoring programme are published or are available for public inspection. Fish analyses show that detected levels of contamination are well below internationally agreed limits. The marine laboratory's monitoring programme will continue up to and beyond 1998, when sewage sludge dumping in UK waters will cease.
Ayrshire Child Abuse Case
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the judgment of Sheriff Miller made at Ayr sheriff court on 25 April on the reduction requested by the Scottish Legal Aid Board in the fees charged by lawyers in the Ayrshire child abuse case, insofar as it relates to public money involved. [28296]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Proceedings on 25 April were held in private and details of the decision by Sheriff Miller were made available only to the parties
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to the action. I understand that the chief executive of SLAB will make the decision available to the hon. Member very shortly.
Physiotherapy
Mrs. Ray Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many people qualified as physiotherapists in each year since 1990; [28206]
- (2) which regions no longer provide funding for clinical education placements for physiotherapists. [28207]
(3) how many placements were available for physiotherapy students for each year since 1990. [28208]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: This information is not held centrally.
Mrs. Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many physiotherapists there were in (a) general practices and (b) hospitals, in each health board area, in each of the last two years. [28210]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information available centrally is shown in the tables.
| 1994 | (7)1995 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headcount | Whole time equivalent | Headcount | Whole time equivalent | |
| Total | 1,774 | 1,427.2 | 1,865 | 1,508.9 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 118 | 89.8 | 127 | 100.1 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 138 | 104.3 | 143 | 112.7 |
| Borders | 44 | 33.7 | 42 | 32.5 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 38 | 30.7 | 40 | 30.9 |
| Fife | 121 | 100.5 | 119 | 98.2 |
| Forth Valley | 84 | 69.2 | 88 | 75.8 |
| Grampian | 170 | 123.5 | 183 | 137.1 |
| Greater Glasgow | 374 | 316.5 | 378 | 318.6 |
| Highland | 69 | 58.7 | 72 | 58.4 |
| Lanarkshire | 144 | 117.1 | 162 | 131.4 |
| Lothian | 309 | 253.1 | 333 | 273.0 |
| Orkney | 8 | 5.7 | 8 | 5.6 |
| Shetland | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 7.9 |
| Tayside | 135 | 105.8 | 147 | 116.1 |
| Western Isles | 14 | 10.6 | 14 | 10.6 |
(7) Provisional.
| 1994 | 1995 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headcount | Whole time equivalent | Headcount | Wholetime equivalent | |
| Scotland(8)(9)(10) | 2 | 0.1 | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1 | 0.1 | -- | -- |
| Ayrshire and Arran | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Borders | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Dumfries and Galloway | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Fife | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Forth Valley | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Grampian | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Greater Glasgow | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Highland | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lanarkshire | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lothian | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Orkney | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Shetland | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tayside | 1 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Western Isles | -- | -- | -- | -- |
(8) 1994 data exclude staff in fundholding practices in Fife Health Board.
(9) Data for Grampian Health Board are as at the dates shown, with the exception of those staff in 'live' fundholding practices for whom expenditure was met from the Practice Staff Scheme, for whom data are as at the date on which the practice became 'live'.
(10) As Lothian Health board was unable to supply data as at 1 April 1995, data as at 1 October 1994 have been substituted.
-- = nil.
0.0 = negligible.
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Mrs. Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the current number of physiotherapy vacancies. [28209]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Up-to-date information as requested is not yet available centrally. Information on vacancy levels at 31 March 1996 is being sought from NHS trusts in Scotland.
Local Authority Boundaries
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the local authorities which cover all or part of each of the parliamentary constituencies which will come into existence at the end of the present Parliament. [28711]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information is as follows:
| New Parliamentary constituency | Unitary authority(s) |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen Central | Aberdeen City |
| Aberdeen North | Aberdeen City |
| Aberdeen South | Aberdeen City |
| Airdrie and Shotts | North Lanarkshire |
| Angus | Angus/Dundee City/Perth and Kinross |
| Argyll and Bute | Argyll and Bute |
| Ayr | South Ayrshire |
| Banff and Buchan | Aberdeenshire |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Highland |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | East Ayrshire/South Ayrshire |
| Central Fife | Fife |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | East Dunbartonshire/West Dunbartonshire |
| Clydesdale | South Lanarkshire |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | East Dunbartonshire/North Lanarkshire |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | North Lanarkshire |
| Cunninghame North | North Ayrshire |
| Cunninghame South | North Ayrshire |
| Dumbarton | Argyll and Bute/West Dunbartonshire |
| Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Dundee East | Dundee City |
| Dundee West | Dundee City |
| 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 | City of Edinburgh/East Lothian |
| 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 |
| Galloway 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 Lochaber | Highland |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 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/Perth and Kinross |
| Ochil | Clackmannanshire/Perth and Kinross/Stirling |
| Orkney and Shetland | Orkney Islands/Shetland Islands |
| Paisley North | Renfrewshire |
| Paisley South | Renfrewshire |
| Perth | Perth 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 Kincardine | Aberdeenshire |
| Western Isles | Western Isles |
| West Renfrewshire | Inverclyde/Renfrewshire |
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Speech and Language Therapists
Mrs. Ray Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of speech and language therapists at each grade for spine points 23 to 27 in each of the past five years. [28444]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is not available centrally.
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