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Cycling Accidents (Children)
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children received head injuries in cycling accidents in each of the past five years. [38236]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: This information is not held centrally.
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children (a) died and (b) were injured in cycling accidents in each of the past five years. [38235]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The number of child cyclists reported to have been killed or injured in road accidents in Scotland is set out in the table.
| Year | Fatalities | Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3 | 545 |
| 1992 | 7 | 532 |
| 1993 | 6 | 462 |
| 1994 | 4 | 625 |
| 1995 | 3 | 547 |
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Medical Teaching and Research
Lady Olga Maitland: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total allocation for 1996-97 in respect of general practice teaching and research in Scotland broken down by medical school. [38605]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information is set out in the table.
| Medical school | £ |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 242,700 |
| Dundee | 267,700 |
| Edinburgh | 411,700 |
| Glasgow | 398,200 |
| Total | 1,320,300 |
Cold Weather Payments
Sir David Steel: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Bellwin scheme of financial assistance for extreme cold weather will be activated for the Scottish borders; and what factors underlie the delay in activating the scheme. [38477]
Mr. Kynoch: A decision on this will be reached shortly.
Conveyancing
Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to update the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874; and if he will make a statement. [38858]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The provisions of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874 are amended from time to time. Further amendment may be required in the light of the Scottish Law Commission's work on the abolition of the feudal system. The Government are committed to completing the reform of the feudal system and will give careful consideration to further action in this area once the commission's report and recommendations have been received.
Road Signs
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects redundant road signing along the M74-A74 marking road works completed along this stretch of road to be removed. [38632]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The remaining redundant signing along the M74-A74 is due to be removed at the completion of the maintenance period at the end of October 1996.
Highlands and Islands
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of objective 1 supported projects in each local enterprise company area within the highlands and islands and the value to date of the projects which have been approved. [38305]
Mr. Michael Forsyth: The information requested appears in the table.
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| LEC | Number of ESF/ERDF projects | Total European Social Fund and European regional development fund approved (£ million) |
|---|---|---|
| Argyll and the Islands | 98 | 10.2 |
| Moray Badenoch and Strathspey | 49 | 4.3 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 65 | 7.5 |
| Inverness and Nairn | 25 | 4.9 |
| Lochaber | 43 | 7.9 |
| Orkney | 48 | 3.4 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 37 | 6.9 |
| Shetland | 93 | 6.2 |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 43 | 3.4 |
| Western Isles | 91 | 19.7 |
| Pan Highlands and Islands | 277 | 28.2 |
The pan-highlands and islands category includes all projects which cover two or more LEC areas. Information is given about the value of European social fund and European regional development fund grants approved because firm information on total project value becomes available only when project claims are submitted.
Mr. Wallace:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many projects approved before 1 March by the project programme management committee of the highlands and islands partnership programme have not yet been started; and if he will make a statement. [38306]
Mr. Forsyth:
Eight hundred European regional development fund and European social fund projects had been approved by the Secretary of State before 1 March 1996. One hundred have not submitted claims. However, in some cases where claims have been submitted the claim may be for preparatory work, such as professional fees, rather than for physical work on the project; and in some cases where no claim has yet been submitted the project may have started.
The precise information which the hon. Member seeks is in the process of being collected from project sponsors, in order to assist the management of the programme. It is expected to be available in the autumn; and I shall write to the hon. Member when it has been received.
Ms Roseanna Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 8 July, Official Report, column 53, about mechanisms in place at the Books of Council and Session, what is his definition of an appropriate court. [38795]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
Schedule 8, rule 3 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 defines the court(s) with jurisdiction to hear a case. Once judgment has been made or entered in that court, that court is the appropriate court to issue the certificate of judgment in terms of section 18(2) of the said Act.
Ms Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 8 July, Official Report, column 54, about numbers of English certificates of money provisions registered with the Books of Council and Session, for each year 1990 to 1995 and for the first six months of 1996, how many of the certificates were
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granted in actions which arose out of consumer contracts falling within the terms of schedule 8, rule 3 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982. [38796]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
The form of the certificate of judgment is provided for in schedule 6, rule 4 and schedule 7, rule 4 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982. In neither case is it necessary for the certificate to state the cause of the action. The information requested cannot, therefore, be provided from the face of the register and the Keeper has neither the locus nor the means to look behind the ex facie terms of a certificate presented for registration.
Mr. Chisholm:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 17 July, Official Report, column 589, concerning information technology functions, if he will give itemised costs of individual projects exceeding £500,000 during the period 1991-92 to 1996-97; and what assessments he has made of the benefits to the NHS in Scotland of each of these individual projects. [38888]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Steen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the agencies for which his Department is responsible indicating for each the costs incurred for printing (a) all publications and (b) the annual report in the last available year. [38669]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
The information requested is given in the table. All costs are based on outturns for 1995-96.
| Agency | Cost of printing | |
|---|---|---|
| All publications(31) £ | Annual report £ | |
| Scottish Prison Service | 10,064 | 6,000 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | 21,341 | 7,228 |
| Historic Scotland | (32)479,316 | 9,753 |
| Scottish Agricultural Science Agency | 18,491 | 5,585 |
| Scottish Office Pensions Agency | (33)59,190 | 5,721 |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | (34)121,896 | 4,032 |
| Registers of Scotland | 55,443 | 17,398 |
| Scottish Record Office | 6,000 | 2,007 |
| Scottish Court Service | (35)6,399 | (34)n/a |
(31) Includes the cost of the annual report.
(32) Includes the cost of printing guidebooks, events programmes, promotional leaflets, etc.
(33) Includes the cost of information booklets.
(34) Includes scheme literature and forms.
(35) The Scottish Court Service became an agency on 1 April 1995 and therefore the cost of the first report (1995-96) will be incurred in 1996-97.
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Licences
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the licences issued by his Department; for what purpose they are issued; and what are the administrative costs for each. [38677]
Mr. Kynoch: The Scottish Office is responsible for administering the following two licensing arrangements:
The registration of residential schools providing care. This is a statutory requirement which acts as an effective control over proprietors and managers of establishments providing a significant degree of care to young and/or vulnerable children.
Yearly approval of adoption societies. This is a statutory requirement for adoption societies to be approved by the Secretary of State on a yearly basis.
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