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Drift Netting
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next expects to meet representatives of the fishing industry to discuss the subject of drift netting. [8154]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: I have no plans at present to meet representatives of the fishing industry to discuss this matter. As my hon. Friend is aware, there is no drift netting for salmon in Scottish waters.
Food Poisoning
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what research his Department has carried out to identify the reasons for changes in the number of food poisoning cases in Scotland over the last 10 years; and what the results of this research have been. [7430]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Food poisoning is caused by a number of different agents including bacteria and a wide range of research projects have been funded by the Scottish Office over the last 10 years into specific causes of food poisoning such as E. coli 0157, campylobacter and listeria.
Details of projects funded are listed in the Scottish Office Department of Health's health bulletin and Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department's programme of commissioned research and development publication. Research grant holders are encouraged to disseminate research findings as appropriate.
Hospital Waiting Lists
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he collates on the number of in-patients by health board of residence on waiting lists of (a) under one year and (b) one year and over, as at 30 September in each year from 1992 to 1996. [7997]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 6 December 1996]: Information on the number of patients with patients charter guarantees on in-patient waiting lists at 30 September 1994 to 1996 is set out in the following table. Information prior to 1994 was not collected in the form requested.
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996(23) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number waiting less than one year | Number waiting one year or over | Number waiting less than one year | Number waiting one year or over | Number waiting less than one year | Number waiting one year or over | |
| Argyll and Clyde | 4,655 | 405 | 4,020 | 201 | 4,027 | 28 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 3,489 | 98 | 3,268 | 35 | 3,301 | 8 |
| Borders | 1,000 | 4 | 1,005 | 2 | 958 | -- |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,962 | 68 | 1,351 | 29 | 1,137 | -- |
| Fife | 3,403 | 130 | 3,024 | 7 | 3,034 | 14 |
| Forth Valley | 2,276 | 159 | 1,857 | 52 | 1,643 | -- |
| Grampian | 4,122 | 158 | 4,243 | 33 | 4,418 | -- |
| Greater Glasgow | 9,408 | 301 | 9,369 | 382 | 8,818 | 294 |
| Highland | 1,959 | 64 | 2,032 | 38 | 1,828 | 26 |
| Lanarkshire | 5,275 | 127 | 5,975 | 61 | 5,174 | -- |
| Lothian | 7,327 | 29 | 6,591 | 1 | 117 | -- |
| Orkney | 105 | 2 | 111 | -- | 296 | -- |
| Shetland | 161 | 1 | 189 | -- | 296 | -- |
| Tayside | 3,175 | 120 | 3,264 | 16 | 3,420 | -- |
| Western Isles | 299 | 5 | 299 | 7 | 319 | 3 |
| All areas | 48,808 | 1,679 | 46,755 | 868 | 44,336 | 374 |
(22) Patients on in-patient waiting list, with guarantees as outlined in the Patient's Charter. All figures exclude patients waiting for treatment outwith Scotland. The all areas figures include patients resident outwith Scotland and those whose area of residence was not recorded.
(23) Provisional.
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Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he collates on the numbers of out-patients by health board of residence on waiting lists of (a) less than nine weeks and (b) nine weeks and over, as at 30 September in each year from 1992 to 1996. [7998]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 6 December 1996]: There is no centrally held list of patients waiting for out-patient appointments. Information on the number of referrals where a patient waited less than nine weeks, or nine weeks or more, from the initial referral date by health board of residence is set out in the table.
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| Health Board | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 (Provisional) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waited less than nine weeks | Waited more than nine weeks | Waited less than nine weeks | Waited more than nine weeks | Waited less than nine weeks | Waited more than nine weeks | Waited less than nine weeks | Waited more than nine weeks | |
| Argyll and Clyde | 20,325 | 7,574 | 19,485 | 7,995 | 19,303 | 9,116 | 16,701 | 7,454 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 15,013 | 6,811 | 16,918 | 6,394 | 15,851 | 4,712 | 13,236 | 4,262 |
| Borders | 4,403 | 1,301 | 4,786 | 1,061 | 4,528 | 1,214 | 4,664 | 1,610 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,947 | 2,191 | 5,280 | 2,152 | 5,014 | 2,323 | 207 | 78 |
| Fife | 14,217 | 7,469 | 14,940 | 7,405 | 15,998 | 7,714 | 15,436 | 7,850 |
| Forth Valley | 11,002 | 3,763 | 10,965 | 4,241 | 11,148 | 4,141 | 8,919 | 3,097 |
| Grampian | 19,010 | 8,513 | 17,900 | 8,964 | 16,880 | 9,077 | 7,488 | 3,522 |
| Greater Glasgow | 44,528 | 19,866 | 39,930 | 17,381 | 42,242 | 22,271 | 40,170 | 20,858 |
| Highland | 7,923 | 2,957 | 8,455 | 2,780 | 8,928 | 2,523 | 8,795 | 3,114 |
| Lanarkshire | 24,539 | 9,885 | 24,006 | 9,796 | 24,822 | 10,770 | 22,746 | 9,751 |
| Lothian | 33,613 | 10,290 | 33,836 | 11,778 | 34,181 | 11,224 | 20,446 | 6,699 |
| Orkney | 688 | 48 | 666 | 41 | 611 | 59 | 8 | 8 |
| Shetland | 1,001 | 171 | 901 | 253 | 972 | 239 | 841 | 357 |
| Tayside | 21,300 | 5,420 | 21,401 | 7,140 | 22,850 | 7,559 | 21,721 | 8,494 |
| Western Isles | 1,190 | 251 | 1,259 | 508 | 1,410 | 301 | 1,009 | 455 |
| Scotland | 223,699 | 86,510 | 220,728 | 87,889 | 224,738 | 93,243 | 182,387 | 77,609 |
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Staff
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for his department (a) how many people in total are employed, (b) how many of the total number of staff are (i) male and (ii) female and (c) how many (I) men and (II) women are employed on a (1) full-time and (2) part-time basis. [9486]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The numbers of male and female full-time and part-time staff employed in the Scottish Office and it executive agencies at 1 April 1996 are shown in the table.
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff there have been in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies of his Department in each year since 1992. [9618]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The numbers of full-time and part-time permanent and casual staff employed each year since 1992 are shown in the tables.
| Department | Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | ||
| Scottish Office core | 2,128 | 13 | 1,525 | 270 | 3,936 |
| Historic Scotland | 423 | 6 | 135 | 21 | 585 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | 212 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 243 |
| Scottish Agricultural Science Agency | 73 | -- | 52 | 15 | 140 |
| Scottish Office Pensions Agency | 93 | -- | 71 | 11 | 175 |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | 55 | -- | 66 | 4 | 125 |
| Scottish Office total (excl SPS) | 2,984 | 20 | 1,873 | 327 | 5,204 |
| Scottish Prison Service | 3,797 | 114 | 584 | 44 | 4,539 |
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| Department | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | |
| Scottish Office core | 5,012 | 271 | 4,779 | 288 | 4,691 | 289 | 4,054 | 292 | 3,653 | 283 |
| Historic Scotland | 619 | 23 | 631 | 22 | 622 | 28 | 605 | 37 | 558 | 27 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | 215 | 1 | 226 | 1 | 246 | 8 | 235 | 6 | 236 | 7 |
| Scottish Agricultural Science Agency | 135 | 7 | 137 | 10 | 132 | 12 | 136 | 11 | 125 | 15 |
| Scottish Office Pensions Agency(24) | (25)-- | (25)-- | 161 | 7 | 171 | 9 | 156 | 10 | 164 | 11 |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland(24) | (25)-- | (25)-- | (25)-- | (25)-- | (25)-- | (25)-- | 133 | 4 | 121 | 4 |
| Scottish Office total (excl SPS) | 5,981 | 302 | 5,934 | 328 | 5,862 | 346 | 5,319 | 360 | 4857 | 347 |
| Scottish Prison Service | 4,208 | 41 | 4,596 | 58 | 4,464 | 141 | 4,166 | 139 | 4,381 | 158 |
(24) These agencies were only established during the period shown. Prior to their creation date their staffing was counted under the SO Core.
(25) Information not available.
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| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time |
| Scottish Office core | 204 | 38 | 274 | 48 | 132 | 22 | 134 | 19 | 163 | 26 |
| Historic Scotland | 64 | 29 | 52 | 59 | 21 | 10 | 33 | 13 | 95 | 65 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | (27)-- | (27)-- | (27)-- | (27)-- | 7 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 12 |
| Scottish Agricultural Science Agency | 7 | (27)-- | 12 | (27)-- | 8 | (27)-- | 10 | (27)-- | 2 | 1 |
| Scottish Office Pensions Agency | (28)-- | (28)-- | 6 | (27)-- | 11 | (27)-- | 23 | (27)-- | 14 | (27)-- |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | (28)-- | (28)-- | (28)-- | (28)-- | (28)-- | (28)-- | 10 | 1 | 5 | (27)-- |
| Scottish Office total (excl. SPS) | 275 | 67 | 344 | 107 | 179 | 50 | 229 | 53 | 301 | 104 |
| Scottish Prison Service(26) | 8 | (27)-- | 19 | (27)-- | 14 | (27)-- | 41 | (27)-- | (27)-- | 46 |
(26) 1992 data for the Scottish Prison Service is on a full-time equivalent basis. Thereafter it is on a headcount basis.
(27) Information not available.
(28) Nil return.
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