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Cancelled Operations
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library figures (a) by district health board and (b) overall, of the number of operations cancelled on the day of, or the day after, admission to hospital, and the number of those patients not readmitted within a month, for each quarter of 1995-96 and the first two quarters of 1996-97, as available. [11620]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Information on cancellations of operations following admission is not held centrally at the level of detail requested. Total figures for cancellations of planned admissions for in-patient and day case treatment are given in the table. Information on cancellations of hospital admissions is published annually in the NHS in Scotland annual report, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
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| 1995-96 | 1996-97 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | September | December | March | June | September | |
| Argyll and Clyde | 42 | 43 | 63 | 71 | 89 | 146 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 56 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 64 |
| Borders | 50 | 41 | 17 | 46 | 54 | 55 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 26 |
| Fife | 79 | 89 | 129 | 197 | 216 | 220 |
| Forth Valley | 20 | 19 | 30 | 29 | 19 | 35 |
| Grampian | 232 | 306 | 259 | 194 | 311 | 305 |
| Greater Glasgow | 350 | 406 | 355 | 510 | 637 | 672 |
| Highland | 149 | 191 | 134 | 245 | 243 | 181 |
| Lanarkshire | 40 | 57 | 61 | 86 | 57 | 85 |
| Lothian | 280 | 383 | 335 | 623 | 607 | 589 |
| Orkney | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Shetland | 6 | 4 | - | -- | 8 | 9 |
| Tayside | 91 | 146 | 132 | 267 | 123 | 125 |
| Western Isles | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Scotland | 1,397 | 1,723 | 1,569 | 2,333 | 2,436 | 2,514 |
(31) The figures for 1995-96 cover the 7 key specialties of general surgery, ENT surgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, urology, gynaecology and plastic surgery, which comprise around 90 per cent. of admissions from waiting lists.
(32) The figures for 1996-97 are provisional and include data for all specialties.
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Staff
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for his Department and each of its executive agencies the number of staff employed in grades 1 to 7. [12180]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The number of staff employed at grade 7 and above is shown in the table:
| Unified grade | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group | SCS(33) | Grade 6 | Grade 7 |
| SO Core | 143.7 | 162.0 | 334.2 |
| Historic Scotland | 2.7 | 5.0 | 22.4 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | 1.0 | 4.0 | 17.0 |
| Scottish Agricultural Science Agency | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11.6 |
| Scottish Office Pensions Agency | -- | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Scottish Office total (excluding SPS) | 149.4 | 174.0 | 388.2 |
| Scottish Prisons Service(34) | 7 | -- | 3 |
(33) SCS = Senior Civil Service.
(34) SPS figures available as headcount only.
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Local Partnership Management Boards
Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will ensure that hon. Members are represented by right on local partnership management boards set up under the priority partnership areas arrangements. [12428]
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Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: This is a matter for decision by the board concerned. The hon. Member should make his representation to it.
Skye Bridge
Mr. Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the total recorded traffic flow figures over the Skye bridge during those toll-free days during the recent Christmas and new year holidays;
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if he will provide typical average figures for non-holiday mid-week days during December and January; and if he will make a statement. [12393]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Figures provided by the operators of the Skye bridge show that 567 vehicles crossed the bridge on Christmas days 1996 and 943 on new year's day 1997, including vehicles exempt from paying tolls. The average daily number of vehicles crossing on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on non-holiday weeks between 3 December 1996 and 16 January 1997 was 1,036, including vehicles exempt from paying tolls.