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Self-governing Schools

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 10 December 1996, Official Report, column 154, if he will make a further statement on the tendering exercise resulting in the appointment of Ian Dutton as a consultant on

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self-governing matters; in what manner tenders were invited for this work; how many and which companies applied for the work; what is the (a) value of and (b) duration of the contract under which Mr. Dutton is employed; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's tendering guidelines were complied with. [12140]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: In June 1996 Thomson Partners, a recruitment agency engaged by the Scottish Office, submitted a list of nine possible candidates for this consultancy. Departmental officials interviewed six of those candidates, including Mr. Dutton in August 1996. Four candidates were subsequently invited by officials to tender in writing, on the basis of a one-year contract, renewable by mutual agreement, on a part-time equivalent to a maximum of three days per week. Each was invited to identify a fee as a daily rate, and to submit a plan for the work involved and proposed working methods and priorities.

Mr. Dutton was subsequently appointed on 7 October 1996 on a one-year contract, extendable subject to ministerial approval. Standard Scottish Office terms and conditions for consultancy services apply, together with Scottish Office subsistence rates.

Specialist staff were involved at all stages of this process, and I am satisfied that in all respects the Scottish Office followed the appropriate procedures in this appointment.

Food Poisoning

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate for each health board area in Scotland in 1996 (a) the number of cases of food poisoning and (b) the population resident in the health board areas. [12142]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information is in the tables. The first table indicates notifications of cases of food poisoning to the Common Services Agency for the Scottish health service.

Notifications of food poisoning(32), by health board area; year ending 31 December 1996

	Number
Argyll and Clyde	742
Ayrshire and Arran	401
Borders	286
Dumfries and Galloway	300
Fife	661
Forth Valley	520
Grampian	1,558
Greater Glasgow	1,378
Highland	370
Lanarkshire	1,194
Lothian	1,981
Orkney	32
Shetland	60
Tayside	600
Western Isles	43
Scotland	10,126

(32) Provisional notifications, subject to amendment where a revised diagnosis is subsequently received.

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Estimated population resident in health board areas; as at 30th June 1995(33)

	Number
Argyll and Clyde	432,800
Ayrshire and Arran	377,200
Borders	106,200
Dumfries and Galloway	147,900
Fife	351,600
Forth Valley	273,900
Grampian	532,800
Greater Glasgow	912,500
Highland	208,300
Lanarkshire	561,200
Lothian	764,600
Orkney	19,870
Shetland	23,090
Tayside	395,600
Western Isles	29,040
Scotland	5,136,600

(33) Source:

General Registers' Office (Scotland).

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 6 December 1996, Official Report, column 798, if he will indicate for each health board area in Scotland for each year from 1986 to 1996 the incidence of food poisoning relative to population. [12143]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information in the table shows the rate of food poisoning notifications per 100,000 population by health board over the period. Notifications reflect the health board area of treatment rather than of residence.

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Notifications of Food Poisoning(34)(35)--rate per 100,000 population(30); by health board area; years ending 31 December 1986-1996

	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Argyll and Clyde	98	72	90	103	87	49	38	75	131	146	171
Ayrshire and Arran	44	68	32	48	75	60	92	109	102	118	106
Borders	66	71	129	138	180	219	195	166	223	224	269
Dumfries and Galloway	202	214	176	198	169	127	158	212	229	232	203
Fife	77	81	164	151	158	168	151	156	159	180	188
Forth Valley	75	98	118	110	123	133	177	134	180	150	190
Grampian	133	157	180	213	259	230	310	218	207	332	292
Greater Glasgow	61	58	71	68	81	84	109	80	128	142	151
Highland	82	96	103	170	181	138	164	165	159	157	178
Lanarkshire	50	69	87	93	101	99	140	132	154	170	213
Lothian	162	167	167	158	158	161	206	185	202	213	259
Orkney	0	5	0	10	5	0	91	147	40	75	161
Shetland	67	107	121	122	89	80	168	201	197	108	260
Tayside	73	88	100	115	131	119	136	144	159	139	152
Western Isles	68	30	36	90	181	75	95	88	123	100	148
Scotland	91	99	113	121	132	124	154	140	162	181	197

Notes:

(34) For 1986-1995 confirmed notifications, adjusted for cases where a revised diagnosis is subsequent received. For 1996 provisional notifications, subject to amendment where a revised diagnosis is subsequently received.

(35) Campylobacters included from 1990 onwards.

(36) Rate based on estimated population resident in health board areas, as at 30 June each year. 1996 rates based on 30 June 1995 population, the latest available.

Source:

Common Services Agency.

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Road Building

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 2 December 1996, Official Report, column 551, on the Scottish Office's roads programme, when he expects to be able to announce the programme; and if he will include in his announcement a list of the parliamentary constituencies in which the proposed works lie. [12130]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Scottish Office roads programme, in terms of new starts of schemes costing above £3 million, for 1996-97 and 1997 to 2000 is in the table. The table includes details of the parliamentary constituencies within which the projects lie.

Year	Scheme	Parliamentary constituencies
Current:	M6 DBFO	Dumfries/Clydesdale
1996-1997	M8 Newbridge Interchange	Livingston
	A9 Logie Easter	Ross, Cromarty and Skye
	M90 Halbeath Interchange	Dunfermline East
	A96 Blackburn/Kintore Bypass	Gordon
	A830 Loch nan Uamh-Polnish Bridge	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
1997-2000	M8 DBFO	Monklands west/Monklands east/Motherwell north
	A828 Creagan Bridge	Argyll and Bute
	A75 The Glen	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
	A1 Haddington-Dunbar	East Lothian
	M80 DBFO	Monklands west/Cumbernauld and Kilsyth/Falkirk west
	M77 Floak-Fenwick	Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 2 December 1996, Official Report, column 551, if he will list the parliamentary constituencies within which the roads projects undertaken by his Department over the past five years lie. [12131]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The motorways and trunk roads projects which were completed by the Scottish Office national roads directorate between 1991-92 and 1995-96, including the name of the parliamentary constituency in which each project, or the greater part of its length, lies, are in the table:

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Motorways and trunk roads completed 1991-92 to 1995-96.

Year	Scheme completed	Parliamentary constituency
1991-92	A87 Dornie Bypass	Ross, Cromarty and Skye
	A9 Dornoch Firth Bridge	Ross, Cromarty and Skye/Caithness and Sutherland
	A77 Bennane Hill Bypass	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Walley
	A82 Luss Bypass	Dumbarton
	A75 Carrutherstown-Hetland	Dumfries
	M74 Millbank-Nether Abington	Clydesdale
	A7 Dalkeith Bypass	Midlothian
	A76 Cumnock/Auchinleck Bypass	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
	M74 Maryville--West of Fullerton Road (Advance Works)	Glasgow Shettleston/Hamilton/ Motherwell north
1992-93	M80 Stepps Bypass	Monklands west/Glasgow Springburn
	M74 Gretna-Kirkpatrick Fleming	Dumfries
	A1 Tower-Dunglass	Roxburgh and Berwickshire
	A96 Nairn Railway Bridge	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
	M74 Elvanfoot-Paddy's Rickle Bridge	Clydesdale
	A9 Greenloaning--Blackford	Perth and Kinross
1993-94	M8 St. James Interchange	Paisley north
	A92 Bankhead Interchange	Central Fife
	A929 Tarbrax-Forfar	North Tayside
	M74 Nether Abington--Elvanfoot	Clydesdale
	A96 Bucksburn Diversion	Aberdeen north
	A1(T) Marshall Meadows Improvement Extension	Roxburgh and Berwickshire
	A9 Broombill--Logie Easter	Ross, Cromarty and Skye
	A94 Brechin Bypass (Dualling)	Angus east
1994-95	M74 Maryville--West Of Fullarton Road	Glasgow Shettleston/Hamilton/ Motherwell north
	M74 Muirhouse--Water Of Milk	Dumfries
	M74 Dinwoodie Green--Muirhouse	Dunfries
	M74 Water Of Milk--Ecclefechan	Dumfries
	M74 Eaglefield--Kirkpatrick Fleming	Dumfries
	A830 Eaglesfield--Kirkpatrick Fleming	Dumfries
	A803 Morar Bypass	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
	M74 Cleuchbrae-Dinwoodie Green	Dumfries
	M74 Ecclefechan-Eaglesfield Ph 1	Dumfries
1995-96	M8 Newbridge-Edinburgh	Livingston/Edinburgh Pentlands
	A87 Skye Bridge Approach Roads	Ross, Cromarty and Skye
	A96 Lhanbryde Bypass	Moray
	M74 Eaglesfield-Ecclefechan Ph 2	Dumfries

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