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Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the PFI projects in NHS provisions which (a) have been completed, (b) are currently under construction (c) have been approved by his Department and (d) have been submitted to his Department and are a awaiting approval. [14614]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The PFI projects which fall into these categories and on which information is held by the Department are listed. In addition there are other smaller projects developed on the same principles which fall within trust and health board delegated limits and for which information is not held centrally.

Projects completed

Health board/NHS trust	Project description
Law Hospital NHS trust	Provision and operation of a hospital information system
Edinburgh Healthcare NHS trust	Provision of 60 bed nursing home (Ferryfield house)
Ayrshire and Arran health board (Irvine)	Provision of 90 elderly care beds
Ayrshire and Arran health board (Irvine)	Provision of 90 elderly care beds
Lanarkshire health board (Bellshill)	Provision of 90 elderly care beds
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS trust	SMAC analysis
Grampian health board	Provision of 25 beds for mentally ill at Spynie hospital
Greater Glasgow health board (Darnley)	Provision of 120 elderly care beds
Greater Glasgow health board (Ruchill)	Provision of 120 elderly care beds
Greater Glasgow health board (Rutherglen)	Provision of 180 elderly care beds
Greater Glasgow health board (Shettleston)	Provision of 120 elderly care beds
Lanarkshire health board (Cumbernauld)	Provision of 40 elderly care beds
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS trust	CT and MRI scanners
Lothian and Forth Valley health boards	Clinical waste disposal
Northern NHS trusts and health boards	Clinical waste disposal

Projects currently under construction or implementation

Health board/NHS trust	Project description
Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS trust	Provision and operation of an integrated healthcare information system
Grampian health board	Provision and operation of a community hospital in Kincardineshire (Stonehaven)

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Projects approved

Health Board/NHS trust	Project description
Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS trust	In-patient mental health services at Stobhill hospital
Yorkhill NHS trust	Provision and operation of a hospital information support system

Projects Awaiting Approval

None have been formally submitted for final approval but several have been submitted in draft and are under discussion with the NHS trust or health board involved.

Speech and Language Disorders

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what specialised training is provided in Scotland to teachers of children with specific speech and language disorders. [13454]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 30 January 1997]: The nature and provision of training in Scotland for teachers of children with specific speech and language disorders are matters for education authorities to decide. Education authorities have access to funding from the Scottish Office towards the cost of in-service training of teachers and other staff whose job entails working with children with special educational needs. In 1997-98, the specific grant for special educational needs training is £1.58 million.

Sheep Dips

Sir Cranley Onslow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will ensure that farmers and landowners in Scotland are made aware of the dangers to the environment involved in the use of sheep dips based on synthetic pyrethroids. [13771]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: I have nothing further to add to the reply I offered my hon. Friend on 25 November 1996. The Scottish code of good practice for the prevention of environmental pollution from agricultural activity is currently being revised by the Scottish agricultural pollution group. We have drawn my hon. Friend's concern to the attention of that group.

Non-domestic Rates

Mr. Stewart: To ask the Secretary of state for scotland what is his current estimate of the revenue from non-domestic rate income in Scotland in 1997-98, broken down by the (a) industrial, (b) commercial and (c) other sectors. [14110]

Mr. Kynoch: Non-domestic rate income in Scotland for 1997-98 is provisionally estimated at £1,335 million. No estimates are available of this income broken down in the form requested. The table shows the percentage of total rateable value in Scotland accounted for by non-domestic subjects in the (a) industrial, (b) commercial and (c) other categories in April 1996, the latest date for which the information is available. Shares of rateable value do not give a precise estimate of shares of rates paid, as reliefs and exemptions may differ between different categories of subject.

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Percentage of rateable value by type of subject, Scotland: April 1996

Type of subject	Percentage of total rateable value
Industrial	16.8
Commercial	54.0
Other	29.2

Source:

Statistical return RVASS, submitted by assessors.

Suckler Cow Premium

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of suckler cow premium payments in Scotland for the current year had been paid by 1 January 1997. [13939]

Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 3 February 1997]: By 1 January 1997, the Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department had made 3 per cent. of the advance payments under the suckler cow premium scheme. By the end of January, 79 per cent. had been made. This is approximately the same percentage as this time last year.

Drinking Offences

Mr. Hood: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many arrests and prosecutions in connection with the drink ban byelaws there have been in each police division in Strathclyde since their introduction. [14029]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 5 February 1997]: Separate statistical information on criminal proceedings in connection with byelaws banning the consumption of alcohol in designated public places was collected from the beginning of 1992. The table presents the available information for 1992, 1993 and 1994, the latest year for which statistics are available. During this period, byelaws were in force in Motherwell from April 1991 and East Kilbride from November 1994.

Number of persons proceeded against where the main charge was under byelaws banning the consumption of alcohol in designated public places, Strathclyde, 1992 to 1994.

Name of court	1992(23)	1993(23)	1994(23)
Motherwell district court	51	64	105
Hamilton sheriff court	--	2	1




(23) Date of final disposal.

Electoral Registers

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received relating to the availability of the electoral register on computer disk; and what instructions he has issued to electoral registration officers to make computerised copies of the register available. [14153]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 5 February 1997]: My right hon. Friend has not received any representations on this matter. Any such representations, would, however, normally be addressed to the local electoral registration officers, who have responsibility for the electoral register. A circular letter issued by the Scottish Office Home Department on 16 December 1996 reminded electoral registration officers

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of the provisions in regulation 53(5) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986 about the availability of data, on payment of the fee, to persons entitled to receive free copies of the register in manual form. Regulation 53(4) of the 1986 regulations covers the form in which the electoral registration officer is obliged to make these data available.

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) electors and (b) overseas electors were registered on the electorial registers (i) in force since February 1996, (ii) compiled in October 1996 and (iii) in force in April 1992 for each parliamentary constituency in Scotland. [14154]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 5 February 1997]: The information available is set out in the table. Figures compiled in October 1996 are provisional and based on the draft register. Specific statistics, such as figures for overseas electors, will not be collected until after the final register is published later this month.

Electoral statistics collected from the 1996 electoral registers are primarily based upon the new parliamentary constituencies which take effect at the next general election. No statistics for the existing constituencies other than the total electorate are held centrally for the electoral register in force since 1996. No figures based on the current constituencies are available for the draft register compiled in October 1996.

New parliamentary constituency	February 1996		Provisional figures for October 1996
	Electors	Overseas electors	Electors	Overseas electors
Aberdeen, Central	56,162	16	54,657	n/a
Aberdeen, North	54,580	4	55,139
Aberdeen, South	60,877	42	61,451
Airdire and Shotts	58,549	5	58,268
Angus	60,255	12	60,435
Argyll and Bute	49,869	10	50,064
Ayr	56,199	17	56,334
Banff and Buchan	59,128	9	59,119
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	41,813	15	45,521
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	66,690	18	66,264
Central Fife	58,889	2	58,302
Clydebank and Milngavie	52,057	11	52,563
Clydesdale	63,338	7	63,637
Coatbridge and Chryston	52,663	5	52,447
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	48,112	12	48,466
Cunninghame, North	56,137	15	56,125
Cunninghame, South	49,961	3	50,155
Dumbarton	56,858	16	56,887
Dumfries	63,259	12	63,437
Dundee, East	58,659	17	58,881
Dundee, West	57,131	6	57,923
Dunfermline, East	51,630	19	51,408
Dunfermline, West	53,399	11	52,236
East Kilbride	65,455	7	65,612
East Lothian	57,516	11	57,463
Eastwood	66,884	25	67,546
Edinburgh, Central	62,521	43	62,838
Edinburgh, East and Musselburgh	59,535	20	59,255
Edinburgh, North and Leith	61,527	40	60,146
Edinburgh, Pentlands	60,089	39	59,585
Edinburgh, South	62,832	74	62,484
Edinburgh, West	61,590	30	61,300
Falkirk, East	57,104	13	57,295
Falkirk, West	53,440	5	53,274
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	53,380	23	53,302
Glasgow, Anniesland	52,815	9	53,029
Glasgow, Baillieston	51,159	1	51,442
Glasgow, Cathcart	49,667	11	49,770
Glasgow, Govan	49,600	13	50,361
Glasgow, Kelvin	56,181	32	57,196
Glasgow, Maryhill	51,589	10	52,215
Glasgow, Pollok	49,403	5	49,349
Glasgow, Rutherglen	51,127	7	50,782
Glasgow, Shettleston	48,374	1	48,730
Glasgow, Springburn	52,830	2	53,525
Gordon	59,033	11	59,526
Greenock and Inverclyde	49,964	8	49,518
Hamiton North and Bellshill	54,039	1	54,159
Hamilton, South	47,019	1	46,819
Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber	65,424	27	67,029
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	62,359	8	62,050
Kirkcaldy	52,174	10	51,541
Linlithgow	53,948	11	53,910
Livingston	59,666	3	60,510
Midlothian	47,893	7	47,870
Moray	58,983	11	58,976
Motherwell and Wishaw	52,513	4	52,728
North-East Fife	58,493	40	58,150
North Tayside	61,661	23	62,172
Ochil	57,141	14	57,478
Orkney and Shetland	32,635	7	32,636
Paisley, North	49,905	5	50,268
Paisley, South	53,909	9	54,649
Perth	60,217	18	61,126
Ross, Syke and Inverness, West	55,653	15	56,733
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	47,520	6	47,950
Stirling	52,634	33	53,148
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	63,386	6	62,379
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	50,999	25	51,499
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	58,797	29	59,995
West Renfrewshire	53,066	16	53,192
Western Isles	23,208	2	23,779

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Current parliamentary	February 1996		April 1992
constituency	Electors	Overseas electors	Electors	Overseas electors
Aberdeen, North	58,667	n/a	60,623	18
Aberdeen, South	60,829		59,230	53
Angus, East	64,826		63,637	28
Argyll and Bute	49,869		48,436	14
Ayr	67,485		66,284	35
Banff and Buchan	67,105		65,631	11
Caithness and Sutherland	31,346		31,173	9
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	55,404		56,024	15
Central Fife	57,674		56,495	6
Clackmannan	50,405		49,427	5
Clydebank and Milngavie	48,581		47,773	14
Clydesdale	63,338		62,684	11
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	48,112		47,155	15
Cunninghame, North	56,137		55,490	29
Cunninghame, South	49,961		49,745	12
Dumbarton	56,858		57,894	39
Dumfries	61,697		61,773	17
Dundee, East	57,550		59,328	31
Dundee, West	56,629		60,386	13
Dunfermline, East	52,147		50,452	13
Dunfermline, West	52,764		51,310	19
East Kilbride	66,796		64,824	25
East Lothian	69,171		67,588	22
Eastwood	65,508		64,560	46
Edinburgh, Central	59,826		56,839	95
Edinburgh, East	46,137		46,157	30
Edinburgh, Leith	57,679		57,073	38
Edinburgh, Pentlands	56,476		56,433	69
Edinburgh, South	63,286		61,999	102
Edinburgh, West	59,394		59,702	64
Falkirk, East	52,364		52,381	23
Falkirk, West	49,628		50,623	18
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	54,942		54,977	29
Glasgow, Cathcart	43,418		45,149	18
Glasgow, Central	48,975		48,383	14
Glasgow, Garscadden	40,726		41,675	8
Glasgow, Govan	43,873		46,199	22
Glasgow, Hillhead	59,784		57,586	58
Glasgow, Maryhill	48,491		48,791	16
Glasgow, Pollok	44,433		46,655	17
Glasgow, Provan	34,501		36,986	5
Glasgow, Rutherglen	51,764		53,325	17
Glasgow, Shettleston	51,680		52,381	4
Glasgow, Springburn	45,098		46,216	5
Gordon	85,435		81,097	40
Greenock and Port Glasgow	50,377		52,661	3
Hamilton	62,846		62,347	9
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber	72,918		70,164	34
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	62,359		62,777	13
Kincardine and Deeside	70,308		67,216	57
Kirkcaldy	53,507		52,191	15
Linlithgow	63,299		61,979	13
Livingston	64,204		62,122	15
Midlothian	60,978		61,178	23
Monklands, East	48,849		49,059	3
Monklands, West	49,881		49,935	8
Moray	65,216		63,944	14
Motherwell, North	58,129		58,106	3
Motherwell, South	49,904		50,674	5
North-East Fife	58,495		54,196	44
North Tayside	58,447		56,353	27
Orkney and Shetland	32,635		31,837	9
Paisley, North	47,105		46,867	13
Paisley, South	48,402		48,385	5
Perth and Kinross	68,317		65,826	38
Renfrew West and Inverclyde	60,995		58,897	34
Ross, Cromarty and Skye	58,626		56,112	25
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	44,371		44,001	12
Stirling	59,979		58,774	60
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	62,038		61,924	41
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	40,910		39,907	30
Western Isles	23,208		23,015	5

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