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M80 Extension

Mr. Norman Hogg: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will initiate a public local inquiry into his Department's decision on the route of the M80 motorway extension between Stepps and Haggs; and if he will make a statement. [15810]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Drafts of the necessary statutory schemes and orders, including the compulsory purchase order, will be published later this

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year, and the public response to the proposals will be taken into account in any decision as to the need for a public local inquiry.

Scottish Natural Heritage

Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the names and occupations of the executive members of Scottish Natural Heritage, indicating their remuneration and the dates upon which their terms of office will end. [15625]

Mr. Kynoch: The information for SNH board members is set out in the table.

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Name	Position	Current term expires	Occupation	Remuneration per annum £
Magnus Magnusson KBE	Chairman	31 March 1999	Broadcaster	36,070
Professor T. Christopher Smout CBE	Deputy Chairman	31 March 1998	Director, Institute of Environmental History, St. Andrew's University	15,538
Roy Dennis OBE	--	31 March 1997	Land use consultant	6,474
Alan Blackshaw OBE	--	31 March 1997	Management and Environmental consultant	6,474
Barbara Kelly CBE	Chairman, South West Region	31 March 1998	Partner in dairy business	15,538
Professor Seaton Baxter	Chairman, North East Region	31 March 1998	Professor and reader at Robert Gordon's University	15,538
Professor Roger Wheater OBE	--	31 March 1998	Director, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland	6,474
Nan Burnett OBE	Chairman, South East Region	31 March 1999	Farmer	15,538
Councillor Peter Peacock	--	31 March 1999	Convenor, Highland Council	6,474
Professor Fred Last	--	31 March 1999	Retired Scientist	6,474
Bill Ritchie	Chairman, North West Region	31 March 2000	Crofter, fisherman, countryside ranger	15,538
David Laird	--	31 March 2000	Estate factor, Solicitor	6,474

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M74

Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many entrance and exit junctions there will be on the M74 motorway when it is completed. [16197]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: There are two junctions on the M74 between the Maryville interchange and the present end of the motorway at Fullarton road interchange. South Lanarkshire and City of Glasgow councils have planning permission to construct an extension to the motorway from Fullarton road

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interchange to an interchange with the M8 at the Kingston bridge, which would create a total of seven intermediate junctions between Maryville and Kingston bridge.

Nurses

Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nurses were employed by each NHS trust in each year from 1994-96; and if he will make a statement.[16016]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information, which is not yet available centrally for 1996, is set out in the tables:

Nursing staff (18) employed in each NHS trust, in the Scottish health service; by headcount and whole time equivalent: at 30 September 1994

	30 September 1994		30 September 1995
	Headcount	Whole-time Equivalent	Headcount	Whole-time Equivalent
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust	2,178	1,770.8	2,208	1,789.3
Angus NHS Trust	1,162	960.9	1,143	946.2
Argyll and Bute Unit(19)	821	670.7	813	657.4
Ayshire and Arran Community Health Care NHS Trust	1,468	1,268.2	1,482	1,273.2
Borders Community Health Services(19)	699	571.5	719	580.5
Borders General Hospital Acute Unit(19)	548	446.7	560	457.5
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust	356	281.4	386	306.8
Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust	2,119	1,858.8	2,002	1,747.1
Dumbarton Unit(19)	768	579.0	--	--
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust	854	672.0	873	687.7
Dumfries and Galloway Community Services Unit(19)	1,273	1,011.9	1,216	995.0
Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust	1,527	1,357.2	1,528	1,355.7
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	1,895	1,521.8	1,900	1,539.7
East and Midlothian NHS Trust	1,464	1,142.5	1,450	1,124.6
Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust	2,216	1,822.9	2,333	1,928.3
Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust	404	305.1	463	359.7
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust	684	546.7	692	557.1
Fife Healthcare NHS Trust	2,055	1,736.0	2,022	1,715.3
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School Unit(19)	11	10.0	11	10.0
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust	2,116	1,705.8	2,265	1,881.7
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust	3,322	2,770.3	3,176	2,627.2
Greater Glasgow Care for the Elderly Unit	816	637.8	--	--
Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust	3,924	3,468.5	3,714	3,281.5
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospital NHS Trust	1,032	815.5	1,040	829.8
Highland Community NHS Trust	1,278	1,080.3	1,260	1,068.9
Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust	581	468.9	598	478.6
Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	836	654.2	821	638.5
Lanarkshire Community and Priority Services Unit(19)	2,364	1,983.4	2,352	1,962.8
Law Hospital NHS Trust	983	787.5	980	796.4
Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust	--	--	753	568.0
Monklands and Bellshill Hospital NHS Trust	1,083	888.2	1,113	925.6
Moray Health Services NHS Trust	640	522.7	702	574.7
North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust	1,405	1,131.5	1,435	1,164.5
Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust	1,420	1,189.7	1,460	1,236.3
Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust	716	606.5	742	634.4
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust	898	713.7	932	747.9
Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust	1,981	1,658.4	1,972	1,642.0
Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	905	728.7	911	745.2
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust	2,535	2,125.8	2,453	2,062.1
South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust	817	692.5	758	642.8
Southern General Hospital NHS Trust	1,410	1,168.6	1,641	1,356.0
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust	720	571.0	746	592.8
Stobhill NHS Trust	1,173	931.8	1,212	974.2
The Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust	1,291	1,033.8	1,404	1,120.5
The Yorkhill NHS Trust	968	805.3	988	821.4
West Glasgow Hospital University NHS Trust	1,530	1,302.7	1,784	1,511.0
West Lothian NHS Trust	1,392	1,160.0	1,427	1,190.2
Western General Hospitals NHS Trust	1,106	873.8	1,136	903.8

Notes

(18) Excludes bank and agency nurses, nurse teachers, nurses in training and P2000 students.

(19) Directly managed units which became NHS trusts on either 1 April or 1 October 1995.

Source

National Manpower Statistics from payroll ISD Scotland.

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Prison Officers

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prison officers, by grade, there were (a) in Scotland and (b) in each prison in Scotland in each year from 1990-96; and if he will make a statement. [15890]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Ms Roseanna Cunningham, dated 17 February 1997:

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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your question regarding the number of prison officers, by grade, in Scotland and in each prison in Scotland in each year from 1990-96.

The Scottish Prison Service introduced a new staffing structure on 1 April 1995. This resulted in the abolition of the previous grading system, and the introduction of new pay bandings covering operational, administrative and support staff. At the same time nursing, works, and administrative functions were civilianised.

An accurate comparison of post-April 1995 figures for "prison officer" numbers with those prior to that date is not possible. The attached table shows in total and for each establishment the total number of Basic Grade Officers, Senior Officers, and Principal Officers at 31 March for each year from 1990-94. A subdivision by grade cannot be obtained from the current database.

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The table also shows the current total, with figures for 1995 and 1996, of operational staff posts in those pay bands which from 1 April 1995 are broadly comparable to the grades described above.

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It should be noted that the 1990-94 figures include in each year approximately 600 "officers" in the subsequently civilianised nursing, works and administrative functions which are excluded from the 1995, 1996 and 1997 figures.

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Scottish prison service--prison officer grades or equivalent from 1990-97

Establishment	(20)1990	(20)1991	(20)1992	(20)1993	(20)1994	1995	1996	1997
Aberdeen	100	112	116	127	129	106	108	124
Barlinnie	491	476	449	516	496	418	389	448
Castle Huntly	50	62	70	74	71	59	43	55
Cornton Vale	176	167	169	179	177	158	152	173
Dumfries	107	120	141	136	141	129	120	128
Dungavel	49	56	61	67	71	54	39	56
Edinburgh	349	344	358	397	399	339	331	361
Friarton	49	44	49	51	48	37	34	41
Glenochil	356	374	389	410	415	348	319	371
Greenock	123	136	144	155	160	134	122	142
Inverness	86	82	79	88	88	77	81	84
Longriggend	143	141	154	159	158	137	141	145
Low Moss	112	119	130	142	147	134	116	127
Noranside	50	54	68	65	70	55	43	52
Penninghame	27	29	32	33	35	25	20	30
Perth	310	329	360	370	379	319	307	317
Peterhead	265	250	232	246	236	193	187	216
Polmont	229	248	277	294	292	256	234	258
Shotts	332	348	394	395	407	388	331	358
Total	3,404	3,491	3,672	3,904	3,919	3,366	3,117	3,486

(20) Includes approximately 600 officers in the nursing, works and administration functions which are not included from 1995 onwards.

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