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Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate was made by the reporters service of the additional resources required to administer the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; and what additional resources have been provided. [9616]
Mr. Galbraith: The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration's estimate to implement its responsibilities under the 1995 Act was for an additional £804,000. This additional requirement was taken into account along with other factors in setting the administration's baseline of £10,300,000, an increase of £200,000 over the previous year's provision.
Capital Receipts Initiative
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the consultation process which will take place on the distribution of funds under the capital receipts initiative. [9956]
Mr. Chisholm:
My right hon. Friend announced on 3 July that he would wish to discuss with local government and Scottish Homes how we might deploy
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the additional £12.5 million made available for housing investment in Scotland this year and the additional £43.7 million made available next year. He indicated that he was in favour of using the resources to support welfare to work schemes directed at improving the energy efficiency of our housing stock, and to take forward our policy of new housing partnerships. The Department is consulting the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and Scottish Homes accordingly and a further announcement will be made as soon as possible.
Ms Roseanna Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 9 June, Official Report, column 321, (1) if he will identify the report produced at the conclusion of the Scottish Arts Council inquiry into the production assisted by the Scottish film production fund; who wrote it; if copies will be publicly available; and what is its projected date of publication; [9960]
Mr. Galbraith:
The Scottish Arts Council commissioned Morgan Harris Burrows in February 1997 to report on the handling of national lottery film-related applications in Scotland. The cost of producing the report was £12,867. The report has not been published, but is available on request from the Scottish Arts Council. Arrangements are being made to place a copy in the Library of the House.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each departmental policy review presently in progress or scheduled, (a) a description of the purpose of the review and (b) its expected date of completion. [10187]
Mr. Dewar:
The following major departmental policy reviews are in progress:
(2) when the Scottish Arts Council inquiry into productions assisted by the Scottish film production fund was instituted; what was the total cost of producing the inquiry's report; and if he will indicate those individuals and bodies which have had sight of the report prior to publication.
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Scottish Community Education Council
Mr. David Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the forthcoming policy and financial review of the Scottish Community Education Council. [10344]
Mr. Dewar: My Department will conduct a review of the Scottish Community Education Council during 1997 under the programme of five yearly non-departmental public body reviews. The review will examine the status and functions of the Scottish Community Education Council in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance.
The first stage of the review will take the form of a "prior options" study. This will assess the extent to which the functions that the Scottish Community Education
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Council performs are necessary for the achievement of the Government's policies, and whether there is scope for privatising, contracting out or transferring all, or part of its functions to another body. The results of the prior options study will inform a detailed review of the Council's policy and financial management systems.
The review will also examine the roles of other organisations involved in the development of community education in Scotland and the scope for co-ordination of their activities with those of the Council to ensure maximum value for money from the central government resources available for community education in Scotland.
This study will commence in the late summer. In order to help ensure that all options are considered fully, comments from interested parties will be welcome. Comments should be sent by 12 September 1997 to:
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Mr. Wigley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sets of (a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in Scotland in each year since 1990; how many maternities there were in each year; and how many multiple births in each category were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception. [8177]
Mr. McLeish
[holding answer 21 July 1997]: The information is as follows:
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Mrs. P. A. Morrison
Head of the Community Education Branch
The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
Area 2A West
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ.
| Type of birth | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996(6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twins: | |||||||
| 2 live | 711 | 682 | 790 | 751 | 762 | 780 | 775 |
| 1 live, 1 stillbirth | 15 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 22 |
| 2 stillbirth | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Triplets: | |||||||
| 3 live | 14 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 27 |
| 2 live, 1 stillbirth | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 |
| 1 live, 2 stillbirth | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Quadruplets: | |||||||
| 4 live | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| 3 live, 1 stillbirth | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Quintuplets | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sextuplets | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Number of maternities | 65,556 | 66,630 | 65,307 | 62,946 | 61,224 | 59,271 | 58,831 |
(6) Provisional.
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| Singleton | Twin | Triplet | Quad or greater | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVF clinical pregnancies (includes frozen embryo transfer and ISCI) | ||||
| 1990(7) | 1,404 | 411 | 69 | 1 |
| 1991(8) | 1,491 | 503 | 75 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2,109 | 709 | 118 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2,807 | 847 | 148 | 1 |
| 1994 | 3,064 | 1,009 | 197 | 3 |
| 1995 | To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997) | |||
Notes:
(7) Data collected by OPCS for the Interim Licensing Authority.
(8) Data for 1 January 1991 to 31 July 1991 collected by OPCS 1 August 1991 to 31 December 1991 collected by the HFEA.
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| Singleton | Twin | Triplet | Quad or greater | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVF Live births events (includes frozen embryo transfer and ICSI) | ||||
| 1990 | No figures available | |||
| 1991 | No figures available | |||
| 1992 | 1,592 | 627 | 99 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2,164 | 790 | 134 | 1 |
| 1994 | 2,376 | 929 | 170 | 2 |
| 1995 | To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997) | |||
Notes:
(9) Data available from 1 August 1991 to 31 December 1991 only. Prior to 1 August 1991 data was collected by the OPCS and did not include Donor Insemination data.
(10) Includes three clinical pregnancies/live birth events which were reported as "triplet or greater".
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| Singleton | Twin | Triplet | Quad or greater | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donor insemination live birth events (includes GIFT with donor sperm) | ||||
| 1990 | No figures available | |||
| 1991 | No figures available | |||
| 1992 | 1,212 | 83 | 10 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1,387 | 112 | (11)18 | |
| 1994 | 1,549 | 105 | 16 | 1 |
| 1995 | To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997) | |||
Note:
(11) Includes three clinical pregnancies/live birth events which were reported as "triplet or greater".
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