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Earnings Top-up Claimants
Mr. Pond: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will list the number and proportion of (a) men, (b) women and (c) total current earnings top-up claimants broken down by standard industrial classification. [15511]
Mr. Keith Bradley: The information is not currently available. Work is in hand to produce statistics in line with the standard occupational classifications and they will be made available as soon as possible.
Family Credit
Mr. Pond: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will list the number and proportion of (a) men, (b) women and (c) total current family credit claimants broken down by standard industrial classification. [15512]
Mr. Keith Bradley: The information is not currently available.
A breakdown by occupation type was previously published in the "Family Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiry" but, due to concerns over the quality of data, the
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tables were withdrawn from the February 1997 publication. Action is being taken to improve the reliability of these statistics and they will be re-introduced as soon as possible.
Kali Mountford:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what provision is made for suffers of myalgic encephalomyelitis who claim disability living allowance. [15358]
Mr. Denham:
Entitlement to Disability Living Allowance is not based on specific disabilities, but on the effects that a person's disability has on their need for help with personal care and/or mobility.
Adjudication Officers are given information on the care and mobility needs arising from disabilities such as myalgic encephalomyelitis in the "Disability Handbook" which is compiled by senior doctors of this Department and approved and monitored by the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board.
Higher Education (Borders Region)
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many students from the Scottish Borders region (a) attended full-time undergraduate education at universities or equivalent bodies, (b) attended full-time education as mature students and (c) were in receipt of further education awards in the last year for which figures are available. [15626]
Mr. Wilson: In 1995-96 there were 1,458 full-time undergraduate students in Scottish higher education institutions from the Scottish Borders. The number of mature entrants studying full-time in Scotland from the Scottish Borders is set out in the table following table:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| HE undergraduate(16) entrants in HEIs | 111 |
| HE undergraduate(16) entrants in FECs | 324 |
| FE entrants in FECs | 131 |
(15) Mature entrants are aged 21 years and over.
(16) Undergraduate includes first degree and other HE qualifications.
On the basis of the figures available, around 300 students from the Borders Region received local authority bursaries for further education courses in 1995-96. These local authority bursaries (since replaced by college bursaries) were available only for non-advanced courses.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mr. Dalyell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration he is giving to the recommendations of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Working Party chaired by Dr. Anne McLaren. [14467]
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Mr. Galbraith
[holding answer 13 November 1997]: The Government have noted the report produced by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in response to questions about fetal awareness and fetal pain, and welcome the decision to send the report to Fellows and Members of the College to inform and guide their practice.
Helen Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the Forestry Commission-owned sites which were offered for sale (a) during 1996 and (b) in 1997 (i) before and (ii) after 1 May; [15633]
Mr. Chisholm
[holding answer 13 November 1997]: The subject of the questions relates to matters undertaken by Forest Enterprise. I have asked its Chief Executive, Dr. Bob McIntosh, to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Bob McIntosh to Helen Jackson, dated 18 November 1997:
(2) if he will list the Forestry Commission-owned sites for which disposal is under consideration. [15634]
(17) Boundary change.
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| Forest district | Name of property | Area (ha) |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | ||
| Fort Augustus | Fairy Bridge, Glenhinnisdale | 92 |
| Wales | ||
| Morgannwg | Hendre Rhys | 18.3 |
| England | Nil | -- |
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