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Organic Aid Scheme
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what resources he is providing for the Organic Aid Scheme in Scotland in the current financial year. [65647]
Mr. Macdonald: I expect expenditure on the Organic Aid Scheme in Scotland to be about £0.24m in 1998-99. This will represent a rise of 64 per cent. over expenditure in 1997-98.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will ensure that, in making arrangements for dealing with asylum seekers, his Department holds discussions with organisations expert in the provision of (a) social welfare, (b) housing and (c) legal advice to (i) Vietnamese boat people and (ii) Bosnian refugees. [65254]
Mr. Dewar: The new arrangements for dealing with asylum seekers will apply to the United Kingdom so that they are treated equally across to whole country. Responsibility for these matters rests with the Home Office which is consulting extensively about the arrangements for the future, including with those organisations expert in the areas mentioned.
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in the implementation of the proposals in the Asylum Seekers White Paper, he will ensure the retention of the partnership arrangements between the Scottish Office, COSLA and local authorities for supporting asylum-seekers while their applications are being considered. [65116]
Mr. Dewar: The new asylum support system proposed in the White Paper will be administered by an Asylum Support Directorate in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in the Home Office. My Department and the Home Office are currently considering what arrangements should apply when the asylum seekers are placed in Scotland.
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Home Office regarding the proposals in the White Paper on Asylum Seekers to disperse asylum seekers outside London. [65117]
Mr. Dewar:
I was fully involved in collective consideration of the White Paper, as were other ministerial colleagues. My officials are in regular contact
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with officials in the Home Office as the details of the support scheme--including arrangements for dispersal of asylum seekers--are developed.
Mr. Charles Kennedy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to issue revised details and guidelines in respect of the Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme; and if he will make a statement. [65644]
Mr. Macdonald:
An announcement will be made in March about a range of improvements being introduced to the Objective 1 Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme.
Mr. Moore:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the hospitals in Scotland which have acute beds and in each case the number of (a) intensive care beds, (b) high dependency beds and (c) other acute beds. [65082]
Mr. Galbraith:
Information on the numbers of intensive care and other acute beds is shown in the table. Separate numbers for high dependency beds are not collected and such beds are therefore included in the figures shown for other acute beds.
(1) Comprises the following facilities: Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Care Unit
(2) Includes Acute, Supra-Area and Special Categories speciality groups. Excludes Obstetrics and Intensive Care
Source:
ISD Scotland
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