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SCOTLAND
Ministerial Expenditure
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of expenditure on (a) ministerial pay, (b) ministerial domestic transport and (c) other ministerial expenses in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. [69263]
Mr. Dewar
[holding answer 8 February 1999]: The table shows expenditure on Ministerial pay. The table also shows total non-pay expenditure for Ministerial offices. The amounts include travel and subsistence, office services and general administration costs for both
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Ministers and the staff of their offices. It is not possible to disaggregate these amounts into the categories requested. Expenditure for 1999-2000 cannot be forecast at present since this will depend on decisions about the number of Scottish Ministers who form the incoming devolved administration and about the future structure of the office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
| £ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ministerial pay | Ministerial offices non-pay | |
| 1996-97 | 181,917 | 934,305 |
| 1997-98 | 213,431 | 1,075,115 |
| 1998-99(8) | 220,600 | 1,207,000 |
(8) Estimate
Psychiatric Nurses
Sir Alastair Goodlad: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many community psychiatric nurses there were in Scotland in each of the last three years. [73229]
Mr. Galbraith: The information is set out in the table.
| Community psychiatric nurse | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| 1996 | 468 |
| 1997 | 507 |
| 1998(9) | 518 |
| WTE | |
| 1996 | 449.3 |
| 1997 | 484.6 |
| 1998(9) | 493.9 |
(9) Provisional
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from payroll Information and Statistics Division, NHS in Scotland
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Schizophrenia
Sir Alastair Goodlad: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were admitted for a hospital stay more than once during the last year in Scotland. [73233]
Mr. Galbraith: The number of individual patients with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses admitted to mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units in Scotland during the year ending 31 March 1996 was 2,482, of which 675 were admitted more than once.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Departmental Spending
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of spending planned on other public services as set out in his answer of 17 July
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1998, Official Report, columns 336-40, in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01, (d) 2001-02 and (e) 2002-03; and if he will make a statement. [74338]
Mr. Dewar:
A detailed breakdown of the figures for 1998-99 to 2001-02 was placed in the library of the House of Commons on 10 November 1998.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his estimates of planned expenditure on Scottish roads for each of the years (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03; if he will list for each of these years every project costing over £2 million over its project life; and if he will make a statement. [74241]
Mr. Macdonald:
Expenditure on local roads is the responsibility of local authorities and details are not held centrally. The planned net expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in Scotland in 2000-01 and 2001-02, the latest year for which expenditure has been agreed, is £175.8 million and £186.2 million respectively. Our priorities are to maintain and repair the existing network and to meet the costs of projects contractually committed or announced. Project costs exceed £2 million on the A720, the M6, the A7 (Hawick Relief Road) and the A90 (Inchmichael Interchange). Further projects may be announced later.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the causes of the increase in planned expenditure by Scottish Enterprise between 2000-01 and 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. [74243]
Mr. Dewar:
The increase in the planned expenditure by Scottish Enterprise between 2000-01 and 2001-02 primarily reflects the phased introduction of a number of new training initiatives announced by the Government last year as part of the New Deal and a re-instatement of provision for the delayed Hyundai project.
From 1 July the funding of Scottish Enterprise will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Brit Awards
Mr. Maclean: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity; and who or what organisation was acting as their sponsor or host. [73492]
Mr. Straw:
The Minister of State, Home Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Mr. Boateng), attended the Brit Awards Ceremony on 23 February, as guest of the Director General of the British Phonographic
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Industry Ltd., the representative body of the British Record Industry.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the subject areas within his Department's responsibilities which will be covered by the information campaign on Britain's membership of a single currency. [73665]
Mr. Straw:
The Treasury will continue its dialogue with key external bodies to determine what information the public and business would need at each stage of the changeover process. Any information campaign would cover key concerns that the public and business may have. Chapter eight of the Treasury's Outline National Changeover Plan provides further information. Copies of the Plan are available in the Library.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress towards integration of fire, police and ambulance control rooms. [73500]
Mr. George Howarth:
I refer the right hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Ms Lawrence) on 13 January 1999, Official Report, columns 193-96. £7.8 million has been provided to the Department of Health under the Invest to Save Budget for pilot joint call handling centres.
Mr. Ottaway:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving police officers there were in the London Borough of Kingston-upon- Thames (a) on 1 May 1997 and (b) at the latest available date. [73927]
Kate Hoey:
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police tells me that he is unable to give the information in the form requested, as records are not broken down by the number of officers policing the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. The nearest figures that can be provided are those for Kingston Division, which polices the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames together with half of the Borough of Elmbridge.
The relevant statistics are recorded within the Metropolitan police, twice yearly, at 1 January and 1 July. The number of serving police officers in Kingston Division on 1 July 1997 was 355. As at 1 March 1999, the number was 336.7.
Mr. Love:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what issues are being considered by the Departmental working party on electoral procedures; when it will report to ministers; what account it has taken
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of the recent report from the Select Committee on Home Affairs (HC 768) of Session 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. [74314]
Mr. George Howarth:
My working party on electoral procedures is currently considering a wide range of issues, under the following broad headings:
maximising electoral registration and voter participation;
access by the disabled and homeless to the electoral process;
rolling electoral registration;
publication and sale of the electoral register;
anonymous electoral registration;
absent voting arrangements;
polling station and count venue issues (including location, mobile and early polling stations, and security);
automated voting/counting;
days and times of polling;
use of official poll cards, and publicity for elections; civics education and the electoral process; and the role of an electoral commission.
The Government have welcomed the report of the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into electoral law and administration as a valuable contribution to the continuing debate about improving participation in our electoral and democratic processes. The Committee acknowledged that my working party is the correct forum within which to take forward consideration of its proposals, conclusions and recommendations; and accepted that it would be difficult to give a full response while my working party continued to meet. I now anticipate that the final report of the working party will be published this summer, and that the Committee will receive its detailed response at around the same time.
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