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Scottish Enterprise
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of planned expenditure by category for Scottish Enterprise in 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. [74242]
Mr. Dewar [holding answer 3 March 1999]: The gross planning figures for Scottish Enterprise in 2001-02 are as follows:
| 2001-02 | |
|---|---|
| Business Development | 140.6 |
| Infrastructure | 266.2 |
| Administration | 61.3 |
This breakdown will be aligned in due course with the new Scottish Enterprise strategic goals. These are supporting innovative and far sighted companies; stimulating positive attitudes to enterprise and learning, promoting inclusion and ensuring that Scotland is a competitive place in relation to its working and living environment.
From 1 July, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland for what reasons he has not yet replied to the questions from the hon. Member for Gordon, tabled on 1 February for answer on 4 and 8 February (refs. 69242, 69254, 69251, 69235, 69267, 69203, 69197, 69198, 69199, 69201, 69200); and if he will make a statement. [75060]
Mr. Dewar:
Question 69254 has been answered. The information requested in the remaining questions is currently being collated and will be provided to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Maclennan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from Sheriff Principal Risk about the exclusion of the Wick Sheriff Court from the list of outlying sheriff courts at which an enhanced fixed payment for summary criminal legal aid cases will be paid; and if he will make a statement. [75065]
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Mr. McLeish:
Sheriff Principal Risk wrote to The Scottish Office suggesting that Wick and Fort William should be included in the list of courts which attract an additional distant courts payment. A letter was sent to the Sheriff Principal explaining the basis on which the list of distant courts was drawn up.
The operation of the fixed payments regime will be closely monitored by the Tripartite Group, comprising The Scottish Office, the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Legal Aid Board. Monitoring will include the effect on rural courts. From 1 July 1999, legal aid in Scotland will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Mr. Moore:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the average pay for Grade D nurses in the last 10 years; and if he will list the five NHS trusts that have the lowest pay awards for Grade D nurses for 1999-2000. [74995]
Mr. Galbraith:
The information on average earnings available centrally is shown in the table. Data for earlier years are not available.
| Year | Average gross pay |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 14,997 |
| 1997 | 15,477 |
| 1998(8) | 15,847 |
(6) Gross Pay consists of employees basic pay, overtime, enhancements and any other allowances they receive. It excludes employers charges.
(7) The averages are based on the nurses who work on a whole time basis only, because of the difficulty in calculating a whole time equivalent denominator for part time nurses.
(8) Data for Dumfries and Galloway Community NHS trust and 11 trusts and health boards in the West of Scotland are missing for 1998.
Hospital Beds
Mr. Moore:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) acute, (b) geriatric, (c) mental illness, (d) learning disability and (e) maternity beds there were in each health board area in each year since 1994-95. [74989]
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Mr. Galbraith:
Information on the number of acute, geriatric, psychiatric, learning disability and obstetric beds in each Health Board for each year since 1994-95 is shown in the table.
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From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
(9) Provisional
(10)2 Acute specialty group comprises--all specialties not included in the following specialty groups: Geriatric, Psychiatric, Learning Disabilities and Obstetrics.
(11) Geriatric specialty group comprises--Geriatric Assessment, Geriatric Long-Stay and Younger Physically Disabled.
(12) Psychiatric specialty group comprises--Mental Illness, Psychogeriatrics, Child Psychiatry and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Source:
ISD Scotland
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