§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will place in the Library current information on work commissioned and completed on ethnic minorities in Scotland, in the areas of employment, pay, population and unemployment;
(2) if he will list work commissioned and completed on ethnic minorities in Scotland, in the areas of employment, pay, population and unemployment.
§ Mr. LangA firm of independent consultants has conducted a major survey, funded by the Scottish Office, of the circumstances and experiences of Scotland's principal ethnic minority groups to identify whether and to what extent these differ from those of the majority white
(hectares) Location of scheme Area of planting Area of natural regeneration New planting Restocking Corrielair, Skye and Lochalsh 257.9 — 25.5 Mains of Mulben, Moray 0.7 2.8 0.7 The Crannach 4, Kincardine and Deeside 34.8 — — Glen Tannar Estate, Kincardine and Deeside — 15.7 — Finzean Estate, Kincardine and Deeside — 15.0 1.7 Coulin, Ross and Cromarty 51.0 23.8 — Lochluichart Estate 1, Ross and Cromarty 274.8 — — Lochluichart Estate 3, Ross and Cromarty 275.0 — — Lochluichart Estate 4, Ross and Cromarty 222.8 — — Bayfield Hill, Ross and Cromarty — 42.0 — Monar Estate, Ross and Cromarty 8.9 — — Ardessie Fisheries, Ross and Cromarty 0.9 — — Glencalvie, Sutherland 34.2 — — Rothiemurchus (Cambusmore), Badenoch and Strathspey — 81.6 — Lethan Bar (South), Inverness — 8.0 — Lethan Bar (North), Inverness — 23.6 — Redburn, Nairn — 6.3 — Rothiemurchus (Guislich), Badenoch and Strathspey 17.2 — — Ardochy, Inverness 20.5 36.5 — Conaglen Estate, Lochaber 44.0 78.1 — Kingairloch, Lochaber — 10.4 — Blackmount, Argyll and Bute 46.8 — — Cray, Perth and Kinross 20.8 — —
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total area in Scotland of all applications approved under the woodland grant scheme in each year since its introduction.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the table.
Period Total area covered by approved applications (hectares) 21June 1988–31 March 1989 19,761 110,060 1 April 1989–31 March 1990 51,668 118,827 1 April 1990–31 May 1990 9,350 12,457 1 Including proposed for new planting. Applications covering a further 48,521 hectares, including 20,911 hectares of new planting, were awaiting approval at 31 May 1990.
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total area and number of applications
680Wpopulation. The report of the survey, which will be published later this year, will be used to inform policy and to enable monitoring of future changes in areas such as ethnicity, housing, employment, education, health and crime. A copy of the report will be placed in the Library in due course.