§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current level of intervention food stores by commodity, respectively, at the most recent date for which figures are available in public and private storage, respectively.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer Tuesday 5 March 1991]: Information on a United Kingdom basis is deposited regularly in the Library of the House. Information on stores located in Scotland as at 31 January 1991 is given in the table. Comparable United Kingdom figures are shown in brackets.
Tonnage Food commodity Public storage Aided private storage Beef 5,570 (81,016) Nil (Nil) Butter Nil (22,474) Nil (974) Lamb Nil (Nil) Nil (598) Pigmeat Nil (Nil) Nil (137) Wheat Nil (35,011) Nil (Nil) Barley 298,896 (616,011) Nil (Nil) Rye Nil (203) Nil (Nil) Further inquiries about operational aspects of intervention should be addressed to the chief executive of the intervention board.
Qualified nurses: by status, grade and health board: at 30 September 1990 Number Scotland Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Management 583 96 12 9 9 15 23 30 CANO1 8 1 — 1 — — 1 — Director of nursing1 70 12 2 2 3 3 3 6 Senior nurse 1–6 234 7 9 1 6 6 13 19 Senior nurse 7–8 5 1 — — — 1 — 3 Scale I 116 51 — 2 — 4 1 — Scale H 114 23 — — — — 1 2 Scale G 31 1 — 2 — 1 4 — Scale F 5 — 1 1 — — — — Teachers 905 53 39 13 26 45 43 94 Grade 7 6 — — — — — — 1 Grade 6 6 1 — — — 1 1 — Grade 5 8 — 1 — 1 — — 1