HC Deb 14 May 1991 vol 191 cc162-3W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the answer to the hon. Member for South Shields on 25 April,Official Report, column 547, if he will list each region and district in Scotland giving the number of acres and hectares, numbers of sheep and numbers of farms under restriction following the Chernobyl accident as at (a) April 1990 and (b) April 1991; and if he will make a statement about the changes in the restrictions in each case.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 13 May 1991]: The information is set out in the table. In each case holdings, or part holdings, were released from restrictions only after extensive monitoring had shown that animals leaving these areas no longer posed a threat to the food chain.

health board were placed in a hospital in the Motherwell/Clydesdale unit over each of the last 12 months.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 13 May 1991]: The following table sets out the number of patients resident within the Hamilton/East Kilbride unit area discharged from both the Monklands/Cumbernauld and Motherwell/Clydesdale units in 1990. The figures relate to discharges in the acute, maternity and geriatric sectors.

Number of Patients residing within the Hamilton East Kilbride unit area discharged from Monklands/Cumbernauld and Motherwell/Clydesdale in 1990
Month Number of discharges Monklands/Cumbernauld Number of discharges Motherwell/Clydesdale
January 352 203
February 323 186
March 363 232
April 360 162
May 366 204
June 375 179
July 346 148
August 391 191
September 378 176
October 395 203
November 402 186
December 356 200
Total 4,407 2,270

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients were placed in an acute medical bed within the Hamilton/East Kilbride unit from outwith the unit area in each of the last 12 months.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The table sets out the number of patients residing outwith the Hamilton/East Kilbride unit area discharged from acute beds within the unit in 1990.

Month Number of discharges
January 68
February 72
March 85
April 74
May 73
June 79
July 68
August 78
September 57
October 87
November 67
December 50
TOTAL 858