§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidelines have been issued to health boards concerning the procedures for suspension of national health service employees and the length of time during which formal disciplinary inquiries are carried out.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 6 December 1993]: Guidance has been issued on disciplinary procedures in
1989 1990 1991 3 Years Average LFA Non-LFA LFA Non-LFA LFA Non-LFA LFA Non-LFA Set-aside1 3,643 7,807 4,919 12,949 6,487 15,796 5,016 12,184 Protein crops 526 4,509 358 4,046 353 3,024 412 3,860 Oilseed rape 7,821 28,244 8,919 36,276 9,896 39,999 8,879 34,840 Cereals 188,780 319,270 178,060 303,383 175,843 292,665 180,895 305,106 Total 200,770 359,830 192,256 356,654 192,579 351,484 2195,202 2355,990 1 Figures taken from the 5 year and 1 year set-aside scheme returns. 2 Before submission to the EC Commission in September 1992, these figures were adjusted by switching 34,854 hectares from LFA to non-LFA giving a base area of 160,348 hectares for the LFA and 390,844 hectares for the non-LFA. These figures were further adjusted to reflect the more accurate split betwen LFA and non-LFA arable land established from the IACS returns, and a further 39,303 hectares was switched from LFA to non-LFA giving new base areas of 121,045 hectares for the LFA and 430,147 for the non-LFA. These last figures are now accepted by the EC as the Scottish base areas. Throughout, the total base area has remained constant at 551,192 hectares. The set-aside figures recorded in the June census for 1989 and 1990 were 29,197 and 44,465 hectares respectively. These figures partly reflect land registered for set-aside and are therefore higher than the area actually set-aside. No specific set-aside questions were asked in 1991.