§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the subsidies available to hill livestock farming businesses over the last five years for which figures are available; and how they have varied in value at constant prices in relation to farm input costs and the retail price index over the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 18 January 1993]: The table shows the main rates of assistance available to hill farming enterprises, in money and real terms, from livestock subsidy schemes over the last five years. Information on the prices of input items of hill farming enterprises are not readily available. However, aggregate input costs which include input volume as well as price changes, have risen at a rate below the retail prices index.
(2) how many people have been prosecuted for failing to report and stop at the scene of a road traffic accident, in each of the last five years; and if he will give a regional breakdown of these figures.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 19 January 1993]: The information is not available in the form requested. Table (i) gives the total number of offences under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and corresponding earlier legislation, which were cleared-up by Scottish police forces. Table (ii) gives the number of 569W offences under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and corresponding earlier legislation, which were
Failing to stop or report a road traffic accident, or give information or insurance documents, by region, Scotland 1987 to 1991 (i) Number of offences cleared-up 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Borders 207 213 195 174 144 Central 290 346 334 334 295 Dumfries and Galloway 359 417 496 403 471 Fife 625 501 524 605 476 Grampian 1,388 1,277 1,270 1,313 1,286 Highland 370 340 305 310 380 Lothian 1,879 1,850 1,578 1,718 2,058 Strathclyde 3,035 2,932 2,865 2,831 2,794 Tayside 709 595 666 688 584 Orkney 26 37 26 37 18 Shetland 40 32 43 33 34 Western Isles 32 27 40 25 50 SCOTLAND 8,960 8,567 8,342 8,471 8,590
(ii) Offences proceeded against by court location 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Borders 84 82 101 99 81 Central 241 251 244 238 229 Dumfries and Galloway 191 265 346 354 266 Fife 234 199 185 198 202 Grampian 686 977 777 896 977 Highland 233 193 165 193 216 Lothian 1,476 1,255 1,075 1,206 1,097 Strathclyde 1,418 1,581 1,389 1,406 1,380 Tayside 571 528 563 509 461 Orkney 38 22 18 31 13 Shetland 57 20 14 14 26 Western Isles 25 18 23 38 36 High Court 5 4 2 7 4 Proceedings discharged before court appearance 75 66 59 41 3 SCOTLAND 5,334 5,461 4,961 5,230 4,991