§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received in regard to the test firing of depleted uranium shells at the Dundrennan test range at Kirkcudbright; and from what organisations they have come.
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§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 14 July 1993]: My right hon. Friend has received one letter, in which a member of the public expressed concern that the test firing of depleted uranium shells may pose a threat to health.
Midwifes by health board at 30 September1 Whole time Part time 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Scotland 2,320 2,394 2,419 2,478 2,403 1,258 1,165 1,247 1,481 1,581 Argyll and Clyde 199 180 184 200 198 163 134 140 174 194 Ayrshire and Arran 29 74 109 161 144 28 27 47 117 119 Borders 77 86 79 79 79 20 21 22 14 19 Dumfries and Galloway 85 90 95 89 81 46 39 53 63 67 Fife 91 99 90 99 94 88 80 89 96 109 Forth Valley 142 130 128 116 117 67 58 67 75 102 Grampian 248 252 258 244 240 138 141 150 167 182 Greater Glasgow 487 511 510 495 488 192 168 163 237 199 Highland 171 176 167 187 180 121 124 122 124 132 Lanarkshire 195 188 192 195 186 129 129 133 137 143 Lothian 313 319 313 317 309 112 100 99 112 134 Orkney 22 23 24 23 23 4 3 3 4 2 Shetland 23 22 24 25 24 5 5 5 6 5 Tayside 222 205 211 220 213 132 101 120 123 143 Western Isles 36 39 35 28 27 33 35 34 32 31 1 Includes qualified staff working in hospitals and in the community. Community staff whose combined duties include midwifery are also included. 2 The specialty figures for Ayrshire and Arran were misclassified in the September 1988 census.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many midwifery staff are employed in each health board area(a) full time and (b) part time (i) on an agency basis and (ii) on bank contracts.
Midwifery staff by health board at 30 September 19921 Qualified W-T P-T In training2 W-T P-T Unqualified W-T P-T Agency Midwives3 Students Scotland 4,313 2,508 1,805 516 515 1 1,210 328 882 0.7 121 Argyll and Clyde 420 208 212 31 31 0 133 29 104 0 14 Ayrshire and Arran 272 147 125 51 50 1 75 11 64 0 14 Borders 101 80 21 0 0 0 21 7 14 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 157 82 75 25 25 0 26 3 23 0 0 Fife 220 96 124 26 26 0 66 3 63 0 11 Forth Valley 299 132 167 29 29 0 70 13 57 0 20 Grampian 452 247 205 66 66 0 114 22 92 0 0 Greater Glasgow 732 511 221 63 63 0 350 149 201 0 18 Highland 313 181 132 25 25 0 38 8 30 0 0 Lanarkshire 345 189 156 31 31 0 73 23 50 0 20 Lothian 463 317 146 124 124 0 149 38 111 0.73 9 Orkney 27 23 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 Shetland 33 25 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 Tayside 420 243 177 45 45 0 87 19 63 0 15 Western Isles 59 27 32 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 Includes staff working in hospitals and in the community. Community staff whose combined duties include midwifery are also included. 2 Student midwife data are as at 31 October 1992; some students are not funded directly by health boards and all are shown by geographical location of their College. 3 Average whole time equivalent for 6 months ending 30 September.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary for Scotland how many practicing midwives that are in each grade in each health board area, including those in senior nurse/senior midwife grades, senior nurse grades and
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