HC Deb 26 October 1993 vol 230 cc623-4W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on Scottish Nuclear's application for consent to construct a dry store for waste nuclear fuel at Torness following the public inquiry in December 1992.

Mr. Stewart

The Secretary of State has received the Report of the Public Inquiry into Scottish Nuclear's

Deaths from selected causes in each Health Board Area 1990
ICD Cause of Death Health Board Area
1990 Scotland Borders Forth Valley Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Tayside Orkney Shetland Western Isles Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Greater Glasgow Lanarkshire
010–018 Tuberculosis 39 3 2 3 1 4 3 17 6
180 Malignant neoplasm of cervix 162 6 6 8 13 12 4 19 18 19 10 35 12
201 Hodgkin's disease 45 2 2 7 5 1 8 2 2 2 5 9
393–398 Chronic rheumatic heart disease 205 3 12 10 21 4 34 15 31 13 40 22
460–519 Diseases of the respiratory system 7,231 184 350 189 437 605 207 989 589 30 21 51 595 556 1,672 756
493 Asthma 148 8 8 4 9 19 3 18 13 2 1 1 9 19 24 10
540–543 Appendicitis 7 1 1 1 4
550–553 Hernia of the abdominal cavity 62 2 4 1 2 7 3 13 3 1 8 5 9 4
574, Cholelithiasis and 46 1 1 1 3 7 2 7 1 1 3 2 11 6
575.0, cholecystitis
575.1
630–676 Maternal deaths 4 1 1 1 1

Deaths from selected causes in each Health Board Area 1991
ICD Cause of Death Health Board Area
1991 Scotland Borders Forth Valley Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Tayside Orkney Shetland Western Isles Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Greater Glasgow Lanarkshire
010–018 Tuberculosis 56 2 1 3 3 1 6 4 1 1 7 4 19 4
180 Malignant neoplasm of cervix 175 3 11 6 9 15 7 21 13 2 1 16 14 40 17
201 Hodgkin's disease 35 5 1 5 1 4 3 1 1 2 4 4 4
393–398 Chronic rheumatic heart disease 180 5 8 5 17 7 2 36 10 13 9 42 26
460–519 Diseases of the respiratory system 7,068 175 384 225 476 625 250 927 547 27 16 48 549 576 1,530 713
493 Asthma 161 3 9 3 11 19 10 24 15 2 1 11 24 20 9
540–543 Appendicitis 10 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
550–553 Hernia of the abdominal cavity 59 3 3 4 2 7 2 9 2 5 4 13 5
574, Cholelithiasis and 57 4 4 4 3 2 10 4 7 5 11 3
575.0, cholecystitis
575.1
630–676 Maternal deaths 9 1 1 2 1 1 2 1

application to construct a dry store for spent nuclear fuel at Torness. My right hon. Friend will announce his decision in due course.