HC Deb 19 June 1995 vol 262 cc111-3W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the arrangements in Scotland corresponding to the English system of rent assessment panels; what salary and allowances are payable; who serves on such a body in Scotland; what are the expected time commitment of such appointees, including presidents, vice-presidents, chairmen, professional members and lay members; and if he will make a statement. [28577]

Lord James Douglas Hamilton

The rent assessment panel for Scotland was established under the Rent Act 1965 which is now consolidated in the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984. The purpose of the panel is to provide chairpeople and other members for rent assessment committees. The duties of a rent assessment committee are set out in:

  1. (i) Section 48(1) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984;
  2. (ii) Sections 25 and 34 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988;
  3. (iii) Statutory Instrument 1980 No. 1665 (S.129) The Rent Assessment Committee (Scotland) Regulations 1980
  4. (iv) Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 81 (S.12) The Rent Assessment Committee (Assured Tenancies) Scotland Regulations 1989.

The 62 members of the rent assessment panel are appointed by my right hon. Friend and are solicitors, surveyors and lay people. The members are:

Chairmen

  • J. M. Barton WS
  • Mrs. L. J. M. Campbell BL
  • Mrs. J. Catto LLB NP
  • Miss A. Chisholm LLB
  • Miss Carol A. Cooper
  • Miss M. Crighton
  • C. J. Forrest WS
  • J. R. Gardiner BL NP WS
  • Miss S. T. Givens MA LLB
  • J. M. D. Graham LLB NP
  • The Hon. Simon E. G. Guest LLB WS
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  • Miss C. S. Henderson MA LLB NP
  • E. G. Kennedy LLB NP
  • Miss D. McGhie LLB
  • J. G. Malcolm-Smith
  • Mr. E. Mochar
  • N. J. A. Robertson BL
  • J. G. L. Robinson BA LLB
  • E. O. St. John BL WS
  • O. H. Speirs MA
  • Mrs. M. L. J. Walker MA LLB NP (Vice-President)
  • B. C. T. Wood BL

Professional members

  • Mrs. Lesley Anderson ARICS
  • J. M. Bennet FRCIS ARVA
  • Miss Karen Gillies BSc ARICS
  • F. M. Halliday FRICS
  • Mrs. U. L. Heaney MA FRICS
  • M. Kay FRICS
  • A. C. Love FRICS
  • E. Milne FRICS
  • W. W. Mitchell FRICS FRVA
  • J. B Pettinger FRICS ARVA
  • J. D. O. Ramsay FRICS FFS
  • G. F. Robertson FRICS FCIArb (President)
  • G. Scott FRICS FRVA
  • J. G. Smith FRICS
  • I. D. Sutherland
  • J. T. Sutherland FRICS

Lay members

  • Mrs. P. Bolton
  • S. J. Boyd AIPD
  • Mrs. H. Charlton
  • Ms A. S. Daghlian
  • I. S. Davidson
  • M. Fleming
  • J. Forbes
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  • Mrs. C. K. Fraser
  • W. G. Fyfe MA BD STM
  • A. Gray
  • Mrs. E. R. Innes
  • A. McQuaker
  • Mrs. S. B. Mathieson
  • J. S. Methven
  • Mrs. J. Murray
  • Mrs. E. Park
  • Mrs. D. Rankin
  • Mrs. S. Ritchie
  • R. C. Robinson
  • Mrs. M. M. Roxburgh
  • J. I. Stevenson
  • Mrs. A. Tankel
  • J. Thomson MBE JP
  • Mrs. A. Woodward-Nutt

The president and vice-president are part-time appointments. The president is expected to spend one and a half days a week on duties relating to his position as president. The vice president is expected to spend one day a week on hers. Both are also required to serve on a set number of rent assessment committees a year. Other panel members are normally asked to serve on rent assessment committees on average once every three weeks. This does, however, vary from area to area.

Net expenditure on school meals service in Scotland in each financial year
£000
Education Authority 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Borders 558 548 744 732 756 789 789
Central 2,692 2,905 2,546 2,810 2,305 2,250 2,502
Dumfries and Galloway 1,287 1,245 1,240 1,585 1,793 1,962 1,979
Fife 2,665 2,341 3,081 4,305 4,135 4,144 4,452
Grampian 2,579 2,376 2,911 2,821 3,041 3,051 3,013
Highland 1,992 1,919 2,164 2,485 2,507 2,735 2,802
Lothian 6,797 6,304 7,136 7,620 8,664 8,819 8,606
Strathclyde 23,491 24,032 24,489 25,770 29,469 30,710 30,881
Tayside 3,005 2,995 4,446 3,965 4,412 4,992 4,849
Orkney 282 258 295 413 425 394 453
Shetland 448 478 334 n/a 1,084 1,143 1,147
Western Isles 657 645 733 836 812 796 800

Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what nutritional quality standards there are for school meals; and when was the last change in these standards. [28811]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Specific nutritional standards for school meals are not prescribed in Scotland. The Government's policy is that education authorities should be responsible for the school meals service which they administer, including nutritional aspects.