§ Mr. Russell BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the members of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. [68571]
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§ Mr. DewarI have appointed Dr. Elspeth Graham and Professor Gavin McCrone to the Boundary Commission for Scotland from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2002.
The other members of the Commission are:
Madam Speaker—ex officio—Chairman;The hon. Lady Cosgrove, appointed as Deputy Chairman by the Lord President of the Court of Session from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1999.
Live births (singleton and multiple)—Scotland Percentage delivered by caesarean section, year ending 31 March Health board—area of treatment 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Scotland 14.4 14.6 15.2 15.1 15.8 16.0 16.5 16.8 17.5 18.5 Argyll and Clyde 16.9 16.2 17.4 16.9 15.7 15.4 16.2 18.0 18.3 21.0 Ayrshire and Arran 15.5 16.3 18.2 17.2 17.9 18.2 17.5 18.8 19.1 20.4 Borders 14.0 13.6 17.9 15.7 16.1 16.5 16.0 19.4 20.9 17.6 Dumfries and Galloway 11.2 12.3 14.1 12.5 16.9 15.6 11.7 13.7 14.8 17.8 Fife 11.3 11.6 10.7 10.9 11.6 13.3 15.2 15.4 14.9 19.0 Forth Valley 12.7 12.7 13.8 14.8 15.2 13.7 15.8 13.6 15.3 16.7 Grampian 11.8 12.5 12.4 11.8 13.0 14.7 15.4 15.4 17.4 18.2 Greater Glasgow 15.3 16.3 16.4 17.0 17.8 16.9 18.0 17.3 18.1 18.1 Highland 14.6 13.2 13.7 15.2 17.9 15.6 16.4 18.0 17.9 19.9 Lanarkshire 14.7 14.8 16.1 15.9 16.6 17.5 17.8 17.7 18.4 19.2 Lothian 15.5 14.9 15.1 15.3 16.1 16.8 16.7 17.4 17.5 18.6 Orkney 14.2 8.3 9.0 7.8 10.6 13.7 12.2 11.7 16.9 13.6 Shetland 7.3 9.1 2.2 7.1 8.1 6.4 4.7 2.5 2.9 5.3 Tayside 13.6 14.3 14.6 12.9 13.4 14.7 15.7 16.3 16.4 16.3 Western Isles 10.2 9.7 19.3 18.1 19.1 18.3 18.3 19.3 19.0 18.1 Notes:
1. Prior to 1998, birth details were recorded only for the first two babies delivered. From 1998, where four or more babies are involved in a delivery, birth details are recorded for the first three babies delivered.
2. In multiple deliveries individual babies may have different modes of delivery.
Source:
The information shown in the table has been extracted from the Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR02)—Maternity discharge.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.