HC Deb 21 November 1978 vol 958 c587W
Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take advantage of the fact that British Railways will be shortly undertaking enlargement work on the Penmanshiel tunnel in order to carry out associated realignment works on the stretch of the Al road at that point.

Mr. McElhone

The work on the rail track does not provide any opportunity

LIVE BIRTHS BY SOCIAL CLASS: HEALTH BOARD AREAS, SCOTLAND 1977
Social Class
Health Board Areas Total I II III IV V Not stated
Argyll and Clyde 5,755 386 803 2,990 1,058 455 63
Ayrshire and Arran 4,506 309 735 2,204 877 314 67
Borders 1,080 78 246 432 249 61 14
Dumfries and Galloway 1,562 72 301 694 375 77 43
Fife 4,093 356 570 2,230 603 262 72
Forth Valley 3,213 276 521 1,554 574 254 34
Grampian 5,647 530 998 2,590 1,172 298 59
Greater Glasgow 12,371 993 1,679 6,019 2,339 1,222 119
Highland 2,590 175 443 1,336 457 142 37
Lanarkshire 7,549 475 1,073 3,956 1,149 807 89
Lothian 8,449 1,023 1,455 4,164 1,224 483 100
Orkney 226 6 74 75 58 12 1
Shetland 341 12 53 174 84 15 3
Tayside 4,579 379 759 2,165 939 279 39
Western Isles 381 17 60 188 94 21 1
SCOTLAND 62,342 5,106 9,770 30,771 11,252 4,702 741