§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the the total financial costs, including administration, of the Standing Consultative Council on Youth and Community Service, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThis body was dissolved following its last meeting in December 1978.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Council 583W for Health Education, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe council is a voluntary body for which I have no responsibility.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the
Members Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 160 — 11 — 160 1978–79 … … 135 — 11 — 135 1977–78 … … 40 — 12 — 40 1976–77 … … 112 — 12 — 112 1975–76 … … — — 12 — — Secretarial services are provided by departmental officers in the course of their normal duties.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Agricultural Advisory Committee, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment
Members Staff Year Total financial costs Number of personnel involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … — — — — — — 1978–79 … … — — — — — — 1977–78 … … 173.68 11 — 173.68 — — 1976–77 … … — — — — — — 1975–76 … … 358.93 11 — 358.93 — — The Scottish Agricultural Advisory Council was disbanded on 31 December 1978. Members' expenses in 1977–78 were £174. Part-time secretarial services were provided by staff of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland in the course of their normal duties.
§ Mr. Iain Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Business Education Council, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the
584Wlatest available 12-month period, the the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish United Services Museum Advisory Committee, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
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§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1978–79 … … 544,904 Nil 58 Nil 229,572 19,729* 1977–78 … … 476,981 Nil 56 Nil 182,789 17,711* 1976–77 … … 390,089 Nil 57 Nil 165,579 15,217* 1975–76 … … 253,179 Nil 57 Nil 166,635 13,885* 1974–75 … … 277,549 Nil 56 Nil 112,889 9,506* * Separate figures are not available for members' expenses, which are included in this column.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Medical Practices Committee, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively,
Members Staff Year Total financial costs* Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 20,331 — 8 9,515 2,837 7,979 — 1978–79 … … 17,937 — 8 7,650 3,515 6,772 — 1977–78 … … 13,684 — 8 6,515 1,500 5,669 — 1976–77 … … 13,271 — 8 6,665 1,440 5,166 — 1975–76 … … 12,001 — 8 6,000 1,500 4,501 — * The accommodation and administrative costs of the committee are included with those of the Common Services Agency.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Sheriff Court Rules Council, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerIt would involve disproportionate expenditure to seek to establish information in the form requested. The council consists of 14 members who are all unpaid but who receive travel and subsistence allowances for attendance at meetings, which are held about once monthly. The council has
586Wmembers of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
no power to incur expenditure. The secretary is a sheriff clerk who discharges that function as part of his full-time employment in the Scottish courts administration.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
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§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
Members Calendar year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses £ £ £ £ 1979 … … … 332 Nil 15 Nil 332 1978 … … … 146 Nil 15 Nil 146 1977 … … … 206 Nil 15 Nil 206 1976 … … … 24 Nil 13 Nil 24 1975 … … … Nil Nil 13 Nil Nil 1974 … … … 7 Nil 15 Nil 7 A principal in the Scottish Office acts as secretary to the council but is mainly employed on other duties and receives no separate remuneration in respect of his council function.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Council for Research and Education, the amount disbursed by
Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 220,872 400 38½(c) — 1,630 88,700 2,565 1978–79 … … 200,603 570 38½(c) — 1,168 68,380 1,475 1977–78 … … 189,526 250 39½(c) — 1,046 62,711 1,064 1976–77 … … 159,809 448 39½(c) — 899 61,968 1,395 1975–76 … … 112,021 254 39½(c) — 530 38,965 968 Notes:
- (a) Expenditure figures for 1979–80 are provisional.
- (b) The costs of contract research are excluded from columns 2, 7 and 8.
- (c) Including 21 council members.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical Education, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively,
Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 83,165 60,088 37 — 4,730 58,797 2,517 1978–79 … … 76,528 72,901 36 — 4,153 49,540 2,826 1977–78 … … 63,113 94,717 36 — 3,320 44,435 2,192 1976–77 … … 63,786 20,911 36 — 2,993 41,691 2,810 1975–76 … … 59,284 16,436 36 — 2,908 39,147 4,736
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Council for Educational Technology, the amount disbursed
588Wthat body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categor-ies in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and 589W expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
Members Staff Year Total Financial Costs Amount Disbursed No. of Persons Involved Salaries or Equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1978–79 … … 623,141 32,057 164(c) — 392,223 1977–78 … … 476,654 29,073 154 — Not 339,435 Not 1976–77 … … 473,094 8,590 156 — Available 330,075 Available 1975–76 … … 406,101 11,432 159 — Centrally 286,206 Centrally 1974–75 … … 268,150 11,419 155 — 216,492 Notes:
- (a) Figures not yet available for 1979–80.
- (b) The Council, which incorporates the Scottish Film Council, was established in October 1975. The information for 1974–75 and part of 1975–76 is for the Scottish Film Council only.
- (c) Including 45 council members. In previous years (he number of members fluctuated between 38 and 45.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Certificate of Education Examination Board, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for,
Members Staff‡ Calendar year Total costs* Amount disbursed Number of persons involved† Salaries or equivalent Expenses Fees and salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979 … … … 2,447,000 Nil c. 11,000 Nil 2,587 1,545,000 184,000 1978 … … … 2,159,000 Nil c. 11,000 Nil 2,392 1,388,000 164,000 1977 … … … 2,047,000 Nil c. 11,000 Nil 2,230 1,319,000 136,000 1976 … … … 1,873,000 Nil c. 11,000 Nil 990 1,213,000 99,000 1975 … … … 1,514,000 Nil c. 11,000 Nil 1,029 1,003,000 80,000 1974 … … … 1,102,000 Nil c. 11,000 Nil 804 739,000 67,000 * Figures shown are current running costs of the Board and the SCE Examinations. Capital expenditure over the whole period 1974–79 amounted to £705,000, mainly incurred in connection with the Board's move in 1975 to larger offices at Dalkeith. † These totals comprise some 200 unpaid members of the Board and the various subject panels 106 permanent members of staff (as at 31 December 1979), up to 500 additional staff engaged on a seasonal basis to cope with peaks of activity in connection with each year's examinations, and around 10,000 individuals who act on a fee-paid basis, as setters, examiners, invigilators and markers. ‡ Sums paid in respect of the permanent, seasonal and fee-paid staff of the Board.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Agricultural Development Council, the amount disbursed by the body, the number of persons, including
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§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses, and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
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§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows
Members Year Total Financial Costs Amount Disbursed No. of Persons Involved Salaries or Equivalent Expenses £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 1,614 Nil 12 Nil 1,614 1978–79 … … 1,740 Nil 12 Nil 1,740 1977–78 … … 1,514 Nil 10 Nil 1,549 The Council was reconstituted on 1 April 1977 as an advisory body. Part-time secretarial services are provided by staff of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland in the course of their normal duties.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Tourist Board, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Salaries or Equivalent Year Total Financial Costs Amount Disbursed No. of Persons Involved Members Staff Expenses £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 1979–80 … … 2,592 1,650 135 22 869 81 1978–79 … … 2,152 1,300 126 14 702 70 1977–78 … … 1,652 1,056 122 12 602 65 1976–77 … … 1,489 775 115 11 531 64 1975–76 … … 1,211 967 107 9 462 43 Notes:
Col 2 comprises all expenditure by STB including expenditure on promotion, marketing, publications, but excluding that under column 3.
Col 3 comprises expenditure on financial assistance to tourism projects and hotel development Incentive scheme only.
Col 4 includes the chairman and six board members who serve part time.
Col 7 comprises expenditure on travel and subsistence by members and staff.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Sports Council, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of
Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved* Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 1,176,800 1,651,700 173 3,300 7,700 779,200 31,700 1978–79 … … 1,129,400 1,370,000 171 2,400 4,200 667,100 28,900 1977–78 … … 1,039,900 860,100 168 2,900 3,600 578,600 22,400 1976–77 … … 856,500 870,800 163 3,500 5,200 535,300 18,300 1975–76 … … 817,000 678,100 164 3,500 3,200 465,100 15,400 * Including members of the council, of whom there were 23 in 1979–80.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total
592Wpayment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as fallows:
payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
financial costs, including administration, of the Scottish Dental Estimates Board, the amount disbursed by that body, the 593W number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries
Members Year Total Financial Costs Amount Disbursed No. of Persons Involved Salaries or Equivalent Expenses £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 18,560 — 7 17,985 575 1978–79 … … 14,237 — 7 14,106 131 1977–78 … … 13,668 — 7 13,579 89 1976–77 … … 13,191 — 7 12,830 361 1975–76 … … 13,933 — 7 13,430 503 1974–75 … … 9,351 — 8 8,765 586 The support services of the board are provided by the staff of the Common Services Agency.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the rent assessment panels—(Scotland)—the amount disbursed by those bodies, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with those bodies, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of those bodies by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 158,111 Nil 201 38,153 4,958 115,000 * 1978–79 … … 154,422 Nil 192 40,965 4,457 109,000 * 1977–78 … … 135,199 Nil 203 36,502 5,697 93,000 * 1976–77 … … 141,701 Nil 225 42,770 3,931 95,000 * 1975–76 … … 115,052 Nil 225 18,901 3,151 93,000 * * Included in (e).
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively,
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Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed Number of persons involved* Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 963,973 — 156 — 119 767,363 5,031 1978–79 … … 873,187 — 156 — 33 692,464 4,065 1977–78 … … 803,593 — 155 — 33 637,786 3,326 1976–77 … … 705,584 — 155 — 31 610,017 3,006 1975–76 … … 643,065 — 155 — 58 555,916 1,913. * Including 29 members of the board of governors, full-time staff and the full-time equivalent of part-time staff. and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Rent Assessment Panel for Scotland comprises (currently) 190 members from whom rent assessment committees are formed as required. Members are paid a per diem fee for their services plus travelling and subsistence allowances. The following table gives the detailed information requested.
members of the body by way of salary or equivalent expenses of members and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
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§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Red Deer Commission, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment
Members Staff Year Total financial costs* Amount disbursed Number of personnel involved† Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 117,541‡ Nil 13 members 12 staff 5,919 5,097 55,724 15,124 1978–79 … … 91,137 Nil 13 members 12 staff 4,191 3,533 43,656 14,739 1977–78 … … 76,116 Nil 13 members 12 staff 3,946 2,932 38,661 9,306 1976–77 … … 72,844 Nil 13 members 12 staff 3,465 2,324 36,808 9,193 1975–76 … … 68,754 Nil 13 members 12 staff 3,465 2,389 32,764 6,953 * Gross Costs: There is however revenue, from sale of carcases, as follows:— 1979–80—£5,483; 1978–79—£15,960; 1977–78—£5,671; 1976–77—£13,273; 1975–76—£11,231; 1974–75—£9,007. † Includes 1 part-time member of staff. ‡ Provisional.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the river purification boards—(Scotland)—the amount disbursed by those bodies, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with those bodies, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of those bodies by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and
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Number of persons involved Members Staff Year Total financial costs(1) Amount disbursed Members Staff Salaries or equivalent Expenses Expenses Salaries Expenses £ million £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … 2.3 Not applicable 180 Not available See Note (2) See Note (3) 1978–79 … 2.2 Not applicable 180 272 See Note (2) See Note (3) 1977–78. … 2.0 Not applicable 180 261 See Note (2) See Note (3) for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe river purification boards are independent bodies performing a statutory local function and I am responsible only for appointing one-third of their members. The available information is as follows:
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1976–77 … 2.3 Not applicable 180 257 See Note (2) See Note (3) 1974–75 … See Note (4) Notes:
(1) Capital plus current costs at 1979 survey prices.
(2) Members are entitled to allowances in accordance with the provisions of sections 45–47 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. Details of such payments can only be obtained from the individual Boards.
(3) Details of staff salaries and expenses are included in Boards' annual reports and are not held centrally.
(4) Comparable figures prior to 1975–76, when boards were reconstituted, are not available.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the prison review committees—Scotland—the amount disbursed by those bodies, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with those bodies, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of those bodies by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in ail the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerBy "Prison Review Committees" I take my hon. Friend to mean "local review committees".
Members of local review committees are unpaid but may claim travelling and subsistence expenses and financial loss allowance at the normal rates. Not all members claim the expenses or allowance to which they are entitled. The committees makes no disbursements.
The following table shows the number of committees in each of the last five financial years, the number of members (excluding governors, who are members ex officio) and the total cost of payments made to members:
Members Year Total Financial Costs Amount Disbursed No. of Persons Involved Salaries or Equivalent Expenses £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 230 Nil 25 Nil 230 1978–79 … … 531 Nil 25 Nil 531 1977–78 … … 283 Nil 25 Nil 2S3 1976–77 … … 120 Nil 25 Nil 120 1975–76 … … Not available Nil 36 Nil Not available Secretarial services are provided by departmental officers in the course of their normal duties.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the
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Year Number of committees* Number of members Payments to members £ 1975–76 9 57 2,473 1976–77 10 65 3,549 1977–73 9 61 4,722 1978–79 9 61 3,812† 1979–80 10 67 7,2711† * The fluctuation in the number of committees reflects the changes in establishments having inmates eligible for parole. e † The figures for 1978–79 and 1979–80 are distorted because of Civil Service industrial action which caused a substantial number of payments to be delayed. It is not possible to distinguish payments by way of financial loss allowance from travelling and subsistence payments. At each of the penal establishments involved secretarial services are provided by the staff of the establishment.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Police Advisory Board for Scotland, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including adminstration, 599W of the Police (Scotland) Examination Board, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent,
Members Year Total Financial Costs Amount Disbursed No. of Persons Involved Salaries or Equivalent Expenses £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 8,653* Nil 8 Nil 170* 1978–79 … … 9,582 Nil 8 Nil 280 1977–78 … … 6,325 Nil 8 Nil 110 1976–77 … … 6,707 Nil 8 Nil 270 1975–76 … … 2,918 Nil 8 Nil 310 1974–75 … … 3,884 Nil 8 Nil Not available * Provisional Secretarial services are provided by departmental officers in the course of their normal duties.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Peterhead Bay Management Co. Ltd., the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount
Members Staff Year Total financial costs Amount disbursed(a) Number of persons involved(b) Salaries or equivalent Expenses Salaries Expenses £ £ £ £ £ £ 1979–80 … … 29,121 36,653 10 145 1,584 19,561 1,286 1978–79 … … 30,331 27,754 10 98 1,240 18,472 707 1977–78 … … 24,221 25,533 10 — 1,275 16,616 1,453 1976–77 … … 23,236 20,889 10 — 1,546 15,228 443 1975–76 … … 20,595 16,882 9 — 1,544 14,344 1,125 NOTES:
- (a) Contribution to costs of shared services required to operate the bay and fishery harbours at Peterhead.
- (b) The company has a permanent staff of three. The remaining persons listed are board members who serve part-time.
- (c) From 1974–75, income from the harbour has exceeded the direct costs of its operation.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Parole Board for Scotland, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerMembers of the board are paid sessional fees according to a scale which takes account of the category
600Wexpenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows:
of each member. Some members do not receive a fee but all may claim travelling and subsistence expenses. The board makes no disbursements.
The following table shows, for each of the last five financial years, the number of board members and the total cost of payments made to members:—
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Year Number of members Payments to members £ 1975–76 15 8,600 1976–77 15 12,318 1977–78 15 11,965 1978–79 15 14,968 1979–80 14 23,208 It is not possible to distinguish sessional fees from travelling and subsistence payments.
Secretarial services for the Parole Board for Scotland are provided by staff of the Scottish Home and Health Department.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of Slate for Scotland if he will publish, for the latest available 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration, of the Oil Development Council for Scotland, the amount disbursed by that body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent, expenses of members, and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Oil Development Council was disbanded in January 1978.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindFollowing its latest meeting on 21 March the council submitted written advice on the basis of which my right hon. Friend paid grant totalling £558,986 in respect of 25 applications for listed buildings and conservation schemes.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Advisory Committee on the Protection of Birds in Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindAt the last meeting of the advisory committee held in March 1980 the committee advised on various proposals relating to bird protection including a proposal that the purple sandpiper be added to the first schedule to the Protection of Birds Act 1954. My right hon. Friend has decided to act on the proposal.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received 602W written advice from the Advisory Committee on Scotland's Travelling People; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindThe advisory committee submitted its second report, containing a number of receommendations, to my right hon. Friend on 28 June 1978.
Two of the recommendations, to reconstitute the committee and to introduce 100 per cent. grant for the approved capital costs of local authority site provision have already been accepted and provision for grant is included in the Local Government, Planning and Land (No. 2) Bill.
I shall shortly be meeting the committee to convey to it my right hon. Friend's comments on the remainder of the recommendations which fall within his direct responsibility.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Advisory Committee on Statistical Information; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe committee recently recommended the setting up of a working group to assess the requirements for information to be collected in the school census of September 1981; this working group has been established.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Advisory Committee on Social Work; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. FairgrieveIn December 1979 the Advisory Council on Social Work made recommendations to my right hon. Friend on solvent abuse. Views are being sought on this subject in a consultative document issued on 30 April.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindThe last written advice received by my right hon. Friend was the minutes of the board's meeting on 14 603W March. The record of the board's deliberations assist him in the management and conservation of ancient monuments.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Boundary Commission for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Commission's function, under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Acts 1949 to 1958, is to review parliamentary constituencies in Scotland and to make recommendations as to the constituencies into which the whole country or particular areas should be divided. Its reports are laid before Parliament. It last reported on interim reviews which were implemented in 1973 and it is at present conducting a general review on which it must report before June 1984.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Building Standards Adivsory Committee; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindAt its meeting on 21 November 1979 the committee advised my official representatives on proposals for improvement of thermal insulation standards for houses, the consolidation with amendments of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations, and on possible improvements on the building control system; all of which are likely to lead to changes in the regulations.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Careers Service Advisory Council for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherSince my right hon. Friend came to office in May 1979 he has received no written advice from the Careers Service Advisory Council for Scotland, whose term of office came to an end in September 1979. My right hon. Friend is at present considering the re-constitution of the council.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Central Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace (Scotland); 604W and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindMy right hon. Friend received a letter from Lord Wheatley, the chairman of the committee, in July last year, after a meeting of the committee on 2 July. The committer recommended that the powers and jurisdiction of the district court should be extended, and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill contains a provision for this purpose. Lord Wheatley also reported the committee's view that a greater proportion of women should be included among candidates recommended for appointment as justices of the peace and my right hon. Friend has commended their suggestion to JP advisory committees. The committee strongly recommended that a course for clerks of the district court should be centrally provided and three such courses, each for about a dozen clerks, were run by the Scottish Courts administration in Glasgow last winter. Some other recommendations by the Committee are still under consideration.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the children's panel advisory committees; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe 12 children's panel advisory committees provide regular advice to my right hon. Friend on the appointment of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and members of children's panels. Account is taken of this advice in the appointments and reappointments, numbering approximately 500, which are made in May each year.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Committee of Investigation for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe committee has not met since it was reconstituted in 1950.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Committee on National Museums and Galleries; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe committee has not yet reported but is expected to do so about the end of the year.
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§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Consultative Committee on Freshwater Fisheries in Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Consultative Committee last met on 22 April 1980 to consider proposals received in terms of the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 for (a) the Upper Spey and (b) the Lower Spey.
The Committee recommended that a protection order be made for the Upper Spey; this recommendation is now being considered in the light of the statutory objections received to the proposals.
In the case of the Lower Spey the committee has not yet made any recommendation to me but has put a number of matters to the proposers for their comments.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Consultative Committee on the Curriculum; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherOn 30 April 1980. The Consultative Committee on the Curriculum was one of the bodies invited by my Department to consider proposed changes in its own organisation and that of the Scottish Curriculum Development Service. The written advice received from the committee is being considered together with the comments received from other bodies.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Consumers' Committee for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe committee last reported in May 1975 on the effect on consumers of the three milk marketing schemes in Scotland. It concluded that the schemes were not operating in a manner contrary to the interests of consumers.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Council for Tertiary Education in Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherI have this week received the council's observations on the report of the committee of inquiry606W in to the engineering profession—the Finniston report. The council's, views are being considered along with those of the other bodies who were consulted.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Dumping at Sea Act Representations Panel; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Secretary of State has a duty under the Dumping at Sea Act 1974 to draw up a panel of qualified persons from whom a committee can be drawn to consider representations about the Secretary of State's licensing proposals in terms of the Act. It has not been necessary to convene such a committee and I have therefore never received written advice from that body.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Extra-Parliamentary Panel; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. RifkindThe panel comprises a list of persons nominated by the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons, acting jointly with the Secretary of State. If for the purposes of an inquiry into a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 the chairmen are unable to appoint sufficient Commissioners from the two Houses, the Secretary of State may make up the requisite number from the Extra-Parliamentary Panel. The panel itself does not advise the Secretary of State, and in recent years no occasion has arisen to draw on it for the purpose indicated.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Herring Industry Advisory Council; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerI have received no written advice from the council.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Highlands and Islands Development Consultative Council; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerI have received no written advice from the council.
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§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received from the Highlands and Islands Development Consultative Council; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe council advises the Highlands and Islands Development Board not me.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Hill Farming Advisory Committee for Scotland; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. YoungerThe committee does not normally advise me in writing, but it published a report on store livestock marketing in Scotland last year which has attracted a great deal of interest among all sectors of the hill farming industry.
§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when last he received written advice from the Advisory Committee on Dental Establishments; and what action he has taken as a result.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe committee last met on 13 March and although its recommendations are not submitted in writing they will, where appropriate, be reflected in decisions concerning the control of dental manpower which will shortly be notified to health boards.