HC Deb 29 March 1982 vol 21 cc45-6W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Dundee, East of 25 February 1981, Official Report, c. 377, what further progress has been made on the improvement of chiropody services in Tayside and the possibility of establishing a new school of chiropody in the region.

Mr. Allan Stewart

My Department is still pursuing with health boards ways in which forecast demands on the chiropody service can be met within the NHS in Scotland. The relevant Whitley council has recently concluded an agreement which allows health boards to employ foot care assistants in addition to state registered chiropodists, and this measure, it is hoped, will assist in improving chiropody services in Tayside and elsewhere in Scotland.

A new school of chiropody in Tayside remains a possibility, though the most effective and economic

Transport—Analysis of expenditure in Scotland within the Secretary of State's responsibility*
£ million Cash
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Motorways and trunk roads etc.
Capital 44 58 59 68 73 93 92
Current 11 12 14 15 18 25 25
Total 55 70 73 84 91 118 116 120 130
Local transport
Capital:
Roads—new construction and improvement 50 47 52 74 76 113 102 140 150
Car parks 1 — 2 3 1 2 2
Public transport investment 19 22 40 28 17 29 27
Current:
Roads—maintenance 54 77 88 100 121 126 138 250 260
Car parks — — — — — — —
Road safety etc. 4 3 1 1 1 1 1
Local authority administration 11 10 15 16 18 20 22
Passenger transport subsidies:
British Rail 8 8 12 15 21 24 27
Bus, underground and ferry services 9 11 13 18 44 21 24
Concessionary fares 13 15 19 23 30 24 23
Total 168 192 241 277 330 359 366 390 410
Central Government subsidies to transport industries.
Scottish Transport Group 4 4 4 4 5 7 7
Other subsidies — — — 1 2 3 4
Other central Government support — — — 1 1 2 2
Total 4 5 5 6 8 12 14 20 20
Ports 4 3 1 1 1 1 -1 — —
Civil Aviation Authority 1 2 3 4 3 4 4 — —
Other civil aviation services — — — — — — —
Total Transport programme 234 272 324 372 434 494 499 530 560

solution to the short-term shortage of State-registered chiropodists is likely to be the expansion of the output of the existing schools in Glasgow and Edinburgh.