§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all those beaches in Scotland which failed to meet the European Community directive on bathing water quality standards in the last year for which data is available, when it is planned for each of these beaches to meet these standards; and what is the estimated cost in each case.
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Unemployed claimants in Scottish parliamentary constituencies Constituency December 1986 As percentage of December 1985 December 1987 As percentage of December 1986 December 1988 As percentage of December 1987 Aberdeen North 4,691 130.3 4,169 88.9 3,276 78.6 Aberdeen South 4,280 141.2 3,521 82.3 2,700 76.7 Angus East 4,509 117.8 3,839 85.1 2,905 75.7 Argyll and Bute 4,302 106.6 3,777 87.8 3,156 83.6 Ayr 5,223 103.4 4,504 86.2 3,507 77.9 Banff and Buchan 3,968 125.6 3,340 84.2 2,634 78.9 Caithness and Sutherland 2,575 103.1 2,435 94.6 2,181 89.6 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 6,751 102.2 6,138 90.9 4,956 80.7 Central Fife 5,656 99.4 5,229 92.5 4,085 78.1 Clackmannan 4,742 102.5 4,212 88.8 3,363 79.8 Clydebank and Milngavie 4,703 102.9 4,417 93.9 3,537 80.1 Clydesdale 5,179 103.8 4,423 85.4 3,409 77.1 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4,793 103.0 4,017 83.8 3,148 78.4 Cunninghame North 5,649 102.8 5,032 89.1 3,777 75.1 Cunninghame South 6,213 98.6 5,546 89.3 4,200 75.7 Dumbarton 5,605 94.9 5,388 96.1 4,422 82.1 Dumfries 4,055 101.6 3,442 84.9 2,742 79.7 Dundee East 7,748 94.0 7,004 90.4 5,630 80.4 Dundee West 6,363 95.6 5,655 88.9 4,712 83.3 Dunfermline East 5,021 102.7 4,489 89.4 3,642 81.1 Dunfermline West 3,796 106.1 3,388 89.3 2,788 82.3 East Kilbride 5,108 101.3 4,239 83.0 3,391 80.0 East Lothian 4,156 109.9 3,878 93.3 3,211 82.8 Eastwood 3,397 103.1 3,013 88.7 2,358 78.3 Edinburgh Central 5,584 111.9 5,136 92.0 4,148 80.8 Edinburgh East 4,590 99.3 4,341 94.6 3,323 76.5 Edinburgh Leith 6,974 106.9 6,469 92.8 5,044 78.0 Edinburgh Pentlands 3,535 95.8 3,237 91.6 2,524 78.0 Edinburgh South 4,323 106.1 4,096 94.7 3,129 76.4 Edinburgh West 2,611 108.1 2,196 84.1 1,709 77.8 Falkirk East 5,316 97.5 4,675 87.9 3,444 73.7 Falkirk West 4,650 98.4 3,811 82.0 2,895 76.0 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 4,231 104.9 3,569 84.4 3,360 94.1 Glasgow Cathcart 4,451 100.6 3,911 87.9 3,264 83.5 Glasgow Central 7,567 103.6 7,255 95.9 6,096 84.0 Glasgow Garscadden 6,214 98.0 5,485 88.3 4,904 89.4 Glasgow Govan 6,065 98.2 5,634 92.9 4,975 88.3 Glasgow Hillhead 5,829 106.9 5,370 92.1 4,660 86.8 Glasgow Maryhill 7,994 101.8 7,494 93.7 6,483 86.5 Glasgow Pollok 7,480 96.9 6,856 91.7 5,789 84.4 Glasgow Provan 8,706 95.4 7,539 86.6 6,671 88.5 Glasgow Rutherglen 6,887 98.9 5,955 86.5 5,079 85.3 Glasgow Shettleston 6,732 104.6 6,086 90.4 5,429 89.2 Glasgow Springburn 8,616 99.1 7,825 90.8 6,820 87.2
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on results for 1987, the latest year available, was given in my answers on 5 May at column 536, and 29 June 1988 at column247, to my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries (Sir Ff. Monro). A copy of the report "Bathing Waters in Scotland, Results of Monitoring: 1986 and 1987" is available in the Library.
The information on the quality of Scottish bathing waters during the 1988 bathing season is being collated a t present. I expect to announce the results before the start of the 1989 bathing season. Discussions are currently taking place with the authorities concerned about plans and programmes of improvement for those bathing waters which did not meet the directive's standards in 1987.