Direct Service/Labour Organisations

HC Deb 14 December 1993 vol 234 cc602-5W

Mr. George Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, by authority, the surplus achieved since 1988 on trading accounts for(a) general highway work, (b) construction and maintenance of sewers, (c) works of new construction and (d) maintenance work delivered by direct service/labour organisations in Scotland;

(2) if he will list, by authority, the surplus achieved since 1988 on trading accounts for (a) refuse collection, (b) street cleaning, (c) building cleaning, (d) schools and welfare catering, (e) other catering, (f) vehicle maintenance, (g) grounds maintenance and (h) sports and leisure management services delivered by direct service/labour organisations in Scotland;

(3) if he will list by authority and service area, as defined by the Local Government Act 1988, the surpluses achieved by local authority direct service/labour organisations in Scotland;

(4) if he will list by authority and service area, as defined by the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980, the surpluses achieved by local authority direct service/labour organisations in Scotland since 1988.

Mr. Lang

[holding answer 3 December 1993]: The information requested for financial years before 1990–91 could be made available only at disproportionate cost. The information set out in table 1 to 3 show for the years 1990–91 and 1991–92 the surpluses/deficits reported for each activity to which compulsory competitive tendering relates in terms of both the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and the Local Government Act 1988. For 1992–93 the figures provided reflect the reports for that year which have been received and processed.

Local authority	New construction >£50,000	New construction <£50,000	Building maintenance	General highways work	General water and sewerage work	Refuse collection1	Building cleaning	Other cleaning1	School and welfare catering	Other catering	Ground maintenance	Vehicle maintenance	Leisure services management
Edinburgh DC	—	—	158,026	—	—	—	43,810	165,799	—	9,154	106,959	161,490	—
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC	—	—	97,815	—	—	—	—	21,447	—	—	51,600	—	—
Falkirk DC	—	—	85,000	—	—	25,000	3,000	9,000	—	—	84,000	10,000	—
Fife RC	9,000	9,000	398,000	1,286,000	37,000	—	56,000	—	630,000	—	—	24,000	—
Glasgow DC	—	159,277	7,134,357	—	—	256,168	11,320	105,664	—	—	169,741	—	—
Gordon DC	—	—	—	—	—	11,000	—	23,000	—	—	55,000	—	—
Grampian RC	—	—	—	955,000	57,000	—	—	—	—	158,000	18,000	8,000	—
Hamilton DC	—	—	-770,649	—	—	—	260	—	—	—	13,618	—	—
Highland RC	—	—	—	1,132,738	—	—	88,106	—	364,081	—	-84,375	—	—
Inverclyde DC	—	—	242,712	—	—	32,533	—	38,233	—	—	3,311	-7,521	—
Inverness DC	—	—	78,221	—	—	134,725	—	73,045	—	—	-10,494	-1,740	—
Kilmarnock and Loudon DC	—	—	191,542	—	—	52,323	3,442	25,735	—	135	31,270	—	—
Kincardine and Deeside DC	—	—	—	—	—	-2,484	—	—	—	—	76,172	—	—
Kirkcaldy DC	—	—	-234,472	—	—	25,511	947	12,757	—	—	94,728	58,367	—
Kyle and Carrick DC	—	—	151,699	—	—	12,803	—	—	—	—	20,879	17,848	—
Lochaber DC	—	—	33,210	—	—	25,664	—	25,664	—	—	2,759	—	—
Lothian RC	—	—	36,932	473,113	196,077	—	76,048	—	50,013	6,203	—	36,346	—
Midlothian DC	—	—	108,000	—	—	133,000	—	—	—	—	159,000	—	—
Monklands DC	—	—	57,690	—	—	27,798	19,025	—	—	—	5,631	5,238	—
Moray DC	—	—	405,564	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-122,476	—	—
Motherwell DC	—	—	52,128	—	—	—	—	313,937	—	2,809	56,787	39,537	—
Nairn DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nithsdale DC	—	—	97,976	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	2	—	—
North East Fife DC	—	—	30,000	—	—	16,000	—	—	—	—	72,000	—	—
Orkney IC	—	10,000	-47,000	331,000	51,000	3,000	165,000	—	81,000	—	—	—	—
Perth and Kinross DC	—	—	112,175	—	—	—	29,696	—	—	—	48,878	0	—
Renfrew DC	—	—	1,157,272	—	—	57,987	—	44,510	—	—	86,718	21,106	—
Ross and Cromarty DC	—	—	57,000	—	—	21,000	—	—	—	—	19,000	—	—
Roxburgh DC	—	—	21,000	—	—	11,642	—	2,067	—	—	16,059	—	—
Shetland IC	—	—	53,000	180,000	—	—	-13,000	—	44,000	—	—	19,000	—
Skye and Lochalsh DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stcwartry DC	—	—	—	—	—	41,556	—	—	—	—	37,226	—	—
Stirling DC	—	—	70,700	—	—	25,000	—	9,600	—	—	-7,005	2,300	—
Strathclyde RC	109,518	7,530	544,269	534,861	35,350	—	84,983	—	725,277	122,617	27,640	182,590	—
Strathkelvin DC	—	—	205,692	—	—	32,824	—	32,824	—	—	-58,708	—	—
Sutherland DC	—	—	—	—	—	20,281	—	—	—	—	19,533	—	—
Tayside RC	—	—	5,000	652,000	—	—	110,000	—	473,000	—	—	14,000	—
Tweeddale DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Western Isles IC	—	—	801,554	116,619	—	37,697	—	—	—	6,367	35,144	22,475	—
West Lothian DC	—	—	159,867	—	—	13,886	—	13,886	—	—	20,829	2,190	—
Wigtown DC	—	—	99,473	—	—	—	—	21,415	—	—	37,598	—	—
Cumbernauld NT	—	—	48,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13,000	—	—
East Kilbride NT	—	—	-385,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Glenrothes NT	—	—	115,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	105,000	—	—
Irvine NT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27,192	—	—
Livingston NT	—	—	109,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5,000	—	—
1 The accounts for refuse collection and other cleaning may have been combined by some authorities. The absence of an entry, therefore, does not necessarily indicate that the DSO has not carried out the activity in question.

Surpluses on DLO/DSO activity in 1991–92
Local authority	New construction >£50,000	New construction <£50,000	Building maintenance	General highways work	General water and sewerage work	Refuse collection1	Building cleaning	Other cleaning1	School and welfare catering	Other catering	Ground maintenance	Vehicle maintenance	Leisure services management
Aberdeen DC	—	—	1,240,282	—	—	101,713	5,671	—	—	9,191	472,132	80,453	—
Angus DC	—	—	—	—	—	89,219	10,672	37,640	—	—	109,475	11,859	14,377
Annandale and Eskdale DC	—	—	—	—	—	28,699	—	-24,223	—	—	86,580	—	11,195
Argyll and Bute DC	—	—	0	—	—	52,000	—	10,000	—	—	22,000	17,000	4,000
Badenoch and Strathspey DC	—	—	—	—	—	17,089	—	—	—	—	7,574	—	—
Banff and Buchan DC	—	—	50,734	—	—	53,714	2,863	—	—	—	62,133	18,877	—
Bearsden and Milngavie DC	—	—	-17,095	—	—	-66,295	—	-66,295	—	—	-65,097	—	—
Berwickshire DC	—	—	—	—	—	48,897	—	42,686	—	—	42,686	—	403
Borders RC	—	—	—	649,000	—	—	72,000	—	24,000	—	—	42,000	—
Caithness DC	—	—	28,479	—	—	119,835	—	—	—	—	—	—	116,623
Central RC	6,586	1,759	230,783	209,555	32,766	—	—	—	230,640	11,272	—	60,947	—
Clackmannan DC	—	—	76,000	—	—	65,000	—	—	—	—	33,000	-2,000	—
Clydebank DC	—	—	115,192	—	—	36,907	—	—	—	—	140,922	—	50,182
Clydesdale DC	—	—	-9,742	—	—	6,727	-12,633	9,012	—	—	48,621	—	33,289
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC	—	—	43,191	—	—	4,811	—	—	—	—	37,480	930	21,602
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC	—	—	35,329	—	—	112,724	—	33,636	—	—	5,961	—	1,790
Cunninghame DC	—	—	217,000	—	—	16,828	15,868	26,455	—	—	55,954	20,016	9,808
Dumbarton DC	—	—	-119,072	—	—	96,117	-66,438	7,377	—	—	93,801	—	32,798
Dumfries and Galloway RC	—	—	-102,137	261,756	—	—	—	—	108,000	—	66,000	69,000	—
Dundee DC	2,922	17,314	666,002	—	—	146,472	2,583	25,572	—	—	144,046	—	58,785
Dunfermline DC	75,219	38,453	192,741	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Kilbride DC	—	—	—	—	—	125,871	—	100,161	—	—	32,372	—	20,000
East Lothian DC	—	—	44,963	—	—	161,680	4,916	—	—	—	115,216	—	47,085
Eastwood DC	—	—	—	—	—	28,045	81,042	49,921	—	—	6,074	—	12,812
Edinburgh DC	—	—	-708,635	—	—	45,693	66,747	48,329	—	23	56,041	69,707	45,426
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC	—	—	124,107	—	—	—	—	60,560	—	—	46,115	—	64,794
Falkirk DC	—	—	150,000	—	—	66,000	5,000	114,000	—	—	28,000	9,000	3,000
Fife RC	5,000	6,000	372,000	279,000	—	—	33,000	—	517,000	—	—	101,000	—
Glasgow DC	—	9,789	9,021,124	—	—	1,061,873	53,000	466,561	—	71,402	1,851,214	96,497	257,620
Gordon DC	—	—	—	—	—	17,000	—	23,000	—	—	47,000	—	—
Grampian RC	—	—	—	431,000	21,000	—	—	43,000	130,000	12,000	99,000	191,000	—
Hamilton DC	—	—	244,114	—	—	179,149	392	—	—	—	110,187	—	128,153
Highland RC	—	—	—	1,227,229	—	—	159,011	—	289,080	—	—	301,341	—
Inverclyde DC	—	—	208,530	—	—	44,196	—	40,074	—	—	58,563	34,949	21,371
Inverness DC	—	—	270,135	—	—	219,186	—	49,426	—	—	143,900	55,362	31,815
Kilmarnock and London DC	—	—	166,413	—	—	104,776	966	54,970	—	4,337	15,344	44,102	9,019
Kincardine and Deeside DC	—	—	—	—	—	-13,113	—	—	—	—	1,781	—	7,367
Kirkcaldy DC	—	—	-563,702	—	—	65,767	799	25,693	—	—	397,708	98,926	—
Kyle and Carrick DC	—	—	163,002	—	—	23,338	—	—	—	—	65,640	19,826	—
Lochaber DC	—	—	87,262	—	—	21,433	—	21,433	—	—	12,716	—	11,745
Lothian RC	—	—	2,699	504,004	242,555	—	—	—	417,701	6,329	—	59,310	—
Midlothian DC	—	—	26,000	—	—	—	—	73,000	—	—	246,000	55,000	3,000
Monklands DC	—	—	64,023	—	—	31,248	7,855	8,826	—	—	90,129	61,845	6,745
Moray DC	—	—	290,338	—	—	37,885	—	27,558	—	—	33,923	42,823	—
Motherwell DC	—	—	233,701	—	—	—	1,207	500,293	—	7,224	91,514	91,670	0
Nairn DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nithsdale DC	—	—	-21,364	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	2	—	1
North East Fife DC	—	—	-176,000	—	—	-24,000	—	38,000	—	—	49,000	—	—
Orkney IC	—	-16,000	219,000	89,000	-30,000	-6,000	101,000	—	—	70,000	—	14,000	—
Perth and Kinross DC	—	—	30,207	—	—	17,473	23,767	128,524	—	—	—	30,750	41,927
Renfrew DC	—	—	1,155,000	—	—	332,000	—	45,000	-18,000	—	105,000	51,000	66,000
Ross and Cromarty DC	—	—	65,000	—	—	14,000	—	—	—	—	60,000	—	10,673
Roxburgh DC	—	—	13,000	—	—	11,695	—	4,931	—	—	76,408	2,153	—
Shetland IC	—	—	87,000	573,000	—	3,000	22,000	—	69,000	—	1,000	55,000	—

Local authority	New construction >£50,000	New construction <£50,000	Building maintenance	General highways work	General water and sewerage work	Refuse collection1	Building cleaning	Other cleaning1	School and welfare catering	Other catering	Ground maintenance	Vehicle maintenance	Leisure services management
Skye and Lochalsh DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stewartry DC	—	—	—	—	—	46,614	46,614	46,614	—	—	35,984	—	—
Stirling DC	—	—	105,200	—	—	79,900	4,400	16,500	—	—	-245,779	-670	2,703
Strathclyde RC	3,786	11,626	1,306,797	493,053	59,180	—	811,218	—	470,820	21,601	395,144	124,699	—
Strathkelvin	—	—	118,602	—	—	114,356	—	—	—	—	37,670	—	58,727
Sutherland DC	—	—	—	—	—	11,536	—	—	—	—	12,218	—	244
Tayside RC	—	—	143,000	649,000	—	—	12,000	—	170,000	—	—	134,000	—
Tweeddale DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Western Isles IC	—	—	260,443	215,408	—	120,433	39,037	120,433	—	—	38,259	84,673	—
West Lothian DC	—	—	104,129	—	—	59,606	—	59,606	—	—	160,790	1,909,000	28,302
Wigtown DC	—	—	228,159	—	—	—	—	36,530	—	—	71,321	—	42,333
Cumbernauld NT	—	—	49,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21,000	—	—
East Kilbride NT	—	—	85,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Glenrothes NT	—	—	25,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	105,000	—	—
Irvine NT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36,754	—	—
Livingston NT	—	—	60,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	51,000	—	—
1 The accounts for refuse collection and other cleaning may have been combined by some authorities. The absence of an entry, therefore, does not necessarily indicate that the DSO has not carried out the activity in question.

Surpluses on DLO/DSO activity in 1992–93
Local authority	New construction >£50,000	New construction <£50,000	Building maintenance	General highways work	General water and sewerage work	Refuse collection1	Building cleaning	Other cleaning1	School and welfare catering	Other catering	Ground maintenance	Vehicle maintenance	Leisure services management
Aberdeen DC	—	—	276,110	—	—	—	8,882	—	—	17,446	591,314	86,550	443,877
Angus DC	—	—	—	—	—	127,622	17,266	81,572	—	—	194,384	18,111	16,139
Annandale and Eskdale DC	—	—	—	—	—	93,432	—	20,734	—	—	120,687	—	29,294
Argyll and Bute DC	—	—	57,391	—	—	2,000	—	25,000	—	—	95,331	11,318	3,000
Badenoch and Strathspey DC	—	—	—	—	—	23,746	—	—	—	—	28,981	—	—
Banff and Buchan DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bearsden and Milngavie DC	—	—	28,915	—	—	—	—	52,378	—	—	98,020	—	5,749
Berwickshire DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Borders RC	—	—	—	169,000	—	—	-172,00	—	-51,000	—	—	78,000	—
Caithness DC	—	—	37,606	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52,580	—	13,729
Central RC	1,378	3,667	49,703	224,586	24,535	—	556,453	—	163,181	6,292	—	51,680	—
Clackmannan DC	—	—	23,00	—	—	40,000	—	—	—	—	96,000	16,000	—
Clydebank DC	—	—	219,498	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	132,473	—	42,045
Clydesdale DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cumbemauld and Kilsyth DC	—	—	57,918	—	—	33,969	—	—	—	—	5,198	15,154	7,787
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC	—	—	55,143	—	—	40,420	—	18,755	—	—	16,753	—	2,973
Cunningharne DC	—	—	366,000	—	—	26,092	19,254	18,829	—	—	106,047	3,780	71,252
Dumbarton DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dumfries and Galloway RC	—	—	7,619	109,780	—	—	—	406,000	157,000	—	20,000	59,000	—
Dundee DC	4,667	15,206	430,356	—	—	317,932	2,924	143,412	—	—	250,551	—	72,000
Dundermline DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	21,000	—	—	—	98,428	7,926,000	0
East Kilbride DC	—	—	—	—	—	56,939	—	50,313	—	—	51,648	12,627	401,280
East Lothian DC	—	—	67,271	—	—	97,577	10,158	—	—	—	60,093	—	134,658
Eastwood DC	—	—	—	—	—	23,272	1,142	24,720	—	—	24,881	—	27,187
Edinburgh DC	—	—	-448,750	—	—	79,111	63,097	86,771	—	-34,966	199,140	100,524	35,170
Ettrick and Lauderdale DC	—	—	19,104	—	—	—	—	67,822	—	—	54,235	—	66,748
Falkirk DC	—	—	325,000	—	—	77,000	4,000	134,000	—	—	305,000	6,000	65,000
Fife RC	10,000	-358,000	311,000	1,000	5,000	—	522,000	—	205,00	2,000	—	19,000	—
Glasgow DC	—	—	9,274,493	—	—	914,896	90,994	265,576	—	148,629	1,116,950	129,212	195,021
Gordon DC	—	—	—	—	—	10,000	—	102,000	—	—	57,000	—	—
Grampian RC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hamilton DC	—	—	—	—	—	231,782	—	—	—	—	135,682	—	246,906
Highland RC	—	—	—	2,128,575	—	—	295,722	—	465,010	—	391,917	—	—
Inverclyde DC	—	—	304,594	—	—	186,367	—	131,010	—	—	3,504	66,154	77,138
Inverness DC	—	—	94,194	—	—	122,433	—	81,067	—	—	66,633	39,393	77,582
Kilmarnock and Loudon DC	—	—	247,000	—	—	125,000	2,000	63,000	—	6,000	58,000	32,000	11,000
Kincardine and Deeside DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Kirkcaldy DC	—	—	68,224	—	—	96,192	15,048	59,105	—	—	229,085	142,143	156,093
Kyle and Carrick DC	—	—	60,454	—	—	—	30,408	—	—	—	38,993	12,963	159,246
Lochaber DC	—	—	64,113	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6,533	—	12,394
Lothian RC	—	—	174,313	451,113	161,662	—	166,945	—	47,344	12,125	—	69,701	-290,516
Midlothian DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Monklands DC	—	—	51,000	—	—	67,717	23,028	135,366	—	—	157,920	27,410	—
Moray DC	—	—	95,100	—	—	22,025	—	54,647	—	—	61,418	31,030	—
Motherwell DC	—	—	200,159	—	—	—	6,937	516,884	—	21,208	134,065	55,824	219,195
Nairn DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nithsdale DC	—	—	45,222	—	—	700	—	200	—	—	2,550	—	530,287
North East Fife DC	—	—	50,000	—	—	45,000	—	203,000	—	—	93,000	—	54,000
Orkney IC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perth and Kinross DC	—	—	67,703	—	—	21,106	26,349	105,626	—	—	—	53,207	147,714
Renfrew DC	—	—	748,622	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ross and Cromarty DC	—	—	96,000	—	—	34,000	—	—	—	—	-42,000	—	28,776
Roxburgh DC	—	—	10,000	—	—	11,980	—	3,831	—	—	76,574	4,545	30,180
Shetland IC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sky and Lochalsh DC	—	—	-45,022	—	—	3,771	4,705	17,145	—	—	-11,208	—	-12,007
Stewarty DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stirling DC	—	—	92,500	—	—	71,200	1,300	9,600	—	—	84,800	8,900	4,700
Strathclyde RC	174,602	7,734	787,281	339,025	60,302	—	237,407	—	237,808	11,243	41,818	84,377	—
Strathkelvin DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sutherland DC	—	—	—	—	—	16,223	—	—	—	—	43,554	—	7,238
Tayside RC	—	—	36,000	1,497,00	—	—	6,000	—	363,000	—	—	102,000	—
Tweedale DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Western Isles IC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
West Lothian DC	—	—	—	—	—	99,547	—	—	—	—	205,915	4,135	122,874
Wigtown DC	—	—	118,208	—	—	—	—	23,908	—	—	141,701	—	156,222
Cumbernauld NT	—	—	144,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77,000	—	—
East Kilbride NT	—	—	125,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Glenrothes NT	—	—	77,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	133,000	—	—
Irvine NT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43,036	—	—
Livingston NT	—	—	89,000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38,000	—	—
1 The accounts for refuse collection and other cleaning may have been combined by some authorities. The absence of an entry. therefore, does not necessarily indicate that the DSO has not carried out the activity in question.