§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many trained and untrained nurses, physiotherapists, speech therapists, and occupational therapists work in care of the elderly within each health board area.
§ Mr. StewartThe whole-time equivalent figures for qualified and unqualified nursing staff as at September 1992 are detailed in the table. Data on the number of qualified and unqualified physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy staff working in the care of the elderly are not held centrally.
minority projects in eligible areas. Applications for all types of projects throughout Scotland compete on their merits for the available resources. Funds are not earmarked for particular client groups. There is in addition a separate ethnic minority grants scheme, introduced last year, which is not confined to particular areas.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the guidelines about the use of urban aid are interpreted flexibly in the case of projects involving the ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe urban programme is targeted on eligible areas of deprivation. The Scottish Office recognises, however, that the spread of ethnic minority populations can make it difficult for local authorities and voluntary organisations to devise projects which fully comply with the programme's geographical targeting requirements. Accordingly discretion is exercised in this respect when ethnic minority projects are considered.
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§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what projects for work with ethnic minorities have been approved under the urban aid budget in the past five years.
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Name of project and sponsoring local authority Type Capital costs £ Revenue costs £ 1989 Volunteer community interpreting project, Central regional council New 15,500 25,044 Multicultural advice and information service, Stirling district council New 48,500 55,580 Gryffe womens aid, Strathclyde regional council Supplementary 4,521 32,236 English as second language project, Tayside regional council Extension — 13,875 Garnethill community hall, Glasgow district council Extension — 25,680 Dundee translators and interpreters project, Dundee district council Supplementary — 3,978 Shakti womens aid, Lothian regional council New 15,729 51,189 1990 Gryffe womens aid, Strathclyde regional council Supplementary 7,738 3,192 Ethnic legal services project, Strathclyde regional council New 18,527 64,098 Central Garudwara community halls, Strathclyde regional council New 213,068 20,622 Creche for ethnic minority project, Strathclyde regional council Supplementary — 21,852 1991 Interpretation and translation service, Grampian regional council New — 33,155 Asian cultural and educational project, Central regional council New — 9,920 1992 The Dixon Community—Black elderly initiative, Strathclyde regional council New 24,110 64,334 Ethnic minority enterprise centre, Strathclyde regional council New 45,315 162,460 Chinese cultural community project, Central regional council Extension — 13,750 Dundee translators and interpreters project, Dundee district council Supplementary 10,000 — Multicultural advice and information service, Stirling district council Supplementary 2,000 11,690 Glasgow translation and interpretation service, Glasgow district council New 16,580 83,909 1993 Dundee translators and interpreters project, Dundee district council Extension — 68,169 Multicultural advice and information service, Stirling district council Extension — 55,580 Ethnic minorities womens centre, Strathclyde regional council New 42,179 193,314
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is as follows:
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Name of project and sponsoring local authority Type Capital costs £ Revenue costs £ Chinese elderly care project, Strathclyde regional council New 11,961 119,095 Multicultural elderly care centre, Strathclyde regional council New 145,457 180,654 Volunteer community interpreting project. Central regional council Extension 5,460 56,354 Asian cultural and educational project, Central regional council Supplementary — 3,460 Ethnic minority sports development project, Glasgow district council New — 42,285 Notes:
New projects are approved on the basis of capital costs and four years' running costs. 25 per cent. of the costs shown are met by the sponsoring local authority, the remainder by the Scottish Office.
Supplementary applications seek additional funding until the end of the previously approved period.
Extension applications are approved for a further three years after the initial four years' funding has expired. This applies only to projects run by voluntary and community groups.