§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he proposes to take to review the current policy on travelling people in respect of Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe advisory committee on Scotland's travelling people will be consulted in reviewing current policy on travelling people during the course of 1994.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the target number of caravan pitches set by central Government for each local authority in 481W Scotland for use by travelling people together with the number of pitches provided in each local authority area to date.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe pitch targets set for each district and the pitches provided are listed in the table.
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Pitch Targets No. of pitches provided Region and District Target Local Authority Private Borders Berwickshire 15 — — Ettrick and Lauderdale 6 — 6 Roxburgh 10 — — Tweeddale 10 10 — Central Clackmannan 20 16 — Falkirk 28 15 — Stirling 42 *13 — (temp) Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 12 — 12 Nithsdale 18 18 — Stewartry 3 — 3 Wigtown 17 — 3 Fife Dunfermline 8 — — Kirkcaldy 18 — — North East Fife 20 20 — Grampian City of Aberdeen 36 20 — Banff and Buchan 20 20 — Gordon — — — Kincardine and Deeside — — — Moray 20 20 — Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 7 — — Inverness 24 24 — Lochaber 27 27 — Nairn; Caithness Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh, Sutherland 20 — 20 Lothian City of Edinburgh 40 20 — East Lothian; Midlothian 20 — — West Lothian 43 23 20 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 38 32 6 Cunninghame 24 24 — Kilmarnock and Loudoun 12 — — Kyle and Carrick 8 8 — Cumnock and Doon Valley 6 6 — Dumbarton 20 20 — Clydebank — — — Bearsden and Milngavie 12 — — Strathkelvin; Cumbemauld and Kilsyth 20 — — Glasgow 50 30 — Monklands 32 16 — Motherwell 56 14 36 Hamilton 42 22 20 East Kilbride 6 6 — Clydesdale 15 — — Eastwood — — — Renfrew 16 16 16 Inverclyde — — — Tayside Angus 37 15 7 City of Dundee 20 20 — Perth and Kinross 85 20 45
No. of pitches provided Region and District Target Local Authority Private Total-Scotland 983 495 194 There is no identifed demand for travellers' sites in the areas of the Islands Councils.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of all pitches available to travelling people are now provided by local authorities in Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonSeventy-two per cent.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current membership of the advisory committee on travelling people setting out the qualifications of each existing member; when each member's term of service ends; and what is the level of remuneration paid to each member who receives any remuneration.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe committee's membership and qualifications are listed in the table. Their current term of office expires on 31 December 1994. The chairman and members are unpaid but they are eligible for travel and subsistence expenses.
Mr. H. M. Garland MBE—Chairman—Retired. Former Director of Social Work, Central Regional Council.Mr. J. E. D. Cornie OBE—Deputy Chairman—Recently retired Chief Executive, Perth and Kinross District Council.Mrs. J. Cameron JP MBE—Councillor, Bearsden and Milngavie District Council. Former Provost.Mr. P. Collier MBE—Retired. Former Environmental Health Adviser in the Communicable Diseases Unit at Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow.Mr. C. Douglas MBE—A founder member of the Committee in 1971 and a leader of Scotland's travelling people.Mr. A. Harper BEM—Former manager of local authority travelling people's site at Double Dykes, Perth.Miss M. Hendry—Project Manager of the Signpost project at Woodlands Teachers Centre, Glasgow which is involved in traveller education. Settled traveller.Mr. R. A. J. Moodie—Recently retired Depute Director of Planning, Lothian Regional Council.Mr. J. Pollock—Part-time Housing Consultant and former Director of Housing Services, Dumbarton District Council.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the statutory authority for the: setting up of the advisory committee on travelling people; and what plans he has to review its remit.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe advisory committee on Scotland's travelling people is a non-statutory body. Its remit will be reviewed before the current: three-year term of office expires at the end of 1994.