Written Answers of 18 October 1994

TRANSPORT

  Coastguards
  Mrs. Dunwoody
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for the last five years the locations of any coastguard stations which have been closed.

  Mr. Norris
  In the last five years the following coastguard rescue centres have been closed: Peterhead in 1989 and Ramsey in 1989.

  A13
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what additional works would be necessary to accommodate on the Ironbridge spanning the River Lea, on the A13 at Canning Town, the eight traffic lines of the adjacent Canning Town flyover at its slip roads.

  Mr. Norris
  As this is an operational matter for the Highways Agency, I have asked the chief executive of the agency to write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from · Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Nigel Spearing, dated 17 October 1994:
  Steven Norris, the Minister for Transport in London, has asked me to write to you about your question in the House on the Al3 Ironbridge at Canning Town and the additional work which would be necessary for the bridge to accommodate eight lanes.
  The existing bridge is not wide enough to carry eight lanes to current standards. There is no satisfactory way of modifying the existing structure to provide the necessary width. New bridges on each side of the existing structure were, therefore, included in the published proposals for the A13 Ironbridge to Canning Town Improvement and these were examined at the public inquiry in June this year. It is now for the Secretaries of State for the Environment and Transport jointly to decide whether the proposals should proceed.

  Construction Site Security
  Mr. Spellar
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provision his Department has made in its 1994–95 budget for increased site security on its construction projects.

  Mr. Watts
  This question relates to the operational matters of the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. John Spellar, dated 17 October 1994:
  The Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr. John Watts, has asked me to write to you in reply to your Parliamentary Question about the provision made in 1994–95 budgets for increased site security on construction sites.
  We have made no specific provision within the Agency budget for this year for any possible increased security measures that may be necessary at our road construction sites. This of course, does not mean that we fail to recognise that there have been and will continue to be problems arising out of certain actions by anti-road protestors. We accept that some sites may pose difficulties. For instance in the
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  case of the proposed Newbury Bypass we advised tenderers that they should allow a provisional sum of £1 million for security precautions when submitting their bids.
  We shall of course advise tenderers of the need for any special security provisions at other sites where we consider this to be necessary.

  Roll-on-roll-off Vessels
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action he has taken to review the regulations concerning the adequacy of the attachments between the main hulls and opening bow doors of roll-on-roll off vessels, other than those part of or related to their hinge or lifting mechanisms; and under what current International Maritime Organisation requirements such doors and their fittings are constructed.

  Mr. Norris
  An urgent precautionary examination of the operating, locking and securing mechanism of all bow doors on roll-on-roll-off passenger ferries is being carried out. If that evaluation or any other evidence shows that the requirements are inadequate then a review of the regulations will be undertaken. Regulations 10, 20, and 23–2 of chapter II-1 of the international convention on the safety of life at sea 1974, and regulation 1 of the international convention on load lines 1966, apply to bow doors.

  M25
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take action to ascertain the proportion of private cars moving on the M25, at(a) normal and (b) peak flows where overall costs are met, in whole or in part, by means other than the taxable income of their owners or drivers.

  Mr. Watts
  This information is not available from the Department's travel survey data in the form requested. Relevant statistical information on company assistance with travel is available from both the 1991 London area travel survey and the national travel survey. In both cases, however, information is collected from household surveys and is generally used in the form of percentages of persons or households receiving such assistance.

  The LATS survey results enable the identification of company car trips using the M25 during the course of the trip, but only for cars owned by London residents, who account for a third of car driver trips using the M25. This cannot be converted into proportion of M25 traffic flows. There are no current plans to collect this information.

  Impact Bans
  Mr. Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the research conducted by the Transport Research Laboratory into the effectiveness of side-impact bars in motor vehicles.

  Nr. Norris
  [holding answer 21 July 1994]: The Transport Research Laboratory presented papers on its extensive work on side impact at several conferences between 1987 and 1989. None related specifically to side impact bars but a very stiff-sided car was tested and was not found to be the best solution. I will arrange for copies to be sent to the hon. Member.

  Airports
  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the Government's policy in respect of maximising the underused capacity of Stansted airport.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 21 July 1994]: The Government wish to see best use made of Stansted's capacity by airlines able and willing to use the airport. There are substantial traffic rights for flights to and from Stansted, but decisions on which services to provide must be a question for airlines based on their own commercial judgment. The Government recently announced that they were opening up Stansted further to transatlantic flights by United Kingdom and United States airlines to any point in the US.

  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make available the consultation document entitled "Civil Enclave at RAF Northolt" and other related statements relating to the facilities and possible wider civil use of RAF Northolt to the inspector who is conducting the inquiry into the application by the British Airports Authority for an additional terminal at Heathrow;

  (2) if he will publish the consultation document entitled "Civil Enclave at RAF Northolt";

  (3) to whom the consultation document entitled "Civil Enclave at RAF Northolt" has been circulated and made available.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 21 July 1994]: The consultation document on a civil enclave at RAF Northolt was circulated to business aviation interests who expressed an interest in use of RAF Northolt, and to business aviation organisations. It was made available to all other interested parties for information and a copy of the document was placed in the House Library. The consultation period ended on 19 August.

  If the inspector at the terminal 5 inquiry considers it relevant, my Department will naturally provide a copy of the consultation document.

  Mr. Alfred Morris
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) pursuant to his answer of 6 July,Official Report, column 256, if the Minister's letter on the subject to the chief executive of Manchester airport of 14 July was drafted before the parliamentary reply; what representations there have been from Manchester airport about the Minister's letter; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) when he now expects to respond to the third report of the Transport Committee HC (1993–94) 47 in regard to liberalising access to Manchester airport and other airports outside the south-east of England; and if he will make a statement;

  (3) what further representations his Department has had from the chief executive of Manchester airport in regard to liberalising access to the airport; what action he will be taking; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 21 July 1994]: I have written to the right hon. Member.

  Agency Staff
  Mr. Donohoe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people are currently employed by(a) the Driving Standards Agency, (b) the Vehicle Inspectorate, (c) the Transport Research Laboratory, (d) the Coastguard Agency and (e) the Marine Safety
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  Agency; and how many jobs have been lost in each of those agencies in each year since 1979.

  Dr. Mawinney
  [holding answer 21 July 1994]: Figures for manpower in each year since the agency concerned was set up are shown in table A 1.2.2 of "Transport Report 1994".

  European Transport Network
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to paragraph 13 of his departmental explanatory memorandum to the proposal COM (94) 106 of the Commission of the European Economic Community for a system for trans-European transport networks under which article of the treaties, under which voting rules, and in which Council of Ministers decision will be made as to the level of financial support for particular parts of the designated networks.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  [holding answer 21 July 1994]: Financial support for projects on the trans-European transport network may be provided under a number of existing Community instruments, including the structural and cohesion funds, where appropriate, and via the European Investment bank and European investment fund, as well as from national Government and private sector sources. Specific provision for the funding of projects of common interest on the network was made in article 129c of the treaty on European union. Under this provision the Commission has put forward a draft financing regulation covering projects in the telecommunications and energy sectors as well as transport. This is now under consideration in the Council. As currently proposed, voting in the Committee of Member States to be established by the regulation, and where necessary in the Council, would be by qualified majority.

  Road Signs
  Mr. Pike
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action his Department is currently taking to survey (i) road directional signs and (ii) other road signs in relation to their condition and clarity on(a) motorways, (b) other trunk roads and (c) other roads; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr Watts
  As this is now an operational matter for the Highways Agency, the chief executive will write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Peter Pike, dated 18 October 1994:
  You asked the Secretary of State for information on the maintenance of road signs. As this is now an operational matter for the Highways Agency, I am replying to your question.
  The routine inspection and maintenance of traffic signs on the motorway and trunk road network are undertaken by the Highways Agency's agent authorities - mainly county councils - acting on its behalf. Standards are set by Codes of Practice issued by the Department and the Agency.
  The Highways Agency has produced a Road User's Charter which specifically states that road signs will be cleaned and maintained in order to be clear and visible at all times. Levels of performance by our agents in applying the standards are therefore monitored against the objectives of the Charter and the terms of the formal agency agreements.
  For other roads the responsibility rests directly with the local highways authorities. Neither the Department nor the Agency has any powers to instruct them how to maintain their road signs but

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  they are encouraged to keep signs in good order and clear, especially in winter.
  I hope this information is helpful.

  Road Construction (Safety)
  Mr. Illsley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 28 June,Official Report, column 479, what is the average costs assessed by his Department of (a) building one mile of new dual carriageway trunk road, (b) building one mile of new single carriageway trunk road, (c) equipping one mile of dual carriageway trunk road with safety barriers, (d) equipping one mile of single carriageway trunk road with safety barriers, (e) equipping one mile of dual carriageway trunk road with lighting, (e) equipping one mile single carriageway trunk road with lighting, (g) a single case of serious injury requiring temporary hospitalisation caused by a road accident, (h) a single case of serious injury requiring permanent hospitalisation caused by a road accident and (i) a single case of death caused by a road accident; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Watts
  This question relates to operational matters of the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Eric Risley, dated 18 October 1994:
  The Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr. John Watts, has asked me to write to you in reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning road construction and accident costs.
  The road construction cost information is shown below al 1993 prices

  Road Type

  Average Building cost

  Safety Fencing

  Lighting

  2 lane dual all purpose

  £5·5million

  £44,000

  £86,000

  Single carriageway

  £2·2 million

  £10,000

  £50,000

  The cost of building a road varies from site to site and is dependent on the standard of provision. The above figures are average costs per mile including safety fencing and lighting but do not include the cost of design or VAT. The total length of safety fencing provided varies from scheme to scheme, depending on the type of barrier, type of scheme and obstacles crossed; the costs given are based on average cost of providing safety fencing in the past.
  The information on the cost of injuries is not available in the format you requested; however, there are standard monetary values for use in valuing the savings of accidents and these cover fatal, serious and slight injuries. A fatal injury is defined as one which results in a death within 30 days of a road accident. A serious injury is one which results in the person involved being detained as an "in-patient" or sustaining fractures, crushings etc. requiring medical treatment, including those causing death after 30 days of a road accident. A slight injury is defined as one which is other than those classified as fatal or serious.
  The values for these injuries at 1992 prices are given below:

  Injuries

  Fatal

  £715,330

  Serious

  £74,480

  Slight

  £6,080

  Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those sites of special scientific interest which 178
  fall within section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in respect of which he has informed the Nature Conservation Agency of road building proposals.

  Mr. Watts
  This question relates to the operational matters of the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Ms. Joan Walley, dated 18 October 1994:
  The Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr. John Watts, has asked me to write to you in reply to your Parliamentary Question about the list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in respect of which the Nature Conservation agency has been informed of road building proposals.
  The statutory body with responsibility for SSSIs is English Nature. They are consulted during the development of all schemes in the Trunk Road Programme and all trunk road improvement schemes which may affect a SSI. English Nature have been informed that the SSIs on the list at Annex A may be affected by the announced preferred route.

  A1
  Mr. Robert Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many times repairs and works have been carried out on that section of the Al known as the Doncaster bypass during the last 10 years; and on which dates disruption to traffic flows was necessitated.

  Mr. Watts
  This is an operational matter for the Highways Agency and I have asked the chief executive to write to my hon. Friend.

  Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Robert Banks, dated 18 October 1994:
  The Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr John Watts, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about road works during the last 10 years on the Doncaster Bypass. This is an operational matter for which the Highways Agency is responsible.
  I have taken the Doncaster Bypass to be the 17 mile motorway stretch of the Al between Blyth and Redhouse which was built about 30 years ago and has been undergoing phased reconstruction since 1987 to ensure that it remains safe to carry the large volumes of traffic which use it and, in some places, to deal with the effects of mining subsidence.
  The stages in this reconstruction work were planned to maximise the life of the carriageway while limiting the length under repair at any one time so as to minimise disruption to traffic flows. The stages have been as follows:
  J34—J35 (Blyth to Wadworth)
  1985–86—southern section, southbound carriageway resurfaced to extend its life;
  June—October 1990: southern section, northbound carriageway reconstructed;
  December 1991—April 1992: central section reconstructed and June
  1992—November 1992: northern section reconstructed.
  J35 (Wadworth)
  June—August 1991 short section reconstructed near the intersection.
  J35–36 (Wadworth to Warmsworth)
  October 1990—May 1991: reconstructed.
  J36–37 (Warmsworth)—Marr)
  June—November 1989: southern section reconstructed;
  June—October 1994 northern section reconstructed. This contract was completed three weeks early on 15 October.

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  J37–138 (Marr—Redhouse)
  December 1987—May 1988: reconstructed
  May—August 1990: repairs to Leys Hill Bridge.
  Two further contracts will be needed later this financial year to complete the programme of reconstruction and repair on the Doncaster Bypass. These are:
  J34—j35: southern section, southbound carriageway reconstruction (starting February 1995); and
  J36—j37: reconstruction of Albert Road Bridge (starting December 1994).
  In the second case, all traffic lanes will be kept open by using the hard shoulder.
  In all cases these essential maintenance and repair works have been planned and carried out to minimise disruption to traffic flow. We also publicise schemes in advance so that road users can plan their journeys to avoid any likely delays, especially at peak times. For your information, I enclose a copy of our current leaflet about road works in Yorkshire and Humberside.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  Gas Standards
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has(a) to modify or amend the Gas Acts that require gas undertakings to maintain a specified standard of service and safety and (b) to make changes to the standards themselves.

  Mr. Eggar
  The Government intend, subject to the availability of parliamentary time, to introduce legislation to provide the basis for the new regulatory system for gas supply to come into operation by April 1996.

  We envisage requiring all gas suppliers to adhere to certain core standards of service. These would include codes of practice for providing special services for older and disabled customers, debt and disconnection procedures and the provision of energy efficiency advice. Safety procedures are separately regulated by the Health and Safety Commission.

  Shipyards
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will list the designated shipyards which are able to seek financial assistance by way of the European Community's seventh directive and the shipbuilding intervention fund;

  (2) if he will list the United Kingdom shipyards which have received financial assistance by way of the European Community's seventh directive on the shipbuilding intervention fund since 1 January 1993; what were the amounts paid to each yard; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Eggar
  To be eligible for shipbuilding intervention fund assistance, a yard must be a merchant shipbuilder and have built merchant ships of 100 gross registered tonnes or more during the three years prior to the date of an application. There is no designated list of eligible yards, but certain yards designated as warship yards and sold by British Shipbuilders prior to 1987 are excluded from assistance. DTI Ministers obtained the European Commission's approval exceptionally for intervention funding for the Swan Hunter warship yard for the construction of commercial vessels.
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  To provide the names of those shipyards which have received assistance, and the amounts paid to them, would breach the Department's commercial confidentiality rules.

  Shipbuilding intervention fund payments to United Kingdom merchant shipyards since 1 January 1993 amount to nearly £22 million.

  West of England Development Agency
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what level of support he has offered the West of England development agency.

  Mr. Eggar
  I am pleased to announce that in addition to the grants for the regional development organisations announced on 17 March and 17 April, I offered on 26 August £100,000 of grant in aid to the new West of England development agency for its overseas inward investment activities, covering the west of England—Avon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. The grant in aid is linked to the performance of specific inward investment promotion activities on behalf of the Invest in Britain bureau.

  The West of England development agency is an initiative by the West of England Partnership to establish for the first time an inward investment agency for the West of England. The centre is being set up with support from county economic partnerships of Avon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, covering local authorities, training and enterprise councils, chambers of commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trade Union Congress and the private sector, and my Department. Its aims are to attract inward investment on behalf of the five counties and to promote the west of England to enhance economic prosperity throughout the region.

  Radiocommunications Agency
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what targets he has set his Department's radiocommunications agency for 1994–95.

  Mr. Heseltine
  The targets I have set my Department's radiocommunications agency for 1994–95 appear on pages 13 and 14 of its annual reports and accounts for 1993–94, which were laid before the House yesterday.

  Accounts Services Agency
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what targets he has set his Department's accounts services agency for 1994–95.

  Mr. Heseltine
  On 11 February 1994,Official Report, columns 505-6, my hon. Friend, the Minister for Industry and Energy announced that the services provided to the Department by its accounts services agency were to be contracted out. To ensure that it has a range of targets to focus on whilst this process is being completed, I have set it the following targets for 1994–95. They also appear in the agency's annual report and accounts for 1993–94 which were laid before the House on 13 July 1994 (HC523):
  To continue to recover its full costs from income for customer work;
  To fulfil its operational commitments without calling on the Department to provide a net cash requirement in vote terms;

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  To achieve a 4 per cent. unit cost reduction over last year based on a mix of services that are provided. The percentage reduction achieved by 30 September to be at least two per cent.;
  To make 97 per cent. of all payments within three working days of receipt of the authorisation to pay;
  To bank all cheques within 36 hours of receipt by the agency, with at least 75 per cent. of cheques being banked within eight hours of receipt.
  At the end of each month to ensure that all notified transactions are properly recorded on the Department's financial management information system by the start of the fifth working day of the following month; that operating statements are produced and despatched by the start of the sixth working day of the following month.

  In addition, I expect the chief executive of the agency to continue to reply within 10 working days to all letters from Members of Parliament delegated to him for reply.

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Domestic Violence
  Ms. Ruddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the projects aimed at preventing domestic violence to be funded by the Home

  Imported Coal1

  Natural Gas

  Thousand tonnes

  Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent2

  Million therms

  Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent2

  1983

  471

  270

  83

  210

  1993

  4,652

  2,780

  3,021

  7,610

  1These figures include an estimate of coal imported by autogenerators.

  2A tonne of oil equivalent is defined as 107 kilocalories or 397 therms.

  Estimates of the employment effects of fuel switching by the electricity industry between 1983 and 1993 are not available. The March 1993 White Paper, "The Prospects for Coal: Conclusions of the Government's Coal Review" noted, in paragraph 5.14:

  "Over time, as the economy adjusts and redundant workers find new employment, the loss of jobs from pit closures would be broadly matched by compensating developments elsewhere. New jobs might be in different industries, and to some extent in different areas, but overall employment would return broadly to its previous level".

DEFENCE

  Service Women (Pregnancies)
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the sums of financial compensation paid to former members of the armed services who were judged by industrial tribunals to have been dismissed unfairly because of their pregnancies; and what was the commissioned or non-commissioned status of those women who have received these sums of money.

  Mr. Soames
  Up to 4 October, 121 payments totalling £3,300,000 have been made to seven officers-average 182
  Office programme development unit over the next three years; and the amount of funding to be given in each case.

  Mr. Maclean
  Domestic violence projects currently receiving funding from the programme development unit are listed. The unit's programme for 1995–98 has not been decided.

  Current projects

  3-year grant

  Leeds Inter-Agency Project, to November 95

  £277,000

  Islington Domestic Violence Matters, to September 95

  £330,300

  Lewisham SAVE Elder Abuse, to December 95

  £106,000

  Keighley Youth Education Project, to August 95

  £36,000

  Electricity Generation
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the amount of natural gas and imported coal respectively, expressed in units of volume or weight, and heat used in the United Kingdom in 1983 for the generation of electricity together with the amounts in 1993; and what is the estimate in respect of the difference in heat units used and the consequent loss of direct and indirect employment.

  Mr Eggar
  [holding answer 17 October 1994]: The amounts of imported coal and natural gas used to generate electricity in the UK are as follows:

  £43,665—and 114 other ranks—average £25,577—as a result of industrial tribunal decisions on compensation for dismissal on the ground of pregnancy. However, tribunal awards represent only a small proportion of the 2,745 pregnancy claims which have so far been settled at an overall average of about £10,000—all ranks.

  The appeals lodged previously by my Department have resulted in the issue of helpful guidance by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The indications are that tribunals are now making lower levels of award.

  Clothing and Textile Authority
  Mr. Brazier
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the Defence Clothing and Textile Authority.

  Mr. Soames
  The Defence Clothing and Textile Authority, comprising some 540 staff, is currently located at seven main sites across the country. Following an examination of the business structure of the DCTA and investment appraisal, it has been concluded that collocation on a single site will allow the introduction of new business methods. The resulting efficiencies should lead to a streamlined structure and savings of up to 117 posts.

  I have therefore decided to accept, as the basis for consultation with the trades unions and other interested parties, the recommendation that staff from the existing sites be collocated on one site at Caversfield, Bicester, currently part of the RAF Bicester site. Final decisions

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  will be taken only in the light of representations made during the consultation period. A copy of the consultative document is being placed in the Library of the House.

HEALTH

  Blood Donations
  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) voluntary and (b) paid blood donations were made in each year since 1990; and how many in each category were used as (i) blood and (ii) plasma.

  Mr. Sackville
  This country is self-sufficient in blood obtained from our voluntary, unpaid donors and we do not obtain supplies from other sources. The last year for which complete information is available centrally about the number and usage of voluntary donations is 1993. Complete information is not available centrally for earlier years.

  In 1993 there were a total of 2,312,000 donations of whole blood and 120,000 plasmapheresis donations.

  An individual donation may be put to a number of uses as a number of components may be derived from it. In 1993 the figures for the use of donations were:

  Whole blood—l06,000;

  Red cell components–1,959,000;

  Platelets–842,000;

  Fresh frozen plasma–266,000.

  In addition; some 486,000 litres of plasma were recovered from whole blood donations and 60,000 litres of plasma from plasmapheresis donations.

  Employment (Children)
  Mrs. Helen Jackson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of whether current laws affecting the employment of children are detrimental to their education or wider social development.

  Mr. Bowis
  I believe the existing legislative framework provides sufficient protection to children who work but if the hon. Lady has evidence to the contrary I hope that she will write to us about any example of this.

ENVIRONMENT

  Public Information
  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will indicate which departmental publications are currently available(a) in Braille, (b) in large print and (c) on tape; and if he will indicate what efforts have been made by his Department to inform visually impaired people about the availability of publications in alternative formats to normal print.

  Mr. Gummer
  Publications currently available from my Department in large format print, audio tape and Braille are:

  Council Tax

  A guide to the new tax for local government

  Valuation and banding

  Liability, discounts and exemptions

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  How to appeal

  The transitional reduction scheme

  Where publications are made available in these formats, every effort is made by my Department to ensure that the relevant agencies and voluntary bodies are involved.

  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much has been spent by his Department in each of the last three years to(a) produce public information in alternative formats for visually impaired people and (b) publicise the availability of accessible information amongst visually impaired people.

  Mr. Gummer
  For the period referred to the Department spent a total of £68,224 including VAT and all levies, on the production and distribution of public information in formats suitable for use by the visually impaired. A breakdown for each financial year is not available. This figure includes any costs associated with publicising the availability of this information through the appropriate agencies and voluntary bodies.

  Elephants
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent information assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the international ban on trade in elephant products, including ivory, in reducing poaching in Africa.

  Sir Paul Beresford
  There is general agreement that elephant poaching declined significantly in a number of African countries following the 1989 decision to ban international trade in elephant products and that the ban made an important contribution to this decline, though it was not the only factor.

  The latest position appears to be less encouraging. Poaching of the rhinoceros has continued and, in some places, grown in intensity during the same period even though there is a ban on international trade in rhino products. A study being carried out in nine African elephant range states, covering all the African regions, by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources African elephant specialist group and TRAFFIC International should give the most up-to-date assessment on illegal killing of elephants. A report is expected shortly.

  Construction Industry
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he has made to the Latham report on the construction industry; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Robert B. Jones
  I refer to hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Warley, West (Mr. Spellar) on 17 October,Official Report, column 19.

  Market Franchise Rights
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, what proposals for provisions in the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill he is bringing forward on market franchise rights.

  Mr. Curry
  Following the decision to withdraw the then clauses 22, 23 and 24 on market franchise rights from the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill, my right hon. Friend the then Minister for Industry expressed the hope that the Government would be able to come forward at a
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  later stage with fresh proposals on the deregulation of market franchise rights, which enjoyed a widespread measure of support among interested parties.

  The Government remain of the view that the common law on market franchise rights is antiquated. Interested parties do not dispute that the law needs revision, but say that any review would need to be more considered.

  In view, however, of the very short time remaining for consideration of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill in Parliament, the Government are not intending to make changes to existing law in the context of the current Bill.

TREASURY

  Financial Services
  Mr. Matthew Banks
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes to the memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom and United States authorities in financial services have taken place following the transfer of some Government financial services functions from the Department of Trade and Industry to Her Majesty's Treasury.

  Mr. Nelson
  The signatories to the memorandum of understanding between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Trade and Industry and Securities and Investments Board considered that a revision to the procedures on communication between the United Kingdom and United States authorities was required. It was not, however, necessary to amend the MoU to accomplish this. Instead, an undertaking was made by all parties to the MoU on 29 April 1994 that the necessary procedural changes would be made and that the parties to the MoU intend to co-operate fully under the MoU.

  Copies of the memorandum of understanding have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

  Overseas Assets
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the stock of United Kingdom net overseas assets and the interest and dividend income from those assets for each year since 1979; and if he will explain any sudden or large variation in these figures.

  Mr. Nelson
  [holding answer 17 October 1994]: Figures for the stock of United Kingdom net overseas assets and the interest and dividend income from those assets are published in the CSO publication, "The Pink Book 1994", available through HMSO. They are also available from the CSO database, which can be accessed through the House of Commons Library. The net figures are the difference between two very large numbers, each of which can be measured only imperfectly and are subject to a number of variations. Several factors contribute to these variations, including exchange rate fluctuations, changes in prices, interest rate movements, and domestic and overseas profitability.

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

  Small Businesses
  Mr. David Shaw
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make a statement on the achievements of(a) her policies and (b) her Department in helping small businesses over the last 12 months as against the previous 12 months; if she will publish the performance indicators by which her Department monitors those achievements and the statistical results of such monitoring; and if she will set out her targets to help small businesses in the next year.

  Mr. Jack
  The Government recognise the crucial role played by small firms in the United Kingdom economy. Government help small firms by keeping inflation and interest rates low and by reducing legislation and administrative burdens. They also provide direct assistance where appropriate and are currently establishing a network of business links to provide high quality business support across the country.

  This Department has continued to contribute significantly to the process. For example:
  i) the new marketing development scheme, providing £10 million over the next three years, will assist the marketing effort of all those in the food chain including individual farmers or collaborative groups.
  ii) MAFF's market task force engages in a number of initiatives offering marketing help to business: the processing and marketing grant, with its requirement that farmers must share in the economic benefits, was reopened for applications on 18 October; the task force also runs seminars to stimulate marketing thinking in individual sectors and stands ready to discuss ideas for developing the marketing performance of anyone's business;
  iii) a MAFF guide, "Success With a Small Food Business", has been issued to help small food producers to set up and develop their businesses;
  iv) MAFF, through "Food From Britain", continues to provide advice and assistance to groups of speciality food producers. "Food From Britain" also provides export advice and assistance for the food industry, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises;
  v) "The Continental Challenge", a major initiative we ran in January this year, highlighted opportunities for United Kingdom suppliers to exploit continental retail outlets. A wide range of companies participated and "Food From Britain" has been maintaining the momentum generated.
  vi) I chaired a seminar with representatives of the fishing industry to discuss the problems of supply and demand in the market. We have also encouraged complementary initiatives by the Sea Fish Industry Authority to improve the marketing of fish, which would be of considerable benefit to the many small firms in the industry. These have included their conference on "Catching for the Market" and the subsequent establishment of a task force;
  vii) an amendment to The Corn Returns Act 1882 is proposed which will exempt businesses purchasing small annual tonnages of British cereals direct from growers from the duty of having to make a return;
  viii) an organic aid scheme was launched in England on 1 July to encourage conversion to organic farming methods. This is likely to be of interest to many small farmers. The rates of aid are structured so as to assist the small producer by giving an extra £30 per hectare per year for the first five hectares.
  ix) meetings with panels of small businessmen continued to be held to enable Ministers to hear at first hand the views of small businessmen on the regulatory burden.
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  All the schemes operated by this Department are closely monitored. New schemes will be announced as they emerge. Reports on particular schemes are published from time to time.

  Live Animals (Imports)
  Mr. Burden
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer of 11 July,Official Report, column 446, what action she is taking to ensure that the laws governing the import of live animals are rigorously adhered to.

  Mrs. Browning
  Local authorities are responsible for enforcing animal health and welfare legislation in Great Britain in respect of imported animals. In addition, the state veterinary service is conducting a significant number of checks on imported animals at their final destinations and continues to monitor imports at south and east coast ports on a regular basis.

  Public Information
  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much has been spent by his Department in each of the last three years to(a) produce public information in alternative formats for visually impaired people and (b) publicise the availability of accessible information among visually impaired people.

  Mr. Jack
  As part of its wider "Foodsense" campaign, MAFF has spent £23,000 since 1993 on producing information in' alternative formats for visually impaired

  Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee

  Member

  Commercial interests

  Non commercial interests

  Name of company

  Nature of interest

  Name of company

  Nature of interest

  Dr. D. A. J. Tyrrell, Chairmam

  Reckitt and Colman

  Consultant

  None

  None

  Smith Kiline Beecham

  PEP shareholder

  Procter and Gamble

  Editorial work

  Dr. R. G. Will, Deputy Chairman

  None

  None

  Department of Health

  Grant Holder

  Scottish Home and Health Dept.

  Grant Holder

  Prof. I. Allen

  None

  None

  Multiple Sclerosis Society

  Grant Holder

  Prof. F. Brown

  None

  None

  None

  None

  Dr. W. D. Hueston

  None

  None

  None

  None

  Dr. R. H. Kimberlin

  Petfood Industry (World-wide)

  Adviser

  European commission

  Adviser

  Pharmaceutical Industry (World-Wide)

  Adviser

  Meat and Livestock Commission

  Adviser

  United Nations (Food and Agriculture) Dept.

  Adviser

  Office International des Epizooties

  Adviser

  National Governments in Europe, Americas and

  Adviser

  Australasia

  World Health

  Adviser

  Organisation

  Mr. D. B. Pepper

  Veterinary

  Freelance consultant

  None

  None

  Pharmaceutical Industry

  Veterinary Defence Society Ltd.

  Claims Consultant

  Dr. W. A. Watson

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  people. Availability has been publicised through the Royal National Institute for the Blind.

  Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
  Mr. Kilfoyle
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether the members of the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee are required to declare their commercial and non-commercial interests;

  (2) if she will publish the commercial and non-commercial interests of the members of the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee.

  Mr. Hinchliffe
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer of 17 May Official Report, column 446, for what reason members of the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee are not required to provide details of consultancies held; and how this practice differs from that applied to other advisory committees for which she is responsible.

  Mrs. Browning
  [holding answer 19 July 1994]: Members of the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee are appointed for their relevant experience and scientific expertise in this very specialised field. Appointments are made in accordance with the information set out in "Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NCPBs): A Guide to Departments". Members are not required to declare their commercial and non-commercial interests as this is a scientific advisory committee with no trading or financial objectives. However, in the interests of open Government the members of SEAC have been asked for this information and the interests declared are listed in the following table:

  Set-aside
  Mr. Tipping
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much was spent in each European Union country in £ sterling, and what was the take-up in hectares, in 1993 on(a) the set-aside part of the arable area payments scheme or its equivalent and (b) set-aside measures introduced prior to the common agricultural policy reform of May 1992; and if she will make a statement.

  Mr. Jack
  [pursuant to the reply, 4 July 1994, c. 29-30]: I wish to clarify the figures given for expenditure on the five-year set-aside scheme. First, the payment figures, which were the latest available at the time of reply, relate to payments made between October and December 1993 and do not necessarily reflect payments made on all land set-aside under the scheme during 1993, as payments are made at different periods in different member states. Secondly, the payment figures given for five-year set-aside represent the element of member states' total payments which is funded by the EU. This is approximately 60 per cent. of total payments. Figures for total payments are not available. In the case of the arable area payments scheme, the majority of payments in all member states were made by the end of December and are 100 per cent. EU funded, so the figures given more closely reflect total expenditure. The updated figures show EU-funded expenditure under both schemes up to April 1994.

  Arable Area Payments Scheme

  Member State

  Area Set Aside ('000 ha)

  Payments 1('000 ccu)

  Sterling Equivalent (rounded) (£'000)

  Belgium

  19

  6,399

  4,880

  Denmark

  205

  57,483

  43,833

  Fed Rep of Germany

  1,063

  321,394

  245,077

  Greece

  17

  2,683

  2,046

  Spain

  909

  135,908

  103,636

  France

  1,589

  517,023

  394,253

  Republic of Ireland

  24

  —

  —

  Italy

  207

  39,973

  30,481

  Luxembourg

  2

  395

  301

  Netherlands

  8

  2,754

  2,100

  Portugal

  78

  6,435

  4,907

  United Kingdom

  556

  169,948

  129,593

  Total

  4,674

  1,260,395

  961,107

  1Ecu/hectare payment rates are based on historical regional yields and are different in each member states.

  Five Year Set-Aside Scheme

  Member State

  Area Set Aside ('000 ha)

  Payments ('000 ecu)

  Sterling Equivalent(rounded) (£'000)

  Belgium

  1

  195

  149

  Denmark

  7

  -2

  -1.5

  Fed Rep of Germany

  415

  83,043

  63,324

  Greece

  1

  —

  —

  Spain

  95

  6,534

  4,982

  France

  214

  9,876

  7,531

  Republic of Ireland

  2

  210

  160

  Italy

  639

  171,169

  130,524

  190

  Member State

  Area Set Aside ('000 ha)

  Payments ('000 ecu)

  Sterling Equivalent(rounded) (£'000)

  Luxembourg

  —

  15

  11

  Netherlands

  15

  3,133

  2,389

  Portugal

  —

  —

  —

  United Kingdom

  133

  19,721

  15,038

  Total

  1,522

  293,895

  224,107

  Note:
  Sterling equivalents are calculated at the same exchange rate as applied when the previous answer was given (£1-1·3114 ecu) for case of comparison, since then however the exchange rate has changed to £1=1·306 ecu.

NORTHERN IRELAND

  Shannon-Erne Waterway
  Rev. Ian Paisley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what expenses were incurred for security purposes during official opening of the Shannon-Erne waterway on 23 May in the presence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Foreign Affairs Minister from the Irish Republic.

  Sir John Wheeler
  The information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Invalidity Benefit
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many women aged between 60 and 65 years have had the suspension of their invalidity benefit lifted on the grounds of hardship since the Government challenged the decision made by a social security commissioner in the case of Mrs. Graham; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Ancram
  Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive Mr. Alex Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from Alex Wylie to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 17 October 1994:
  I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on the number of women aged between 60 and 65 who have had the suspension of their invalidity benefit lifted on hardship grounds as a result of the Graham case.
  In Northern Ireland the suspension was lifted in a total of eight cases.

  Water and Sewerage Services
  Mr. William Ross
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums have been expended in each of the last five years on(a) extensions to the water mains reticulation system, (b) improvements to the existing system, (c) new sewage treatment plants and (d) improvements to existing sewage treatment plants; what are the sums available for each such purpose in the current year; what are his projections for the next two years.

  Mr. Tim Smith
  The information is as follows:
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  (a)Extensions to Water Mains £000's

  (b)Improvements to Existing System£000's

  (c)New Sewage Treatment Plants £000's

  (d)Improvements to Existing Sewage Treatment Plants £000's

  1989–901

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1990–91

  2,508

  547

  23,873

  1991–92

  2,208

  561

  25,974

  1992–93

  2,055

  639

  28,855

  1993–94

  2,245

  462

  214,657

  1994–95(Estimate)

  2,312

  476

  14,850

  917

  1995–96 (Estimate)

  2,393

  493

  6,000

  8,414

  1996–97 (Estimate)

  2,453

  505

  13,400

  10,981

  Notes

  1Prior to 1990 expenditure records were kept in a format which would allow the requested information for 1989–90 to be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  2Prior to 1993–94 expenditure on sewage treatment was not separated/aggregated for new plants and replacements or improvements to existing plants. Disaggreagated information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Audit Review Group
  Mr. Brazier
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make available copies of the follow-up report of the audit review group.

  Sir John Wheeler
  I have arranged for copies of the report to be placed in the Library.

LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

  Drugs Misuse
  Mr. Spring
  To ask the Lord President of the Council when he expects to publish the results of the review of the Government's strategy for tackling the misuse of drugs.

  Mr. Newton
  With my right hon. and learned Friend and Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Health and for Education, and my hon. Friend the Paymaster General, I intend to publish tomorrow a Green Paper entitled, "Tackling Drugs Together". Copies will be available in the Vote Office from 10.30 a.m.

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

  Commonwealth Development Corporation
  Mr. Hargreaves
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Commonwealth Development Corporation has been authorised to operate in additional countries.

  Mr. Baldry
  Following a request from the corporation, approval has been given for the CDC to operate in El Salvador. In accordance with strategic targets agreed in the recent quinquennial review, CDC will aim to give priority to projects in the private sector.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Child Support Agency
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if clients of the Child Support Agency have access to all the information kept on them.
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  Mr. Burt
  The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for Miss Ann Chant, the chief executive. She will write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Ann Chant to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 18 October 1994:
  I am replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about clients` access to personal information held by the Child Support Agency.
  Clients have access to all automatically processed information kept on them, subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act, 1984. Access to information held clerically by the Agency is governed by the Department of Social Security's Protection of Personal Information code. As a general policy, this provides that under normal circumstances the Agency will disclose factual, basic and non-sensitive information to clients or their representatives, and any documents completed by the clients themselves.
  I hope this reply is helpful.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if the Child Support Agency keeps credit ratings on clients.

  Mr. Burt
  The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for Miss Ann Chant, the chief executive. She will write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Ann Chant to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 18 October 1994:
  I am replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security on whether the Child Support Agency keeps credit ratings on its clients.
  The Agency does not keep credit ratings on any of its clients.

  Independent Tribunal Service (Scotland)
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many persons are employed by the Independent Tribunal Service in Scotland; and what is the current Scottish caseload for(a) disability living allowance and (b) attendance allowance and industrial injury appeal cases.

  Mr. Hague
  I am informed by the president of the Independent Tribunal Service, his honour judge Bassingthwaighte, that he employs 103 administration and six judicial staff full time in Scotland. In addition, there are 450 tribunal chairmen and members paid on a sessional basis. It is not possible to provide separate caseload figures for disability living allowance and attendance allowance. However, I am informed that at 30 September 1994 the caseload for the two benefits combined was 2,365 and for industrial injuries was 800.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  European Parliament
  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of Stale for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the annual rent of the hemicycle building rented by the European Parliament in Brussels; how often the Parliament met there in 1993; and how often it will meet there in 1994.

  Mr. David Davis
  The European Parliament does not rent the hemicycle, which is part of a building in the Espace Leopold complex. In 1992, the European Parliament signed a contract for a long lease on a complex of three buildings to be constructed, with an option to purchase. The total estimated investment cost under the contract is approximately 1 billion ecu£775 million,—before amortisation. The lease on each building is to run 27 years from the date of its handover. For the first 20 years of the lease on each building, Parliament has to pay, in 20 equal annuities and by half-yearly instalments, the amount necessary to amortise the final investment cost over that period. For the final seven years of each lease, the European Parliament will pay 1 ecu per year. The annual budget payment for the building containing the hemicycle is 13·9 mecu—£10·5 million.

  The European Parliament met there three times in 1993, and will meet there four times in 1994.

  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what will be the rental of the new building being rented in Strasbourg by the European Parliament.

  Mr. David Davis
  The European Parliament signed a contract with the city of Strasbourg authorities on 31 March 1994 for a new complex on a similar basis with option to purchase to the Espace Leopold complex in Brussels. The annual cost is estimated at 46 mecu–00A3;34·7 million—which is planned to start fully in 1998.

  Public Information
  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much has been spent by his Department in each of the last three years to(a) produce public information in alternative formats for visually impaired people and (b) publicise the availability of accessible information among visually impaired people;

  (2) if he will indicate which departmental publications are currently available (a) in Braille, (b) in large print and (c) on tape; and if he will indicate what efforts have been made by his Department to inform visually impaired people about the availability of publications in alternative formats to normal print.

  Mr. Baldry
  Considerable efforts are directed to making travel advice and other information available to the public on the telephone. It is not possible separately to identify the cost of those services specifically targeted at visually impaired people.

  Cyprus
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Latest estimate of the number of non-Cypriots resident in(a) the Greek southern sector of Cyprus and (b) the Turkish northern sector of Cyprus.
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  Mr. David Davis
  The latest figures supplied by the Statistics Office of the Republic of Cyprus show the non-Cypriot population of the Government-controlled area to be 21,500. There are no reliable figures available for the number of non-Cypriots resident in the northern part of Cyprus.

  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Kingdom is still a guarantor power for the Republic of Cyprus.

  Mr. David Davis
  Yes.

  Russia
  Mr. Mans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has concerning defence industrial production in Russia; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  Russian defence industrial production has fallen sharply in recent years. We estimate that production of light armoured fighting vehicles dropped from some 4,500 in 1989 to 300 in 1993. Production of tanks is estimated to have dropped from 1,700 in 1989 to 200 last year; of fighters and bombers from 525 to 110; and of missiles from 130 to 40. I have placed a more detailed breakdown, with figures for the intervening years, in the Library.

NATIONAL HERITAGE

  Sports Council (Lottery Funds)
  Ms Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make it his policy that the distribution of lottery funds by the new United Kingdom Sports Council will not be limited to applications which promote the pursuit of excellence.

  Mr. Sproat
  We have proposed that the new English Sports Council will target its grant-in-aid more effectively in direct support to the governing bodies of sport and on services in support of sporting excellence. The purposes, on or connected with sport, to which the present Great Britain Sports Council, and, in time, its English successor, may apply national lottery funds under the National Lottery Act 1993 are unaffected by these proposals. We do not propose that the United Kingdom Sports Council should be national lottery distributor but it will offer expert advice on applications of United Kingdom importance.

  Sport (Participation)
  Ms Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage whether he now expects local authorities to promote mass participation in sport.

  Mr. Sproat
  I would expect local authorities to continue to encourage sporting and recreational opportunities for the public at large as they always have done.

  Ms Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what extra resources will be allocated to local authorities to enable them to develop alternative mechanisms following the disbandment of the regional councils for sport and recreation.
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  Mr. Sproat
  Our proposal is that the present formal linkage between the regional councils for sport and recreation and the regional offices of the Sports Council should cease and we shall no longer make appointments to the regional councils. Local authorities will want to decide for the future, with other regional interests, how to develop and deliver wider regional leisure strategies and how any such future machinery should be funded.

  Parliamentary Questions
  Mr. Hanson
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many times during the 1993–94 Session information requested in parliamentary questions has been refused on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.

  Mr. Dorrell
  My Department has declined to answer three parliamentary questions during the 1993–94 session on the ground of commercial confidentiality.

  Tourism
  Ms. Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what initiatives the English tourist board has planned on sustainable tourism; and how many of these are likely to be implemented.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The English tourist board participates in various on-going local visitor management initiatives in different types of location across the country. Many of these received pump-priming funding from the English tourist board and are continuing with the support of local funding partners. One example of these is the Wiltshire project which seeks to spread the economic benefits of tourism across 'the county more evenly and ease pressure on locations like Avebury and Stonehenge. The new visitor opportunities in Wiltshire will be tailored to its special landscape and character.

  In addition the English tourist board regularly meets and collaborates with bodies such as Countryside Commission and the Rural Development Commission. It has supported the production of a range of publications designed to encourage good environmental practice and policies within the tourism industry. The English tourist board was one of the sponsors of the document, "Getting it Right: a guide to visitor management in historic towns", published earlier this year by the English Historic Towns Forum.

  Public Information
  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) how much has been spent by his Department in each of the last three years to(a) produce public information in alternative formats for visually impaired people and (b) publicise the availability of accessible information among visually impaired people;

  (2) which departmental publications are currently available (a) in Braille, (b) in large print and (c) on tape; and what efforts have been made by his Department to inform visually impaired people about the availability of publications in alternative formats to normal print.

  Mr. Sproat
  The Department of National Heritage keeps under review the need to make information available to blind and partially sighted people.

  In 1992, the Department made available Braille copies of the popular version of the BBC consultation document issued by the Department. This was produced free of charge in response to inquiries.
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  No publications are currently available in Braille, large type or tape.

  Cross-media Ownership
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his predecessor's answer of 18 July,Official Report, column 24, when he hopes to announce the outcome of the review of the rules covering cross-media ownership of the press, including any legislative implications.

  Mr. Dorrell
  [holding answer 17 October 1994]: An announcement about the outcome will be made once the Government have determined the best way forward.

PRIME MINISTER

  Engagements
  Sir Peter Tapsell
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 18 October.

  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 18 October.

  The Prime Minister
  This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House I shall be having further meetings later today.

EMPLOYMENT

  Mining Closures
  Mr. William O'Brien
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on measures that his Department is taking to offer job opportunities to those areas where there have been mining closures.

  Mr. Paice
  The Department has made available £75 million and introduced a range of employment measures to help people in areas affected by pit closures. Over 40,000 people have been helped by the Employment Service and over 12,000 have started on special training and enterprise council programmes.

  Apprenticeship Scheme
  Mr. Simon Coombs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on progress in the introduction of the new apprenticeship scheme.

  Mr. Paice
  Excellent progress is being made. Seventeen prototypes have been approved and 627 young people have started toward the expected number of 1,850.

  Council of Employment Ministers
  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what issues were discussed at the last meeting of the Council of Employment Ministers.

  Mr. Portillo
  The United Kingdom resisted a proposal to impose compulsory paternity leave on employers; and ensured that the works councils directive will not apply to companies in Britain, thus leaving them free to determine what system of consultation best suits their circumstances.

  Women
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) mothers and (b) other women are now in work; what were the figures 10 and 20 years ago; and if he will make a statement.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The spring 1994 labour force survey shows the 4 million mothers and 6·8 million other women of working age with dependent children are in employment. In spring 1984 the equivalent figures were 3·1 million and 6·1 million respectively. The participation of women in the labour force in the United Kingdom is the highest of any major EU country.

  Wages Councils
  Ms Corston
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has made of the effect on earnings of the abolition of wages councils.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for P'endle (Mr. Prentice).

  Lone Mothers
  Mrs. Mahon
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of lone mothers with dependent children were in work in 1979; and what percentage are currently in work.

  Miss Widdecombe
  In spring 1981, the earliest date available, the labour force survey showed that 45 per cent. of lone mothers of working age with dependent children were in employment. The current figure, for spring 1994, is 39 per cent. During the period 1981–1994 the numbers of lone mothers in employment increased from 350,000 to 440,000.

  Age Discrimination
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the Government will introduce legislation to deal with age discrimination in employment.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The Government have no intention of introducing legislation on age discrimination; it would be ineffective as it has been in other countries and would increase the burdens on business. The Government firmly believe that the way forward is through persuasion.

  Labour Statistics
  Sir Thomas Arnold
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest employment figures; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Paice
  The summer 1994 labour force survey shows just over 25 million people in employment in Great Britain. The highest proportion of any major European Union country.

  Minimum Wage
  Mr. Dunn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the nature and level of representations he has received from opposition parties on the implications of a minimum wage policy; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  The Government are well aware that if the policies of the opposition parties on minimum wages were ever implemented they would destroy many thousands of jobs.

  Trade Union Legislation
  Mr. Jacques Arnold
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from individual trade unionists arguing for the repeal of all trade union legislation introduced since 1979.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  None.

  Long-term Unemployment
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of long-term unemployed.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  In July 1994 there were 1,004,271 claimants unemployed for over one year; down 41,300 since April. These figures are on the unadjusted basis.

  Government Policy
  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the Government's policy in respect of full employment.

  Mr. Portillo
  The Government pursue policies designed to achieve high levels of employment and low inflation.

  Associated Octel
  Mr. Miller
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the Health and Safety Executive report on the fire at Associated Octel on 1 February.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  The Health and Safety Executive has completed its investigation and on 6 September announced its decision to prosecute Associated Octel under sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. HSE will publish a report of its findings, once legal proceedings have been completed.

  Nuclear Safety
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made for the work of the Health and Safety Executive on safety in nuclear power stations.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  None, as general matters of nuclear safety are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend, the President of the Board of Trade.

  However, the Department does have responsibility for the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 (IRR85). An analysis of data collected under these regulations was published by the Health and Safety Executive in October 1993. Over the period 1986-1991 it showed a 50 per cent. reduction in the average occupational exposure of workers to radiation at nuclear power stations.

  Scottish Cricket Clubs
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many work permit applications were granted and how many were rejected in respect of the employment by Scottish cricket clubs over the past seven years; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Oppenheim
  Information about the number of work permits applications granted and rejected for employment by Scottish cricket clubs is not available.

  Labour Costs
  Mr. Garnier
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evidence he has regarding the link between non-wage labour costs and job creation.

  Mr. Portillo
  In Britain the Government are careful not to impose heavy costs on business. The United Kingdom has a higher proportion of its people in work than any other major European Union country and Britain has attracted one-third of all inward investment in the European Union.

SCOTLAND

  Police Service
  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many inquiries have been made into the police service's operation and structure in Scotland since 1990; and at what cost.

  Mr. Lang
  The inquiry into police responsibilities and rewards, which reported in June 1993, included rank structure within its terms of reference. The Scottish Office contributed £97,000 to the cost of the inquiry. The force structure of the Scottish police service was considered as 200
  part of the consultation exercise which invited views on the future shape of local government. The service is also under continual review by H. M. inspectorate of constabulary.

  Trainee Doctors
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland from what central source funding is made available for flexible training schemes for trainee doctors wishing to pursue a career in general practice; how many places each year are made available on such schemes; how many who have completed their pre-registration year and have been selected for general practice training are on a waiting list; what proportion of these are women; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Funding is supplied by the NHS management executive in Scotland for vocational training in general practice, including flexible training. The number of places available for flexible training is not fixed. Doctors wishing to train on a flexible basis should register with their postgraduate dean or director. There is no waiting list of doctors selected for vocational training. The management executive encourages NHS employers to offer flexible training to doctors and dentists who have well-founded reasons for working on a part-time or other flexible basis.

  Death Certificates
  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many death certificates in 1993 had(a) hypothermia, (b) pneumonia or (c) other cold-related illnesses as one of the contributory causes of death; and what were the figures for each of the four previous years in each case.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The figures requested for hypothermia and pneumonia are given in the table.

  Many diseases which contribute to mortality are related in some way to cold conditions. There is no generally accepted list of such conditions. It is not possible therefore to give a meaningful answer to part (c) of the question.

  Deaths with any mention of hypothermia or pneumonia on the death certificate, 1989–1993.

  Hypothermia (ICD 778.3, 780.8, 780.9 E901.0, E901.8 and E901.9)

  Pneumonia (ICD 480–486)

  1989

  152

  14,377

  1990

  137

  12,901

  1991

  101

  12,291

  1992

  117

  12,050

  1993

  141

  13,457

  Prisoners
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions since 1 January prisoners have been held(a) two to a cell designed for one and (b) three to a cell designed for one; and if he will list those prisons which experienced these measures.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, to arrange for a reply to be given.
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  Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman Godman, dated 18 October 1994:
  Lord James Douglas Hamilton has asked me to reply to your question about the number of occasions on which double and triple occupancy of cells designed for one occurred.
  Occupancy of single cells by more than one prisoner can arise due to factors other than high prisoner numbers, for example to allow refurbishment to improve prisoner accommodation (including the

  Establishments where multiple occupancy of cells occurred

  Double occupancy

  Triple occupancy

  Design capacity

  Nos. of cells involved

  Period (ie months unless otherwise stated)

  Nos. of cells involved

  Period (ie months unless otherwise stated)

  HMP Aberdeen

  142

  45

  7

  —

  —

  HMP Barlinnie

  939

  247

  8

  —

  —

  HMP Cornton Vale

  213

  6

  8

  9

  1

  HMP Dumfries

  139

  11

  6

  —

  —

  HMP Edinburgh

  508

  153

  8

  5

  8

  HMP Friarton

  56

  24

  8

  —

  —

  HMYOI Glenochil

  175

  9

  13 days

  —

  —

  HMP Greenock

  172

  75

  8

  2

  2 days

  HMP Inverness

  79

  54

  8

  —

  —

  HMP Longriggend

  177

  36

  3

  —

  —

  HMP Perth

  426

  60

  8

  10

  3

  HMYOI Polmont

  414

  30

  8

  —

  —

  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average cost per month of keeping someone in prison in 1993–94.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 18 October 1994:
  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your question about the average cost per month of keeping someone in prison in 1993–94.
  The cost of maintaining an individual at Her Majesty's prisons in Scotland in 1993–94, calculated as total net expenditure (excluding capital) divided by daily average prisoner numbers, was £2,138 per month.

  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give a breakdown by age of(a) all female prisoners and (b) all male prisoners at the latest available date;

  (2) how many (a) female and (b) male fine defaulters were received into prisons in each of the past four years.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The subject of these questions relate to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 18 October 1994:
  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your Questions about the breakdown by age and sex of the current prison population and about the number of female and male fine defaulters received into prisons in the last four years.
  Table 1 shows the breakdown of the present prison population. Young offenders are generally aged under 21, but a small number may be aged 21 or 22. No further disaggregation is available since details of exact age are collected only on the statistical returns relating to receptions.
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  installation of in-cell toilets and electrical power). In some instances single cells are in double occupancy at the request of prisoners themselves who for their own reasons prefer to share.
  During the period from 1 January to 31 August, 12 (out of the total of 21) Scottish prison establishments experienced a degree of doubling up of prisoners, and in the case of four establishments, certain periods of triple occupancy occurred. The table attached lists the establishments and details the average periods involved in each case.

  Table 1: Average daily prison population in Scottish penal establishments, Wednesday 5 October 1994

  Adult

  Young offenders

  Total

  Male

  4,436

  1,061

  5,497

  Female

  171

  19

  190

  Total

  4,607

  1,080

  5,687

  Table 2 below shows the number of fine defaulter receptions recorded in the past four years. Some of these receptions will relate to prisoners who are serving existing sentences in respect of other offences. Where a person has several custodial sentences imposed on him by one court in one day, however, this is counted as one reception.

  Table 2: Fine defaulter receptions to Scottish penal establishments

  1990

  1991

  1992

  1993

  Male

  6,455

  7,295

  7,792

  8,878

  Female

  380

  614

  547

  738

  Total

  6,835

  7,909

  8,339

  9,616

  Prisons (Drugs)
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he is taking to reduce(a) the demand for drugs and (b) the supply of drugs in prison; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, to arrange for a reply to be given.
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  Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman Godman, dated 18 October 1994:
  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your question about the action being taken to reduce the demand for and supply of drugs in prison.
  Prisons in Scotland follow a common approach in dealing with the problems of prisoners who misuse drugs. The main elements of that approach which aims to reflect as far as possible the range of measures available in the community are:
  medical examination on admission to identify current drug users;
  continuation of substitute prescribing for very short-term and remand prisoners in appropriate cases;
  provision of appropriate medication to alleviate symptoms of withdrawal;
  counselling and practical advice on drug-free lifestyles and harm minimisation;
  liaison with community based agencies prior to release; work with families;
  education for non-drug using prisoners on drugs misuse.
  Drug misuse is not tolerated within prison and a high priority is attached to the exclusion of all illicit drugs. Nevertheless, total exclusion is extremely difficult to achieve without the introduction of unacceptably stringent control measures, particularly in relation to visit arrangements, which would themselves create significant problems, not least for prisoners' families and those prisoners for whom the maintenance of family relationships are a high priority. The range of suitable security measures in place include closed circuit television surveillance, strip searching of prisoners on suspicion following visits, lockers for visitors' hand baggage and the use of a drug-detection dog unit.

  Sheriff Courts
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received concerning the appointment of lay representatives to each sheriff court user advisory committee; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Membership of sheriff court advisory committees is a matter for the sheriffs principal concerned.

  Social Housing
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has for more investment in social housing based on need.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Substantial resources of nearly three quarter of a billion pounds have been made available to local authorities, new town development corporations and Scottish Homes in 1994–95 for investment in housing. These allocations are generally not earmarked for specific purposes and it is for local authorities, new town development corporations and Scottish Homes to obtain value for money from targeting these resources on the provision of social rented housing in accordance with their assessment of local housing needs and priorities.

  Grant-maintained Schools
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current annual budgets of each grant-maintained school; what are the capital and revenue allocations made by him to each grant-maintained school during(a) each of the past three years and (b) so far during the current financial year.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Dornoch Academy, Sutherland, was established on 1 April 1994 as Scotland's first self-governing school. For the financial year to 31 204
  March 1995, it has budgets of £399,181 for recurrent revenue expenditure and £16,000 for capital expenditure. The recurrent expenditure budget amount may be adjusted shortly to reflect the level of comparable expenditure by the Education Department of Highland regional council and any changes in the circumstances of the school which would have an effect on the determination of its annual grant, such as a fluctuation in pupil numbers during the financial year.

  Clinical Waste
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the methods of the incineration of clinical waste at hospitals in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  In 1989 a major study of all Scottish NHS clinical waste hospital incinerators and the source and quantity of all NHS clinical waste arisings was undertaken.

  The study allowed strategic planning to be undertaken to cope with the introduction of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Since that original report, other studies for the north, east and west of Scotland have been undertaken and used to assist NHS trusts to work as consortiums to achieve the most economic and safest way to treat and dispose of their clinical waste. Some NHS trusts because of local circumstances, have already installed new incinerators to meet the full technical standards required by the Environmental Protection Act 1990, whilst others are at tender stage.

  Among those currently tendering are NHS trusts in the following health board areas: Greater Glasgow, Lothian, Forth Valley, Tayside, Grampian, Highland, Orkney and Shetland.

  Trusts in the following areas—Argyll and Clyde, Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire and Arran, Fife, Lanarkshire, Borders and Western Isles—now either have clinical waste plant to the required standard or are sharing facilities among themselves.

  European Regional Assistance
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has concerning the distribution of objective 2 funds to(a) Inverclyde and (b) Strathclyde; if he will list those projects which have received or are to receive such financial assistance; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Stewart
  Western Scotland as a whole was awarded a total of some £348·2 million of objective 2 funding between 1988 and 1993. In addition, the RENAVAL and RECHAR community initiatives were worth some £19·5 million.

  Under the objective 2 programmes, 651 projects throughout the area were granted assistance from the European regional development fund amounting to some £292·7 million. A total of 555 projects were granted assistance from the European social fund amounting to some £55·5 million. Precise figures on expenditure are not held at district level.

  Details of individual projects and their sponsors are available from the Strathclyde European Partnership office in Glasgow. I shall arrange for the hon. Member to receive a copy of their information pack.

  Housing
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of housing is unfit in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The most recent estimates of the number of dwellings below the tolerable standard and the housing stock in each district are contained in table 13 of "Statistical Bulletin" HSG/1994/7, which is available in the Library.

  Hospital and Community Medical and Dental Consultants; by health board: at 30 September 1989–1993

  Whole time equivalent/wte rate

  1Scotland

  Argyll and Clyde

  Ayrshire and Arran

  Borders

  Dumfries and Galloway

  Fife

  Forth Valley

  Grampian

  Greater Glasgow

  1989

  Number of Consultants

  2,160·8

  132·1

  109·5

  32·4

  54·3

  94·0

  88·0

  200·0

  594·2

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  42·4

  29·9

  29·2

  31·5

  36·8

  27·3

  32·4

  39·7

  63·7

  1990

  Number of Consultants

  2,228·6

  136·5

  118·5

  34·4

  52·7

  96·1

  91·6

  217·7

  616·7

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  43·7

  31·0

  31·6

  33·2

  35·5

  27·8

  33·7

  43·0

  66·5

  1991

  Number of Consultants

  2,230·5

  134·3

  120·2

  34·4

  54·8

  99·0

  91·1

  218·8

  611·2

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  43·7

  30·8

  31·9

  33·0

  37·1

  28·6

  33·4

  42·5

  66·3

  1992

  Number of Consultants

  2,265·3

  139·4

  122·8

  34·4

  56·8

  102·0

  92·1

  224·4

  613·1

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  44·4

  31·9

  32·6

  33·0

  38·5

  29·2

  33·7

  43·5

  66·5

  1993

  Number of Consultants

  2,286·4

  143·0

  123·2

  36·5

  56·9

  101·5

  91·5

  225·9

  613·8

  Rates per 100,000'pop

  44·7

  32·9

  32·7

  34·8

  38·4

  29·0

  33·5

  43·2

  66·8

  1Scotland excludes consultants based at the CSA and the State Hospital.

  2 Comparison of boards does not take account of staff employed in one board area who provides a service to another, the cost of which will probably be cross-charged.

  Hospital and Community Medical and Dental Consultants; by health board: at 30 September 1989–1993

  Whole time equivalent/wte rate

  Highland

  Lanarkshire

  Lothian

  Orkney

  Shetland

  Tayside

  Western Isles

  CSA

  State Hospital

  1989

  Number of Consultants

  80·7

  165·3

  405·1

  1·0

  2·0

  196·8

  5·4

  27·3

  —

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  42·0

  29·4

  54·5

  5·2

  9·0

  50·1

  17·6

  —

  —

  1990

  Number of Consultants

  81·6

  167·1

  410·9

  1·0

  2·0

  194·4

  7·4

  27·5

  —

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  39·9

  29·7

  54·8

  5·1

  9·0

  49·3

  24·1

  —

  —

  1991

  No. of Consultants

  82·9

  169·1

  400·6

  1·0

  3·1

  202·6

  7·4

  29·3

  3·7

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  40·6

  30·1

  53·4

  5·1

  13·8

  51·7

  25·2

  —

  —

  1992

  Number of Consultants

  87·9

  175·2

  399·9

  1·0

  3·0

  205·4

  7·9

  29·1

  3·2

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  43·1

  31·2

  53·2

  5·1

  13·3

  52·3

  26·9

  —

  —

  1993

  Number of Consultants

  88·0

  172·4

  407·7

  1·0

  4·1

  212·5

  8·4

  28·6

  3·6

  Rates per 100,000 pop

  42·7

  30·7

  54·3

  5·1

  18·3

  53·9

  28·5

  —

  —

  1Comparison of boards does not take account of staff employed in one board area who provides a service to another, the cost of which will probably be cross-charged.

  Schools
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many proposals from regional and island

  NHS Consultants
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many whole-time equivalent NHS consultants were employed per capita in each of the health board areas in each of the last five years.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The latest five year information available centrally is shown in the following table:

  authorities to close or reorganise schools have been awaiting a decision from him for (a) up to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to nine months, (d) nine to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months.
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  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  None.

  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of primary school classes in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole being taught by one teacher have 20 or fewer pupils.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  At September 1993 the percentage of all education authority primary school classes with 20 or fewer pupils was 11·8 per cent. in Inverclyde, 15.4 per cent. in Strathclyde and 18·1 per cent in Scotland. Separate information on classes being taught by one teacher is not held centrally.

  Table 1—NHSiS—Scottish resident discharges from non-psychiatric and non-obstetric specialties, by hospital: year ended 31 March 1991

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Aberdeen City Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  415

  Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  74

  Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

  3

  8

  1

  —

  8

  1

  26,982

  Aberfeldy Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Aboyne Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  19

  Adamson Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  787

  1

  —

  Annan Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  68

  —

  —

  —

  Arbroath Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arduthie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  57

  Arran War Memorial Hospital

  —

  167

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ashludie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Astley Ainslie Hospital

  1

  —

  4

  3

  5

  —

  1

  Ayr County Hospital

  1

  1,997

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital

  1

  446

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Balfour Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ballochmyle Hospital

  3

  7,133

  —

  126

  —

  —

  —

  Bangour General Hospital

  5

  4

  98

  15

  544

  67

  7

  Bannockburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  4

  —

  Beatson Oncology Centre

  1,208

  442

  3

  39

  27

  912

  1

  Belford Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Belhaven Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Belvidere Hospital

  359

  297

  14

  12

  1

  66

  —

  Biggart Hospital

  —

  280

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Birdston Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Blawarthill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bo'ness Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  22

  —

  Bon Secours Private Hospital

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bonnybridge Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Borders General Hospital

  1

  1

  5,664

  1

  1

  —

  —

  Bridge of Earn Hospital

  2

  —

  —

  —

  125

  4

  1

  Bridge of Weir Hospital

  143

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Brooksby House Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Broomhill Hospital

  8

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Caithness General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Calton Hospital

  8

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cameron Hospital, Windygates

  —

  —

  —

  —

  124

  —

  —

  Campbell Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  23

  Campbeltown Cottage Hospital

  46

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Canniesburn Hospital

  990

  402

  2

  40

  14

  349

  2

  Castle Douglas Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  54

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  1

  2

  5

  1

  11

  —

  2

  Chalmers Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  257

  Cleland Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coathill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coldstream Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Corstorphine Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  County Hospital Stornoway

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cowglen Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Craigtoun Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  Cresswell Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  225

  —

  —

  —

  Crieff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Crosshouse Hospital

  19

  13,131

  1

  5

  —

  —

  2

  Patient's Choice
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what degree of patient's choice as to place of treatment was available(a) before and (b) after April 1991.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Tables 1 and 2 show the areas of residence and hospitals from which people were discharged in 1990–91 and 1993–94. The tables show that most people choose to be treated locally although general practitioners are free to refer people to the hospital of their choice.

  A wider choice of place of treatment for some specialties is also now available. Some treatments available only in major cities in 1991 are now available locally.
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  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Daliburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dalintart Hospital

  1ll

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dalrymple Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  166

  —

  —

  —

  Darnley Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Davidson Cottage Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dr. Gray's Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2,929

  Drumchapel Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Drumlanrig Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Duke Street Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumbarton Joint Hospital

  58

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

  —

  4

  4

  8,446

  —

  1

  —

  Dunaros Hospital

  19

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunbar Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dundee Limb Fitting Centre

  —

  —

  —

  —

  23

  —

  1

  Dundee Royal Infirmary

  1

  —

  3

  1

  771

  16

  25

  Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  5,255

  8

  2

  Dunfermline Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  —

  Dunoon and District General Hospital

  464

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Duntocher Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  East Fortune Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Eastbank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Eastern General Hospital

  1

  —

  20

  1

  12

  7

  —

  Edenhall Hospital

  —

  —

  5

  2

  8

  4

  9

  Edinburgh City Hospital

  10

  12

  679

  13

  324

  30

  11

  Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

  59

  40

  734

  63

  712

  187

  14

  Edington Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Erskine Hospital

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary

  2

  1

  —

  1

  212

  9,065

  —

  Fleming Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  14

  Forfar Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Forth Park Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  983

  —

  —

  Fraserburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  60

  Garrick Hospital

  —

  8

  —

  606

  —

  —

  —

  Gartnavel General Hospital

  1,461

  186

  1

  31

  4

  227

  3

  Gesto Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Gilbert Bain Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glasgow Royal Infirmary

  1,460

  670

  4

  299

  42

  386

  48

  Glencoe Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glenrothes Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  188

  —

  —

  Hairmyres Hospital

  24

  131

  1

  —

  —

  1

  8

  Heathfield Hospital, Ayr

  2

  2,037

  —

  16

  1

  —

  —

  Helensburgh Victoria Infirmary

  41

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hillside Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Holmhead Hospital

  —

  101

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow

  63

  25

  —

  4

  21

  19

  38

  Hunter Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  5

  —

  —

  Huntly Jubilee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  189

  Ian Charles Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Insch and District War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Inverclyde Royal Hospital

  6,783

  928

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Invergordon County Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverurie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  56

  Irvine Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Johnstone Hospital

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kello Hospital

  —

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kildean Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3

  —

  Kings Cross Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  27

  —

  5

  Kirkcudbright Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  39

  —

  —

  —

  Kirklandside Hospital, Kilmarnock

  —

  144

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Knightswood Hospital

  118

  10

  —

  —

  —

  7

  —

  Knoll Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Home Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport

  —

  68

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Law Hospital

  9

  1

  39

  2

  —

  8

  —

  Lawson Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Leanchoil Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  58

  Lenzie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lewis Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Liberton Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lightburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Loanhead Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochgreen Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  144

  —

  Lochmaben Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  210 211

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Lochmaddy Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lockhart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Longmore Hospital

  1

  2

  175

  1

  97

  17

  4

  Mackinnon Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Maidencraig House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  165

  Maud Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  7

  Mckelvie Hospital

  42

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mearnskirk General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Meigle Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mid Argyll Hospital

  15

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Migdale Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Milesmark Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  646

  —

  —

  Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  72

  —

  —

  —

  Monklands District General Hospital

  10

  3

  2

  —

  2

  14

  1

  Montfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Montrose Royal Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Morningfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  4

  Nairn Town and County Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Netherlea Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  6

  —

  —

  Newton Stewart Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  119

  —

  —

  —

  Nicolson Mackenzie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  7

  Ninewells Hospital

  18

  19

  6

  6

  1,716

  43

  132

  Nithbank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  Northern General Hospital

  —

  —

  13

  2

  47

  34

  —

  Oban County Hospital

  300

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Perth Royal Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  1

  389

  53

  1

  Peterhead Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  43

  Philipshill Hospital

  52

  28

  —

  7

  —

  10

  —

  Portree Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Princess Margaret Rose Hospital

  5

  15

  101

  60

  123

  95

  24

  Queen Margaret Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  936

  —

  —

  Raigmore Hospital

  10

  2

  1

  —

  1

  1

  532

  Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  424

  —

  —

  Ravenscraig Hospital

  78

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rhsc Drumchapel

  7

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roadmeetings Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roodlands General Hospital

  —

  —

  30

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Ross Hall Hospital

  99

  11

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital

  275

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital Annexe

  16

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roxburghe House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  137

  Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

  4

  —

  —

  —

  9

  1

  3,825

  Royal Alexandra Hospital

  11,474

  272

  1

  1

  3

  —

  —

  Royal Northern Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Samaritan Hospital

  106

  55

  —

  1

  —

  18

  1

  Royal Victoria Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ruchill Hospital

  14

  6

  —

  —

  —

  12

  —

  RHSC, Edinburgh

  1

  3

  232

  8

  358

  35

  39

  RHSC, Glasgow

  1,365

  415

  3

  118

  21

  324

  13

  Sauchie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  106

  —

  Seafield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  33

  Seafield Sick Childrens Hospital

  1

  1,255

  1

  37

  —

  —

  —

  Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion

  —

  2

  —

  4

  8

  3

  —

  Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Southern General Hospital

  3,221

  414

  3

  108

  8

  102

  7

  Spynie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  53

  St. Andrews Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  726

  —

  —

  St. Brendan's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Columba's Hospice

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. John's Hospital At Howden

  1

  —

  7

  2

  9

  106

  —

  St. Margaret's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Mary's Hospital

  28

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Michaels Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Vincent's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stephen Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  14

  Stirling Royal Infirmary

  8

  1

  —

  —

  100

  11,746

  1

  Stobhill Hospital

  204

  81

  2

  17

  3

  210

  2

  Stonehouse Hospital

  4

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stracathro Hospital

  —

  6

  —

  —

  9

  1

  1,114

  Strathblane Childrens Home Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Strathclyde Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  212 213

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Thomas Hope Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  70

  —

  —

  —

  Thomson House

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Thornhill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  39

  —

  —

  —

  Tippethill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Tor-na-dee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Turner Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  6

  Turriff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  16

  Udston Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ugie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Vale of Leven District General Hospital

  4,368

  2

  —

  —

  —

  49

  1

  Victoria Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy

  5

  —

  —

  —

  13,392

  1

  1

  Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow

  513

  75

  —

  11

  1

  10

  2

  West Highland Hospital

  1,133

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Wester Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

  18

  24

  503

  308

  1,563

  313

  12

  Western Infirmary, Glasgow

  2,250

  806

  2

  86

  24

  475

  19

  Whitehills Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Witchburn Hospital

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Woodcot Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3

  Woodend General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  3,775

  All Hospitals (220)

  39,148

  32,185

  8,372

  11,362

  30,861

  25,322

  41,312

  Notes

  Source: SMR1.

  Ref: Unit2/94459.

  Date: 11 October 1994.

  Table 1—NHSiS—Scottish resident discharges from non-psychiatric and non-obstetric specialties, by hospital: year ended 31 March 1991

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  Aberdeen City Hospital

  —

  2

  —

  —

  15

  34

  3

  —

  Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  1

  2

  —

  —

  Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

  1

  337

  —

  9

  455

  593

  101

  21

  Aberfeldy Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  20

  —

  Aboyne Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Adamson Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Annan Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arbroath Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  128

  —

  Arduthie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arran War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ashludie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  293

  —

  Astley Ainslie Hospital

  —

  —

  2

  95

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Ayr County Hospital

  2

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Balfour Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  750

  —

  —

  —

  Ballochmyle Hospital

  6

  —

  6

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bangour General Hospital

  9

  51

  37

  2,559

  —

  —

  17

  2

  Bannockburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Beatson Oncology Centre

  1,989

  26

  378

  20

  —

  —

  15

  22

  Belford Hospital

  —

  830

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Belhaven Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  37

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Belvidere Hospital

  2,080

  —

  1,198

  —

  —

  —

  —

  9

  Biggart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Birdston Hospital

  25

  —

  4

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  103

  —

  Blawarthill Hospital

  14

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bo'ness Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bon Secours Private Hospital

  18

  —

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bonnybridge Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Borders General Hospital

  1

  1

  2

  67

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bridge of Earn Hospital

  4

  —

  —

  5

  —

  1

  1,658

  —

  Bridge of Weir Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Brooksby House Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Broomhill Hospital

  135

  —

  7

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Caithness General Hospital

  —

  1,448

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Calton Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cameron Hospital, Windygates

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Campbell Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Campbeltown Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  214 215

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Sher

  Tay

  WI

  Canniesburn Hospital

  2,565

  33

  633

  21

  —

  —

  14

  19

  Castle Douglas Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  1

  2

  2

  1,043

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cleland Hospital

  4

  —

  7

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coathill Hospital

  —

  —

  40

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coldstream Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Corstorphine Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  451

  —

  —

  —

  —

  County Hospital Stornoway

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  213

  Cowglen Hospital

  25

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Craigtoun Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cresswell Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Crieff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  38

  —

  Crosshouse Hospital

  20

  —

  6

  6

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Daliburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  72

  Dalintart Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dalrymple Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Darnley Hospital

  11

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Davidson Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dr. Gray's Hospital

  1

  13

  —

  1

  —

  2

  —

  —

  Drumchapel Hospital

  108

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Drumlanrig Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Duke Street Hospital

  17

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumbarton Joint Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

  —

  1

  41

  4

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunaros Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunbar Hospital

  —

  39

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dundee Limb Fitting Centre

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  67

  —

  Dundee Royal Infirmary

  13

  15

  2

  13

  3

  —

  5,881

  2

  Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital

  1

  1

  —

  14

  —

  —

  26

  —

  Dunfermline Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunoon and District General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Duntocher Hospital

  200

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  East Fortune Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  89

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Eastbank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  74

  —

  —

  —

  Eastern General Hospital

  1

  —

  4

  3,934

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Edenhall Hospital

  2

  3

  1

  173

  —

  1

  8

  2

  Edinburgh City Hospital

  34

  24

  32

  5,011

  1

  —

  76

  4

  Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

  75

  107

  152

  15,274

  —

  4

  89

  21

  Edington Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  17

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Erskine Hospital

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary

  11

  3

  44

  70

  —

  —

  4

  —

  Fleming Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Forfar Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  401

  —

  Forth Park Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Fraserburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Garrick Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Gartnavel General Hospital

  9,311

  16

  355

  15

  —

  —

  13

  62

  Gesto Hospital

  —

  35

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Gilbert Bain Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1,274

  —

  —

  Glasgow Royal Infirmary

  16,323

  55

  4,011

  35

  1

  5

  191

  135

  Glencoe Hospital

  —

  8

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glenrothes Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hairmyres Hospital

  358

  2

  7,038

  7

  —

  —

  2

  1

  Heathfield Hospital, Ayr

  4

  —

  1

  3

  —

  —

  7

  —

  Helensburgh Victoria Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hillside Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  4

  —

  Holmhead Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow

  197

  10

  56

  47

  1

  —

  17

  4

  Hunter Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Huntly Jubilee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ian Charles Hospital

  —

  59

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Insch and District War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverclyde Royal Hospital

  8

  —

  4

  1

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Invergordon County Hospital

  —

  150

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverurie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Irvine Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  16

  —

  Johnstone Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kello Hospital

  —

  —

  6

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kildean Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kings Cross Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  731

  —

  Kirkcudbright Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kirklandside Hospital, Kilmarnock

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  216 217

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  Knightswood Hospital

  492

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Knoll Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Home Hospital

  —

  —

  31

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Law Hospital

  32

  —

  10,652

  10

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lawson Memorial Hospital

  —

  375

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Leanchoil Hospital

  —

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lenzie Hospital

  37

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lewis Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1,181

  Liberton Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  204

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lightburn Hospital

  87

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Loanhead Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochgreen Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochmaben Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochmaddy Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  18

  Lockhart Hospital

  —

  —

  214

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Longmore Hospital

  —

  3

  3

  1,684

  —

  —

  5

  2

  Mackinnon Memorial Hospital

  —

  699

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Maidencraig House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Maud Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mckelvie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mearnskirk General Hospital

  158

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Meigle Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  98

  —

  Mid Argyll Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Migdale Hospital

  —

  16

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Milesmark Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  7

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Monklands District General Hospital

  201

  5

  9,904

  7

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Montfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  183

  —

  —

  Montrose Royal Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Morningfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Nairn Town and County Hospital

  —

  20

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Netherlea Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Newton Stewart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Nicolson Mackenzie Hospital

  —

  121

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3

  Ninewells Hospital

  43

  38

  21

  28

  1

  1

  14,241

  4

  Nithbank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Northern General Hospital

  —

  —

  4

  466

  —

  —

  1

  1

  Oban County Hospital

  —

  14

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Perth Royal Infirmary

  2

  —

  1

  1

  1

  —

  5,496

  —

  Peterhead Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Philipshill Hospital

  1,222

  —

  92

  6

  —

  —

  2

  5

  Portree Hospital

  —

  44

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Princess Margaret Rose Hospital

  8

  36

  41

  4,024

  2

  3

  29

  4

  Queen Margaret Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Raigmore Hospital

  —

  12,240

  —

  8

  —

  5

  10

  664

  Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ravenscraig Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rhsc Drumchapel

  68

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roadmeetings Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roodlands General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1,372

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross Hall Hospital

  24

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross Memorial Hospital

  —

  359

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital Annexe

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roxburghe House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

  2

  55

  —

  5

  89

  144

  7

  2

  Royal Alexandra Hospital

  131

  —

  14

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Royal Northern Infirmary

  —

  62

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Samaritan Hospital

  2,677

  4

  468

  —

  —

  —

  7

  7

  Royal Victoria Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  197

  —

  Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh

  —

  —

  —

  242

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ruchill Hospital

  1,799

  1

  111

  1

  —

  —

  1

  —

  RHSC, Edinburgh

  3

  65

  31

  3,181

  3

  3

  82

  —

  RHSC, Glasgow

  5,270

  78

  1,898

  37

  —

  —

  28

  43

  Sauchie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Seafield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Seafield Sick Childrens Hospital

  3

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion

  1

  —

  2

  91

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Southern General Hospital

  8,013

  31

  616

  8

  —

  1

  16

  64

  Spynie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Andrews Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  218 219

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  St. Brendan's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  St. Columba's Hospice

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. John's Hospital At Howden

  1

  —

  126

  7,480

  —

  —

  1

  —

  St. Margaret's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  40

  —

  St. Mary's Hospital

  185

  —

  97

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Michaels Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  27

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St. Vincent's Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stephen Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stirling Royal Infirmary

  24

  —

  32

  22

  —

  1

  192

  7

  Stobhill Hospital

  11,631

  20

  1,705

  26

  —

  —

  6

  12

  Stonehouse Hospital

  32

  —

  5,644

  2

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Stracathro Hospital

  1

  7

  —

  2

  82

  85

  2,731

  —

  Strathblane Childrens Home Hospital

  36

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Strathclyde Hospital

  —

  —

  10

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Thomas Hope Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Thomson House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Thornhill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Tippethill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  48

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Tor-na-dee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Turner Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Turriff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Udston Hospital

  —

  —

  17

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ugie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Vale of Leven District General Hospital

  76

  1

  4

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Cottage Hospital

  5

  —

  88

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy

  1

  1

  —

  11

  —

  —

  13

  —

  Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow

  8,700

  2

  337

  1

  —

  —

  5

  3

  West Highland Hospital

  —

  7

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Wester Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  21

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

  32

  201

  48

  12,426

  1

  —

  164

  3

  Western Infirmary, Glasgow

  9,837

  65

  447

  54

  —

  —

  17

  88

  Whitehills Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  8

  —

  Witchburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Woodcot Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Woodend General Hospital

  —

  16

  —

  —

  68

  102

  18

  7

  All Hospitals (220)

  84,412

  17,862

  46,771

  60,504

  1,548

  2,444

  33,354

  2,710

  Notes

  Source: SMR 1.

  Ref: Unit2/94459.

  Date: 11 October 1994.

  Table 2—NHSis—Scottish resident discharges from non-psychiatric and non-obstetric specialities, by hospital; year ended 31 March 1994

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Aberdeen City Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  564

  Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

  6

  1

  2

  6

  25

  7

  30,525

  Aberfeldy Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Aboyne Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  46

  Adamson Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1,611

  —

  —

  Annan Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  82

  —

  —

  —

  Arbroath Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arduthie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  51

  Arran View Nursing Home

  —

  6

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arran War Memorial Hospital

  —

  376

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ashludie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Astley Ainslie Hospital

  1

  1

  2

  1

  3

  8

  1

  Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital

  —

  426

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  Balfour Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ballochmyle Hospital

  9

  7,260

  —

  44

  —

  —

  —

  Bangour Village Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bannockburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  10

  —

  Beatson Oncology Centre

  1,897

  590

  23

  108

  13

  1,031

  20

  Belford Hospital

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Belhaven Hospital

  —

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Belvidere Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Biggart Hospital

  —

  254

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Blawarthill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  220 221

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Bon Secours Private Hospital

  32

  27

  —

  4

  —

  12

  —

  Bonnybridge Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  24

  —

  Borders General Hospital

  —

  —

  8,095

  19

  1

  —

  —

  Brechin Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bridge of Earn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  23

  —

  —

  Bridge of Weir Hospital

  212

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Broomhill Hospital

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  5

  —

  Caithness General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cameron Hospital, Windygates

  —

  —

  —

  —

  138

  —

  —

  Campbell Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  21

  Campbeltown Hospital

  122

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Canniesburn Hospital

  1,081

  384

  1

  55

  8

  254

  8

  Castle Douglas Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  47

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  203

  Cleland Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coathill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coldstream Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Corstorphine Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cowglen Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Crieff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Crosshouse Hospital

  10

  18,816

  9

  112

  1

  —

  1

  Daliburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dalintart Hospital

  64

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dalrymple Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  108

  —

  —

  —

  Darnley Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Davidson Cottage Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dr Gray's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  3,632

  Drumchapel Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Duke Street Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumbarton Joint Hospital

  63

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

  3

  11

  4

  11,605

  1

  1

  —

  Dunaros Hospital

  26

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunbar Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dundee Dental Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  76

  1

  8

  Dundee Limb Fitting Centre

  —

  —

  —

  —

  41

  —

  —

  Dundee Royal Infirmary

  4

  2

  —

  —

  1,170

  20

  41

  Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  560

  —

  —

  Dunoon and District General Hospital

  409

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  East Fortune Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Eastbank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Eastern General Hospital

  —

  —

  20

  —

  25

  11

  1

  Edenhall Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  Edinburgh City Hospital

  7

  15

  916

  31

  347

  61

  20

  Edinburgh Dental Hospital

  1

  3

  27

  —

  53

  15

  —

  Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

  19

  21

  606

  47

  672

  215

  14

  Edington Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Erskine Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary

  2

  —

  —

  —

  258

  10,409

  —

  Fleming Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  21

  Forfar Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Forth Park Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  12

  —

  —

  Fourhills Nursing Home

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Fraserburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  35

  Garrick Hospital

  —

  13

  —

  1,014

  —

  —

  —

  Gartnavel General Hospital

  795

  89

  —

  26

  4

  149

  2

  Gesto Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Gilbert Bain Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

  50

  8

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glasgow Royal Infirmary

  1,730

  615

  6

  347

  44

  386

  52

  Glen O'Dee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  25

  Glencoe Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glenrothes Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  132

  —

  —

  Greenfield Park Nursing Home

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hairmyres Hospital

  37

  219

  —

  —

  —

  3

  1

  Helensburgh Victoria Infirmary

  81

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hillside Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Holmhead Hospital

  —

  93

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow

  59

  36

  9

  17

  13

  28

  21

  Huntly Jubilee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  232

  Ian Charles Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Insch and District War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  10

  Inverclyde Royal Hospital

  8,077

  1,135

  —

  —

  1

  1

  1

  222 223

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Invergordon County Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverurie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  77

  Irvine Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Islay Hospital

  9

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Johnstone Hospital

  6

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kello Hospital

  —

  —

  11

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kildean Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Kincardine O Neil War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  74

  Kings Cross Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  76

  2

  8

  Kirkcudbright Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  44

  —

  —

  —

  Kirklandside Hospital, Kilmarnock

  —

  189

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Knightswood Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Home Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport

  —

  71

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Law Hospital

  5

  1

  28

  3

  —

  14

  2

  Lawson Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Leanchoil Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  39

  Lenzie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Liberton Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lightburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Little Cairnie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochgreen Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  99

  —

  Lochmaben Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  12

  —

  —

  —

  Lochmaddy Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lockhart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lynebank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  45

  —

  —

  Mackinnon Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Maidencraig House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  150

  Maud Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  23

  McKelvie Hospital

  46

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mearnskirk General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Meigle Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Merchiston Hospital

  10

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mid Argyll Hospital

  20

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Migdale Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Milesmark Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  172

  —

  —

  Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  48

  —

  —

  —

  Monklands District General Hospital

  11

  9

  1

  —

  2

  32

  1

  Montfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Montrose Royal Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Morningfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  25

  Nairn Town and Country Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Netherlea Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  Newton Stewart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  75

  —

  —

  —

  Nicolson Mackenzie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ninewells Hospital

  26

  18

  7

  5

  2,137

  53

  147

  Northern General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Oban County Hospital

  416

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Perth Royal Infirmary

  6

  1

  1

  —

  463

  57

  2

  Peterhead Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  62

  Portree Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Princess Margaret Rose Hospital

  2

  17

  87

  49

  99

  83

  27

  Queen Margaret Hospital

  3

  2

  —

  —

  9,995

  12

  —

  Raigmore Hospital

  3

  —

  1

  —

  1

  —

  820

  Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  411

  —

  —

  Ravenscraig Hospital

  95

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roadmeetings Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roodlands General Hospital

  —

  —

  16

  1

  3

  —

  —

  Ross Hall Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross Memorial Hospital

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  5

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital

  268

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital Annexe

  4

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roxburghe House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  139

  Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  3,841

  Royal Alexandra Hospital

  126,765

  369

  2

  2

  1

  3

  —

  Royal Northern Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Samaritan Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Victoria Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ruchill Hospital

  4

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  RHSC, Edinburgh

  2

  —

  272

  11

  477

  39

  40

  RHSC, Glasgow

  1,277

  371

  5

  135

  20

  160

  15

  Sauchie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  77

  —

  224 225

  Health Board of Residence

  Hospital of Treatment

  A&C

  Ayr

  Bor

  D&G

  Fife

  FV

  Gram

  Seafield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  56

  Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion

  1

  2

  3

  —

  16

  5

  —

  Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Southern General Hospital

  2,851

  414

  5

  168

  19

  143

  20

  Southfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Spynie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  96

  St Andrew's Hospice

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St Andrews Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  990

  —

  —

  St Brendan's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St John's Hospital At Howden

  59

  25

  167

  47

  818

  287

  99

  St Margaret's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St Mary's Hospital

  22

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  St Michaels Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stephen Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  24

  Stirling Royal Infirmary

  16

  1

  2

  1

  130

  14,594

  2

  Stobhill Hospital

  363

  114

  5

  30

  3

  203

  4

  Stonehouse Hospital

  2

  4

  2

  —

  1

  2

  —

  Stracathro Hospital

  3

  —

  —

  —

  19

  1

  619

  Strathblane Childrens Home Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Stratyclyde Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  The Ayr Hospital

  7

  7,982

  —

  79

  —

  —

  2

  Thomas Hope Hospital

  —

  —

  5

  96

  —

  —

  —

  Thornhill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  35

  —

  —

  —

  Tippethill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Tor-na-dee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  33

  Turner Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  79

  Turriff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  24

  Udston Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ugie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Vale of Leven District General Hospital

  5,377

  1

  —

  —

  1

  91

  1

  Victoria Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Geriatric Unit, Glasgow

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy

  1

  —

  1

  —

  14,860

  4

  —

  Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow

  505

  79

  —

  21

  5

  20

  —

  West Highland Hospital

  1,551

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Wester Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

  125

  66

  1,108

  506

  2,424

  612

  44

  Western Infirmary, Glasgow

  3,148

  978

  5

  81

  27

  665

  7

  Western Isles Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Whitehills Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Woodcot Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3

  Woodend General Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  3

  1

  3,798

  All Hospitals (213)

  47,821

  41,117

  11,462

  15,125

  38,455

  29,916

  45,967

  Table 2—NHSiS—Scottish resident discharges from non-psychiatric and non-obstetric specialities, by hospital; year ended 31 March 1994

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  Aberdeen City Hospital

  —

  5

  —

  —

  34

  44

  1

  —

  Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

  4

  429

  6

  6

  490

  726

  294

  26

  Aberfeldy Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  7

  —

  Aboyne Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Adamson Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  8

  —

  Annan Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arbroath Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  182

  —

  Arduthie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arran View Nursing Home

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Arran War Memorial Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ashludie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  162

  —

  Astley Ainslie Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  128

  —

  1

  1

  1

  Ayrshire Central and Maternity Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Balfour Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  907

  —

  —

  —

  Ballochmyle Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bangour Village Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  12

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bannockburn Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Beatson Oncology Centre

  3,498

  37

  1,481

  2

  —

  1

  63

  42

  Belford Hospital

  —

  1,173

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Belhaven Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  59

  —

  —

  —

  —

  226 227

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  Belvidere Hospital

  27

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Biggart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  51

  —

  Blawarthill Hospital

  16

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bon Secours Private Hospital

  172

  —

  80

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Bonnybridge Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Borders General Hospital

  1

  2

  7

  72

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Brechin Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  26

  —

  Bridge of Earn Hospital

  1

  —

  1

  1

  —

  —

  362

  —

  Bridge of Weir Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Broomhill Hospital

  149

  —

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Caithness General Hospital

  —

  1,701

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cameron Hospital, Windygates

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Campbell Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Campbeltown Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Canniesburn Hospital

  3,016

  15

  744

  7

  1

  1

  7

  25

  Castle Douglas Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Chalmers Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cleland Hospital

  —

  —

  6

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coathill Hospital

  —

  —

  26

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Coldstream Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Corstorphine Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Cowglen Hospital

  15

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Crieff Cottage Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  50

  —

  Crosshouse Hospital

  22

  4

  12

  2

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Daliburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  124

  Dalintart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dalrymple Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Darnley Hospital

  6

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Davidson Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dr Gray's Hospital

  —

  23

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  Drumchapel Hospital

  188

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Duke Street Hospital

  30

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumbarton Joint Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

  4

  —

  53

  3

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Dunaros Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunbar Hospital

  —

  47

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dundee Dental Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  806

  —

  Dundee Limb Fitting Centre

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  86

  —

  Dundee Royal Infirmary

  15

  12

  6

  6

  —

  —

  7,677

  2

  Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Dunoon and District General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  East Fortune Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  8

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Eastbank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  91

  —

  —

  —

  Eastern General Hospital

  —

  —

  8

  4,763

  —

  —

  3

  —

  Edenhall Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  117

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Edinburgh City Hospital

  19

  12

  34

  6,965

  1

  —

  148

  4

  Edinburgh Dental Hospital

  2

  1

  15

  4,220

  —

  —

  6

  —

  Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

  35

  100

  95

  17,067

  1

  2

  89

  10

  Edington Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  37

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Erskine Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary

  4

  1

  70

  83

  —

  —

  7

  —

  Fleming Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Forfar Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  58

  —

  Forth Park Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Fourhills Nursing Home

  101

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Fraserburgh Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Garrick Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Gartnavel General Hospital

  5,998

  11

  250

  4

  1

  —

  5

  20

  Gesto Hospital

  —

  32

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Gilbert Bain Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1,453

  —

  —

  Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

  334

  —

  113

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glasgow Royal Infirmary

  16,757

  89

  4,704

  98

  1

  2

  182

  95

  Glen O'Dee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glencoe Hospital

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Glenrothes Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Greenfield Park Nursing Home

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hairmyres Hospital

  338

  1

  8,741

  7

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Helensburgh Victoria Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Hillside Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3

  —

  Holmhead Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow

  245

  21

  79

  46

  2

  4

  22

  7

  228 229

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  Huntly Jubilee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ian Charles Hospital

  —

  42

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Insch and District War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverclyde Royal Hospital

  13

  —

  1

  2

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Invergordon County Hospital

  —

  132

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverurie Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Irvine Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  18

  —

  Islay Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Johnstone Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kello Hospital

  —

  —

  29

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kildean Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kincardine O Neil War Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kings Cross Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  888

  1

  Kirkcudbright Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Kirklandside Hospital, Kilmarnock

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Knightswood Hospital

  60

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Home Hospital

  —

  —

  27

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Law Hospital

  32

  2

  13,534

  14

  —

  —

  3

  —

  Lawson Memorial Hospital

  —

  813

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Leanchoil Hospital

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lenzie Hospital

  26

  —

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Liberton Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  453

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lightburn Hospital

  17

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Little Cairnie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  4

  —

  Lochgreen Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochmaben Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lochmaddy Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  40

  Lockhart Hospital

  —

  —

  207

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Lynebank Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mackinnon Memorial Hospital

  —

  723

  —

  1

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Maidencraig House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Maud Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  McKelvie Hospit l

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mearnskirk General Hospital

  10

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Meigle Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  66

  —

  Merchiston Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Mid Argyll Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Migdale Hospital

  —

  70

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Milesmark Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Monklands District General Hospital

  200

  —

  10,787

  8

  —

  1

  3

  —

  Montfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  150

  —

  —

  Montrose Royal Infirmary

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  14

  —

  Morningfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Nairn Town and Country Hospital

  —

  35

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Netherlea Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Newton Stewart Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Nicolson Mackenzie Hospital

  —

  13

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ninewells Hospital

  44

  74

  22

  53

  1

  —

  15,365

  10

  Northern General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Oban County Hospital

  —

  4

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Perth Royal Infirmary

  5

  1

  —

  10

  —

  —

  7,844

  —

  Peterhead Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Portree Hospital

  —

  34

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Princess Margaret Rose Hospital

  11

  27

  40

  3,722

  3

  2

  41

  —

  Queen Margaret Hospital

  3

  —

  —

  11

  —

  —

  37

  —

  Raigmore Hospital

  4

  13,821

  —

  7

  1

  3

  6

  685

  Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ravenscraig Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roadmeetings Hospital

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roodlands General Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1,824

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Ross Hall Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross Memorial Hospital

  —

  217

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  11

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Rothesay Victoria Hospital Annexe

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Roxburghe House

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

  —

  44

  —

  1

  85

  160

  21

  4

  Royal Alexandra Hospital

  227

  1

  32

  4

  —

  —

  1

  1

  Royal Northern Infirmary

  —

  189

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Samaritan Hospital

  24

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Royal Victoria Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  232

  —

  Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh

  —

  —

  —

  518

  —

  —

  —

  —

  230 231

  Hospital of Treatment

  GG

  High

  Lan

  Loth

  Ork

  Shet

  Tay

  WI

  Ruchill Hospital

  196

  —

  10

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  RHSC, Edinburgh

  10

  72

  36

  3,757

  1

  4

  100

  5

  RHSC, Glasgow

  4,941

  71

  1,657

  17

  3

  2

  11

  27

  Sauchie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Seafield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion

  2

  2

  5

  519

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Southern General Hospital

  11,427

  35

  786

  27

  —

  2

  18

  74

  Southfield Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Spynie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St Andrew's Hospice

  2

  —

  20

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St Andrews Memorial Hospital

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  4

  —

  St Brendan's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  St John's Hospital At Howden

  142

  121

  382

  12,044

  —

  4

  120

  —

  St Margaret's Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  50

  —

  St Mary's Hospital

  205

  —

  129

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  St Michaels Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  23

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stephen Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stirling Royal Infirmary

  17

  4

  57

  33

  —

  —

  219

  2

  Stobhill Hospital

  15,319

  9

  2,175

  14

  —

  1

  7

  14

  Stonehouse Hospital

  87

  —

  7,839

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stracathro Hospital

  —

  2

  —

  2

  —

  —

  3,363

  —

  Strathblane Childrens Home Hospital

  123

  —

  27

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Stratyclyde Hospital

  —

  —

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  The Ayr Hospital

  5

  4

  3

  6

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Thomas Hope Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Thornhill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Tippethill Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  31

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Tor-na-dee Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Turner Memorial Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Turriff Cottage Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Udston Hospital

  —

  —

  37

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ugie Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Vale of Leven District General Hospital

  148

  3

  5

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  Victoria Cottage Hospital

  1

  —

  81

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Geriatric Unit, Glasgow

  42

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy

  1

  2

  —

  23

  —

  —

  53

  —

  Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow

  14,746

  6

  865

  6

  —

  1

  1

  2

  West Highland Hospital

  —

  4

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Wester Moffat Hospital

  —

  —

  16

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

  247

  358

  207

  22,648

  3

  —

  388

  17

  Western Infirmary, Glasgow

  17,254

  69

  799

  35

  —

  —

  36

  120

  Western Isles Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1,712

  Whitehills Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Woodcot Hospital

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Woodend General Hospital

  2

  15

  —

  —

  240

  143

  16

  —

  All Hospitals (213)

  96,598

  20,742

  56,366

  79,543

  1,867

  2,707

  39,248

  3,087

  Charity Regulations
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has to initiate a review of(a) charity regulations and (b) the role of the Scottish Charities Office; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has no plans at present to initiate a review of Scottish charity regulations.

  The current legislative provisions relating to charities in Scotland are based on the 1989 policy statement "Charities in Scotland: A Framework for Supervision". The existing structure followed extensive consultation, which included the voluntary sector. Some regulations were brought into force only in 1993 and are in advance of equivalents proposed for England and Wales.

  The role of the Scottish Charities Office includes the investigation of misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities. The office, which began work in July 1992, has conducted investigations in cases where
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  evidence of misconduct and mismanagement has been uncovered and has initiated court proceedings leading to the suspension of trustees and orders of court protecting charity property. Some recent examples, which have been reported widely in the media, indicate that the regulatory regime in Scotland and the Scottish Charities Office are effective against misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of charities. My noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate has no plans to review its role at present.

  Psychiatric Patients
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has in relation to the needs of long-stay psychiatric patients; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The Government's policy is that the care provided to people with mental health problems should match their needs and should be
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  provided to them in homely settings in local communities, rather than in institutions. The Secretary of State has, therefore, established a programme of bridging finance, totalling approximately £15 million per annum, to facilitate the transfer from institutional to community care. Health boards, local authorities and housing agencies are working together, with the involvement where appropriate of the Scottish Office, to plan the transition in detail. Resources will transfer from health boards to local authorities, reflecting changes in lead responsibilities for providing care to certain clients. The detailed implementation of this approach is for local negotiation between the agencies concerned.

  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received in response to his plans to transfer 600 long-stay mental health places into the community in 1994-95; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The Secretary of State has received representations this year on all aspects of care in the community only three of which specifically related to the number of transfers.

  Every discharge will continue to be considered on the basis of clinical judgment based on individual assessments of needs and how these needs could best be provided. The scale and pace of transfers are properly matters of local negotiation between the agencies concerned.

  The figure of 600 transfers is the current estimate of transfers that could reasonably be funded each year with support from the £15 million available annually under the bridging finance scheme.

  Urban Programme
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the projects in Inverclyde which are to receive financial assistance under the urban programme; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Projects in Inverclyde approved for urban programme funding are set out in the table. A closing date of 30 November 1994 has 234
  been set for local authorities to submit to the Scottish Office applications for the next round of approvals.

  Sponsored by Strathclyde Regional Council

  Bow Farm Home Support Service

  Greenock East Credit Union

  Inverclyde Women's Aid

  Larkfield Youth Cafe

  St Kenneth's Day Care Centre

  Bow Farm Community Caravan Project

  Local Communications Project

  Threshold Printing Project

  Kelburn/Woodhall Community Resource Centre

  Inverclyde Home Safety Group

  Gibshill/Weir Street Caravan Project

  Greenock Employment Action Group Special Needs Initiative

  Larkfield Ladybird Pre-5 Centre

  Craigend Resource Centre

  Inverclyde Community Development Trust

  Light Trust/Link Group Community Nursery

  Strone/Maukinhill Youth Worker

  SW Greenock Creche

  Greenock High School Supported Study

  Link-In Creche Workers East Greenock

  Caravan Project—Strone/Maukinhill

  Elderly/Disabled Resource Centre Port Glasgow

  Community Support Unit

  Community Caravan Kelburn/Woodhall

  Apex Pm-Employment Training/Counselling

  Sponsored by lnverclyde District Council

  Strone/Maukinhill Neighbourhood Centre

  Grieve Road Community Hall

  Lady Octavia Centre

  Drugs Task Force
  Mr. Kynoch
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the report of the Scottish drugs task force will be published.

  Mr. Lang
  The report of the drugs task force led by my noble and learned Friend the Minister of State will be published tomorrow. Copies of the report, entitled "Drugs in Scotland: Meeting The Challenge" will be placed in the Library. The wide-ranging review carried out by the task force and the many recommendations contained in its report point the way ahead for a more effective and better co-ordinated response to the drug misuse problem in Scotland. I am very grateful to the members of the task force for the contributions they have made.

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