Health and Safety

HC Deb 26 June 1996 vol 280 cc164-5W

Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost in each of the past five years of(a) sick pay and (b) compensation paid to employees of his Department or their families, or members of the public, as a result of (i) minor, (ii) major and (iii) fatal injuries related to the work of his Department, detailing incidents involving information technology and those involving expenditure of more than £5,000. [33510]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost in each of the past five years of rectifying working conditions that were the responsibility of his Department and its agencies, to bring them up to acceptable health and safety standards, detailing incidents involving information technology and those involving expenditure of more than £5,000. [33511]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Until this year, large parts of the Scottish Office estate were looked after by Property Holdings. Its maintenance costs did not separately identify the costs of meeting health and safety standards. I am sorry that I cannot therefore supply the information requested.

£ million
	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–961	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99
Expenditure excluding student maintenance1
Cash	183	228	296	345	632	669	674	663	657	651
Real terms (1994–95)2	229	264	323	361	644	669	656	628	607	588
GDP (Cash)	0.04 per cent.	0.05 per cent.	0.06 per cent.	0.06 per cent.	0.10 per cent.	0.10 per cent.	0.09 per cent.	0.08 per cent.	0.08 per cent.	0.07 per cent.
GDP (Real terms 1994–95)2	0.04 per cent.	0.04 per cent.	0.05 per cent.	0.06 per cent.	0.10 per cent.	0.10 per cent.	0.09 per cent.	0.09 per cent.	0.08 per cent.	0.08 per cent.
Expenditure including student maintenance3
Cash	263	324	428	505	831	897	921	946	937	919
Real terms (1994–95)2	329	405	536	632	846	897	896	921	912	894
GDP (Cash)	0.05 per cent.	0.06 per cent.	0.07 per cent.	0.08 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.12 per cent.	0.11 per cent.
GDP (Real terms 1994–95)2	0.5 per cent.	0.6 per cent.	0.8 per cent.	0.10 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.13 per cent.	0.12 per cent.	0.12 per cent.
GDP Cash (£ million)4	516,994	556,781	580,518	605,156	639,681	676,179	712,000	754,000	795,000	836,000
GDP Real terms (1994–95 prices)4	646,968	645,046	633,031	634,096	651,437	676,179	692,944	714,180	734,649	755,536
1 The figures provided relate to grants to SOEID-funded institutions prior to 1993 and to SHEFC after 1993.
2 Description of real terms is based on 1994–95 prices.
3 The figures provided relate to grants to SOEID-funded institutions prior to 1993 and to SHEFC after 1993, and to student awards, loans, access fund and tuition fees paid by the Student Award Agency for Scotland but not including SAAS DRCs.
4 GDP figures are take from the Treasury 'GDP and GDP Deflators at Market prices' table dated 9 April 1996.
5 Figures for 1995–96 are provisional.

Source:

1989–90 'Serving Scotland's Needs' March 1995, CMD 2814.

1990–91 to 1998–99 'Serving Scotland's Needs' March 1996, CMD 3214.

Figures for 1992–93 and later years are not directly comparable because funding for teaching and research at the eight universities in Scotland previously funded by the Universities Funding Council was the responsibility until 31 March 1993 of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education.