§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which towns in Scotland currently have closed circuit television to assist with crime prevention; which will have schemes installed during 1996; what is his policy regarding further expansion of such schemes; if he will make further financial assistance available; and if he will make a statement. [27914]
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe towns which currently have CCTV installations are:
- Aberdeen
- Airdrie
- Alloa
- Ayr
- Bathgate
- Bearsden
- Carnoustie
- Coatbridge
- Dalkeith
- Dumfries
- Falkirk
- Galashiels
- Glasgow
- Glenrothes
- Grangemouth
- Hamilton
- Inverness
- Kilmarnock
- Kirkcaldy
- Kirkintilloch
- Levenmouth
- Milngavie
- Motherwell
- Paisley
- Stirling
- Wishaw
Towns which will have CCTV installed in 1996 are Nairn, Perth and Dundee. Towns planning to install CCTV, or to expand existing schemes, will shortly be submitting applications for funding from the Scottish Office closed circuit television challenge competition, which I announced on 13 December 1995. Some £4 million has been made available for the competition over the next three years—£1 million in 1996–97 and £1.5 million in 1997–98 and 1998–99. This will make a significant contribution to making further reductions in crime and the fear of crime in Scotland.
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Residential care homes Local authority Private Voluntary Nursing homes New council area Number of beds Percentage vacant Number of beds Percentage vacant Number of beds Percentage vacant Number of beds Percentage vacant Aberdeen City 364 10.4 22 0.0 378 7.4 715 6.0 Aberdeenshire 376 8.8 89 15.7 168 13.1 985 10.5 Angus 197 11.2 346 13.3 72 0.0 541 8.5 Argyll and Bute 173 10.4 433 10.9 72 15.3 303 9.6 Clackmannanshire 32 0.0 0 — 12 0.0 100 6.0 Dumfries and Galloway 274 5.1 271 23.0 99 13.1 519 7.5 Dundee City 401 4.2 152 8.6 184 15.8 650 26.2 East Ayrshire 127 0.8 71 9.9 79 2.5 775 17.4 East Dunbartonshire 40 0.0 15 0.0 31 0.0 195 8.7 East Lothian 169 7.7 80 3.7 100 10.0 396 8.2 East Renfrewshire 43 27.9 57 6.4 105 3.8 620 6.1 Edinburgh, City of 618 7.4 233 5.0 612 11.8 1,755 12.9 Falkirk 214 9.3 63 7.9 50 8.0 446 6.3 Fife 432 8.6 420 4.9 166 7.8 1,088 21.2 Glasgow, City of 1,202 4.3 289 8.6 570 5.5 2,213 13.9 Highland 370 7.8 495 15.8 222 7.7 1,137 9.0 Inverclyde 64 10.9 69 2.9 103 3.5 245 1.6 Midlothian 160 11.9 42 7.1 68 7.4 383 43.9