§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received concerning the future of Argyll and Bute Federation Councils on Alcohol; and if he will make a statement. [2853]
§ Mr. GalbraithRepresentations have been received from the Director of the Federation about the organisation's financial difficulties. However, this is a service issue which requires to be resolved at local level by the statutory and non-statutory agencies in the Argyll and Bute area.
Number ofMRSA isolates submitted by Scottish hospitals to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, by health board areas, by four-week periods, May 1996 to May 1997 Weeks 1996 1997 Health board 21–24 25–28 29–32 33–36 37–40 41–44 45–48 49–52/3 1–4 5–8 9–12 13–16 17–20 Total Ayrshire and Arran 5 6 6 11 7 8 10 10 12 16 19 15 24 149 Argyll and Clyde 15 21 47 6 29 12 19 24 27 41 28 30 33 332 Borders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Dumfries and Galloway 1 0 2 6 1 4 4 8 9 26 11 18 13 103 Fife 5 3 1 2 3 2 4 2 1 4 3 2 1 33 Forth Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 55 52 43 43 218 Greater Glasgow 24 29 3 34 23 7 49 27 60 74 64 30 74 498 Grampian 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 3 16 Highland 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 13 Lanarkshire 16 38 25 21 34 26 43 30 28 52 32 56 62 463 Lothian 9 14 6 11 22 21 17 17 18 54 25 47 57 318 Tayside 9 2 5 15 9 7 12 22 19 23 16 28 19 186 Total 85 115 97 109 128 87 161 141 200 346 252 280 330 2,331