HC Deb 07 April 1998 vol 310 cc167-9W
Mr. Charles Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the Drumbeat report and addendum into the future of the Seafield Centre fish farming college at Kishorn, Ross-Shire; if he will list all those industry companies consulted over its compilation; and if he will make a statement; [37882]

(2) what estimate he has made of the projected annual balance sheet of the Seafield Centre fish farming college at Kishorn, Ross-Shire; and if he will make a statement. [37883]

Mr. Wilson

The Drumbeat Report was commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. I understand that it is already publicly available and will make arrangements to place copies in the Libraries of both Houses.

The Seafield Centre is a faculty of Inverness College. The latest audited annual accounts for Inverness College are for 1996–97. The college budget for 1998–99 is still in preparation.

Mr. Charles Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those facilities approved by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in marine aquaculture; what plans he has in respect of the fish farming college at Kishorn, Ross-Shire, Dunstaffnage, Argyll and the North Atlantic Fisheries College at Scalloway, Shetland; and if he will make a statement. [37884]

Mr. Wilson

The Scottish Qualifications Authority approves the following centres to deliver education and training leading to qualifications in various aspects of marine aquaculture.

  • Aberdeen College
  • Angus College
  • The Barony College
  • Banff and Buchan College of Further Education

  • Borders College
  • Dumfries and Galloway College
  • Dundee College
  • Elmwood College
  • Lews Castle College
  • Inverness College
  • Shetland College of Further Education
  • Fish Industry Training Association
  • Marine Harvest McConnell
  • North Atlantic Fisheries
  • Rural Pursuits Ltd
  • Scottish Aquaculture Training Association
  • Shetland Fisheries Training Association.

Responsibility for the Seafield Fish Farming Training Centre at Kishorn rests with the Board of Management of Inverness College. The Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory

Numbers and rate per 100,000 of new cases, aged under 16 years, where a diagnosis of Legg-Calves-Perthes Syndrome was recorded, by area of residence, 1991–1995
Numbers of discharges Rate per 100,000
Health board of residence 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Argyll and Clyde 6 5 11 4 4 6.7 5.6 12.3 4.5 4.5
Ayrshire and Arran 8 8 5 7 11 10.3 10.3 6.4 9.0 14.2
Borders 1 3 1 1 1 5.1 15.2 5.0 5.04.9
Dumfries and Galloway 1 1 3 6 1 3.5 3.5 10.3 20.5 3.4
Fife 8 9 4 4 8 11.2 12.6 5.6 5.5 11.1
Forth Valley 0 3 4 1 2 - 5.5 7.3 1.8 3.6
Grampian 3 3 4 2 2 2.9 2.8 3.7 1.8 1.8
Greater Glasgow 20 19 12 21 24 11.0 10.4 6.6 11.4 13.1
Highland 5 2 5 2 2 11.4 4.5 11.3 4.5 4.5
Lanarkshire 10 10 7 5 98.3 8.3 5.8 4.2 7.5
Lothian 11 7 8 7 11 7.9 5.0 5.7 4.9 7.6
Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tayside 5 0 3 2 3 6.6 - 3.9 2.6 3.9
Western Isles 2 0 0 1 0 31.9 - - 16.3 -
Scotland 80 70 67 63 78 7.6 6.8 6.5 6.1 7.5

Source

ISD Scotland