HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 cc35-6W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. [47348]

Mr. Dewar

The following registers are held by my Department or Agencies for which it is responsible:

Scottish Office

  • Grant Eligible Pre-school Education Centres
  • Statutory list of roads
  • Water Supply Zones (including results of analysis of water quality)
  • Trade Effluent Discharges
  • Release of Genetically Modified Organisms
  • Register of Independent Schools

Student Awards Agency for Scotland

  • Register of Educational Endowments

Fisheries Research Service

Historic Scotland

  • Building Conservation Register for Scotland
  • Conservation Register (held jointly with the Museums and Galleries Commission)

Rent Registration Service

  • Register of Rents

Year Age under 21 Age 21 to 24 Age >25
Applicants2 through UCAS
1994 22,209 2,715 3,777
1995 23,798 3,105 4,772
1996 24,261 3,104 4,855
19971 (23,549) (2,299) (3,637)
19981 (23,068) (2,058) (3,298)
Scottish Population
1994 1,291,973 306,312 3,455,928
1995 1,288,539 292,323 3,473,901
1996 1,282,497 277,482 3,488,335
1997 1,277,322 266,350 3,499,706
1998 1,276,902 255,750 3,507,728
Proportion of cohort applying
1994 1.7 0.9 0.1
1995 1.7 0.9 0.1
1996 1.8 1.1 0.1
19971 1.9 1.1 0.1
19981 (1.8) (0.9) (0.1)
1Forms processed by UCAS by 16 May 1997 and 17 May 1998
2Age at 30 September in year of entry

Scottish Agricultural Science Agency

  • Persons and Firms registered as Seed Merchants, Seed Processors, and Seed Packers

Registers of Scotland

  • General Register of Sasines
  • Land Register
  • Register of Deeds and Probative Writs in the Books of Council and Session
  • Register of Judgments in Books of Council and Session
  • Register of Service of Heirs
  • Register of the Grant Seal
  • Register of the Cachet Seal
  • Register of the Quarter Seal
  • Register of the Prince's Seal
  • Register of Crown Grants
  • Register of Sheriff's Commissions
  • Register of Hornings
  • Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications
  • Register of Entails