§ Mr. SarwarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the use of closed circuit television for combating crime in Scotland. [56124]
§ Mr. McLeishIn January 1996, The Scottish Office published an evaluation report into the effectiveness of closed circuit television in combating crime and the fear of crime in Airdrie, where twelve open street CCTV cameras had been operating since 1992. A separate evaluation was subsequently undertaken on the Glasgow
Percentage Employ 1995 Real terms 1996 Real terms 1997 Real terms 1998 terms Real terms Doctors and dentists 2.5 to 3.0 -0.9to0.4 3.6 to 5.8 1.2 to 3.4 3.4 0.3 5.2 1.6 Nurses, midwives and professions allied to medicine 13.0 -0.4 13.0 10.6 3.3 0.2 3.8 0.2 NHS non review body 13.0 -0.4 13.0 0.6 3.3 0.2 3.8 0.2 Police 3.0 -0.4 3.5 1.1 3.5 0.4 4.0 0.4 Fire 3.5 0.1 4.4 2.0 4.8 1.7 22— 2— Local government 2.2 -1.2 2.9 0.5 2.5 -0.6 3.0 -0.6 Scottish teachers 2.0 -1.4 3.0 0.6 2.5 -0.6 3.0 -0.6 1In 1995 and 1996 national NHS pay awards of 1 per cent. and 2 per cent. respectively were supplemented by locally negotiated pay additions 2Due in November Notes
1. The above public sector pay groups account for around 90 per cent. of Scottish public sector pay
2. As pay negotiations have been delegated to individual Civil Service Departments and to many NDPBs it is not possible to give a single meaningful figure for this sector
3. In 1997 the local government settlement was underpinned by a minimum rate of £4 per hour
4. The real term estimates of increases in pay have been made using the average "headline" RPI rate for the calendar years in question. For 1998 the deflator used is the average for the year to date