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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to assist the regular and part-time forces and cadets in Scotland to recruit up to their full complement. - Will write. (Holding answer 1 December 1998).

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

61082; 322 c656W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which categories of properties, which are not owned or operated by recognised charities or other non-profit making bodies, benefit from relief on their water or sewerage rates; and what figures he has for the number of properties concerned and the amount of...

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 1998

Reference

63859; 322 c513W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the proposed identity card scheme for young people announced by Health and Home Department ministers will operate in Scotland.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 1998

Reference

63857; 322 c512-3W

House

House of Commons

ROD FISHING IN SCOTTISH SALMON RIVERS

That this Housed recognises the importance of rod fishing in Scotland's salmon rivers and in particular the contribution made to local economies; notes with concern the recent fall in salmon catches in Britain's rivers; believes that this is attributed to a number of factors, including environmental change, pollution, predation, poaching...

Primary sponsor

Robert Smith (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

15 December 1998

Reference

122; 122A1; 122A2

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) pupils and (b) full-time equivalent teachers there were in each education authority in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools; and in each case what the pupil-teacher ratio (1) was in 1997 and (2) is currently. - Including tables.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 December 1998

For answer on

8 December 1998

Answered on

8 December 1998

Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) pupils and (b) full-time equivalent teachers there were in each education authority in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools; and in each case what the pupil-teacher ratio (1) was in 1997 and (2) is currently. [62649] Mrs. Liddell: The information requested is set out in the tables. Pupils and teachers in publicly funded primary schools, September 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Education authority Schools Pupils Teachers (FTE) Pupil/ teacher ratio Scotland 2,300 440,594 22,187 19.9 Aberdeen City 61 15,921 795 20.0 Aberdeenshire 160 21,526 1,127 19.1 Angus 62 9,381 490 19.1 Argyll and Bute 87 7,792 447 17.4 Clackmannanshire 19 4,542 216 21.0 Dumfries and Galloway 116 12,944 678 19.1 Dundee City 41 12,360 650 19.0 East Ayrshire 47 11,449 538 21.3 East Dunbartonshire 37 10,653 479 22.2 East Lothian 35 7,942 398 20.0 East Renfrewshire 24 8,596 384 22.4 Edinburgh, City of 103 30,590 1,491 20.5 Eilean Siar{1} 43 2,556 197 13.0 Falkirk 48 12,334 587 21.0 Fife 146 30,870 1,625 19.0 Glasgow City 204 49,439 2,458 20.1 Highland 191 19,149 1,078 17.8 Inverclyde 32 7,826 365 21.4 Midlothian 36 7,433 377 19.7 Moray 49 8,078 418 19.3 North Ayrshire 52 12,614 596 21.2 North Lanarkshire 134 29,831 1,472 20.3 Orkney Islands 22 1,846 124 14.9 Perth and Kinross 78 10,776 572 18.8 Renfrewshire 52 15,796 715 22.1 Scottish Borders 72 8,969 486 18.5 Shetland Islands 34 2,335 184 12.7 South Ayrshire 45 9,490 449 21.1 South Lanarkshire 125 26,846 1,285 20.9 Stirling 45 6,897 351 19.6 West Dunbartonshire 35 8,890 425 20.9 West Lothian 65 14,923 732 20.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Formerly known as the Western Isles Pupils and teachers in publicly funded secondary schools, September 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Education authority Schools Pupils {1} Adults Teachers (FTE) Pupil/teacher ratio {1} Scotland 401 314,916 2,044 23,875 13.2 Aberdeen City 13 11,138 2 861 12.9 Aberdeenshire 16 15,114 5 1,110 13.6 Angus 9 7,262 24 568 12.8 Argyll and Bute 10 5,614 30 446 12.6 Clackmannanshire 3 2,951 9 220 13.4 Dumfries and Galloway 16 9,600 47 792 12.1 Dundee City 10 8,983 2 687 13.1 East Ayrshire 10 7,926 13 586 13.5 East Dunbartonshire 9 8,664 7 615 14.1 East Lothian 6 4,853 9 359 13.5 East Renfrewshire 7 6,789 15 483 14.1 Edinburgh, City of 23 18,714 1,198 1,388 13.5 Eilean Siar{2} 13 2,030 8 218 9.3 Falkirk 8 8,619 4 663 13.0 Fife 19 22,938 32 1,707 13.4 Glasgow City 39 29,952 68 2,227 13.4 Highland 28 14,864 62 1,259 11.8 Inverclyde 8 5,906 4 437 13.5 Midlothian 6 5,368 4 405 13.3 Moray 9 5,700 19 454 12.6 North Ayrshire 10 9,155 63 673 13.6 North Lanarkshire 26 23,057 38 1,705 13.5 Orkney Islands 6 1,425 2 136 10.5 Perth and Kinross 10 7,507 13 594 12.6 Renfrewshire 14 11,641 17 837 13.9 Scottish Borders 9 6,494 42 530 12.3 Shetland Islands 9 1,594 0 210 7.6 South Ayrshire 9 7,875 55 581 13.6 South Lanarkshire 21 20,705 152 1,484 14.0 Stirling 7 5,598 0 427 13.1 West Dunbartonshire 7 6,871 88 477 14.4 West Lothian 11 10,099 12 736 13.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excluding adults {2} Formerly known as the Western Isles Provisional results of the 1998 school census Publicly funded schools in Scotland, at September 1998; number of pupils by sector and education authority {1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Primary Secondary Special Education authority Total pupils Total pupils Total adults {2} Total pupils based Scotland 437,239 314,228 1,729 8,149 Aberdeen City 15,833 11,059 24 458 Aberdeenshire 21,550 15,331 1 356 Angus 9,300 7,274 14 0 Argyll and Bute 7,810 5,589 35 55 Clackmannanshire 4,512 2,952 4 58 Dumfries and Galloway 12,957 9,617 46 28 Dundee City 12,103 8,873 5 180 East Ayrshire 11,233 8,022 8 178 East Dunbartonshire 10,617 8,620 0 140 East Lothian 8,040 4,872 9 0 East Renfrewshire 8,727 6,953 3 43 Edinburgh, City of 30,330 19,047 850 991 Eilean Siar{1} 2,453 1,983 2 0 Falkirk 12,421 8,534 36 325 Fife 30,456 22,733 24 250 Glasgow City 48,071 29,350 37 2,040 Highland 19,031 14,885 49 164 Inverclyde 7,625 5,753 0 127 Midlothian 7,430 5,371 75 174 Moray 8,043 5,714 19 23 North Ayrshire 12,578 9,057 36 206 North Lanarkshire 29,600 22,884 19 785 Orkney Islands 1,831 1,399 0 15 Perth and Kinross 10,895 7,646 9 53 Renfrewshire 15,562 11,727 4 369 Scottish Borders 8,969 6,622 44 0 Shetland Islands 2,315 1,594 4 0 South Ayrshire 9,404 7,814 24 104 South Lanarkshire 26,902 20,371 130 601 Stirling 6,924 5,618 0 67 West Dunbartonshire 8,839 6,792 77 184 West Lothian 14,878 10,172 141 175 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional {2} Adults attending day education classes Note: Publicly funded schools comprise education authority, self governing and grant aided schools

Date

8 December 1998

Reference

62649; 322 c162-4W;322 c217W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many schools have outside toilets (a) in each education authority and (b) in Scotland. - The information is not collected centrally.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 1998

Reference

62648; 322 c162W;322 c217W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the average per capita spending (a) in each education authority and (b) in Scotland in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools on (1) books, (2) computer equipment and (3) other education materials and equipment in the most recent three...

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 December 1998

For answer on

8 December 1998

Answered on

8 December 1998

Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average per capita spending (a) in each education authority and (b) in Scotland in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools on (1) books, (2) computer equipment and (3) other education materials and equipment in the most recent three years for which figures are available. [62647] Mrs. Liddell: The available information is given in the following tables which have been compiled from local authority financial returns. Details for 1994-95 and 1995-96 are under the council areas then applicable, whereas the table for 1996-97 reflects the current local authority structure. Three can be variations in the recording of expenditure under the two headings. It is, therefore, possible that some expenditure on books may be included under expenditure on equipment or vice versa. Expenditure on computer equipment is not identified separately in local authority returns to The Scottish Office for the years in question. Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials £ (outturn prices) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 1994-95 Primary Secondary Region Books Equipment Books Equipment Borders 0.00 68.18 0.00 153.75 Central 0.65 34.63 2.60 91.87 Dumfries and Galloway 16.30 65.44 10.99 135.84 Fife 21.44 5.91 58.77 19.47 Grampian 0.00 56.30 0.00 132.05 Highland 32.58 33.16 54.43 47.46 Lothian 19.65 31.76 10.68 76.75 Strathclyde 3.04 39.02 3.83 79.39 Tayside 12.70 33.73 10.80 84.01 Orkney 0.00 58.12 0.00 111.19 Shetland 0.00 89.65 0.00 188.78 Western Isles 29.57 69.12 55.31 85.19 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ (outturn prices) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 1995-96 Primary Secondary Region Books Equipment Books Equipment Borders 0.00 52.39 0.00 152.73 Central 0.69 34.32 2.65 90.92 Dumfries and Galloway 13.49 57.87 8.51 121.30 Fife 24.88 4.88 67.13 24.97 Grampian 0.00 61.01 0.00 135.61 Highland 32.23 26.48 54.89 40.52 Lothian 19.85 40.87 12.20 80.89 Strathclyde 2.09 49.18 4.70 91.56 Tayside 12.81 32.37 9.55 67.31 Orkney 0.00 66.52 0.00 100.07 Shetland 0.00 92.30 0.00 178.47 Western Isles 32.07 71.78 50.35 83.92 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Not all education authorities distinguish on a consistent basis between the two headings. 2. Where expenditure under one of the headings is shown as £0.00 it should be assumed that the expenditure has been allocated to the other heading. Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials £ (outturn prices) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 1996-97 Primary Secondary Council Books Equipment Books Equipment Aberdeen, City of 0.00 42.13 0.00 73.24 Aberdeenshire 0.00 53.26 0.00 110.46 Angus 0.00 46.11 0.00 89.75 Argyll and Bute 5.12 90.66 14.07 102.94 Clackmannanshire 0.00 35.13 0.00 83.36 Comhairle Nan Eilean Sair 19.32 86.94 49.86 82.62 Dumfries and Galloway 14.98 58.46 9.78 103.19 Dundee, City of 3.90 38.10 4.91 58.67 East Ayrshire 0.00 44.49 0.00 93.81 East Dunbartonshire 5.14 38.46 12.57 75.85 East Lothian 0.00 58.21 0.00 83.37 East Renfrewshire 47.43 0.00 122.52 0.00 Edinburgh, City of 20.46 52.51 11.50 105.83 Falkirk 1.79 35.65 2.54 87.46 Fife 9.01 23.24 9.67 75.11 Glasgow, City of 1.46 31.36 4.38 74.87 Highland 0.00 62.78 0.00 107.30 Inverclyde 5.54 32.98 11.43 74.48 Midlothian 15.96 15.96 12.96 46.27 Moray 0.00 3.11 2.30 19.13 North Ayrshire 3.09 33.02 11.00 70.57 North Lanarkshire 0.00 51.25 0.00 93.82 Orkney Islands 0.00 66.56 0.00 75.69 Perth and Kinross 12.28 26.43 11.01 41.17 Renfrewshire 7.14 44.73 13.79 94.72 Scottish Borders 0.00 49.87 0.00 72.89 Shetland Islands 0.00 80.30 0.00 175.89 South Ayrshire 3.15 37.67 7.39 78.94 South Lanarkshire 4.35 35.62 8.84 66.43 Stirling 2.09 46.89 1.42 111.05 West Dunbartonshire 0.00 32.83 0.00 75.30 West Lothian 20.91 28.45 12.11 47.84 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Not all education authorities distinguish on a consistent basis between the two headings. 2. Where expenditure under one of the headings is shown as £0.00 it should be assumed that the expenditure has been allocated to the other heading.

Date

8 December 1998

Reference

62647; 322 c164-6W

House

House of Commons

SLIMMING PILLS

That this House congratulates BBC Scotland on their programme, Slim Chance, in the Frontline Scotland series to be broadcast on Tuesday 8th December; welcomes their expose of the slimming pill industry in Scotland; calls on the Departments of Health in England, Wales and Scotland to take urgent action to ensure...

Primary sponsor

Alice Mahon (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

7 December 1998

Reference

89; 89A1

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will require councils to provide in-service training to train teachers to identify children with learning difficulties as quickly as possible and to adopt systems which achieve an early follow up in respect of each child identified.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c223W; 61545

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has for an early review of Care in the Community funding levels; if he will ensure that funding levels for Care in the Community meet the economic charge per room which housing associations and other providers have to charge...

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c222W; 61537;61538

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what has been the expenditure on Care in the Community in each council area in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98; and what is budgeted for 1998-99.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 November 1998

For answer on

2 December 1998

Answered on

2 December 1998

Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure on Care in the Community in each council area in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98; and what is budgeted for 1998-99. [61539] Mr. Galbraith: Net council expenditure on Social Work excluding that implicitly on services for children is set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Provisional Outturn Councils 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Aberdeen, City 37,384 38,029 39,687 Aberdeenshire 32,395 32,010 33,419 Angus 17,065 18,199 19,409 Argyll and Bute 13,653 14,627 14,954 Clackmannanshire 6,651 6,972 7,656 Dumfries and Galloway 22,037 22,642 23,346 Dundee 28,813 24,245 26,208 East Ayrshire 18,403 18,826 20,090 East Dunbartonshire 11,278 11,946 13,337 East Lothian 14,184 15,223 14,809 East Renfrewshire 8,807 10,088 10,713 Edinburgh, City 68,334 70,537 72,966 Eilean Siar 8,967 8,546 8,792 Falkirk 20,218 20,914 21,359 Fife 57,800 59,578 61,918 Glasgow City 151,551 149,831 149,478 Highland 32,053 32,187 34,031 Inverclyde 15,587 14,271 15,691 Midlothian 11,411 11,889 12,622 Moray 12,343 12,795 13,564 North Ayrshire 19,374 19,758 20,128 North Lanarkshire 46,692 50,204 52,127 Orkney 4,201 4,426 4,570 Perthshire and Kinross 16,971 17,917 18,548 Renfrewshire 23,242 25,414 26,956 Scottish Borders 17,698 17,460 18,526 Shetland 6,079 6,191 6,382 South Ayrshire 16,884 17,843 19,768 South Lanarkshire 38,575 45,826 42,276 Stirling 12,048 11,333 11,756 West Dunbartonshire 17,609 18,561 19,465 West Lothian 20,287 21,637 21,804 Scotland 828,594 849,925 876,355 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All figures are net of loan and leasing charges.

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c222-3W; 61539

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to persuade professional bodies and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to co-operate in creating a single set of exams in each field which will satisfy both the professional body's and the universities' requirements.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

61542; 321 c221W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current system of licensing private and industrial sewage discharges by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency on the Government's efforts to meet its pollution targets.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c223-4W; 61547

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to reintroduce a local authority programme to enable more domestic water lead pipes to be replaced.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c220W; 61536

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total value of the water rates relief allowed to the various categories of properties entitled to it in the latest year for which figures are available. - Inc available figures.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

61546; 321 c221W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will provide assistance to the water boards to enable them to change from a system of charges to commercial properties based on rateable value to one based on volume.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c221-2W; 61548

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by each Scottish council in grants for the replacement of lead water pipes in domestic property in the most recent years for which figures are available; and how much was spent by the previous district and islands...

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c220-1W; 61556

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will extend the domestic sewage transitional relief beyond the three years originally specified.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

61557; 321 c222W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to support open learning courses as an alternative to existing training schemes.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1998

Reference

321 c221W; 61540

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the voluntary code of practice for the management of complexes of retirement flats owned by their occupants will include provisions relating to (a) major repair funds, (b) complaint procedures, (c) terms in deeds of conditions, (d) adherence to these conditions and...

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 December 1998

Reference

61084; 321 c143W

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Month

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher