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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to make an announcement about the Local Government Finance Settlement for Scotland for 1999-2000.

Asked by

David Stewart (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64781; 322 c685-6W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he plans to take to limit increases in the abuse of heroin. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64315; 322 c687W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will provide additional resources to fund a public awareness campaign on the dangers of heroin abuse. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64316; 322 c687W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many places have been made available by his Department as emergency shelters for the homeless over the Christmas period in each of the last five years for which figures are available, showing the locations of those places; how many places have...

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

322 c688W; 64306;64307;64308

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (i) establishment and (ii) current strength of each of the regular Scottish infantry battalions; and if he will list each element of company strength or above currently serving in them. - Inc tables. (Holding answer 8 December 1998).

Asked by

Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 1998

For answer on

17 December 1998

Answered on

17 December 1998

Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the (i) establishment and (ii) current strength of each of the regular Scottish infantry battalions; and if he will list each element of company strength or above currently serving in them. [62542] Mr. Spellar: [holding answer 8 December 1998]: The establishment and current strength of each of the six regular Scottish Infantry Battalions, as at 1 November, is as listed. The strength figures for individual companies within these Battalions is dependent, at any one time, on the operational or training needs of the Battalion. The individual company figures are, therefore, a snapshot of strength on 10 December 1998. The Battalion strength figures include personnel who bear the Battation's cap badge but are posted away from it. Battalion Figures _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Battalion Establishment Strength Surplus/Deficit 1 Royal Scots Officers 35 31 -4 Soldiers 582 394 -188 1 Royal Highland Fusiliers Officers 34 33 -1 Soldiers 626 487 -139 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers Officers 31 32 +1 Soldiers 520 439 -81 1 Black Watch Officers 31 25 -6 Soldiers 523 440 -83 1 Highlanders Officers 32 33 +1 Soldiers 583 438 -145 1 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Officers 31 32 +1 Soldiers 558 518 -40 Total 3,586 2,902 -684 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Company Figures _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Unit Officer strength Soldier strength 1 Royal Scots HQ Coy 9 112 A Coy 6 92 B Coy 6 Manned by Gurkhas C Coy 5 96 Recce Coy 4 71 1 Royal Highland Fusiliers HQ Coy 12 98 A Coy 4 84 B Coy 4 78 C Coy 4 81 Sp Coy 6 145 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers HQ Coy 12 115 A Coy 5 81 B Coy 5 81 C Coy 5 78 Sp Coy 5 112 1 Black Watch HQ Coy 9 117 A Coy 3 71 B Coy 4 83 C Coy 4 78 Sp Coy 4 90 1 Highlanders HQ Coy 12 122 A Coy 4 59 B Coy 3 48 C Coy 4 55 Sp Coy 7 137 1 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders HQ Coy 12 177 A Coy 5 85 B Coy 5 81 C Coy 5 84 Sp Coy 5 77 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The Company figures include only those serving with that particular company on 10 December 1998 and may include personnel from other units.

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

62542; 322 c654-5W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

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, what assessment he has made of the level of resources available to the police in the Lothian and Borders Police Board area to combat heroin abuse.

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64317; 322 c687W

House

House of Commons

Dubs, Lord

What socio-economic criteria have been used to judge current potential electricity generation policies within Northern Ireland, including the Scottish interconnector. [HL228].

Asked by

Lord Holme of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

595 c184WA

House

House of Lords

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received about the BBC's Six o'clock News in Scotland; what response he has made; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64455; 322 c686W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many step-down beds were available in each health board area in Scotland in each year since 1990-91. - Includes tables of available figures.

Asked by

Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 1998

For answer on

17 December 1998

Answered on

17 December 1998

Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many step-down beds were available in each health board area in Scotland in each year since 1990-91. [63683] Mr. Galbraith: There is no national classification of a step-down bed. Information on numbers of rehabilitation medicine beds in the seven years to 31 March 1997 is shown in Table 1. A more detailed bed classification system was introduced in 1997-98, and information on numbers of rehabilitation, convalescent and geriatric orthopaedic rehabilitation beds for the year ending 31 March 1998 is shown in Table 2. Table 1--NHS in Scotland--beds{1} in specialty of rehabilitation medicine{2} by health board area of treatment: years ending 31 March 1991 to 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Argyll and Clyde -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Ayrshire and Arran -- -- -- 17 21 20 20 Borders -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Dumfries and Galloway -- -- -- -- 5 8 4 Fife -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- Forth Valley -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Grampian -- -- -- 8 16 16 16 Greater Glasgow -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Highland 1 3 2 3 3 63 70 Lanarkshire 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- Lothian 62 62 65 65 71 83 76 Orkney -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Shetland -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 Tayside 27 10 1 -- -- -- -- Western Isles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Scotland 111 75 69 93 115 190 190 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Average available staffed beds. The figures shown are averages rounded to the nearest whole number. Totals may not always equate to the sum of individual Health Board figures. {2} Differing methods of bed classification may exist between areas. For example, beds classified as rehabilitation medicine in one area may be classified under other specialties in another area. Comparisons should therefore be made with caution. Table 2: NHS in Scotland--rehabilitation, geriatric orthopaedic rehabilitation and convalescent beds{1} by health board area of treatment: year ending 31 March 1998{2} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All selected beds Rehabilitation beds{3} Geriatric orthopaedic Convalescent beds{5} rehabilitation beds{4} Argyll and Clyde 7 -- 7 -- Ayrshire and Arran 21 21 -- -- Borders -- -- -- -- Dumfries and Galloway 24 -- 24 -- Fife 60 40 20 -- Forth Valley -- -- -- -- Grampian 129 42 16 71 Greater Glasgow 168 144 24 -- Highland 75 74 -- -- Lanarkshire 36 24 12 -- Lothian 199 109 89 -- Orkney -- -- -- -- Shetland 8 8 -- -- Tayside 28 28 -- -- Western Isles -- -- -- -- Scotland 754 490 191 71 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Average available staffed beds. The figures shown are averages rounded to the nearest whole number. Totals may not always equate to the sum of individual Health Board figures. {2} Differing methods of bed classification may exist between areas. For example, bed classified as rehabilitation beds in one area may be classified under other specialties in another area. Comparisons should therefore be made with caution. {3} Beds in specialty of Rehabilitation Medicine or in facilities designated as rehabilitation wards. {4} Beds in facilities designated as geriatric orthopaedic rehabilitation units. {5} Beds in facilities designated as convalescent units.

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

63683; 322 c684-5W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much the advertisement, which was produced by the Women's Unit and aimed at preventing women within a family from being assaulted by a male member of that family, cost to produce; and under which departmental budget head the cost will fall...

Asked by

Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64302; 322 c689W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance has been made available to the courts on a consistent sentencing strategy for heroin users and dealers.

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64313; 322 c687-8W

House

House of Commons

Public services for the future - modernisation, reform, accountability. Comprehensive spending review public service agreements 1999-2002.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 17.12.98

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

Cm 4181

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure by programme over £50,000 by his Department in Scotland on areas covered by each of the exceptions under heads (i) C and (ii) D in Schedule 5 of the Scotland...

Asked by

John Swinney (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

63796; 322 c707W;322 c706-7W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will take steps to compensate owners of vehicles which are forced to use the Tarbert-Portavadie ferry service when the A83 is closed for repair during weekends in February and March 1999.

Asked by

Baroness Michie of Gallanach (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64263; 322 c688-9W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what conclusions he has reached on the Tay River Protection Order; and if he will make a statement. - Includes fact that report on the operation of the Order in Library as DEP 98/1559.

Asked by

John McAllion (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 December 1998

For answer on

17 December 1998

Answered on

17 December 1998

Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what conclusions he has reached on the Tay River Protection Order; and if he will make a statement. [64791] Mr. Macdonald: On 5 June the Government announced in the Edinburgh Gazette its intention to revoke the Tay Protection Order made under the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 and invited comments. This followed concerns that access for public angling had been withdrawn in a number of areas. Seven hundred and seventy-four responses were received. 766 supported retention of the Order. Eight advocated revocation. A full report on the operation of the Order has since been submitted on behalf of the new Protection Order Liaison Committee. A copy of that report, which has been endorsed by 18 groups associated with angling and riparian ownership in the area, will be placed in the Library. My noble Friend Lord Sewel, the Minister with responsibility for Fisheries in Scotland, has considered the comments received and the contents of the report very carefully. He has noted with satisfaction that as a result of the efforts of the Committee the access lost has been reinstated and furthermore that 86 per cent. of the river and loch are now open to public access compared with the 81 per cent. promised at the time the Order was originally approved. My noble Friend also welcomes the steps announced to ensure the effectiveness of the future operation and monitoring of the Order. In the light of the remedial action taken to improve and guarantee public access to angling and the generally enhanced arrangements for its operation, my noble Friend has decided that the Order should be retained. However, close monitoring will continue.

Date

17 December 1998

Reference

64791; 322 c686W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the relative costs of using (a) members of the Faculty of Advocates and (b) procurators fiscal qualified as solicitor-advocates, as advocate deputes.

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 1998

Reference

62671; 322 c512W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office Development Department non-domestic rating account 1997/98.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 23.02.99; Received 27.01.99

Date

16 December 1998

Reference

HC 119 1998/99

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the companies which to date have been offered additional grant if they employ residents of assisted areas under the RSA Priority Initiative launched on 22nd May. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Maria Fyfe (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 1998

Reference

63908; 322 c512W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the Scottish Law Commission's Incapable Adults Report (Scots Law Com. No. 151).

Asked by

Lord Moonie (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 1998

For answer on

16 December 1998

Answered on

16 December 1998

Dr. Moonie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the Scottish Law Commission's Incapable Adults report (Scots Law Com. No. 151). [64388] Mr. McLeish: The subject of decision-making on behalf of adults who are unable to manage their own affairs is an important one. The Government have been made fully aware of the issues through the report by the Scottish Law Commission in 1995 and subsequent public consultation, which attracted a substantial and carefully considered response. We accept the need for reform of the existing legislation in this important area of the law that provides support and protection for some of the most vulnerable people in society. It will be within the competence of the Scottish Parliament to legislate in this area and this statement cannot pre-empt announcements about the Scottish Parliament's legislative programme. It excludes consideration of the SLC's recommendations about medical treatment and research and advance statements. These are sensitive issues and we received many responses on them in the consultation exercise. We have not made any decisions on these matters yet; and we shall also want to consider what emerges from the Lord Chancellor's recent consultation exercise on similar proposals for England and Wales. We agree with the general principles proposed by the SLC that any intervention should produce a benefit for the adult; be least restrictive of the adult's freedom; wherever possible encourage the adult to use existing skills and acquire new skills, and take account of the present and past wishes of the adult. In relation to particular aspects of the Report we agree with the SLC on the following: The proposed definition of mental incapacity; The current office of the Accountant of Court should be expanded to form a new office of Public Guardian; The function of the Public Guardian should be to maintain public registers of all those authorised to take decisions on behalf of an incapable adult and to supervise and monitor the performance of financial guardians; The recognition of continuing and welfare powers of attorney and the introduction of public scrutiny of the exercise of such powers; The creation of a new concept of guardianship to provide for a broad and flexible system of one-off intervention orders and longer term guardianship, with appropriate welfare or financial powers as ordered by the court; and That key decisions on applications, and in other proceedings under the proposed legislation, should be dealt with in the sheriff courts. There are a small number of areas where we propose to vary the SLC's recommendations. We propose to modify the SLC scheme for carers in domestic settings to have access to funds from the bank accounts of incapable adults, in order to meet daily living expenses. Under the revised scheme, the Public Guardian would grant authority to have stipulated payments made for a time limited period from the incapable adult's account to a designated account. The Public Guardian would have powers to check that the incapable adult's funds were being applied for the intended purpose. We propose to modify the SLC recommendations that residential homes should apply to the Public Guardian for authority to manage residents' finances. Under the revised proposals, registration and inspection authorities in local authorities and Health Boards would authorise the managers of residential establishments to manage the funds of residents who are incapable of so doing, up to prescribed limits, and in circumstances where no other arrangements would be appropriate for managing the finances of these residents. We do not propose to follow the SLC recommendation that the Public Guardian should be able to be appointed as financial guardian to an incapable adult. We take the view, however, that the arrangements recommended for withdrawals from bank accounts and for intervention orders, and also for management of finances by residential establishments, should be sufficient to meet the needs of incapable adults with modest estates. The Public Guardian's functions will be focused on maintaining public registers of guardians and monitoring and supervising guardians with financial powers. Local authorities and the Mental Welfare Commission will monitor those exercising welfare powers on behalf of incapable adults.

Date

16 December 1998

Reference

64388; 322 c514-5W

House

House of Commons

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