To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will place in the Library current information on work commissioned and completed on ethnic minorities in Scotland, in the areas of employment, pay, population and unemployment;(2) if he will list work commissioned and completed on ethnic minorities in Scotland, in the areas of employment, pay, population and unemployment.
A firm of independent consultants has conducted a major survey, funded by the Scottish Office, of the circumstances and experiences of Scotland's principal ethnic minority groups to identify whether and to what extent these differ from those of the majority white
| (hectares) | |||
| Location of scheme | Area of planting | Area of natural regeneration | |
| New planting | Restocking | ||
| Corrielair, Skye and Lochalsh | 257.9 | — | 25.5 |
| Mains of Mulben, Moray | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| The Crannach 4, Kincardine and Deeside | 34.8 | — | — |
| Glen Tannar Estate, Kincardine and Deeside | — | 15.7 | — |
| Finzean Estate, Kincardine and Deeside | — | 15.0 | 1.7 |
| Coulin, Ross and Cromarty | 51.0 | 23.8 | — |
| Lochluichart Estate 1, Ross and Cromarty | 274.8 | — | — |
| Lochluichart Estate 3, Ross and Cromarty | 275.0 | — | — |
| Lochluichart Estate 4, Ross and Cromarty | 222.8 | — | — |
| Bayfield Hill, Ross and Cromarty | — | 42.0 | — |
| Monar Estate, Ross and Cromarty | 8.9 | — | — |
| Ardessie Fisheries, Ross and Cromarty | 0.9 | — | — |
| Glencalvie, Sutherland | 34.2 | — | — |
| Rothiemurchus (Cambusmore), Badenoch and Strathspey | — | 81.6 | — |
| Lethan Bar (South), Inverness | — | 8.0 | — |
| Lethan Bar (North), Inverness | — | 23.6 | — |
| Redburn, Nairn | — | 6.3 | — |
| Rothiemurchus (Guislich), Badenoch and Strathspey | 17.2 | — | — |
| Ardochy, Inverness | 20.5 | 36.5 | — |
| Conaglen Estate, Lochaber | 44.0 | 78.1 | — |
| Kingairloch, Lochaber | — | 10.4 | — |
| Blackmount, Argyll and Bute | 46.8 | — | — |
| Cray, Perth and Kinross | 20.8 | — | — |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total area in Scotland of all applications approved under the woodland grant scheme in each year since its introduction.
The information is given in the table.
| Period | Total area covered by approved applications (hectares) | |
| 21June 1988–31 March 1989 | 19,761 | 110,060 |
| 1 April 1989–31 March 1990 | 51,668 | 118,827 |
| 1 April 1990–31 May 1990 | 9,350 | 12,457 |
| 1 Including proposed for new planting. | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total area and number of applications
population. The report of the survey, which will be published later this year, will be used to inform policy and to enable monitoring of future changes in areas such as ethnicity, housing, employment, education, health and crime. A copy of the report will be placed in the Library in due course.