To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the members of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. [68571]
I have appointed Dr. Elspeth Graham and Professor Gavin McCrone to the Boundary Commission for Scotland from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2002.The other members of the Commission are:
Madam Speaker—ex officio—Chairman;
The hon. Lady Cosgrove, appointed as Deputy Chairman by the Lord President of the Court of Session from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1999.
Live births (singleton and multiple)—Scotland
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Percentage delivered by caesarean section, year ending 31 March
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Health board—area of treatment
| 1989
| 1990
| 1991
| 1992
| 1993
| 1994
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
| 1998
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Scotland
| 14.4 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 18.5 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 16.9 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 21.0 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 15.5 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 20.4 |
| Borders | 14.0 | 13.6 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 19.4 | 20.9 | 17.6 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 11.2 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 16.9 | 15.6 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 17.8 |
| Fife | 11.3 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 19.0 |
| Forth Valley | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 13.7 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.7 |
| Grampian | 11.8 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 18.2 |
| Greater Glasgow | 15.3 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 16.9 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| Highland | 14.6 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 17.9 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 19.9 |
| Lanarkshire | 14.7 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 19.2 |
| Lothian | 15.5 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 18.6 |
| Orkney | 14.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 |
| Shetland | 7.3 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 |
| Tayside | 13.6 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.3 |
| Western Isles | 10.2 | 9.7 | 19.3 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.1 |
Notes:
1. Prior to 1998, birth details were recorded only for the first two babies delivered. From 1998, where four or more babies are involved in a delivery, birth details are recorded for the first three babies delivered.
2. In multiple deliveries individual babies may have different modes of delivery.
Source:
The information shown in the table has been extracted from the Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR02)—Maternity discharge.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.