Public Service Employees

29.

Mr. MacCormick
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the payment of special  allowances to public service employees on Scottish islands.

Mr. Milian
Allowances are currently paid to local authority staff, teachers and some police and civil servants. The possibility of paying an allowance to National Health Service staff is currently under consideration, and the whole basis of the civil servants' distant islands allowance is being reviewed.