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We have not collected any data nor commissioned any research regarding advertisements for sexual services in Scottish newspapers.

The information requested is shown in the following table, for the years 1995-2004 (the most recent data available).

Trends in incidence of selected cancers in residents of South Ayrshire council area, 1995-2004 (Numbers of registrations, by year of diagnosis):

Cancer Site / Type (ICD-10)	Year of Diagnosis
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
All Malignant Neoplasms1	624	654	633	646	645	603	660	704	667	717
Head and Neck (C00-C14, C30-C32)	15	31	21	17	24	23	26	18	25	12
Larynx (C32)	*	8	5	6	6	5	9	8	10	*
Oral Cavity (C01-C06)	15	11	8	5	6	9	7	*	9	5
Oesophagus (C15)	19	25	13	15	12	19	22	17	16	31
Stomach (C16)	26	19	31	17	23	16	23	23	23	21
Colorectal (C18-C20)	84	99	110	91	91	88	97	100	102	98
Colon (C18)	60	66	63	59	51	57	70	67	73	73
Rectum, incl. rectosigmoid junction (C19-C20)	24	33	47	32	40	31	27	33	29	25
Liver (C22)	*	8	*	5	9	7	*	11	*	8
Pancreas (C25)	24	20	21	11	14	18	18	11	18	19
Trachea, bronchus and lung (C33-C34)	105	92	110	103	113	98	89	113	105	109
Malignant melanoma of the skin (C43)	24	21	21	19	21	24	21	36	25	19
Breast (C50)	95	93	54	133	85	63	104	100	74	110
Cervix (C53)	6	11	8	*	6	12	*	5	6	9
Corpus uteri (C54)	11	6	9	13	13	9	16	10	12	14
Ovary (C56)	14	13	18	14	19	27	15	14	11	20
Prostate (C61)	40	51	46	54	58	52	61	83	76	98
Testis (C62)	*	6	*	*	6	*	8	*	*	*
Kidney (C64-C65)	10	10	16	11	13	12	20	18	20	14
Bladder (C67)	33	36	37	25	28	16	23	29	27	19
Brain and other CNS (C70-C72, C75.1-75.3)	7	9	8	11	15	10	7	7	6	10
Thyroid (C73)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hodgkin''s disease (C81)	5	5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma (C82-C85)	13	23	20	15	18	16	16	17	21	28
Multiple myeloma & malignant plasma cell neoplasms (C90)	5	6	5	6	10	10	11	8	15	13
Leukaemias (C91-C95)	12	10	13	23	17	11	25	20	15	15

Source: Scottish Cancer Registry, ISD.

Date extracted: February 2008.

Notes:

* = Cell values of less than five have been suppressed.

1. All malignant neoplasms excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD-10 C00-C96 excluding C44; C97 is not used by the Scottish Cancer Registry). Please note that not all cancers are included in the itemised list, and so the individual cancers shown will not sum to the value of All Malignant Neoplasms.

These are one set of forecasts based on historic data from economic performance inherited from previous government. They reflect the historic underperformance of the Scottish economy which is why we have taken a new approach to economic development with the Government Economic Strategy. We have placed sustainable economic development at the core of everything the government does and are working to ensure that the outcomes for the people of Ayrshire and Scotland are better than these forecasts. We will continue to encourage local approaches such as JobRotation in Ayrshire which raises the employability of jobless people by training them up in the workplace context to fill in when employees are being up skilled.

The information requested is shown in the following table for the years 1995-2004 (the most recent data available).

Trends in incidence of selected cancers in residents of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley parliamentary constituency, 1995-2004 (Numbers of registrations, by year of diagnosis):

Cancer Site / Type (ICD-10)	Year of Diagnosis
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
all malignant neoplasms 1	394	436	446	419	445	405	453	475	474	497
Head and Neck (C00-C14, C30-C32)	8	17	16	9	22	17	17	14	9	13
Larynx (C32)	*	6	5	5	*	6	*	6	*	5
Oral Cavity (C01-C06)	*	6	*	*	11	6	6	*	*	*
Oesophagus (C15)	12	17	13	12	11	11	17	18	12	21
Stomach (C16)	16	11	17	14	19	17	12	13	15	14
Colorectal (C18-C20)	50	65	58	51	56	52	64	48	70	55
Colon (C18)	35	40	38	28	32	36	42	32	49	38
Rectum, including rectosigmoid junction (C19-C20)	15	25	20	23	24	16	22	16	21	17
Liver (C22)	*	*	*	*	*	5	*	5	*	7
Pancreas (C25)	10	14	11	7	8	9	10	15	9	15
Trachea, bronchus and lung (C33-C34)	78	70	93	75	91	83	72	84	88	75
Malignant melanoma of the skin (C43)	9	15	14	13	17	10	13	22	11	7
Breast (C50)	64	54	45	78	63	42	74	57	55	74
Cervix (C53)	6	7	*	*	5	5	*	*	5	9
Corpus uteri (C54)	*	6	*	7	10	8	6	8	7	5
Ovary (C56)	6	6	11	6	13	13	11	8	10	8
Prostate (C61)	28	33	38	34	31	39	45	60	61	76
Testis (C62)	*	*	*	*	*	5	*	*	*	*
Kidney (C64-C65)	6	8	12	15	*	7	16	8	15	10
Bladder (C67)	22	20	26	15	16	11	20	21	21	11
Brain and other CNS (C70-72, C75.1-75.3)	*	6	5	6	8	6	5	*	6	*
Thyroid (C73)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hodgkin''s disease (C81)	*	6	*	*	*	5	*	*	*	*
Non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma (C82-C85)	13	19	16	9	13	12	13	16	15	23
Multiple myeloma & malignant plasma cell neoplasms (C90)	*	*	*	8	7	9	13	*	10	14
Leukaemias (C91-C95)	7	15	8	11	16	6	9	17	11	9

Source: Scottish Cancer Registry, ISD.

Date extracted: February 2008.

Notes:

* = Cell values of less than five have been suppressed.

1. All malignant neoplasms excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD-10 C00-C96 excluding C44; C97 is not used by the Scottish Cancer Registry). Please note that not all cancers are included in the itemised list, and so the individual cancers shown will not sum to the value of All Malignant Neoplasms.

I refer the member to answers to questions S3W-9564 and S3W-9565 on 27 February 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.Scottish Parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

There are no plans to purchase rolling stock to provide a half hourly rail service between Glasgow and Kilmarnock.

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is the tool used by the Scottish Government to identify area concentrations of multiple deprivation. The SIMD is based on the small area statistical geography of data zones. Data zones are groups of census output areas which have populations of between 500 and 1,000 household residents. There are 6,505 data zones covering the whole of Scotland.

Individual data zones are not named and therefore data contained within this response have been presented according to named intermediate zones which represent aggregations of groups of data zones. There are 1,235 intermediate zones in Scotland, containing on average 4,000 household residents. While intermediate zones do not necessarily delineate communities on the ground, community boundaries were taken into consideration in the construction and quality assurance of the intermediate zones. In the absence of any definition of communities, intermediate zones are deemed the most appropriate means of presenting data in response to the question posed.

For those areas in East Ayrshire which fall within the 15% most deprived areas “ as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation “ the table below provides the numbers of 10 to 19-year-olds by intermediate zones:

Name of intermediate Zone	No of Data Zones within the Intermediate Zone	No of Data Zones in the 15% Most Deprived	No of 10 to 19-Year-Olds in the Intermediate Zone	No of 10 to 19-Year-Olds in 15% Most Deprived	% of 10 to 19-Year-Olds in the Intermediate Zone in 15% Most Deprived
Altonhill North and Onthank	5	3	636	448	70.4
Shortlees	6	3	671	428	63.8
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead	5	5	398	398	100.0
Auchinleck	4	3	482	340	70.5
Doon Valley South	5	2	487	275	56.5
Doon Valley North	6	3	489	252	51.5
New Cumnock	4	1	395	164	41.5
Drongan	4	1	439	153	34.9
Cumnock Rural	7	1	775	153	19.7
Galston	6	1	693	141	20.3
Newmilns	4	1	420	120	28.6
Mauchline Rural	7	1	588	110	18.7
Cumnock South and Craigens	7	1	780	88	11.3
Kilmarnock South Central and Caprington	4	1	374	82	21.9
Bonnyton and Town Centre	5	1	310	56	18.1

Notes: The number of 10 to 19-year-olds was sourced from the 2001 population census of Scotland.

There are 30 intermediate zones in East Ayrshire. Each of the 15 intermediate zones with at least one data zone falling within the 15% most deprived areas are presented in the table above. There are 15 intermediate zones in East Ayrshire with no data zones falling within the 15% most deprived areas.

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is the tool used by the Scottish Government to identify area concentrations of multiple deprivation. The SIMD is based on the small area statistical geography of data zones. Data zones are groups of census output areas which have populations of between 500 and 1,000 household residents. There are 6,505 data zones covering the whole of Scotland.

Individual data zones are not named and therefore data contained within this response have been presented according to named intermediate zones which represent aggregations of groups of data zones. There are 1,235 intermediate zones in Scotland, containing on average 4,000 household residents. While intermediate zones do not necessarily delineate communities on the ground, community boundaries were taken into consideration in the construction and quality assurance of the intermediate zones. In the absence of any definition of communities, intermediate zones are deemed the most appropriate means of presenting data in response to the question posed.

For those areas in South Ayrshire which fall within the 15% most deprived areas “ as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation “ the table below provides the numbers of 10 to 19-year-olds by intermediate zones:

Name of Intermediate Zone	No of Data Zones within the Intermediate Zone	No of Data Zones in the 15% Most Deprived	No of 10 to 19-Year-Olds in the Intermediate Zone	No of 10 to 19-Year-Olds in 15% Most Deprived	% of 10 to 19-Year-Olds in Intermediate Zone in 15% Most Deprived
Dalmilling and Craigie	7	4	773	512	66.2
Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts	6	3	644	366	56.8
Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South	6	4	443	286	64.6
Girvan Glendoune	5	1	457	71	15.5
Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre	6	1	380	67	17.6

Note: The number of 10 to 19-year-olds was sourced from the 2001 population census of Scotland.

There are 24 intermediate zones in South Ayrshire. Each of the five intermediate zones with at least one data zone falling within the 15% most deprived areas are presented in the table above. There are 19 intermediate zones in South Ayrshire with no data zones falling within the 15% most deprived areas.

Women victims of trafficking for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and children both receive support under separate arrangements. For Scotland as a whole, £20,000 has been set aside in 2007-08 to pay for the support of all remaining victims who have no other recourse to public funds. It is expected that very few victims will fall into this category. On the basis of past experience, it is estimated that £20,000 will be sufficient. So far, no local authority has drawn down funding.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9565 on 21 February 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.Scottish Parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The difference between the estimate and the actual leasing cost was less than 1%.

The Kyle wind farm public inquiry report was received by Scottish ministers on 20 November 2007. The report is one of the material considerations that Scottish ministers will have regard to when determining the Kyle wind farm application. Ministers expect to make a determination on this project shortly, at which point the public inquiry report will be made available on the Scottish Government website.