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Question reference: S2W-21892

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 23 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21240 by George Lyon on 14 December 2005, how many deaths from cancer there have been within each former European parliamentary constituency in each year since the Chernobyl incident, broken down by NHS board area.

I refer the member to the question S2W-21936 answered on 23 January 2006. 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 following tables provide the absolute number of deaths from cancer between 26 April 1986 and 31 December 2004 byformer European parliamentary constituency and NHS board.

Deaths from Cancer¹ Between 26 April 1986 and 31 December 2004, by Former European Parliamentary Constituency and NHS Board

Former European Parliamentary Constituency and NHS Board		1986 (part)	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Scotland		9,819	14,650	14,720	14,917	14,957	14,876	15,132
Central Scotland		1,206	1,802	1,797	1,847	1,983	1,898	1,889
	Ayrshire and Arran	147	179	182	226	225	200	214
	Forth Valley	287	407	419	396	410	412	379
	Greater Glasgow	34	48	47	54	58	63	48
	Lanarkshire	738	1,168	1,149	1,171	1,290	1,223	1,248
Glasgow		1,773	2,653	2,513	2,579	2,548	2,493	2,577
	Greater Glasgow	1,773	2,653	2,513	2,579	2,548	2,493	2,577
Highlands and Islands		752	1,117	1,160	1,177	1,199	1,151	1,188
	Argyll and Clyde	133	210	208	220	185	186	208
	Grampian	134	197	216	202	207	203	223
	Highland	342	542	512	575	624	566	551
	Orkney	35	39	64	50	44	43	42
	Shetland	37	44	62	35	55	53	56
	Western Isles	71	85	98	95	84	100	108
Lothians		1,262	1,855	1,926	1,843	1,932	1,894	1,940
	Lothian	1,262	1,855	1,926	1,843	1,932	1,894	1,940
Mid Scotland and Fife		1,165	1,760	1,794	1,789	1,720	1,800	1,823
	Fife	615	905	937	985	921	955	995
	Forth Valley	243	356	380	321	322	349	358
	Tayside	307	499	477	483	477	496	470
North East Scotland		1,246	1,815	1,782	1,862	1,802	1,826	1,840
	Grampian	739	1,104	1,073	1,116	1,064	1,108	1,080
	Tayside	507	711	709	746	738	718	760
South of Scotland		1,201	1,810	1,773	1,840	1,878	1,877	1,909
	Ayrshire and Arran	421	641	566	620	612	624	652
	Borders	213	316	331	338	396	344	347
	Dumfries and Galloway	267	446	442	437	432	453	470
	Lanarkshire	130	176	202	218	191	212	199
	Lothian	170	231	232	227	247	244	241
West of Scotland		1,181	1,767	1,916	1,908	1,819	1,893	1,911
	Argyll and Clyde	688	1,019	1,095	1,107	1,085	1,059	1,121
	Ayrshire and Arran	141	224	231	238	200	245	241
	Greater Glasgow	352	524	590	563	534	589	549
Not known		33	71	59	72	76	44	55

Former European Parliamentary Constituency and NHS Board		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Scotland		15,458	15,164	15,224	15,171	14,889	14,752
Central Scotland		2,062	1,970	1,896	1,962	1,993	1,891
	Ayrshire and Arran	235	213	194	230	239	245
	Forth Valley	434	431	386	430	407	390
	Greater Glasgow	65	65	43	50	47	63
	Lanarkshire	1,328	1,261	1,273	1,252	1,300	1,193
Glasgow		2,465	2,418	2,549	2,340	2,308	2,256
	Greater Glasgow	2,465	2,418	2,549	2,340	2,308	2,256
Highlands and Islands		1,220	1,251	1,246	1,189	1,249	1,228
	Argyll and Clyde	214	248	226	210	229	225
	Grampian	224	213	213	209	210	216
	Highland	563	567	591	565	593	602
	Orkney	53	51	52	45	60	51
	Shetland	63	69	58	55	52	49
	Western Isles	103	103	106	105	105	85
Lothians		1,885	1,871	1,821	1,918	1,865	1,858
	Lothian	1,885	1,871	1,821	1,918	1,865	1,858
Mid Scotland and Fife		1,890	1,879	1,830	1,890	1,746	1,856
	Fife	1,021	981	998	1,014	935	1,018
	Forth Valley	363	362	341	367	325	371
	Tayside	506	536	491	509	486	467
North East Scotland		1,957	1,807	1,902	1,931	1,872	1,874
	Grampian	1,244	1,113	1,129	1,155	1,148	1,125
	Tayside	713	694	773	776	724	749
South of Scotland		2,002	1,979	1,975	1,922	1,955	1,900
	Ayrshire and Arran	687	659	694	615	662	640
	Borders	373	345	320	359	345	351
	Dumfries and Galloway	440	493	463	461	454	465
	Lanarkshire	223	190	206	231	228	173
	Lothian	279	292	292	256	266	271
West of Scotland		1,922	1,937	1,959	2,014	1,901	1,887
	Argyll and Clyde	1,149	1,148	1,127	1,180	1,068	1,089
	Ayrshire and Arran	212	235	224	248	213	231
	Greater Glasgow	561	554	608	586	620	567
Not known		55	52	46	5	0	2

Former European Parliamentary Constituency and NHS Board		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Scotland		14,789	14,958	15,196	15,051	15,116	15,047
Central Scotland		2,007	2,052	2,068	2,101	2,070	2,025
	Ayrshire and Arran	250	224	244	239	256	232
	Forth Valley	429	445	436	460	487	435
	Greater Glasgow	53	54	67	61	44	56
	Lanarkshire	1,275	1,329	1,321	1,341	1,283	1,302
Glasgow		2,252	2,106	2,196	2,186	2,168	2,134
	Greater Glasgow	2,252	2,106	2,196	2,186	2,168	2,134
Highlands and Islands		1,262	1,281	1,289	1,268	1,260	1,276
	Argyll and Clyde	215	233	218	216	203	217
	Grampian	228	241	231	227	210	252
	Highland	611	622	641	622	644	614
	Orkney	45	38	51	45	45	51
	Shetland	56	43	58	48	57	51
	Western Isles	107	104	90	110	101	91
Lothians		1,820	1,826	1,934	1,783	1,823	1,794
	Lothian	1,820	1,826	1,934	1,783	1,823	1,794
Mid Scotland and Fife		1,838	1,833	1,877	1,920	1,906	1,897
	Fife	973	982	1,035	1,036	1,013	1,004
	Forth Valley	367	361	353	357	377	388
	Tayside	498	490	489	527	516	505
North East Scotland		1,815	1,928	1,962	1,842	1,871	1,941
	Grampian	1,114	1,187	1,225	1,147	1,160	1,210
	Tayside	701	741	737	695	711	731
South of Scotland		1,933	2,013	1,951	2,090	2,064	2,049
	Ayrshire and Arran	654	685	630	701	654	697
	Borders	355	343	347	399	354	337
	Dumfries and Galloway	433	487	478	455	536	524
	Lanarkshire	227	209	226	240	241	241
	Lothian	264	289	270	295	279	250
West of Scotland		1,862	1,913	1,918	1,859	1,947	1,926
	Argyll and Clyde	1,089	1,090	1,095	1,070	1,087	1,086
	Ayrshire and Arran	208	227	237	206	222	234
	Greater Glasgow	565	596	586	583	638	606
Not known		0	6	1	2	7	5

Note: 1. InternationalClassification of Diseases (ICD) codes:

1986 - 1999: ICD9, 140 -208.

2000 - 2004: ICD10, C00 toC97.

Question reference: S2W-22139

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total revenue generated from speed cameras has been and how many deaths on roads have been caused as a direct result of speeding in each year since 1999, broken down by police force area.

The revenue generated from speedcameras within the Scottish Safety Camera Programme in each year since 1999 is providedin the following table.

Information on the number ofdeaths on roads caused as a direct result of speeding is not available. However,since January 2005, the Executive has been collecting additional information onroad accidents to include the factors thought to have contributed to the occurrenceof the accident, for example, driver impairment by drugs or alcohol, fatigue and/orspeed. However, it will not generally be possible from the statistical data to attributeany individual factor as being the single cause of the accident. It is expectedthat this additional information will be included in Road Accidents Scotland 2005at the end of this year.

Partnership	2000-01 (£000)	2001-02 (£000)	2002-03 (£000)	2003-04 (£000)	2004-05 (£000)	Total (£000)
Strathclyde	450	861	1,670	3,454	3,040	9,475
Fife	-	-	422	619	468*	1,508
North East	-	-	278	1,013	728*	2,019
Lothian and Borders	-	-	-	1,617	2,483	4,100
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	545	989*	1,534
Tayside	-	-	-	388	621*	1,010
Northern	-	-	-	-	203	203
Total (£000)	450	861	2,370	7,635	8,532	19,848

*Un-audited figures (Totals maynot equal the sum of their parts due to rounding).

Notes:

1. Figures given are for partnershipsfrom the date they joined the Safety Camera Programme. Central Scotland is not currently part of the programme. The partnerships in the table expandedor joined the programme as indicated below:

2. In 2001-02, Strathclyde includedonly Glasgow City Council area.

3. In 2002-03, Strathclyde expandedto cover four local authority areas; Fife joined the programme in April 2002 and the North EastPartnership joined in October 2002.

4. In 2003-04, Strathclyde expandedto 12 local authority areas; Dumfries and Galloway, Lothian and Borders and Tayside joined in July 2003.

5. In 2004-05, Lothian and Bordersexpanded to three local authority areas; Northern joined in July 2004.

Question reference: S2W-22141

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been on the sex offenders’ register in each year since 2000.

The number of sex offenders recordedby the Scottish Criminal Record Office as being registered with Scottish PoliceForces since 2000 is shown in the following table.

As at:	Number of Registrations
March 2000	1,174
March 2001	1,480
March 2002	1,724
March 2003	1,926
March 2004	2,244
March 2005	2,677
January 2006	3,044

Question reference: S2W-22126

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12029 by Mr Andy Kerr on 19 November 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of the number of people waiting to see a psychologist in each NHS board area on 31 December or another fixed date in each year since 1999.

The information requested isnot available centrally. Waiting lists data is collected centrally only for firstout-patient appointments at a consultant-led out-patient clinic, following referralby a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, and for hospital in-patient and daycase treatment. Psychology services are provided by a range of health care professionals,and are carried out in a variety of settings.

Question reference: S2W-22125

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12029 by Mr Andy Kerr on 19 November 2004, how many psychologists have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 1999, broken down by category and expressed also on a per capita basis.

The following tables show thewhole-time equivalent (WTE) of NHS employed psychologists by NHS board 2001-04.WTE adjusts headcount to allow for part-time working. Information for the years1999 and 2000 is not available centrally.

Table 1: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2001

	Clinical Psychologists Grade B	Clinical Psychologists Grade A	Other Applied Psychologists*	Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists	Ratio of per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists
Argyll and Clyde	10.60	9.30	3.00	22.90	18,371
Ayrshire and Arran	9.10	12.30	1.80	23.20	15,875
Borders	4.50	3.60	0.00	8.10	13,204
Dumfries and Galloway	6.90	2.20	0.00	9.10	16,240
Fife	9.90	18.30	1.00	29.20	11,976
Forth Valley	7.80	10.60	0.00	18.40	15,176
Grampian	10.30	21.20	1.50	33.00	15,935
Greater Glasgow	33.00	35.50	1.10	69.60	12,474
Highland	4.80	6.00	0.00	10.80	19,344
Lanarkshire	7.50	11.60	4.00	23.10	23,949
Lothian	20.10	26.80	1.80	48.70	15,996
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
State Hospital⁺	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	11.30	17.80	0.00	29.00	13,405
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	135.80	175.20	14.10	325.10	15,577

Source: ISD Scotland.

Table 2: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2002

	Clinical Psychologists Grade B	Clinical Psychologists Grade A	Other Applied Psychologists*	Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists	Ratio of Per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists
Argyll and Clyde	11.60	7.20	3.00	21.80	19,298
Ayrshire and Arran	8.00	12.20	1.80	22.00	16,740
Borders	3.50	3.60	0.00	7.10	15,063
Dumfries and Galloway	8.60	3.20	0.00	11.80	12,524
Fife	11.40	20.10	2.00	33.50	10,439
Forth Valley	7.80	9.00	0.00	16.80	16,621
Grampian	9.30	19.40	3.50	32.20	16,331
Greater Glasgow	35.50	49.40	4.00	88.90	9,766
Highland	4.80	6.70	0.00	11.50	18,167
Lanarkshire	7.10	15.10	4.10	26.30	21,035
Lothian	22.20	34.40	2.30	58.90	13,226
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
State Hospital⁺	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	11.10	17.20	0.00	28.50	13,640
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	141.10	197.50	20.70	359.30	14,095

Source: ISDScotland.

Note:⁺Please note The State Hospital did not participate inthe data collection exercise in 2001 and 2002.

Table 3: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2003

	Clinical Psychologists Grade B	Clinical Psychologists Grade A	Other Applied Psychologists*	Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists	Ratio of Per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists
Argyll and Clyde	9.70	11.80	2.50	25.00	16,919
Ayrshire and Arran	10.60	7.30	1.80	19.70	18,789
Borders	4.10	4.10	1.00	9.20	11,875
Dumfries and Galloway	7.20	3.60	1.00	11.80	12,719
Fife	16.10	18.50	4.00	38.60	9,205
Forth Valley	11.20	9.80	0.0	21.00	13,429
Grampian	8.80	21.90	4.40	35.00	15,091
Greater Glasgow	33.40	39.80	2.10	75.30	11,627
Highland	4.80	7.30	1.00	13.10	16,075
Lanarkshire	10.10	15.70	3.70	29.50	18,949
Lothian	24.40	30.20	5.20	59.90	13,145
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-
State Hospital	1.20	4.00	1.00	6.20	-
Tayside	11.00	16.00	0.0	27.00	14,507
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	152.50	191.00	27.70	371.00	13,633

Source: ISD Scotland.

Table 4: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2004

	Clinical Psychologists Grade B	Clinical Psychologists Grade A	Other Applied Psychologists*	Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists	Ratio of Per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists
Argyll and Clyde	10.70	12.20	2.00	24.90	16,693
Ayrshire and Arran	11.00	10.30	1.86	23.16	15,872
Borders	3.90	5.10	1.00	10.00	10,927
Dumfries and Galloway	8.20	4.65	1.00	13.85	10,681
Fife	14.00	24.10	3.00	41.10	8,626
Forth Valley	8.50	7.10	0.80	16.40	17,181
Grampian	9.85	27.30	6.01	43.16	12,141
Greater Glasgow	45.45	50.63	4.90	100.98	8,587
Highland	4.80	8.30	-	13.10	16,133
Lanarkshire	9.70	20.60	3.50	33.80	16,453
Lothian	25.04	31.46	4.40	60.90	12,931
Orkney	0	0	0	0	-
Shetland	0	0	0	0	-
State Hospital	2.70	5.45	1.00	9.15	-
Tayside	11.50	16.60	-	28.10	13,805
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	165.34	223.79	29.47	418.60	12,132

Source: ISDScotland.

Note: *OtherApplied Psychologists includes counselling psychologists, health psychologists,forensic psychologists and neuropsychologists.

Question reference: S2W-22001

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have located to Scotland directly as a result of the Fresh Talent initiative whose average gross weekly earnings were more than £432.20.

Individuals moving to Scotland from the rest of the UK and overseas do so under a variety of means and it is not possible to identify their level of earnings or to what extent they have been influenced by the Fresh Talent initiative on every occasion. However, information on the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme will be collected through a questionnaire which the Relocation Advisory Service will issue to all successful applicants. A breakdown of the data collected through the questionnaires will be issued on a six monthly basis. We expect the first breakdown to be published in the next few months.

Question reference: S2W-22000

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have located to Scotland directly as a result of the Fresh Talent initiative whose average gross weekly earnings were less that £432.20.

Individuals moving to Scotland from the rest of the UK and overseas do so under a variety of means and it is not possible to identify their level of earnings or to what extent they have been influenced by the Fresh Talent Initiative on every occasion. However, information on the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme will be collected through a questionnaire which the Relocation Advisory Service will issue to all successful applicants. A breakdown of the data collected through the questionnaires will be issued on a six monthly basis. We expect the first breakdown to be published in the next few months.

Question reference: S2W-22146

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any Special Branch informants operating against democratic political parties in Scotland and, if so, which political parties and how long the Executive has been aware of such operations.??

Question reference: S2W-21610

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 18 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of (a) contaminated, (b) derelict and (c) vacant land were reclaimed in each of the last three years and how many hectares of such land remain.

Estimates reported by local authorities in the voluntary Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS) are set out in the tables.

Area of Vacant and Derelict Land Brought Back Into Use Since the Previous Survey (Hectares), Scotland, 2002-04^1-5

Area	2002	2003	2004
Reclaimed derelict	293	308	181
- of which formerly contaminated	25	59	37
Reclaimed vacant	391	271	286
Total	684	579	466

Area of Vacant and Derelict Land (Hectares), Scotland, 2002-04^1-5

Area	2002	2003	2004
Derelict	7,767	7,741	7,638
- of which tested and found to be contaminated	2,541	2,489	2,352
Vacant	3,282	3,107	3,023
Total	11,049	10,847	10,661

Notes:

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

2. Sites covering less than 0.1 hectares are excluded.

3. The SVDLS includes only that vacant land which is either located within an urban settlement (with a population of 2,000 or more) or which is located within 1km of such settlements, and which would commonly be considered as having the characteristics of urban vacant land.

4. The SVDLS is not a statutory survey. For those councils that did not provide data for a particular year, data from the previous SVDLS has been used.

5. The SVDLS classifies sites as either being vacant or derelict. Any site that has been tested and found to be contaminated is automatically classified as derelict. The term “contamination” used in the survey is anecdotal and refers simply to the presence of a number of potential contaminants. This differs from the statutory definition in the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Information from the 2005 survey will be published on the 31January 2006. Results of the 2004 survey can be viewed on the Scottish Executive website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00381-00.asp.

Question reference: S2W-21611

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 18 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much capital debt was owed (a) by each local authority and (b) per capita in each local authority area on the most recent date for which figures are available.

The following table shows the total capital debt and per capita debt (for all services) owed by each local authority as at 31 March 2005.

	Total Debt (£ Million)	Total Debt Per Head (£)
Aberdeen City	389.8	1,916
Aberdeenshire	365.9	1,571
Angus	118.7	1,094
Argyll and Bute	223.3	2,449
Clackmannanshire	81.9	1,698
Dumfries and Galloway	188.1	1,272
Dundee City	303.7	2,141
East Ayrshire	188.9	1,578
East Dunbartonshire	118.4	1,111
East Lothian	112.8	1,232
East Renfrewshire	104.4	1,165
Edinburgh, City of	816.1	1,799
Eilean Siar	181.3	6,905
Falkirk	194.0	1,316
Fife	487.5	1,375
Glasgow City	1,281.1	2,218
Highland	551.5	2,609
Inverclyde	224.2	2,720
Midlothian	84.4	1,061
Moray	160.1	1,825
North Ayrshire	192.4	1,415
North Lanarkshire	387.3	1,200
Orkney Islands	33.8	1,735
Perth and Kinross	159.3	1,158
Renfrewshire	274.7	1,610
Scottish Borders	161.0	1,474
Shetland Islands	51.7	2,358
South Ayrshire	172.2	1,540
South Lanarkshire	399.4	1,308
Stirling	150.5	1,743
West Dunbartonshire	188.9	2,054
West Lothian	188.2	1,156
Total all-Scotland	8,535.8	1,681

Notes:

(i) Individual local authority figures may not sum to the all-Scotland total, due to rounding.

(ii) The figures given exclude the police and fire boards/authorities, Forth Estuary Transport Authority, Tay Bridge and Strathclyde Passenger Transport.

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