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Question reference: S3W-28674

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what actions it has taken to survey the numbers of (a) Gypsy/Travellers, (b) Gypsy/Traveller caravans and (c) pitches accessible to Gypsy/Travellers in each year since 2001.

The Scottish Government gathers this information through the Gypsies/Travellers in Scotland - Twice Yearly Count. The count began in July 1998 and gathers information on Gypsy/Traveller households on official sites, private sites and unauthorised encampments. The Gypsies/Travellers in Scotland “ Twice Yearly Count publications from 2002 onwards are available on the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent.

Question reference: S3W-28300

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) number and (b) rate of hospital admissions has been of people aged 65 and over in (i) Dundee and (ii) Angus as a result of falls in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by intermediate geographical zone.

The number of emergency admissions into acute hospital care due to a fall for residents of (i) Angus and (ii) Dundee City council areas aged 65 and over are shown in the following tables.

Table 1: Number and rate of hospital admissions due to fall in Angus council area, by intermediate geographical zone, for patients aged 65+, for financial years of discharge 2005-06 to 2007-08.

Intermediate Geographical Zone		Number of Hospital Admissions			Rate Per 1,000 Population¹
Intermediate Geographical Zone		2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
S02000105	Monifieth West	14	14	11	22.3	22.5	17.4
S02000106	Monifieth East	22	24	28	18.2	19.9	23.1
S02000107	Carnoustie West	16	15	13	21.5	20.1	16.9
S02000108	Carnoustie East	19	18	26	17.4	16.2	22.9
S02000109	Monikie	7	7	5	14.3	13.4	8.9
S02000110	South Angus	14	12	8	15.6	12.8	8.0
S02000111	Arbroath Keptie	8	12	18	8.9	13.0	19.9
S02000112	Arbroath Harbour	19	12	20	19.4	12.7	21.3
S02000113	Arbroath Kirkton	11	9	22	12.3	9.8	23.7
S02000114	Arbroath Cliffburn	10	14	14	12.5	17.6	17.4
S02000115	Arbroath Warddykes	7	3	10	11.3	4.8	15.3
S02000116	Letham and Glamis	11	5	8	12.4	5.4	8.3
S02000117	Kirriemuir Landward	10	3	11	18.4	5.6	20.3
S02000118	Forfar West	10	14	21	10.5	14.8	21.7
S02000119	Forfar Central	19	37	17	19.8	38.7	18.0
S02000120	Forfar East	11	22	22	13.0	25.3	24.7
S02000121	Lunan	5	7	8	11.2	15.5	16.9
S02000122	Friockheim	12	11	18	12.1	10.8	16.9
S02000123	Kirriemuir	24	14	14	20.4	11.6	11.6
S02000124	Montrose South	23	31	33	21.3	28.5	30.6
S02000125	Montrose North	15	16	17	16.7	17.7	19.1
S02000126	Brechin East	9	13	10	16.8	23.7	18.0
S02000127	Brechin West	15	10	18	17.6	12.2	22.2
S02000128	Hillside	3	5	6	6.4	10.6	12.2
S02000129	Angus Glens	11	12	11	18.0	18.8	16.9
Angus		325	340	389	15.8	16.4	18.1

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).

Note: 1. Population based on GRO(S) mid-year estimates for persons aged 65+.

Table 2: Number of hospital admissions due to fall in Dundee City council area, by intermediate geographical zone, for patients aged 65+, for financial years of discharge 2005-06 to 2007-08.

Intermediate Geographical Zone		Number of Hospital Admissions			Rate Per 1,000 Population¹
Intermediate Geographical Zone		2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
S02000199	Perth Road	7	6	6	17.9	15.2	15.3
S02000200	Westend	24	14	17	24.6	14.7	17.5
S02000201	City Centre	6	9	17	11.6	17.6	33.3
S02000202	Logie and Blackness	21	35	25	22.9	38.2	27.9
S02000203	Docks and Wellgate	17	15	18	26.1	23.8	29.0
S02000204	Balgay	13	20	10	13.6	20.7	10.4
S02000205	Menzieshill	18	16	16	19.1	17.5	18.2
S02000206	Broughty Ferry Wes	27	34	30	20.1	25.6	22.1
S02000207	Craigie and Craigiebank	31	28	29	21.6	19.9	21.3
S02000208	Stobswell	13	10	6	26.4	20.4	12.3
S02000209	Law	22	22	24	18.7	18.6	20.3
S02000210	West Ferry	14	19	19	14.7	19.6	19.8
S02000211	Hilltown	19	27	28	17.2	24.8	25.9
S02000212	Barnhill	16	20	26	13.8	16.5	20.5
S02000213	Broughty Ferry East	11	13	16	12.7	14.7	17.7
S02000214	Lochee	23	21	33	18.1	16.8	27.2
S02000215	Baxter Park	10	6	7	18.1	10.9	12.6
S02000216	Charleston	16	18	9	20.3	23.8	12.2
S02000217	The Glens	18	14	28	16.5	12.8	26.5
S02000218	Douglas East	13	17	12	18.5	25.3	17.9
S02000219	Fairmuir	18	23	15	16.4	21.4	13.6
S02000220	Western Edge	6	6	10	18.0	17.8	27.2
S02000221	Linlathen and Midcraigie	10	20	22	14.2	29.5	32.2
S02000222	Douglas West	14	18	12	18.4	24.0	16.3
S02000223	Caird Park	6	4	3	12.9	8.6	6.4
S02000224	West Pitkerro	8	4	3	25.7	12.0	8.4
S02000225	Ardler and St Marys	29	17	20	31.4	17.4	20.0
S02000226	Whitfield	5	9	8	8.0	14.2	12.2
S02000227	Downfield	10	12	16	10.6	12.6	16.3
S02000228	Kirkton	10	7	9	22.5	15.4	19.0
S02000229	Fintry	10	18	13	12.8	22.9	16.3
Dundee City		465	502	507	18.1	19.6	19.0

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).

Note: 1. Population based on GRO(S) mid-year estimates for persons aged 65+.

Question reference: S3W-28534

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Housing Association Grant was awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last three financial years, expressed in real terms.

Housing Association Grant is available to registered social landlords to acquire land or buildings and to build, convert or improve housing for rent or low cost home ownership.

The following table provides details of the Housing Association Grant awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last three financial years, expressed in real terms.

Registered Social Landlord	Dundee 2006-07 (£ million)	Dundee 2007-08 (£ million)	Dundee 2008-09 (£ million)	Angus 2006-07 (£ million)	Angus 2007-08 (£ million)	Angus 2008-09 (£ million)
Abertay Housing Association Ltd	0.503	1.842	0.641	0	0	0
Angus Housing Association Ltd	0.141	1.002	0.038	3.317	4.758	2.566
Ark Housing Association Ltd	0	0	0	0	0.001	0
Bield Housing Association Ltd	0.0506	0.098	0.065	0.021	0.014	0.01
Cairn Housing Association Ltd	0.007	0.014	0.003	0	0	0.009
Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd	3.315	5.295	3.348	2.479	0.750	0.636
Home in Scotland Ltd	0.816	3.572	2.598	0	0	0
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association Ltd	0.434	2.124	0.917	0.751	0.135	0.009
Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	3.497	0.027	0.03	0	0	0
Servite Housing Association (Scotland) Ltd	3.599	1.452	0.714	2.433	1.872	0.543
Trust Housing Association Ltd	0	0	0	0.614	0.014	0.022
Total	12.363	15.427	8.354	9.615	7.545	3.795

Note: 1. The adjustment for inflation was calculated using the UK GDP deflator, values are expressed in 2008-09 prices.

Question reference: S3W-28533

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Housing Association Grant was awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last three financial years.

Housing Association Grant is available to registered social landlords to acquire land or buildings and to build, convert or improve housing for rent or low cost home ownership.

The following table provides details of the Housing Association Grant awarded to each registered social landlord in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last three financial years.

Registered Social Landlord	Dundee 2006-07 (£ million)	Dundee 2007-08 (£ million)	Dundee 2008-09 (£ million)	Angus 2006-07 (£ million)	Angus 2007-08 (£ million)	Angus 2008-09 (£ million)
Abertay Housing Association Ltd	0.477	1.798	0.641	0	0	0
Angus Housing Association Ltd	0.134	0.978	0.038	3.147	4.644	2.566
Ark Housing Association Ltd	0	0	0	0	0.001	0
Bield Housing Association Ltd	0.048	0.096	0.065	0.02	0.014	0.01
Cairn Housing Association Ltd	0.007	0.014	0.003	0	0	0.009
Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd	3.145	5.168	3.348	2.352	0.732	0.636
Home in Scotland Ltd	0.774	3.486	2.598	0	0	0
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association Ltd	0.412	2.073	0.917	0.712	0.132	0.009
Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	3.317	0.028	0.03	0	0	0
Servite Housing Association (Scotland) Ltd	3.414	1.417	0.714	2.308	1.827	0.543
Trust Housing Association Ltd	0	0	0	0.582	0.014	0.022
Total	11.728	15.058	8.354	9.121	7.364	3.795

The Dundee and Angus areas benefited from resources being brought forward by the Scottish Government into 2008-09 through the Accelerated Funding Programme. A £0.701 million allocation funded the acquisition of eight additional homes for rent in Dundee by Hillcrest Housing Association. A £0.525 million allocation funded the acquisition of land in Angus by Angus Housing Association.

Question reference: S3W-28462

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will name the research projects on equality issues undertaken jointly by it and the Economic and Social Research Council during the period 2007 to 2009.

The Scottish Government undertakes joint funded PhD schemes with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The Internship scheme enables second or third year ESRC PhD students to work in the Scottish Government on short three-month placements. The PhD scheme enables the Scottish Government and ESRC to joint fund PhDs on areas of common interest. The Scottish Government has participated in 10 such projects on equality issues between 2007 and 2009, as outlined below:

No relevant research projects were undertaken in 2007.

The following three-month internships took place in 2008 and 2009:

1. Independent living literature review, from February to May 2008.

2. Review of evidence on the experiences of domestic violence, from May to August 2008.

3. Review of the evidence on Islamophobia in Scotland, from July to October 2008.

4. Review of the evidence on the attitudes of people in Scotland to children of LGBT parents, September to November 2008.

5. Evidence review for British Sign Language as a curriculum subject at school, from April to July 2009.

6. Experiences of being transgender in Scotland, from July to October 2009.

7. Occupational segregation (OS): study exploring how deeply OS is ingrained in public attitudes from September to December 2009.

The following three PhDs are being jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the Economic and Social Research Council:

1. Transgender people''s experiences of Health and Social Care Service Provision in Scotland is being undertaken at the University of Edinburgh from September 2009 until September 2013.

2. Muslim Women in Scotland: global events, national issues, local lives Institution is being undertaken at Newcastle University from September 2008 until September 2011.

3. Muslim women''s experiences of extended family violence in Scotland is being undertaken at the University of Edinburgh from September 2008 until September 2012.

Question reference: S3W-28461

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the names of refuge centres for abused women in each local authority.

Question reference: S3W-28460

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundant apprentices have achieved employment through the ScotAction programme since its launch in May 2009.

Question reference: S3O-08183

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 29 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it plans to have with the National Galleries of Scotland regarding the number of proposed venues across Scotland and their availability and accessibility to ensure that Titian’s Diana and Actaeon can be viewed by as large an audience as possible.

Question reference: S3W-27446

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 7 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of core funding is projected for the Scottish Youth Parliament over the next three years.

Question reference: S3W-27085

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Frank Mulholland on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 that have been reported to procurators fiscal in each year since 2005 resulted in a successful prosecution, broken down by section of the Act.

The following table shows (for charges reported in each financial year) the number of charges which resulted in a conviction. A number of charges are still subject of on-going court proceedings and these are also included in the table.

Charges: Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005^1,2

Section	Charge Outcome	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	Total
S 1(1)	Convicted	47	41	51	157	296
	Proceedings still on-going	0	1	1	22	24
S 1(1) Total		47	42	52	179	320
S 2(1)	Convicted	44	120	103	49	316
	Proceedings still on-going	0	1	1	4	6
S 2(1) Total		44	121	104	53	322
S 3(1)	Convicted	2	3	2	5	12
	Proceedings still on-going	0	0	0	1	1
S 3(1) Total		2	3	2	6	13
S 5(1)	Convicted	73	147	158	157	535
	Proceedings still on-going	0	2	1	20	23
S 5(1) Total		73	149	159	177	558
All Sections		166	315	317	415	1,213

Notes

1. The information for this question has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s Case Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency the database will record details only of the amended charge.

2. The database is charge-based. The figures quoted therefore relate to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.

3. The information in this answer reflects the position on 10 September 2009.

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