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Question reference: S3W-13745

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 19 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated for investment in affordable houses for rent in the Angus Council area in each year since 2004-05, also showing the allocations in real terms.

The grant allocation at the beginning of each financial year is a single figure which includes provision for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP). In addition to the provision of affordable housing for rent this includes an allocation for grant mechanisms providing low cost home ownership and grants for the physical and social environment. The allocation for affordable housing for rent is not recorded separately.

The table below provides details of the allocation of AIHP in Angus Council area since 2004-05.

Financial Year	AHIP Allocation	Real Terms
2004-05	£2.228 million	£2.487 million
2005-06	£4.000 million	£4.370 million
2006-07	£4.000 million	£4.254 million
2007-08	£5.714 million	£5.885 million
2008-09	£3.890 million	£3.890 million

Over the period 2008-11 the Scottish Government will be providing investment of over £1.5 billion for affordable housing across Scotland. £493 million in 2008-09, £566 million in 2009-10 and £591 million in 2010-11. Taking into account the local government settlement this is 19% more than planned by the previous administration for 2005-08. Over the period 2008-11 the Scottish Government aims to deliver more than 21,500 new affordable homes nationally which is in line with levels of approvals achieved for 2005-08 despite increasing costs. These will be split 6,000 in 2008-09, 7,100 in 2009-10 and 8,400 in 2010-11.

Question reference: S3W-13969

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of three to five-year-olds were registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by community health partnership.

The information requested is not available prior to March 2007 for all community health partnership areas. The tables present information as at March, June, September and December 2007. They do not represent the percentages of people in each Community Health Partnership who are registered. Registrations (numerator) are based on the postcode of the practice where the patient has registered with a general dental practitioner. The population (denominator) is based on where the patient resides, in this case the Community Health Partnership. In some cases, the number of registrations may exceed the actual number of “people” in the chosen population.

Percentage of Three to Five-Year-Olds Registered with an NHS Dentist; by Community Health Partnership

Community Health Partnership	March 2007 %	June 2007 %	September 2007 %	December 2007 %
East Ayrshire Community Health Partnership	59.4	58.9	60.3	61.9
North Ayrshire Community Health Partnership	66.0	67.6	70.4	72.4
South Ayrshire Community Health Partnership	91.9	91.9	96.0	99.2
Scottish Borders Community Health and Care Partnership	58.8	58.0	58.6	61.2
Dumfries and Galloway Community Health Partnership	66.3	69.3	73.2	76.5
Dunfermline and West Fife Community Health Partnership	55.8	55.2	56.8	56.2
Glenrothes and North East Fife Community Health Partnership	52.6	52.8	54.2	55.9
Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth Community Health Partnership	82.6	83.6	86.8	91.4
Clackmannanshire Community Health Partnership	64.0	63.3	64.7	69.3
Falkirk Community Health Partnership	66.3	68.3	71.4	74.7
Stirling Community Health Partnership	69.0	70.5	73.5	73.7
Aberdeen City Community Health Partnership	65.6	67.1	69.3	70.2
Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership	57.1	56.1	58.6	59.3
Moray Community Health and Social Care Partnership	49.6	48.8	49.8	49.4
East Dunbartonshire Community Health Partnership	74.6	74.8	78.3	79.9
East Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership	76.2	77.2	80.8	84.1
East Renfrewshire Community Health and Care Partnership	78.3	78.7	80.9	82.2
Inverclyde Community Health Partnership	74.5	77.7	80.8	85.4
North Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership	53.3	54.5	56.8	61.0
Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership	67.9	69.3	72.5	74.2
South East Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership	84.9	86.7	90.5	93.8
South West Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership	65.4	66.0	69.3	71.3
West Dunbartonshire Community Health Partnership	70.3	71.9	75.4	77.5
West Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership¹	101.7	103.1	109.1	112.3
Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership	61.5	62.3	64.7	65.9
Mid Highland Community Health Partnership	44.6	42.8	40.3	39.8
North Highland Community Health Partnership	36.7	32.6	32.1	32.0
South East Highland Community Health Partnership¹	80.1	87.6	101.0	106.9
North Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership	67.3	68.4	70.4	72.2
South Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership	70.0	70.3	73.7	75.6
East Lothian Community Health Partnership	75.3	75.3	76.8	76.4
Midlothian Community Health Partnership	65.6	64.3	66.6	66.5
West Lothian Community Health and Care Partnership	73.8	74.2	78.3	81.1
Orkney Community Health Partnership	38.6	44.4	52.0	53.3
Shetland Community Health Partnership	60.3	58.5	65.0	69.4
Angus Community Health Partnership	70.5	69.0	68.6	67.4
Dundee Community Health Partnership	84.0	85.8	92.1	93.5
Perth and Kinross Community Health Partnership	68.4	69.6	71.7	71.1
Western Isles Community Health Partnership	39.1	45.7	48.6	52.6
Edinburgh Community Health Partnership	79.3	80.6	83.9	86.3

Source: ISD Scotland.

Note: Registrations (numerator) are based on the postcode of the practice where the patient has registered with a general dental practitioner as opposed to the postcode of the patient. The population (denominator) is based on where the patient resides, in this case the Community Health Partnership. In some cases, the number of registrations may exceed the actual number of “people” in the chosen population.

Question reference: S3W-13900

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13563 by Stewart Maxwell on 4 June 2008, what figures were used for the cost of building council houses of various sizes in determining that £25 million would be spent on an incentive package to build new council houses over the next three years.

Question reference: S3W-14032

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the workforce in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside has participated in SHAW (Scotland's Health at Work) in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Question reference: S3W-14035

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employers with over 250 employees were registered in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside with SHAW (Scotland's Health at Work) in each of the last three years for which information is available and, of these, how many received (i) bronze, (ii) silver and (iii) gold awards.

The following table gives the number of organisations in Dundee and Tayside with more than 250 employees registered with the Scotland’s Health at Work (SHAW) Award scheme. There are no details held centrally of numbers in this category achieving an Award.

Number of Organisations Registered with SHAW

Year	Dundee	Tayside
2004-05	3	43
2005-06	7	49
2006-07	8	52

Question reference: S3W-14034

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many small and medium enterprises were registered in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside with SHAW (Scotland's Health at Work) in each of the last three years for which information is available and, of these, how many received (i) bronze, (ii) silver and (iii) gold awards.

The following table gives the number of organisations with less than 250 employees registered with the Scotland’s Health At Work (SHAW) Award scheme. There are no details held centrally of numbers in this category achieving an award.

Year	Dundee	Tayside
2004-05	21	108
2005-06	41	138
2006-07	48	157

Question reference: S3W-14033

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many organisations were registered in (a) Dundee and (b) Tayside with SHAW (Scotland's Health at Work) in each of the last three years for which information is available and, of these, how many received (i) bronze, (ii) silver and (iii) gold awards.

The following table records the number of organisations registered for SHAW for the period 2004-07.

Year	Dundee	Tayside
2004-05	24	151
2005-06	48	187
2006-07	56	209

The following table records the awards presented in Tayside for the period 2004-07.

Year	Bronze	Silver	Gold
2004-05	30	1	0
2005-06	23	2	0
2006-07	21	16	3

Question reference: S3W-13747

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects long-term conditions action teams in community health partnerships to engage with condition-specific (a) specialist teams or (b) nurse specialists where a managed clinical or care network has not been established.

Question reference: S3W-13748

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executivewhether all members of the long-term conditions action teams in community health partnerships will be expected to work across all long-term conditions or whether they will be permitted to sub-specialise.

Question reference: S3W-13749

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether condition-specific nurse specialists currently employed within community health partnerships will become members of long-term conditions action teams.