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The Police Grant Aided Expenditure figures (£000) for Tayside for the last three years are as follows:

2005-06	76,393
2006-07	79,211
2007-08	81,187

Note: Actual expenditure figures for each police force area are published in HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland''s annual reports.

Standardised death rates per 1,000 population for individual local authority areas, and for Scotland as a whole, for 2006 are given in table 2 of Scotland''s Population 2006, the Annual Report of the Registrar General, published by the General Register Office for Scotland in 2007, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43115). These figures also appear, together with rates for individual health board areas, in Vital Events Reference Table 1.3, which is available from the GROS Website via this address:

 http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/vital-events/vital-events-reference-tables-2006/section-1-summary.html.

The other information requested is given in the following table.

Standardised Death Rates and Numbers of Deaths Registered in Scotland in 2006 - by Area¹ and SIMD Quintile²

	Standardised Death Rate Per 1,000 Population3				Number of Deaths4,5
SIMD Quintile	Dundee	Angus	Tayside H.B.	Scotland	Dundee	Angus	Tayside H.B.	Scotland
1	12.0	12.4	12.2	14.2	614	99	796	13,349
2	11.0	10.3	10.9	11.8	429	215	815	12,440
3	8.9	9.9	9.9	10.6	132	308	791	11,304
4	9.7	8.1	9.2	9.5	225	353	1,324	10,104
5	7.1	9.9	8.1	8.0	169	218	661	7,896

Note:

1. Deaths of Scottish residents are counted on the basis of the addresses of their usual residences (as recorded when their deaths were registered); deaths of non-residents are counted on the basis of where they died.

2. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is produced using a range of statistical information for each of the datazones in Scotland (which have 500-1,000 residents each). For Scotland as a whole, quintile 1 contains the most deprived 20% of datazones, and quintile 5 contains the least deprived 20% of datazones, when classified on the basis used for the SIMD. In the case of the other geographic areas, the figures for each quintile were produced from the data for the parts of those areas that are in each SIMD quintile - so the figures for (e.g.) quintile 1 of a particular area could have been produced from the data for considerably more (or less) than 20% of that area: it all depends upon what percentage of the area is in SIMD quintile 1.

3. These figures were produced by using the distribution by age of the overall Scottish population for 2006. That is the same method as was used to produce the standardised death rates which appear in table 2 of Scotland''s Population 2006.

4. The total number of deaths from which the standardised death rate was calculated. This may be small because only a small proportion of an area was in a particular SIMD quintile: if so, the standardised death rate for a single year might not provide a reliable indication of the normal level of mortality because there could be large year-to-year percentage changes in the number of deaths. For example, if a particular quintile tended to have around 100 deaths per year, it would not be surprising if its figures fluctuated by 10-20% between one year and the next.

5. The sum of the figures for all the quintiles may differ slightly from the published total number of deaths for an area. There may be a number of reasons for this: for example, some of the datazones used in the SIMD might not fit properly within the boundary of the area, or corrections may have been made to some of the underlying data after the published figures were produced.

Referrals to the Reporter under Section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. has misused alcohol or any drug, whether or not a controlled drug within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971):

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Dundee	20	37	27
Angus	<5	<5	<5

Source: Scottish Children''s Reporter Administration.

Notes:

These figures relate to referrals received by the Children''s Reporter and not to the numbers of children referred.

Years run from 1 April to 31 March.

Community nurses who take part in the Community Health Nurse pilots will undertake training to enable them to be competent in the new role which will cover all of these areas.

In Scotland, under the auspices of the UK-wide Modernising Nursing Careers initiative, an advanced practice toolkit to identify the capabilities and competences of nurse practitioners at senior, advanced and consultant level, whether in a specialist or generalist setting, is under development. The toolkit which will be launched in autumn 2008.

Nurses working in community settings already refer to a condition specific nurse should a patient''s condition indicate that this is necessary. This will not alter under the community health nurse pilot.

Referrals to the reporter on grounds (Section 52(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995)

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Dundee	2,994	2,995	2,319
Angus	778	1,189	1,096

Source: Scottish Children''s Reporter Administration.

These figures relate to referrals received by the Children''s Reporter and not to the number of children referred. These figures include referrals on all grounds (both offence and non-offence).

Years run from 1 April to 31 March.

The following table provides net expenditure by Dundee City and Angus councils on adults with addictions/substance misuse from 2004-05 to 2006-07. This information is reported by councils to the Scottish Government in the annual local financial return for social work.

	Year
Council	2004-05 (£000)	2005-06 (£000)	2006-07 (£000)
Dundee City	252	285	280
Angus	235	248	250

 

Referrals to the Reporter under Section 52 (2)(c) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. is likely to suffer unnecessarily; or be impaired in his health or development, due to lack of parental care)

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Dundee	448	467	389
Angus	142	149	272

Source: Scottish Children''s Reporter Administration.

These figures relate to referrals received by the Children''s Reporter and not to the numbers of children referred.

Years run from 1 April to 31 March.

Announcement of the 2008-09 affordable housing investment programme at local authority level will be made shortly. Plans for 2009-10 and 2010-11 will be announced nearer the time.