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Question reference: S2W-28257

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 25 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions in kilotonnes have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available, broken down into the (i) industry and commercial, (ii) domestic, (iii) road transport and (iv) land use change sectors.

Question reference: S2W-28259

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 25 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions have been from all sources per head of population in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available.

Question reference: S2W-28258

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 25 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated levels of CO2 emissions in kilotonnes have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available from (i) industrial electricity, (ii) industrial gas, (iii) industrial and commercial oil, (iv) industrial and commercial wastes and biomass, (v) domestic electricity, (vi) domestic gas, (vii) domestic oil, (viii) domestic solid fuel, (ix) road transport petrol and (x) road transport oil sources.

Question reference: S2W-28256

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available.

Estimated levels of carbon dioxideemissions for 2003 at local authority and regional level are available in a reportentitled Local and Regional CO₂ Emissions Estimates for 2003produced for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).These experimental statistics present estimated emissions in a number of differentways, including totals by area, by sector and per capita.

A copy of the report is availableon the Defra website at:

www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/globatmos/.

Question reference: S2W-28260

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions from domestic sources per head of population have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available.

Question reference: S2W-28266

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 21 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus have a head of the household aged from (i) 16 to 29, (ii) 30 to 44, (iii) 45 to 59, (iv) 60 to 74, (v) 75 to 84 and (vi) over 85.

According to the latesthousehold projections produced by the General Register Office for Scotland,the percentage of households headed by someone in each age group as at 30 June 2006 was:

Age Group	(a) Dundee	(b) Angus
16 to 29	16%	8%
30 to 44	25%	26%
45 to 59	25%	29%
60 to 74	20%	23%
75 to 84	10%	11%
85 and over	3%	3%
Total	100%	100%

(http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/household-estimates-projections/household-projections-for-scotland-2004-based/index.html,Tables 11-16).

Question reference: S2W-28265

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 21 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average household size is in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus.

Question reference: S2W-28005

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rates of elderly people as a result of falls have been in Dundee in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by postcode area.

Due to confidentiality issuesassociated with small numbers, the information requested has been presented by intermediategeography zone rather than postcode area in table 1.

Table 1. HospitalAdmission Rates¹ for Elderly² Patients Admitted as a Resultof Falls³in Dundee⁴ ; by Intermediate Zones for the TimePeriod Ending 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2005

Intermediate Geography	Intermediate Geography	2003		2004		2005^P
Description	Code	Number	Rate¹	Number	Rate¹	Number	Rate¹
Dundee City		583	22.6	642	24.9	585	22.7
Perth Road	S02000199	14	35.6	16	42.3	9	23.8
Westend	S02000200	12	12.8	14	15.0	26	27.9
City Centre	S02000201	17	33.5	13	25.0	6	11.5
Logie and Blackness	S02000202	18	18.8	32	33.9	25	26.5
Docks and Wellgate	S02000203	30	47.6	19	30.0	21	33.1
Balgay	S02000204	11	11.5	19	19.8	26	27.0
Menzieshill	S02000205	27	27.7	27	28.0	23	23.9
Broughty Ferry Wes	S02000206	27	20.1	29	21.0	32	23.2
Craigie and Craigiebank	S02000207	33	22.3	41	28.0	39	26.6
Stobswell	S02000208	14	29.3	15	30.7	15	30.7
Law	S02000209	20	16.4	35	29.6	32	27.0
West Ferry	S02000210	16	17.3	16	17.1	17	18.2
Hilltown	S02000211	40	35.0	46	40.8	26	23.1
Barnhill	S02000212	22	18.6	16	13.7	21	17.9
Broughty Ferry East	S02000213	25	29.8	17	20.2	19	22.5
Lochee	S02000214	39	29.3	23	17.8	27	20.9
Baxter Park	S02000215	8	14.0	9	15.8	12	21.1
Charleston	S02000216	16	19.4	24	29.7	14	17.3
The Glens	S02000217	20	17.7	30	27.4	26	23.7
Douglas East	S02000218	6	8.2	22	31.3	15	21.3
Fairmuir	S02000219	22	19.8	32	29.2	20	18.2
Western Edge	S02000220	11	35.7	7	20.9	11	32.8
Linlathen and Midcraigie	S02000221	22	31.1	25	35.6	12	17.1
Douglas West	S02000222	23	27.3	22	26.6	22	26.6
Caird Park	S02000223	5	10.5	9	19.0	10	21.1
West Pitkerro	S02000224	5	18.4	3	10.3	5	17.1
Ardler and St Marys	S02000225	30	33.8	24	26.2	33	36.1
Whitfield	S02000226	12	20.2	10	16.4	7	11.5
Downfield	S02000227	12	13.7	19	21.5	11	12.4
Kirkton	S02000228	5	12.0	10	23.0	8	18.4
Fintry	S02000229	21	27.9	18	23.5	15	19.6

Source: Scottish MorbidityRecord SMR01 linked database – in-patient/day case discharge summaries fromnon-obstetric/non-psychiatric specialties.

^PInformation for 2005 should be regarded asprovisional.

Notes:

1. Rates are presented per 1,000population.

2. Elderly patients are definedas those of age 65 years and over on admission to hospital.

3. Falls are defined from usingthe International Classification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD10) codes W00-W19,in any position.

4. Dundee is definedas Dundee City Council Area.

Question reference: S2W-28018

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it is giving cities to develop city-wide wi-fi networks.

Question reference: S2W-28004

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rates for diabetes have been in Dundee in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by postcode area.

The number of hospital admissionsfor which diabetes was recorded as the principle diagnosis is shown in table 1.Table 2 includes all hospital admissions for which diabetes was recorded as eithera principle or a secondary diagnosis.

Due to confidentiality issuesassociated with small numbers, the information requested has been presented by intermediategeography zone rather than postcode area in the tables.

Table 1. Hospital AdmissionRates¹ for Patients Admitted for Diabetes²in Dundee³;by Intermediate Zones for the Time Period Ending 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2005

Intermediate Geography⁴	Intermediate Geography	2003		2004		2005^P
Description	Code	Number	Rate¹	Number	Rate¹	Number	Rate¹
Dundee City		105	0.7	140	1.0	138	1.0
Perth Road	S02000199	2	0.4	2	0.4	2	0.4
Westend	S02000200	3	0.5	1	0.2	2	0.3
City Centre	S02000201	10	2.1	8	1.7	4	0.8
Logie and Blackness	S02000202	4	0.8	3	0.6	5	1.0
Docks and Wellgate	S02000203	2	0.4	9	2.0	6	1.3
Balgay	S02000204	4	0.9	7	1.7	2	0.5
Menzieshill	S02000205	4	0.8	3	0.6	9	1.8
Broughty Ferry Wes	S02000206	9	1.8	7	1.4	4	0.8
Craigie and Craigiebank	S02000207	2	0.5	1	0.2	4	1.0
Stobswell	S02000208	6	1.3	4	0.9	5	1.1
Law	S02000209	3	0.8	2	0.5	6	1.6
West Ferry	S02000210	1	0.3	5	1.5	3	0.9
Hilltown	S02000211	5	0.9	4	0.7	2	0.3
Barnhill	S02000212	2	0.4	1	0.2	2	0.4
Broughty Ferry East	S02000213	0	0.0	4	1.0	1	0.2
Lochee	S02000214	7	1.3	2	0.4	3	0.5
Baxter Park	S02000215	5	1.5	4	1.2	2	0.6
Charleston	S02000216	3	0.7	2	0.5	3	0.7
The Glens	S02000217	2	0.4	4	0.8	9	1.9
Douglas East	S02000218	1	0.3	0	0.0	2	0.6
Fairmuir	S02000219	4	0.9	6	1.3	4	0.9
Western Edge	S02000220	1	0.3	1	0.3	0	0.0
Linlathen and Midcraigie	S02000221	5	1.0	12	2.3	11	2.1
Douglas West	S02000222	2	0.5	4	0.9	4	0.9
Caird Park	S02000223	1	0.3	1	0.3	4	1.1
West Pitkerro	S02000224	1	0.2	1	0.2	2	0.5
Ardler and St Marys	S02000225	5	0.9	11	2.1	9	1.7
Whitfield	S02000226	3	0.6	8	1.5	9	1.7
Downfield	S02000227	1	0.2	4	0.8	6	1.2
Kirkton	S02000228	6	1.5	7	1.7	9	2.2
Fintry	S02000229	1	0.2	12	2.2	4	0.7

Table 2. Hospital AdmissionRates¹ for People with Diabetes⁵in Dundee³; byIntermediate Zones for the Time Period Ending 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2005

Intermediate Geography⁴	Intermediate Geography	2003		2004		2005^P
Description	Code	Number	Rate¹	Number	Rate¹	Number	Rate¹
Dundee City		1556	10.9	1781	12.6	2086	14.7
Perth Road	S02000199	16	3.0	23	4.4	45	8.7
Westend	S02000200	30	4.8	23	3.6	27	4.2
City Centre	S02000201	32	6.6	27	5.4	36	7.2
Logie and Blackness	S02000202	48	9.2	48	9.5	62	12.3
Docks and Wellgate	S02000203	42	9.2	49	11.0	55	12.3
Balgay	S02000204	46	10.9	75	18.0	66	15.8
Menzieshill	S02000205	63	12.8	80	16.7	119	24.9
Broughty Ferry Wes	S02000206	59	11.6	71	13.7	71	13.7
Craigie and Craigiebank	S02000207	80	19.1	71	17.1	101	24.3
Stobswell	S02000208	48	10.2	58	12.0	73	15.1
Law	S02000209	60	15.8	58	15.4	89	23.6
West Ferry	S02000210	17	5.2	43	13.1	47	14.4
Hilltown	S02000211	65	11.2	63	10.8	62	10.6
Barnhill	S02000212	66	13.0	54	10.7	56	11.1
Broughty Ferry East	S02000213	31	7.7	55	14.0	48	12.2
Lochee	S02000214	82	14.8	133	24.7	105	19.5
Baxter Park	S02000215	41	12.3	44	13.3	57	17.2
Charleston	S02000216	51	12.5	55	13.9	49	12.4
The Glens	S02000217	88	18.4	81	17.3	123	26.3
Douglas East	S02000218	54	15.4	62	18.2	58	17.0
Fairmuir	S02000219	67	14.4	86	18.9	89	19.5
Western Edge	S02000220	11	3.6	15	4.9	14	4.5
Linlathen and Midcraigie	S02000221	59	11.3	71	13.6	87	16.7
Douglas West	S02000222	71	16.0	78	18.5	114	27.0
Caird Park	S02000223	32	9.1	46	13.4	52	15.1
West Pitkerro	S02000224	19	4.4	16	3.6	24	5.4
Ardler and St Marys	S02000225	80	15.1	80	15.1	106	20.0
Whitfield	S02000226	64	11.8	50	9.1	53	9.7
Downfield	S02000227	36	7.0	61	12.1	59	11.7
Kirkton	S02000228	39	9.7	42	10.8	69	17.7
Fintry	S02000229	59	10.8	63	11.7	70	13.0

Source: ISD Scotland. ScottishMorbidity Record SMR01 linked database – in-patient/day case discharge summariesfrom non-obstetric/non-psychiatric specialties.

^PInformation for 2005 should be regarded asprovisional.

Notes:

1. Ratesare presented for number of hospital admissions per 1,000 population.

2. Diabetesin table 1 is defined using from the International Classification of Diseases 10threvision (ICD10), codes E10-E14 in the principal diagnostic position.

3. Dundee is definedas Dundee City Council Area.

4. Theinformation for Dundee City in the tables are presented by “intermediate zone”. Thesezones build on the well established postcode and census geographies and are nowthe key geographies for disseminating government statistics and for supporting policymaking. Intermediate zones are designed to contain between 2,500 and 6,000 peopleand to fit within local authorities. For further information see Scottish NeighbourhoodStatistics: Intermediate Geography Background Information (Scottish Executive,2005) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/society/snsigbi-00.asp.

5. Diabetes in table 2 is defined using from the InternationalClassification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD10), codes E10-E14 in any position.Up to six diagnoses (one principle, five secondary) are recorded on the SMR01 returns.All six diagnoses have been used to select diabetes.