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As part of the on-going planned development of a pan-Scotland NHS PET/CT service, information on the number of PET/CT scans carried out has been collected centrally since April 2006-07, see table below. Data were not routinely collected centrally prior to that date.

NHS Board	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Borders	25	23	73
Forth Valley	22	14	87
Lanarkshire	63	120	343
Tayside	45	93	115
Highland	63	100	96
Fife	57	91	145
Dumfries and Galloway	30	70	95
Ayrshire and Arran	29	54	111
Lothian	274	438	556
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	197	374	1,076
Grampian	172	200	348
Total	977	1,577	3,045

Notes:

1. The 2007-08 figures for NHS Lothian, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and Forth Valley are for the year to end December 2007 only (see note 2 below), all others are for the fiscal year April 2007 to March 2008.

2. Because monthly data are not available for January to December 2008 for NHS Lothian, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and Forth Valley the 2008-09 figures include full calendar year January to December 2008 as well as the period January to March 2009. For these boards the figures for this period therefore under report the actual activity for 2007-08 and inflate the total for fiscal year 2008-09.

3. Data on the total number of scans undertaken by NHS Grampian in March 2009 are included, but a breakdown by NHS board is not yet available, therefore the total for NHS Grampian for 2008-09 will be slightly less and the total for some other boards slightly higher, however the grand total represents the totality of scans undertaken throughout the year.

There are currently three PET/CT scanners, situated in NHS Grampian (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary), NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Gartnavel General Hospital) and NHS Lothian (Western General Hospital, Edinburgh).

This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0326-01.htm

The information requested is shown in the following table, and represents the best estimates available, rather an exact count, for the following reasons.

This information uses groups of causes of deaths. In the case of some of the groups, it is thought that all the deaths from those causes are due to the specified type of thrombosis; in the case of the other groups, it is thought that most of the deaths from those causes are due to the specified types of thrombosis. This is because thrombosis is not a diagnosis, but a mechanism through which diseases cause their effects. Doctors certifying death record the disease or condition relating to death, but do not record the mechanism of disease, which is not known in every case. Some conditions are caused exclusively by thrombosis, but for other conditions, such as stroke, thrombosis contributes only to some, or most, cases. For such conditions, information about the proportion of cases in which there was thrombosis is not routinely available.

In addition, the groups are defined, for the years 1998 and 1999, in terms of codes from the ninth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-9), and, for the years 2000 to 2002, in terms of codes from the tenth revision of that classification (ICD-10). This is because the General Register Office for Scotland used ICD-9 codes to classify deaths which were registered up to 1999, and ICD-10 codes for deaths which were registered from 2000.

The figures for 1998 and 1999 are therefore on a different basis from those for 2000 and later years, due to the change in the classification. The figures for 1998 and 1999 are likely to be less reliable than those for 2000 onwards, because the ICD-9 code-list was generally less detailed than the ICD-10 one. The groups shown here may therefore differ from those which have been used, on other occasions, to provide statistics of the numbers of deaths caused by particular types of thrombosis.

As the figures demonstrate, the vast majority of these deaths are caused by clots in the coronary arteries, which result in certain types of heart attack, and clots in the brain, which result in certain types of stroke.

Cause of Death	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Coronary thrombosis - all cases are due to it (1)	8,809	8,577	7,508	7,326	7,269
Coronary thrombosis - most cases are due to it (2)	4,592	4,747	4,793	4,469	4,295
Cerebral thrombosis (venous and arterial) - all cases are due to it (3)	73	102	78	70	51
Cerebral thrombosis (venous and arterial) - most cases are due to cerebral or pre-cerebral thrombosis (4)	4,899	4,489	3,888	3,647	3,702
Peripheral arterial thrombosis - most cases are due to it (5)	247	281	229	261	264
Venous thrombosis at various sites - all cases are due to it (6)	3	2	2	2	2
Venous thrombosis at various sites - most cases are due to it (7)	119	125	193	197	202
Other conditions caused by thrombosis - all cases are due to it (8)	0	0	0	0	0
Other conditions caused by thrombosis - most cases are due to it (9)	33	23	18	14	9

Source: General Register Office for Scotland

(1) - ICD-9 code 410.9.

ICD-10 codes I21, I22, I23.6, I24.0. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I21.9, which covers acute myocardial infarction, unspecified.

(2) - ICD-9 codes 411.9, 412.9, 414.

ICD-10 code I25, which covers chronic ischaemic heart disease.

(3) - ICD-9 codes 434.0, 437.6, 671.5.

ICD-10 codes I63.0, I63.3, I63.6, I67.6, O22.5, O87.3. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I63.3, which covers cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteries.

(4) - ICD-9 codes 325.9, 433, 434.9, 436.9, 437.0, 437.1, 438.9.

ICD-10 codes G08, I63.2, I63.5, I63.8, I63.9, I64, I65, I66, I67.2, I67.8, I69.3, I69.4. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I64, which covers stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction.

(5) - ICD-9 codes 444, 557.

ICD-10 codes I74, K55.0, K55.1, K55.9. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I74.9, which covers embolism and thrombosis of unspecified artery.

(6) - ICD-9 codes 362.3, 452.9, 671.2, 671.3, 671.4.

ICD-10 codes H34.8, I81, O22.2, O22.3, O87.1.

(7) - ICD-9 codes 451, 671.2, 671.9.

ICD-10 codes I80, O22.9, O87.0, O87.9. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I80.2, which covers phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other deep vessels of lower extremities.

(8) - ICD-9 codes - no suitable ICD-9 code.

ICD-10 code I51.3.

(9) - ICD-9 codes 336.1, 362.3, 453, 593.8, 607.8, 608.8, 663.6.

ICD-10 codes O69.5, D73.5, G95.1, H34.2, I82, N28.0, N48.8, N50.1.

The Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) recommends major upgrades to the A96, including 2+1 sections, climbing lanes and overtaking lay-bys, local realignments/junction improvements, upgrading to dual carriageway between Inverness and Nairn, a bypass of Nairn and a new Inveramsay Bridge.

The detailed design and development of the new Inveramsay Bridge to remove the shuttleworking section will be taken forward in the context of these upgrades to the A96.

Delivery of these schemes will be prioritised in future spending reviews.

The number of voluntary organisations in Scotland, which by definition will use volunteers in some capacity, can not be identified with accuracy. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has estimated there may be about 45,000 and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has over 23,800 charities on its register. However, neither of these figures will include the huge number of informal local groups who come together to pursue a common interest.

The essence of volunteering is that people just do it, often outside any formal setting or organisation, and without any requirement to register. Consequently there can be no precise quantification of the numbers.

Research by Volunteering Development Scotland suggests that the number of volunteers in Scotland lies in the range 1.3 to 2 million. The Scottish Household Survey also collects some information about rates of volunteering.

Information on the number of fathers claiming statutory paternity pay is not held by the Scottish Government.

The Department for Work and Pensions have collected some information about the proportion of new fathers taking paternity leave and claiming statutory paternity pay at a UK level:

Maternity and Paternity Rights and Benefits: Survey of Parents 2005:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file27446.pdf.

Information on the number of employee jobs in the manufacturing sector is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The ABI does not include  self-employed jobs.

Table 1 shows the number of employee jobs in the manufacturing sector by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1999. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1999 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Manufacturing Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1999-2007

Parliamentary Constituency	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Aberdeen Central	2,900	2,900	2,500	2,800	1,900	1,800	2,000	1,600	1,900
Aberdeen North	8,300	8,000	9,100	8,000	6,400	6,700	7,000	7,500	7,600
Aberdeen South	4,200	3,900	3,700	3,700	3,300	3,300	3,500	3,000	3,400
Airdrie and Shotts	2,800	3,000	2,800	2,900	3,100	2,300	1,500	1,600	1,700
Angus	4,600	5,200	3,700	3,400	3,800	3,600	3,200	3,200	3,300
Argyll and Bute	1,500	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,500	1,100	1,200	1,200
Ayr	5,500	4,500	4,500	4,200	3,700	4,500	4,500	4,200	4,500
Banff and Buchan	6,100	6,500	5,800	5,100	5,300	5,500	6,100	5,300	5,000
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	3,600	2,900	3,600	4,000	3,200	3,400	2,900	3,000	3,000
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	4,300	3,400	2,600	2,900	2,400	2,300	2,200	2,000	1,900
Central Fife	10,200	9,300	9,800	9,000	7,800	7,400	7,100	7,100	6,700
Clydebank and Milngavie	2,900	2,000	2,300	2,000	2,700	2,600	2,600	2,600	1,500
Clydesdale	3,800	2,900	2,100	1,700	1,700	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,700
Coatbridge and Chryston	2,500	2,200	2,400	2,200	2,000	2,100	2,300	2,200	2,200
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	5,100	4,200	4,100	3,500	3,400	3,100	3,000	2,800	3,600
Cunninghame North	2,600	2,400	2,700	2,500	2,100	2,000	1,900	1,900	2,100
Cunninghame South	7,700	6,900	7,000	5,600	5,300	4,700	4,500	3,900	3,600
Dumbarton	3,300	2,700	2,400	2,400	1,300	1,200	1,200	1,100	1,800
Dumfries	6,400	6,800	7,000	5,900	5,300	4,800	5,200	4,800	4,800
Dundee East	4,800	4,900	5,000	4,400	4,400	4,400	4,300	3,700	3,700
Dundee West	6,500	6,200	6,000	4,800	5,400	5,800	4,800	4,900	3,900
Dunfermline East	8,800	8,400	7,100	6,900	4,100	5,100	4,800	4,800	4,900
Dunfermline West	3,500	3,500	3,100	3,400	4,700	3,600	3,100	2,500	2,200
East Kilbride	11,200	10,500	10,800	10,100	9,800	8,900	9,000	8,100	8,100
East Lothian	2,200	2,400	2,500	2,600	1,800	1,600	1,600	1,600	1,500
Eastwood	1,400	1,400	1,800	1,400	1,300	1,300	1,000	1,000	900
Edinburgh Central	3,700	3,500	3,300	2,700	2,500	2,400	2,100	2,400	2,300
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	1,500	1,200	1,300	1,300	1,900	2,000	1,700	1,600	1,500
Edinburgh North and Leith	6,300	5,600	4,900	5,300	4,200	5,200	4,700	4,600	4,500
Edinburgh Pentlands	3,000	2,900	3,100	2,600	2,400	2,100	2,000	2,100	1,200
Edinburgh South	600	800	800	800	700	700	700	600	600
Edinburgh West	8,000	7,000	5,000	4,800	3,500	2,400	2,400	2,100	1,900
Falkirk East	7,100	6,700	6,100	6,300	5,800	5,900	5,200	5,500	5,900
Falkirk West	5,000	5,400	4,900	3,800	3,500	3,300	2,900	3,200	3,400
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	3,400	3,500	3,700	3,000	3,000	2,600	3,100	2,700	2,600
Glasgow Anniesland	1,100	1,500	1,500	1,600	1,900	1,400	1,400	1,400	1,500
Glasgow Baillieston	2,800	2,600	2,500	2,000	1,100	1,000	900	800	700
Glasgow Cathcart	2,600	2,300	2,200	1,900	1,900	1,700	1,400	1,200	1,300
Glasgow Govan	4,400	5,200	5,200	4,600	4,600	4,900	3,300	3,200	3,100
Glasgow Kelvin	7,800	7,400	7,600	7,000	6,200	5,800	7,600	8,000	7,700
Glasgow Maryhill	2,800	2,400	2,400	2,100	1,900	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,900
Glasgow Pollok	2,600	2,100	1,800	1,500	1,200	1,200	1,300	1,300	1,300
Glasgow Rutherglen	2,900	5,700	2,300	2,200	2,900	2,800	2,700	2,800	2,800
Glasgow Shettleston	5,500	4,700	5,300	5,200	4,800	4,400	4,600	4,400	4,500
Glasgow Springburn	1,500	1,800	1,600	1,500	1,600	1,000	1,100	1,000	1,000
Gordon	4,400	4,400	3,500	3,800	3,500	3,400	3,600	3,900	4,000
Greenock and Inverclyde	7,200	6,200	5,600	4,200	2,600	1,800	1,600	1,700	1,400
Hamilton North and Bellshill	10,600	9,700	9,100	8,400	6,400	7,000	7,500	8,400	7,100
Hamilton South	2,200	2,100	1,800	2,100	2,200	2,200	2,200	2,200	2,100
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	4,200	3,200	4,500	5,500	5,000	4,400	4,600	4,800	4,500
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	5,900	5,500	5,200	4,800	4,700	3,700	3,500	3,800	4,200
Kirkcaldy	4,100	4,500	3,900	3,300	2,800	2,300	1,800	2,000	2,100
Linlithgow	7,100	8,700	7,300	3,200	3,400	4,100	3,600	3,500	3,400
Livingston	8,500	9,300	9,600	9,500	8,600	9,100	8,800	7,900	7,600
Midlothian	2,800	2,700	2,400	2,500	2,200	2,000	1,900	1,800	1,800
Moray	5,000	4,600	4,400	4,600	4,700	4,800	4,800	4,800	5,000
Motherwell and Wishaw	2,700	2,900	2,600	2,200	2,900	2,500	2,900	2,700	3,000
North East Fife	2,000	1,900	2,600	2,600	2,600	2,700	2,500	1,600	1,700
North Tayside	4,000	4,100	3,400	3,500	3,800	4,200	3,500	3,400	3,200
Ochil	4,300	4,600	4,300	3,900	3,400	3,300	3,300	3,600	3,400
Orkney and Shetland*	1,700	1,600	1,300	1,200	1,300	1,600	1,500	1,300	1,300
Paisley North	8,800	8,100	8,400	6,400	6,900	6,300	7,000	6,000	5,700
Paisley South	2,300	1,900	2,100	2,500	1,600	1,700	1,000	900	900
Perth	2,200	2,400	1,900	2,100	2,400	2,600	2,300	2,400	2,500
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	1,800	1,600	1,400	1,500	1,700	1,400	1,100	1,500	1,600
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	6,300	5,600	5,300	5,100	4,700	5,100	4,700	4,400	4,600
Stirling	1,900	1,500	1,500	1,000	1,100	1,500	1,400	1,500	1,500
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	2,800	2,400	2,500	2,000	2,200	2,100	2,200	2,200	2,400
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	3,800	2,800	2,600	2,300	2,600	2,400	2,000	1,900	1,700
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	2,200	2,200	2,300	2,900	2,700	2,300	3,400	3,300	3,400
West Renfrewshire	6,100	6,400	3,400	4,800	3,600	3,000	3,200	3,500	3,800
Western Isles	800	700	800	600	800	800	800	700	600
Scotland	315,000	302,000	285,000	263,400	243,300	235,900	229,700	224,000	220,900

Source: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).

Notes:

1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

3. ABI data are workplace based.

*It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.

The Scottish Government has consistently and fully supported the UK Government''s efforts to retain the individual opt-out.