Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-23358

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009

NHS Board	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Argyll and Clyde*	17,525	17,944	*	*
Ayrshire and Arran	15,478	15,845	14,514	30,781
Borders	4,077	4,385	4,003	8,487
Dumfries and Galloway	5,945	6,152	5,401	10,587
Fife	11,978	12,500	11,622	25,464
Forth Valley	11,724	12,269	11,159	23,700
Grampian	18,390	18,839	17,616	38,337
Greater Glasgow	22,479	23,757	34,753	78,377
Highland	7,797	8,269	11,487	23,656
Lanarkshire	21,768	22,448	20,643	44,161
Lothian	21,994	23,561	21,740	51,046
Orkney	735	756	754	1,626
Shetland	1,287	1,269	1,208	2,046
Tayside	12,667	13,328	12,235	26,387
Western Isles	1,465	1,552	1,335	2,623
Scotland	175,310	182,874	168,470	367,275

Note: *NHS Argyll and Clyde merged with NHS Greater Glasgow and NHS Highland in April 2006. The table shows PPC sales against Argyll and Clyde for the year following the merger because of the way data was then collected. Sales for the former board area have been combined with Greater Glasgow and Highland as appropriate for years 2007-08 and 2008-09.

Question reference: S3W-22417

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2009

The number of prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) purchased in the Fife Health Board area for the years in question are provided in the following table:

Length of PPC	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Four month PPCs	8,089	8,687	9,356	9,469	21,169
Twelve month PPCs	3,313	3,291	3,182	2,154	4,295
Total	11,402	11,978	12,538	11,623	25,464

Question reference: S3O-06652

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available for the visual arts in Fife.

Fife has a thriving arts scene which is supported in a number of ways. The Scottish Government pursues its aims for the visual arts through working with our partners in the Scottish Arts Council and Museums Galleries Scotland, and through supporting the work of higher and further education institutions. In addition the Scottish Government provides funding for local cultural services through the Local Government Finance Settlement.

Question reference: S3O-06345

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to improve levels of dental provision in Fife.

Question reference: S3O-03602

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when it next intends to meet SEStran and Fife Council to discuss the possibility of reopening the Leven to Thornton railway line to passenger and freight trains.

Question reference: S3O-03228

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 8 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that licensing boards are doing enough to tackle the inappropriate advertising of alcohol at off-licence premises.

The Scottish Government is clear that alcohol is not simply another commodity, and it must be promoted and priced accordingly. Licensing boards have an important role in controlling the supply of alcohol, and we will continue to work closely with them.

We will be issuing a discussion paper on our strategic approach to changing Scotland''s relationship with alcohol before the summer. As part of the consultation process, we would very much welcome views on further measures to crack down on irresponsible promotion of alcohol at the point of sale.

Question reference: S3W-11447

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people aged from 16 to 18 and who left local authority care were assisted by each local authority in each of the last five years.

It is not possible from government statistics to identify how many young people were assisted by each local authority in any year. However, table 1 shows the number of young people aged 16 to 18 who were eligible for aftercare services on 31 March 2005, 2006 and 2007. Data on those eligible for aftercare prior to 2005 is not available.

Table 1: Young People Aged 16-18 Eligible for Aftercare Services on 31 March 2005, 2006 and 2007

Local Authority	Eligible for Aftercare on 31 March
Local Authority	2005	2006	2007
Aberdeen City	83	35	41
Aberdeenshire	82		33
Angus	38	27	54
Argyll and Bute	8	19	22
Clackmannanshire	28	30	15
Dumfries and Galloway	57	63	90
Dundee City	47	74	79
East Ayrshire	31	51	60
East Dunbartonshire	29	4	25
East Lothian	26	21	51
East Renfrewshire	32	25	7
Edinburgh City of	275	117	347
Eilean Siar	4	4
Falkirk	49	42	47
Fife	131	160	162
Glasgow City	461	405	439
Highland	71	97	96
Inverclyde	26	36	67
Midlothian	76	19	28
Moray	20	17	16
North Ayrshire	37	42	58
North Lanarkshire	14	33
Orkney Islands	7	8	10
Perth and Kinross	61	52	44
Renfrewshire	27	67	80
Scottish Borders	42		21
Shetland Islands	9	12	7
South Ayrshire	56	68	67
South Lanarkshire	53	53	50
Stirling	43	36	44
West Dunbartonshire	99	46	45
West Lothian	91	104	122
All	2113	1891	2264

Source: Children Looked After Statistics, Scottish Government.

Notes:

Includes all young people eligible for aftercare services, as it is not possible to identify which young people were actually assisted by the local authority.

In 2007, Eilean Siar and North Lanarkshire did not provide this information. 2005-06 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into this table''s total.

In 2007, Scottish Borders included only those young people receiving aftercare, rather than all young people that were eligible.

In 2006, Scottish Borders and Aberdeenshire did not provide information in time for inclusion. 2004-05 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into this table''s total. Data supplied by Aberdeen City and Edinburgh may be incomplete.

In 2006, data supplied by North Ayrshire and Eilean Siar include young people who left care in 2005-06 only. All figures in this table should therefore be understood as estimates that are likely to be lower than the true figure, and caution should be used when using the figures.

Data for 2006 contains some revisions.

Question reference: S3W-11449

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people leaving local authority care following their 16th birthday were placed in bed and breakfast accommodation as their first housing destination by each local authority in each of the last five years.

The number of care leavers aged 16 or over placed in bed and breakfast accommodation upon discharge is not available.

I refer to the member to the answer to question S3W-11451 on 24 April 2008, which provides tables showing broader categories of care leavers'' destinations from 2004-05 to 2006-07. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S3W-11451

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people leaving local authority care following their 16th birthday were placed in supported accommodation as their first housing destination by each local authority in each of the last five years.

The destinations of young people leaving local authority care following their 16th birthday in 2006-07, 2005-06 and 2004-05 are shown in tables 1 to 3 for each local authority. The number of young people whose first placement was in supported accommodation can be found in the ˜supported accommodation/semi-independent living'' category. Data on destinations of those who left care prior to 2004-05 is not available.

Tables 1 to 3 show all destinations because the answers to questions S3W-11449 and S3W-11450 also refer to this information.

Table 1: Number of Young People Ceasing to be Looked After, by Destination on Discharge, 16 to 21-Year-Olds - 2006-07

Local Authority	Home with Parents	Friends/ Relatives	Former Foster Carers	Adopted	Transferred to Another Local Authority
Aberdeen City	36	7	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	9	1	0	0	0
Angus	11	2	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	18	1	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	5	3	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	34	4	0	3	0
Dundee City	25	10	2	0	0
East Ayrshire	29	4	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	10	4	0	0	0
East Lothian	17	3	1	0	0
East Renfrewshire	9	0	1	0	0
Edinburgh City of	0	0	0	0	0
Eilean Siar	5	1	0	0	0
Falkirk	8	0	0	0	0
Fife	24	10	0	0	0
Glasgow City	162	17	0	0	3
Highland	26	1	0	0	0
Inverclyde	27	1	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0	0
Moray	9	3	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	36	7	1	0	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	8	1	1	0	0
Perth and Kinross	14	3	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	31	7	1	0	0
Scottish Borders	16	1	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	1	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	24	8	1	0	0
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	0
Stirling	13	3	1	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	35	4	4	0	0
West Lothian	24	9	0	0	0
All	666	115	13	3	3

Local Authority	Supported Accommodation/ Semi-Independent Living	Own Tenancy/ Independent Living	Homeless	Other	Not Known	Total 16 to 21-Year-Olds
Aberdeen City	5	0	0	11	0	59
Aberdeenshire	7	0	0	10	0	27
Angus	0	14	0	1	0	28
Argyll and Bute	9	2	0	0	0	30
Clackmannanshire	1	0	0	0	0	9
Dumfries and Galloway	13	0	0	3	0	57
Dundee City	9	1	2	2	0	51
East Ayrshire	0	7	0	1	0	41
East Dunbartonshire	4	2	0	0	0	20
East Lothian	4	1	2	0	0	28
East Renfrewshire	1	0	0	0	0	11
Edinburgh City of	0	0	0	0	157	157
Eilean Siar	1	0	1	0	0	8
Falkirk	0	2	0	19	0	29
Fife	20	4	2	12	0	72
Glasgow City	25	0	3	38	0	248
Highland	8	0	0	16	0	51
Inverclyde	1	2	0	1	0	32
Midlothian	0	0	0	0	66	66
Moray	3	0	0	2	0	17
North Ayrshire	13	3	0	0	0	60
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	75	0	75
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	1	0	11
Perth and Kinross	4	5	0	1	0	27
Renfrewshire	6	9	0	2	0	56
Scottish Borders	1	3	0	0	0	21
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	1
South Ayrshire	1	0	0	1	0	35
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	46	46
Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	17
West Dunbartonshire	5	0	0	1	0	49
West Lothian	10	0	0	1	0	44
All	151	55	10	198	269	1,483

Source: Children Looked After Statistics, 2006-07, Scottish Government.

Notes:

A young person may cease to be looked after more than once during the year and will be counted once for each episode of care ending.

Information collected for young people aged 16-21 years old.

Former foster carers, Transferred to another LA, Own tenancy/independent living and Homeless were new categories in 2006-07. Prior to this, any young people in these categories would have been included in ˜other''.

City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire did not provide this information for 2007. The total number of young people ceasing to be looked after in 2006-07 in these authorities has been included as not known.

Table 2: Number of Young People Ceasing to be Looked After, by Destination on Discharge, 16 to 21-Year-Olds - 2005-06

Local authority	Home with Parents	Friends/Relatives	Adoption
Aberdeen City	56	8	0
Aberdeenshire	24	2	0
Angus	7	1	0
Argyll and Bute	17	0	0
Clackmannanshire	9	6	0
Dumfries and Galloway	37	5	0
Dundee City	30	4	0
East Ayrshire	14	4	0
East Dunbartonshire	5	0	0
East Lothian	10	1	0
East Renfrewshire	9	0	0
Edinburgh City of	0	0	0
Eilean Siar	4	1	0
Falkirk	8	1	0
Fife	26	4	0
Glasgow City	86	20	0
Highland	22	8	2
Inverclyde	30	1	0
Midlothian	3	2	0
Moray	7	0	0
North Ayrshire	23	6	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	4	0	0
Perth and Kinross	10	0	2
Renfrewshire	50	6	0
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands	1	0	0
South Ayrshire	21	4	0
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0
Stirling	15	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	27	3	1
West Lothian	21	9	0
All	592	97	5

Local authority	Supported Accommodation/ Own Tenancy	Other	Not Known	Total 16 to 21-Year-Olds
Aberdeen City	11	2	0	77
Aberdeenshire	4	4	0	34
Angus	6	2	0	16
Argyll and Bute	5	0	0	22
Clackmannanshire	5	1	0	21
Dumfries and Galloway	5	0	0	47
Dundee City	17	6	0	57
East Ayrshire	7	0	0	25
East Dunbartonshire	3	0	0	8
East Lothian	1	6	0	18
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	9
Edinburgh City of	0	0	123	123
Eilean Siar	1	4	0	10
Falkirk	0	11	0	20
Fife	22	10	0	62
Glasgow City	25	70	0	201
Highland	11	12	0	55
Inverclyde	2	1	0	34
Midlothian	7	3	7	22
Moray	7	4	0	18
North Ayrshire	6	4	0	39
North Lanarkshire	0	79	0	79
Orkney Islands	1	0	0	5
Perth and Kinross	1	0	0	13
Renfrewshire	4	5	0	65
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands	1	0	0	2
South Ayrshire	4	1	0	30
South Lanarkshire	0	0	45	45
Stirling	11	0	0	26
West Dunbartonshire	6	4	0	41
West Lothian	16	0	0	46
All	189	233	175	1,291

Source: Looked After Children Statistics, 2005-06, Scottish Government.

Notes:

A young person may cease to be looked after more than once during the year and will be counted once for each episode of care ending.

Information collected for young people aged 16 to 21-years-old.

For 2005-06, Scottish Borders did not provide information in time for inclusion. 2004-05 figures for this authority have been incorporated into this table and do not include young people aged 19 to 21. The numbers of young people aged 18 and under are therefore best understood as estimates and the number of young people aged 19 to 21 is an undercount.

For 2005-06, South Lanarkshire and Edinburgh did not provide this information. The total number of young people ceasing to be looked after in those authorities have been entered as not known''s.

2005-06 data are revised.

Table 3: Number of young people ceasing to be looked after, by destination on discharge, 16 to 18-Year-Olds - 2004-05

Local Authority	Home with Parents	Friends/Relatives	Adoption
Aberdeen City	25	4	0
Aberdeenshire	26	2	0
Angus	17	0	0
Argyll and Bute	34	3	0
Clackmannanshire	7	2	0
Dumfries and Galloway	25	0	0
Dundee City	32	3	0
East Ayrshire	23	1	0
East Dunbartonshire	7	1	0
East Lothian	10	3	1
East Renfrewshire	13	0	0
Edinburgh City of	18	6	0
Eilean Siar	6	1	0
Falkirk	8	0	0
Fife	21	6	0
Glasgow City	88	15	2
Highland	24	3	0
Inverclyde	10	4	0
Midlothian	6	2	0
Moray	10	0	0
North Ayrshire	31	3	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	2	0	0
Perth and Kinross	19	1	0
Renfrewshire	38	7	0
Scottish Borders	16	1	0
Shetland Islands	5	0	0
South Ayrshire	15	3	0
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0
Stirling	18	2	0
West Dunbartonshire	16	2	2
West Lothian	12	8	0
All	582	83	5

Local Authority	Supported Accommodation/ Own Tenancy	Other	Not Known	Total 16 to 18-Year-Olds
Aberdeen City	9	5	9	52
Aberdeenshire	7	4	0	39
Angus	4	0	0	21
Argyll and Bute	7	0	0	44
Clackmannanshire	2	2	0	13
Dumfries and Galloway	8	0	0	33
Dundee City	10	9	0	54
East Ayrshire	6	0	0	30
East Dunbartonshire	6	2	0	16
East Lothian	3	1	0	18
East Renfrewshire	1	1	0	15
Edinburgh City of	11	4	61	100
Eilean Siar	1	3	0	11
Falkirk	2	1	8	19
Fife	16	2	0	45
Glasgow City	23	27	40	195
Highland	8	3	0	38
Inverclyde	5	0	0	19
Midlothian	7	3	4	22
Moray	4	5	3	22
North Ayrshire	2	2	0	38
North Lanarkshire	0	0	75	75
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	2
Perth and Kinross	0	2	0	22
Renfrewshire	3	7	0	55
Scottish Borders	0	4	0	21
Shetland Islands	1	0	0	6
South Ayrshire	4	2	0	24
South Lanarkshire	0	0	42	42
Stirling	4	0	0	24
West Dunbartonshire	5	6	0	31
West Lothian	14	0	0	34
All	173	95	242	1,180

Source: Children''s Social Work Statistics, 2004-05, Scottish Government.

Notes:

A young person may cease to be looked after more than once during the year and will be counted once for each episode of care ending.

Information collected only for young people aged 16 to 18-years-old.

Question reference: S3W-11448

Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people aged between the ages of 18 and 21 and who left local authority care were assisted by each local authority in each of the last five years.

It is not possible from government statistics to identify how many young people were assisted by each local authority in any year. However, table 1 shows the number of young people aged 18 to 21 who were eligible for aftercare services on 31 March 2005, 2006 and 2007. Data on those eligible for aftercare prior to 2005 is not available.

Table 1: Young People Aged 18 to 21 Eligible for Aftercare Services on 31 March 2005, 2006 and 2007, by Age Group and Local Authority

Local authority	18-Year-Olds			19 to 21-Year-Olds		Total
Local authority	2005	2006	2007	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
Aberdeen City	43	7	19	25	29	43	32	48
Aberdeenshire	36		7		7	36		14
Angus	13	6	19	2	8	13	8	27
Argyll and Bute	1	8	3	16	6	1	24	9
Clackmannanshire	14	13	6	9	0	14	22	6
Dumfries and Galloway	24	27	36	34	66	24	61	102
Dundee City	11	32	32	10	19	11	42	51
East Ayrshire	9	13	22	33	27	9	46	49
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	8	6	3	1	8	11
East Lothian	5	10	14	14	31	5	24	45
East Renfrewshire	14	15	0	15	11	14	30	11
Edinburgh City of	15	43	140	50	166	15	93	306
Eilean Siar	4	1		1		4	2
Falkirk	16	23	26	1	1	16	24	27
Fife	53	67	52	66	95	53	133	147
Glasgow City	229	149	211	260	180	229	409	391
Highland	12	24	53	0	0	12	24	53
Inverclyde	11	7	23	16	20	11	23	43
Midlothian	32	9	7	3	7	32	12	14
Moray	6	6	6	9	12	6	15	18
North Ayrshire	14	20	21	30	36	14	50	57
North Lanarkshire	4	15		22		4	37
Orkney Islands	4	4	2	3	2	4	7	4
Perth and Kinross	25	14	10	25	16	25	39	26
Renfrewshire	0	27	29	17	56	0	44	85
Scottish Borders	15		8		8	15		16
Shetland Islands	1	5	4	1	7	1	6	11
South Ayrshire	19	36	28	41	8	19	77	36
South Lanarkshire	11	19	22	34	43	11	53	65
Stirling	22	11	22	9	20	22	20	42
West Dunbartonshire	40	16	19	41	32	40	57	51
West Lothian	24	38	52	68	93	24	106	145
All	728	718	917	861	1032	728	1579	1949

Source: Children Looked After Statistics, Scottish Government.

Notes:

Includes all young people eligible for aftercare services, as it is not possible to identify which young people were actually assisted by the local authority.

In 2007, Eilean Siar and North Lanarkshire did not provide this information. 2005-06 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into this table''s total.

In 2007, Scottish Borders included only those young people receiving aftercare, rather than all young people that were eligible.

In 2006, Scottish Borders and Aberdeenshire did not provide information in time for inclusion. 2004-05 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into this table''s total. Data supplied by Aberdeen City and Edinburgh may be incomplete.

In 2006, data supplied by North Ayrshire and Eilean Siar include young people who left care in 2005-06 only. All figures in this table should therefore be understood as estimates that are likely to be lower than the true figure, and caution should be used when using the figures.

Data for 2006 contains some revisions.

In 2005, information was not collected on young people aged 19 to 21. Figures for this year are therefore for 18 year olds only.

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