- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of those who have graduated in engineering since 1999 are now in full-time employment in that area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. However, information on the first destination of graduates bysubject studied can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/29153542/0.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time is for graduates with qualifications in computing and information technology to first find full-time employment in the related professional field.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. However, information on the first destination of graduates bysubject studied can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/29153542/0.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of those who have graduated in science since 1999 are now in full-time employment in that area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. However, information on the first destination of graduates bysubject studied can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/29153542/0.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time is for graduates with qualifications in engineering to first find full-time employment in the related professional field.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. However, information on the first destination of graduates bysubject studied can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/29153542/0.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to promote an Aberdeen-led Scottish bid to be the hub for the proposed Energy Technologies Institute.
Answer
We are participating fully inthe process outlined by the Department for Trade and Industry to establish the EnergyTechnologies Institute.
We are working in partnershipwith Scottish universities, the economic development agencies, the Scottish FundingCouncil, ITI Energy and industry to develop a comprehensive and co-ordinated bidto attract a significant proportion of the Energy Technologies Institute’s researchfunds to centres of excellence in Scotland, including Aberdeen.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time is for graduates with qualifications in science to first find full-time employment in the related professional field.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. However, information on the first destination of graduates bysubject studied can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/29153542/0.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it will give to encourage the public and private sectors to build a partnership to promote an Aberdeen-led Scottish bid to be the hub for the proposed Energy Technologies Institute.
Answer
Senior officials within the ScottishExecutive and Scottish Enterprise are facilitating the development of a comprehensiveand coordinated bid to attract a significant proportion of the Energy TechnologiesInstitute’s research funds to centres of excellence in Scotland, includingAberdeen.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 30 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the per capita budget of each NHS board was in each of the last five years.
Answer
Details are as follows:
| NHS Board Per Capita | 2002-03 Per Capita £ | 2003-04 Per Capita £ | 2004-05 Per Capita £ | 2005-06 Per Capita £ | 2006-07 Per Capita £ | Increase 2002-03 to 2006-07 % |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1,139 | 1,222 | 1,374 | 1,470 | - | |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 1,125 | 1,215 | 1,383 | 1,465 | 1,576 | 40.1 |
| Borders | 1,096 | 1,174 | 1,330 | 1,412 | 1,502 | 37.1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,176 | 1,258 | 1,418 | 1,515 | 1,616 | 37.4 |
| Fife | 1,009 | 1,088 | 1,229 | 1,313 | 1,411 | 39.8 |
| Forth Valley | 1,055 | 1,118 | 1,235 | 1,349 | 1,407 | 33.3 |
| Grampian | 1,030 | 1,102 | 1,196 | 1,253 | 1,328 | 28.9 |
| Greater Glasgow | 1,291 | 1,358 | 1,509 | 1,600 | 1,649 | 27.7 |
| Highland | 1,186 | 1,276 | 1,454 | 1,558 | 1,654 | 39.4 |
| Lanarkshire | 1,038 | 1,128 | 1,252 | 1,348 | 1,438 | 38.5 |
| Lothian | 995 | 1,136 | 1,199 | 1,264 | 1,337 | 34.4 |
| Orkney | 1,338 | 1,400 | 1,579 | 1,751 | 1,782 | 33.2 |
| Shetland | 1,412 | 1,523 | 1,629 | 1,769 | 1,824 | 29.2 |
| Tayside | 1,223 | 1,283 | 1,421 | 1,492 | 1,593 | 30.2 |
| Western Isles | 1,775 | 1,926 | 2,076 | 2,242 | 2,325 | 31.0 |
Note: Per capita figures for2002-03 to 2005-06 are based on final revenue allocations to NHS boards. 2006-07per capita figures are based on allocation made to date.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 30 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects supplies of the flu vaccine to be available in each NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested foreach NHS board is not centrally held. However, information on Scotland-wide deliveriescan be found in the answer to question S2W-28830 on 24 October 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are currently on heroin substitutes, broken down by heroin substitute and prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The most common medicine prescribedin the clinical management of drug dependency is methadone. The following tablesets out the number of prisoners at each establishment being prescribed methadoneon 25 August 2006, which is the latest information readily available.
| Establishment | No. of Prisoners |
| Aberdeen | 54 |
| Barlinnie | 307 |
| Cornton Vale | 64 |
| Dumfries | 12 |
| Edinburgh | 151 |
| Glenochil | 92 |
| Greenock | 50 |
| Inverness | 8 |
| Kilmarnock | 124 |
| Low Moss | 46 |
| Open Estate | 52 |
| Perth | 41 |
| Peterhead | 0 |
| Polmont | 7 |
| Shotts | 132 |
Dihydrocodeine and Buprenorphineare also prescribed, particularly in relation to detoxification regimes, but informationon the number of prisoners currently receiving such treatment is not readily available.
