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Question reference: S2W-21335

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the out-patient waiting times have been in respect of investigation of allergies in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-21107

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on maintaining trunk roads in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-21108

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on upgrading and improving trunk roads in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-21098

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding per head of population each local authority will receive in 2006-07.

Question reference: S2W-21097

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding each local authority will receive in 2006-07.

Question reference: S2W-21096

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Supporting People funding per head of population each local authority has received in each year since the inception of the initiative.

Question reference: S2W-21044

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the future of neurosurgery is in Aberdeen.

As outlined in Delivering for Health, the neurosurgical unit in Aberdeen will form an integral part of a single Scotland-wide Managed Clinical Network for neurosurgical services.

We are setting up an implementation group to take forward the detailed work needed to work out the detail of that service model. There will be widespread consultation before any final decisions are taken on the implementation group’s plans.

Question reference: S2W-21104

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received per head of population from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

The information requested is detailed in the following table. As the fund is directed at services for children (0-18) the table also includes details per head of population 018.

Local Authority	Amount per head population (MYE 2002) 2001-02	Amount per head population (0-18) (MYE 2002) 2001-02	Amount per head population (MYE 2003) 2002-03	Amount per head population (0-18) (MYE 2003) 2002-03	Amount per head population (MYE 2004) 2003-04	Amount per head population (0-18) (MYE 2004) 2003-04
Aberdeen City	£0.53	£2.69	£5.03	£25.56	£7.68	£39.25
Aberdeenshire	£0.54	£2.19	£5.70	£23.46	£8.47	£35.28
Angus	£0.56	£2.51	£6.05	£27.02	£8.82	£39.78
Argyll and Bute	£0.63	£2.85	£6.01	£27.73	£9.07	£41.92
Clackmannanshire	£0.62	£2.53	£7.01	£29.22	£9.98	£42.19
Dumfries and Galloway	£0.62	£2.82	£6.74	£30.99	£9.73	£45.36
Dundee City	£1.12	£5.24	£8.07	£37.40	£12.18	£57.03
East Ayrshire	£0.94	£4.04	£7.07	£30.37	£10.57	£45.68
East Dunbartonshire	£0.33	£1.36	£3.69	£15.47	£5.59	£23.79
East Lothian	£0.73	£3.03	£5.35	£22.30	£7.72	£32.27
East Renfrewshire	£0.35	£1.37	£3.86	£15.39	£5.82	£23.38
Edinburgh, City of	£0.60	£3.08	£5.29	£27.44	£7.85	£41.05
Eilean Siar	£1.15	£5.17	£7.78	£35.02	£11.27	£51.15
Falkirk	£0.41	£1.80	£5.91	£25.88	£8.35	£36.70
Fife	£0.64	£2.75	£5.82	£25.45	£8.69	£38.26
Glasgow City	£1.49	£6.82	£10.03	£46.32	£14.96	£70.28
Highland	£0.72	£3.12	£6.95	£30.64	£10.23	£45.54
Inverclyde	£0.99	£4.29	£7.26	£31.73	£10.98	£48.55
Midlothian	£0.55	£2.26	£5.68	£23.36	£8.57	£35.53
Moray	£0.50	£2.13	£5.45	£23.31	£8.20	£35.40
North Ayrshire	£1.03	£4.37	£7.60	£32.31	£10.85	£46.68
North Lanarkshire	£0.50	£2.08	£6.80	£28.18	£10.15	£42.46
Orkney Islands	£1.09	£4.69	£7.79	£33.97	£10.95	£48.24
Perth and Kinross	£0.56	£2.51	£5.53	£24.95	£8.24	£37.39
Renfrewshire.	£0.88	£3.85	£6.77	£29.80	£9.70	£43.00
Scottish Borders	£0.57	£2.57	£5.60	£25.37	£8.35	£38.00
Shetland Islands	£1.37	£5.40	£8.14	£32.44	£11.71	£47.23
South Ayrshire	£0.57	£2.66	£5.48	£25.79	£8.22	£39.19
South Lanarkshire	£0.65	£2.77	£5.97	£25.76	£8.65	£37.77
Stirling	£0.60	£2.59	£5.72	£24.30	£8.60	£36.96
West Dunbartonshire	£1.22	£5.14	£8.69	£37.04	£13.05	£56.69
West Lothian	£0.56	£2.18	£6.02	£23.72	£8.60	£34.12

Local Authority	Amount per head population (2005 Projection (2002 based)) 2004-05	Amount per head population (0-18)(2005 Projection (2002 based)) 2004-05	Amount per head population (2006 Projection (2002 based)) 2005-06	Amount per head population (0-18) (2006 Projection (2002 based)) 2005-06
Aberdeen City	£9.54	£49.61	£10.04	£52.71
Aberdeenshire	£11.06	£46.29	£12.12	£51.44
Angus	£11.33	£51.77	£12.29	£56.80
Argyll and Bute	£11.48	£54.74	£12.85	£62.54
Clackmannanshire	£12.14	£50.64	£13.27	£56.08
Dumfries and Galloway	£12.52	£59.40	£13.69	£66.33
Dundee City	£14.59	£70.66	£15.91	£78.23
East Ayrshire	£12.82	£56.49	£13.95	£62.46
East Dunbartonshire	£7.24	£31.47	£8.39	£36.99
East Lothian	£9.89	£41.67	£11.11	£47.45
East Renfrewshire	£7.42	£30.33	£8.69	£35.96
Edinburgh, City of	£9.79	£52.01	£10.49	£56.42
Eilean Siar	£15.33	£71.45	£16.21	£76.63
Falkirk	£10.53	£46.81	£11.59	£51.94
Fife	£10.91	£48.79	£12.10	£54.94
Glasgow City	£17.67	£83.94	£18.44	£88.88
Highland	£13.22	£59.45	£14.15	£64.61
Inverclyde	£13.25	£59.02	£14.53	£65.44
Midlothian	£10.48	£43.61	£12.02	£50.37
Moray	£10.63	£46.32	£11.47	£50.68
North Ayrshire	£13.75	£60.16	£14.90	£66.20
North Lanarkshire	£12.22	£51.60	£13.46	£57.36
Orkney Islands	£13.83	£61.14	£14.86	£66.71
Perth and Kinross	£10.52	£47.83	£11.56	£53.12
Renfrewshire.	£12.27	£54.55	£13.27	£59.68
Scottish Borders	£10.68	£48.99	£11.73	£54.32
Shetland Islands	£15.16	£61.70	£16.15	£66.88
South Ayrshire	£10.43	£49.99	£11.18	£54.26
South Lanarkshire	£11.26	£49.84	£12.24	£54.81
Stirling	£10.67	£47.58	£11.86	£53.50
West Dunbartonshire	£15.54	£68.39	£16.33	£72.73
West Lothian	£10.73	£43.18	£12.29	£50.09

Source of population statistics General Registry Office.

Note: MYE – Published Mid-Year Estimates.

Question reference: S2W-21100

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority received per head of population from the Cities Growth Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

Allocations under the Cities Growth Fund in each year since inception, broken down per head of population, are given in the following table:

	Aberdeen City	Dundee City	City of Edinburgh	Glasgow City	Inverness (city)	Stirling (city)
e2003-04	£12.56	£14.57	£11.85	£15.39	£10.35	£10.31
2004-05	£18.84	£21.85	£17.78	£23.08	£15.52	£15.47
2005-06	£25.12	£29.13	£23.71	£30.95	£20.70	£20.65

Notes:

1. Amounts per head of population are derived by dividing the amount allocated to each eligible local authority in each year by population estimates.

2. The population estimates used for the four largest cities are mid-2004 council area population estimates from the General Register Office for Scotland.

3. As the cities of Inverness and Stirling form part of significantly larger local authority areas, the use of council area population estimates would not be appropriate, and separate mid-2004 estimates are not available. The population estimates used are therefore based on the 2001 census data.

Question reference: S2W-21105

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority will receive from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in 2006-07.

The information requested is provided in the following table. The formula for distributing the part of the fund within Grant Aided Expenditure is the subject of discussion with COSLA and the Local Government Three Year Settlement Group. These allocations should, therefore, be regarded as provisional.

Local Authority Area	2006-07
	Ring-Fenced £	GAE (£)	Total (£)
Aberdeen City	1,550,000	482,000	2,032,000
Aberdeenshire	2,183,000	706,000	2,889,000
Angus	1,033,000	299,000	1,332,000
Argyll and Bute	942,000	270,000	1,212,000
Clackmannanshire	509,000	140,000	649,000
Dumfries and Galloway	1,525,000	438,000	1,963,000
Dundee City	1,548,000	408,000	1,956,000
East Ayrshire	1,263,000	348,000	1,611,000
East Dunbartonshire	724,000	234,000	958,000
East Lothian	819,000	251,000	1,070,000
East Renfrewshire	634,000	209,000	843,000
Edinburgh, City of	3,441,000	1,102,000	4,543,000
Eilean Siar	308,000	94,000	402,000
Falkirk	1,345,000	402,000	1,747,000
Fife	3,314,000	1,018,000	4,332,000
Glasgow City	7,650,000	2,268,000	9,918,000
Highland	2,322,000	685,000	3,007,000
Inverclyde	919,000	244,000	1,163,000
Midlothian	786,000	224,000	1,010,000
Moray	762,000	239,000	1,001,000
North Ayrshire	1,555,000	411,000	1,966,000
North Lanarkshire	3,494,000	1,038,000	4,532,000
Orkney Islands	206,000	67,000	273,000
Perth and Kinross	1,265,000	384,000	1,649,000
Renfrewshire	1,685,000	472,000	2,157,000
Scottish Borders	992,000	312,000	1,304,000
Shetland Islands	275,000	91,000	366,000
South Ayrshire	977,000	275,000	1,252,000
South Lanarkshire	2,950,000	881,000	3,831,000
Stirling	798,000	245,000	1,043,000
West Dunbartonshire	1,081,000	276,000	1,357,000
West Lothian	1,645,000	486,000	2,131,000
Total	50,500	15,000	65,500,000